AGM Information • Apr 17, 2020
AGM Information
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In accordance with the convocations published on March 24, ATENOR confirms that it has decided to maintain the holding of the General Meetings scheduled on forthcoming April 24.
In execution of the Royal Decree n° 4 of April 9, 2020 "laying down various provisions in terms of coownership and companies and associations law as a part of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic" as adopted by the legislator to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus (hereinafter, "the RD"), the Board of Directors took, given the current exceptional circumstances, the following decisions:
A physical participation in the General Meetings of April 24, 2020 is not possible.
The shareholders can only exercise their voting rights:
We draw your attention to the fact that, on the basis of the RD, the documents can be validly transmitted by electronic means until 20 April 2020 (at midnight) at the latest (while respecting the other conditions set out in the invitation) to the email address [email protected] (a scanned or photographed version will suffice).
The shareholders may ask their questions only in writing until 20 April 2020 (midnight) at the latest. The answers to these possible written questions will be published, at the latest on the day of the General Meetings, on the company's website www.atenor.eu under the Investors / General Meetings of Shareholders /2020 section.
Frank Donck, Chairman of the Board of Directors (with power of substitution) has been appointed by the Board of Directors as proxy in order to:
We therefore confirm that the General Meetings will be held in writing and will not be the subject of a video broadcast, nor at the time of their holding, nor subsequently.
The Board of Directors wishes to participate in the fight against the propagation of the current pandemic and considers that in the current context, these measures must be taken.
ATENOR is an urban real estate development company with European expertise listed on the Euronext Brussels market. Through our urban planning and architectural approach, we aim to provide appropriate responses to the new requirements being imposed by developments in urban and professional life. Within this framework, ATENOR is investing in large-scale property projects which meet strict criteria in terms of location, economic efficiency and respect for the environment. Reuters ATE0.BR - Bloomberg : ATEB BB
For more detailed information, please contact Stéphan Sonneville SA, CEO or Hans Vandendael for Real Serendipity BV, Legal Director Phone +32-2-387.22.99 - Fax +32-2-387.23.16 - e-mail: [email protected] - www.atenor.eu

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We wish to inform you that at the time of this publication (24.03.2020), ATENOR has not decided to postpone the holding of the General Meetings foreseen on forthcoming April 24.
Given the sanitary constraintslinked to the Covid-19 epidemic and imposed by the National Security Council and the WHO, and on an exceptional basis, it seems certain that shareholders cannot be present or physically represented at these Meetings.
It is envisaged that these Meetings will be held by video conference, accessible by PC, tablet and smartphone in accordance with the technical terms which will be described subsequently on our website www.atenor.eu.
In view of the fact that our Articles of Association do not provide for electronic voting, we invite you (i) to express your vote by virtue of the postal voting tools or proxy voting by giving your proxy to the Chairman of the Meeting and (ii) to submit your questions in writing to us no later than April 18, 2020.
| Sequence of Events of the General Assemblies | |
|---|---|
| 9.30 | Verification of the required quorum |
| 9.45 | Presentation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors |
| 10.00 | Presentation by the CEO and voting |
Approval of the corporate annual accounts closed on 31 December 2019, including the allocation of the results proposed by the Board of Directors, i.e. (i) a gross dividend of € 2.31 per share for those shares whose entitlement to dividend has not been suspended and (ii) Director's fees of the amount of € 256,000.
Discharge by separate vote to the Directors and the Auditor for the exercise of their mandate in the course of the 2019 financial year.
On the proposal of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee:
Approval of the Remuneration Report
As provided by the Corporate Governance Charter, approval

