Fri, 01/20/2012

Amsterdam, 20 January 2012 - Vimetco NV (LSE: VICO, "the Company"), the global producer of primary and processed aluminium products, today announces that, on January 16th, 2012, the Company held an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. The EGMS adopted unanimously the proposal to fix the number of members of the Board of Directors to eleven. It also adopted unanimously the proposal to appoint Mr. Gheorghe Dobra as executive member of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the period starting on the day of the Meeting and ending on the date of the annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Company, to be held in 2012.

Pursuant to the resolution adopted, the Board of Directors consists of three executive members, and eight non-executive members. 

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About Vimetco

Vimetco N.V. is a global, vertically integrated producer of primary and processed aluminium products with major production assets in Romania, Sierra Leone and China, and a holding company in The Netherlands. Vimetco NV controls an aluminium production capacity of 1.1 million tonnes pa. Vimetco's global depositary receipts are listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:VICO).