Norilsk Nickel: Focus on strategy and no intrigues

The first after the conciliative agreement annual meeting of Norilsk Nickel’s shareholders took place on June 6 – over half of the year showed that the company could live, work and develop in peace and harmony.

The Norilsk Nickel’s shareholders approved dividends in the amount of 400.83 rubles per share (1.7 times more than in 2011), decrease of authorized capital through redemption of the last 8.08% of quasi-treasury shares and approved 13 candidates for 13 places in the Board of Directors. The ex-General Directors of De Beers Garet Penni was elected the Chairman of the Border and the committees under the Council were headed by their former Chiefs.

At the same time the main task was defined at once. The meeting started with the opening address of the General Director Vladimir Potanin, in which he clearly gave to understand that the main task now is the design of the new development strategy of the company.