Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Aug 19, 2020
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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AMSTERDAM, 18 August 2020, 17:30 hrs CEST – Avantium published the agenda and other meeting documents for its Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). The EGM will be held at Avantium's head office, Zekeringstraat 29, 1014 BV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on Wednesday 30 September 2020, 14:00 hrs CEST.
The convocation for the EGM including the agenda, an explanation of the agenda items, instructions for attending the meeting and voting instructions (including power of attorney) are available on the Avantium website (https://www.avantium.com/corporate-governance/#shareholders-meeting).
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Avantium will take appropriate measures with respect to the EGM to protect the health and wellbeing of our employees and shareholders. In line with Dutch government directions, Avantium recommends shareholders not to attend this EGM in person and it encourages its shareholders to vote in advance of the meeting.
Avantium encourages its shareholders to exercise their voting rights via proxy, by using the physical form of power of attorney which can be found on Avantium's website or by giving voting instructions electronically via the ING EVO platform: https://ing.evo-platform.com/avantium. This platform is available from 2 September 2020, after 17:30 hrs CET, until 23 September 2020, 17:30 hrs CET, or via their intermediary where their shares are administered. Ways of voting are further described in the convocation notice of the EGM, as published on the website of Avantium https://www.avantium.com/corporate-governance/#shareholders-meeting.
Furthermore, we want to encourage our shareholders to submit any questions regarding the agenda items prior to the meeting. This is possible by sending an email to [email protected] or a letter to Avantium N.V., att. of Investor Relations, Zekeringstraat 29, 1014 BV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The deadline for shareholders to submit questions prior to the EGM is Monday 28 September 2020 before 14:00 hrs CEST. Avantium may bundle questions and will endeavour to answer them during the EGM. The answers to the questions will be published on the company's website after the meeting.
If a shareholder wishes to attend the meeting in-person, he or she is requested to register by sending an email to [email protected] before Wednesday 23 September 2020, together with the motivation why attendance in person is necessary. To ensure a safe and orderly meeting as much as possible, Avantium will assess each such request, also taking the available meeting space into account. It cannot admit shareholders who have not submitted a request to attend in person. To mitigate potential
health risks, Avantium will not organise gatherings surrounding the EGM, which means that no pre- or post-meeting reception will take place.
Shareholders who do attend the meeting in person will do so at their own health risk and are responsible for maintaining the mandatory social distance of 1.5 metres at all times. Those who show symptoms of COVID-19 as referred to on the Dutch RIVM website, such as cough, shortness of breath or fever, or who have been in contact with any person suffering from COVID-19 during the previous 14 days, may not attend the meeting in person. Those who do not act in accordance with the mandatory social distance will be asked to leave the meeting. Visitors will not be admitted.
We will continue to closely monitor developments. We reserve the right to make changes to the organisation of the EGM, if the Dutch government announces new measures that require a different approach. Therefore, we advise you to regularly check our website for any further updates. For any questions please contact [email protected].
Avantium is a leading technology development company and a forerunner in renewable chemistry. Avantium develops novel technologies based on renewable carbon sources as an alternative to fossilbased chemicals and plastics. The company currently has three technologies at pilot and demonstration phase. The most advanced technology is the YXY® plant-to-plastics–technology that catalytically converts plant-based sugars into a wide range of chemicals and plastics, such as PEF (polyethylene furanoate). Avantium has successfully demonstrated the YXY Technology at its pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands. The second technology is the Dawn Technology™ that converts non-food biomass into industrial sugars and lignin in order to transition the chemicals and materials industries to non-fossil resources. In 2018, Avantium opened the DAWN pilot biorefinery in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The third technology is called Ray Technology™ and catalytically converts industrial sugars to plant-based MEG (mono-ethylene glycol). Avantium is scaling up its Ray Technology™ and the demonstration plant in Delfzijl, The Netherlands opened on November 7, 2019. Next to developing and commercializing renewable chemistry technologies, the company also provides advanced catalysis R&D services and systems to customers in the refinery and chemical industries. Avantium works in partnership with likeminded companies around the globe to create revolutionary renewable chemistry solutions from invention to commercial scale.
Avantium's shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels (symbol: AVTX). Avantium is included in the Euronext Amsterdam SmallCap Index (AScX). Its offices and headquarters are in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Caroline van Reedt Dortland, Director Communications, Avantium +31-20-5860110 / +31-613400179, [email protected]
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