Amendments to the Final List of Candidates to the New Board of Directors
Moscow, Russia, 17 February 2021 – The Board of Directors of PJSC Detsky Mir (“Detsky Mir” or the “Company”, MOEX: DSKY) amended the final list of candidates to the new Board of Directors due to the withdrawal of David Rönnberg’s consent to be elected to the new Board.
At its meeting held on 17 February 2021, the Board of Directors resolved to exclude David Rönnberg from the list of candidates set to be voted upon at PJSC Detsky Mir’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders due to the withdrawal of consent to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company.
The final list of candidates to the new Board of Directors of the Company set to be voted upon at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders is presented below.
Candidates nominated by the Board of Directors:
- Pavel Boyarinov, incumbent independent director
- Maria Davydova, incumbent executive director
- Stanislav Kotomkin, incumbent independent director
- Tony Maher, incumbent non-executive director
- Alexander Shevchuk, incumbent independent director
- Andrey Anishchenko, independent director
- Maria Gordon, independent director
- Michael Foss, independent director
Candidates nominated by Gulf Investments Limited (shareholder owning 25% of the Company voting shares):
- Pavel Grachev, non-executive director
- Mikhail Stiskin, non-executive director
- Dmitry Klenov, non-executive director
- Vladimir Klimanov, non-executive director
The date, time and venue of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders remained unchanged.
Materials for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, including information on the candidates, are available on the Company’s website (ir.detmir.ru), Interfax’s website (e-disclosure.ru) and upon request to the Company’s Corporate Secretary Office: 3 Third Nizhnelikhoborskiy Proezd, Bld. 6, Moscow, 127238, Russia.
For additional information:
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Julia Polikarpova Head of Public Relations Tel.: +7 495 781 08 08, ext. 2041 |
Sergey Levitskiy Head of Investor Relations Tel.:+ 7 495 781 08 08, ext. 2315 |
Detsky Mir Group (MOEX: DSKY) is a multi-format digital retailer and the leader in the children’s goods sector in Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as a significant player in Belarus. The Group comprises the Detsky Mir and the Detmir Pickup retail chains, the detmir.ru online store and marketplace, as well as the Zoozavr pet supplies retail chain. The Company operates a retail chain of 832 Detsky Mir stores located in 331 cities in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, 16 Detmir Pickup stores, as well as 21 Zoozavr stores as of 31 January 2021. The total selling space was approximately 897,000 square meters.
Detsky Mir’s shareholder structure: Gulf Investments Limited (Altus Capital) – 25%; Free-float – 75%[1].
Websites: detmir.ru, ir.detmir.ru
([1]) Including quasi-treasury shares and shares held by management and directors (0.7% of total shares).