Global Ports Investments PLC (“the Company” and, together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, “Global Ports” or “the Group”), the leading container terminal operator serving Russian cargo flows (LSE ticker: GLPR) today announces that the Company held its Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (“EGM”) on 23 January 2013 under the chairmanship of Mr. Konstantin Shirokov, Non-Executive Director.

The EGM was held on 23 January 2013 at 10:00 am Cyprus time at 6 Karaiskakis Street, City House, P.C. 3032 Limassol, Cyprus, and had a quorum with 293,750,001 shares of the Company, which constitutes 100 % of the issued share capital of the Company entitled to participate in this meeting and vote on the matters of the agenda.

The EGM adopted the following resolutions:

To terminate the authority and approve the resignation of all members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
To appoint Mr. Kim Fejfer as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with no remuneration.
To appoint Mr. Alexander Iodchin as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with an annual gross remuneration of EUR 287,000.
To appoint Mr. Robert Dirk Korbijn as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with no remuneration.
To appoint Mr. Mikhail Loganov as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with no remuneration.
To appoint Mr. Tiemen Meester as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with no remuneration.
To appoint Mrs. Laura Michael as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with no remuneration.
To appoint Mr. Nikita Mishin as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with no remuneration.
To appoint Mr. Alexander Nazarchuk as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with no remuneration.
To appoint Mr. Konstantin Shirokov as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with no remuneration.
To appoint Capt. Bryan Smith as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with an annual gross remuneration of USD 290,000.
To appoint Mr. Georgios Sofocleous as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with no remuneration.
To appoint Mrs. Chrystalla Stylianou as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with no remuneration.
To appoint Mr. Michael Thomaides as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with an annual gross remuneration of EUR 50,424.
To appoint Mrs. Siobhan Walker as a director of the Company until the next annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company with an annual gross remuneration of EUR 75,000.
To approve the distribution by the Company of a special dividend out of the Company’s retained earnings for the years 2008-2011 in the amount of 0.17 USD per share .

The dividend record date is set for 28 January 2013. GDRs will be marked ex-dividend on 24 January 2013.

The payment of the dividends is expected by 28 February 2013.