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Global Ports Investments PLC
10 June 2022
 

 

For immediate release                                                                                                                    10 June 2022

Global Ports Investments PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting of members and changes in the Board committees

 

Global Ports Investments PLC ("Global Ports" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, the "Group") (LSE ticker: GLPR) today announces that the Company held its Annual General Meeting of the Members (AGM).

 

The AGM adopted the following resolutions, being items of ordinary business as follows:

 

1.             Adoption of the statutory audited parent company and consolidated financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2021, together with the management reports and independent auditor`s reports.

2.             Re-appointment of KPMG Limited as auditors of the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting at which the accounts will be laid before the Members of the Company and authorisation to the Board of Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors.

3.             Approval of the resignation of Ms. Inna Kuznetsova from the Company's  Board of Directors as of 10 June 2022.

4.             Re-election of Mr. Vladimir Bychkov as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.

5.             Re-election of Mr. Kristian Bai Hollund as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.

6.             Re-election of Ms. Alexandra Fomenko as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of her remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.

7.             Re-election of Mr. Soren Sjostrand Jakobsen as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.

8.             Election of Mr. Marinos Kallis as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, and to fix the annual gross remuneration of Mr. Marinos Kallis for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties at EUR67.500 р. а.

9.             Re-election of Mr. Shavkat Kary-Niyazov as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.

10.          Re-election of Mr. Andrey Lenvalsky as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.

11.          Re-election of Mr. Andriy Pavlyutin as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.

12.          Re-election of Mr. Mogens Petersen as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.

 

Following the withdrawal of his candidacy by Mr. Lambros Papadopoulos (see announcement dated 8 June 2022) the following resolution was not adopted by AGM.

13.          Re-election of Mr. Lampros Papadopoulos as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.

 

 

The Board of Directors ("the Board") held its meeting and among other resolutions, the Board passed the following:

1.             Re-election of Mr. Soren Jakobsen as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company as of 10 June 2022 responsible for the duties delegated to him in the Terms of Reference of the Board of Directors.

2.             Election of Messrs. Marinos Kallis, Andrey Lenvalsky and Mogens Petersen as the members of the Audit and Risk Committee as of 10 June 2022 responsible for the duties delegated to them in the Terms of Reference of the Board of Directors and the Audit and Risk Committee.

3.             Election of Mr. Marinos Kallis as the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee as of 10 June 2022 responsible for the duties delegated to him in the Terms of Reference of the Board of Directors and the Audit and Risk Committee.

4.             Election of Ms. Alexandra Fomenko, Mr. Soren Jakobsen and Mr. Marinos Kallis as the members of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as of 10 June 2022 responsible for the duties delegated to them in the Terms of Reference of the Board of Directors and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

5.             Election of Ms. Alexandra Fomenko as the Chairwoman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as of 10 June 2022 responsible for the duties delegated to her in the Terms of Reference of the Board of Directors and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

6.             Re-election of Messrs. Vladimir Bychkov, Soren Jakobsen, Andrey Lenvalskiy and Mogens Petersen as the members of the Strategy Committee as of 10 June 2022 responsible for the duties delegated to them in the Terms of Reference of the Board of Directors and the Strategy Committee.

7.             Re-election of Mr. Vladimir Bychkov as the Chairman of the Strategy Committee as of 10 June 2022 responsible for the duties delegated to him in the Terms of Reference of the Board of Directors and the Strategy Committee.

 

 

Brief biography of Mr. Marinos Kallis

 

Mr Kallis has more than 25 years of experience in private, public, and state companies in senior executive and non-executive positions across an array of industries. He currently serves as CEO of G. Kallis Manufacturers Ltd, a manufacturer and retailer of apparel, and manages properties and investments in other private companies: as CEO of A. Eternity Capital Management Ltd, a private licensed Cyprus Investment firm; as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Apollo Global Equity Fund of Funds Variable Capital Investment Company Plc,  a licensed retail open-ended fund investing in global equities;  as Vice Chairman of the Board of the State Health Services Organisation which is responsible for the operation of hospitals and health centres in Cyprus; as Non-Executive director of Swissport Cyprus Ltd, a leading company executing the ground handling of airlines at two Cyprus airports.

During his career he also served as the board member of Cyprus Airways PLC and Vitatrace Nutrition Ltd.

He started his career with KPMG (UK). Mr Kallis studied at the University of Birmingham U, BA Hons in Accounting and Finance and trained as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW).

 

 

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Global Ports Investments PLC is the leading operator of container terminals in the Russian market by capacity and container throughput.[1]

Global Ports' terminals are located in the Baltic and Far East Basins, key regions for foreign Russian trade and transit cargo flows. Global Ports operates five container terminals in Russia (Petrolesport, First Container Terminal, Ust-Luga Container Terminal[2] and Moby Dik[3] in the Russian Baltics, and Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company in the Russian Far East) and two container terminals in Finland[4] (Multi-Link Terminals in Helsinki and Kotka). Global Ports also owns inland container terminal Yanino Logistics Park[5] located in the vicinity of St. Petersburg.

Global Ports' revenue for 2021 was USD 502.8 million and Adjusted EBITDA was USD 246.2 million. Consolidated Marine Container Throughput was 1,576 thousand TEUs in 2021.

Global Ports' major shareholders are Delo Group, the largest intermodal container and port operator in Russia[6] (30.75%), and APM Terminals B.V.[7] (30.75%), whose core expertise is the design, construction, management and operation of ports, terminals and inland services. APM Terminals operate a terminal network of 75 terminals globally. 20.5% of Global Ports shares are traded in the form of global depositary receipts listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE ticker: GLPR).

For more information please see: www.globalports.com

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

Some of the information in these materials may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of Global Ports. You can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "expect", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "will", "could," "may" or "might" or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Any forward-looking statement is based on information available to Global Ports as of the date of the statement and, other than in accordance with its legal or regulatory obligations, Global Ports does not intend or undertake to update or revise these statements to reflect events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and Global Ports wishes to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially from what is expressed or implied by these statements. Many factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking statements of Global Ports, including, among others, general political and economic conditions, the competitive environment, risks associated with operating in Russia and market change in the industries Global Ports operates in, as well as many other risks related to Global Ports and its operations. All written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to Global Ports are qualified by this caution.



[1] Company estimates based on 2021 throughput and the information published by the "ASOP".

[2] In which Eurogate currently has a 20% effective ownership interest.

[3] Joint venture in which CMA Terminals currently has a 25% effective ownership interest.

[4] Joint ventures in each of which CMA Terminals currently has a 25% effective ownership interest.

[5] Joint venture in which CMA Terminals currently has a 25% effective ownership interest.

[6] According to publicly available data at www.delo-group.com.

[7] On 11th of March 2022 APM Terminals announced its intention to commence a process to divest its shareholding in the Company. Please see the press release dated 11 March 2022 on www.globalports.com

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