To confer all powers to the Board of Directors for the execution of the decisions taken.
The board of directors is authorised to acquire, in accordance with the Companies and Associations Code, the company's own shares, at a price that cannot be lower than €1.00 per share and cannot be higher than the average closing price of the last ten broking days prior to the transaction, marked up by 10%. The Company cannot at any time hold more than 20 (twenty) per cent of the total shares issued. Wherever necessary, this authorisation is extended to the acquisitions and pledges of the company's own shares by its subsidiaries.
The authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 is valid for a period of five years dating from the publication in the annex to the Belgian Official Gazette of the decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting of 24 April 2020.
Proposed decision
In the context of this authorisation, (i) the board of directors can also issue convertible bonds or warrants in adherence to the provisions of the Companies and Associations Code and (ii) the board of directors is authorised to limit or withdraw the preferential right of the shareholders, including in favour of one or several determined persons.
In the event of a capital increase accompanied by the payment or booking of an issue premium, only the amount credited to the capital will be subtracted from the remaining usable amount of the authorised capital.
Proposed decision

The new text of the articles of association (indicating modifications with respect to the current version of the articles of association) can be consulted on the website www.atenor.eu under the heading Investors / General Meetings / 2020.
Confer all powers to the Board of Directors for the execution of the decisions taken.
In accordance with Article 7:134 §2 of the Companies and Associations Code, owners of registered or dematerialised shares must proceed, in order to attend the General Meetings and to exercise the right to vote, with the registration of those in their name on the fourteenth day before the General Meetings (10 April 2020), at twenty-four hours (Belgian time) either by their inclusion in the shareholders' register of the company, or by being placed in the accounts of an account holder or clearing organisation, it being understood that the number of shares held by the shareholder on the date of the General Meetings will be irrelevant.
Furthermore, the shareholder must inform the company of their wish to participate in the General Meetings (by writing to the registered office of the company or by email to [email protected] by the sixth day before the date of the General Meetings (18 April 2020).
Before the General Meetings, the shareholder will submit to the company a copy of the certificate issued to the shareholder by the authorized account holder or by the clearing organization certifying the number of dematerialized shares registered in the shareholder's name in its accounts on the date of registration for which the shareholder has said they would participate in the General Meetings.
Pursuant to article 7:130 of the Companies and Associations Code, one or more shareholders representing at least 3% of the share capital may, pursuant to the Companies and Associations Code, require the inclusion of topics to be addressed in the agenda of any general meeting and submit proposals for decisions on topics to be addressed that are or will be included in the agenda.
Shareholders will prove, on the date of application, the possession of the fraction of capital required by the preceding paragraph either by a certificate of registration of the required number of shares in the

shareholders' register of the company or by a certificate issued by the authorized account holder or clearing organization certifying the registration, in their name, of the required number of dematerialized shares.
The examination of topics to be addressed and proposals for decisions added to the agenda under this article shall be subject to registration pursuant to the "requirements for admission" section above, of the fraction of the capital referred to above.
Requests are made in writing and accompanied, as the case may be, by the text of topics to be addressed and proposals for decisions relating thereto, or the text of the proposed decisions to bring to the agenda. They will indicate the address or email address to which the company must send the acknowledgment of receipt of these requests.
They must reach the company no later than the twenty-second day before the date of the General Assemblies(2 April 2020). Such requests may be sent to the company electronically at [email protected]. The company will acknowledge receipt of the requests concerned within forty-eight hours after receipt.
Notwithstanding the fact that the company will publish such proposed decisions on its website as soon as possible after receipt, the company will publish a complete agenda of topics and additional proposals for decisions relating to them that have been added to it, and/or proposals for decisions that were made no later than the fifteenth day preceding the date of the General Meetings (9 April 2020).
Simultaneously, the company will provide its shareholders, on its website, forms that can be used to vote by proxy, including the additional topics to be discussed and proposals for decisions relating thereto that have been added to the agenda and/or proposals for decisions.
The voting proxies notified to the company prior to the publication, in accordance with this provision, of a completed agenda remain valid for the subjects on the original agenda. For topics that are the subject of new proposals submitted for decision, the proxy holder may, in assembly, deviate from any instructions given if the execution of these instructions may compromise the interests of their principal. He must inform his principal of this. The proxy must indicate whether the proxy holder is authorized to vote on the new topics added to the agenda or whether they must abstain.
In accordance with article 7:139 of the Companies and Associations Code, shareholders may, as from the publication of the notice, submit written questions that will be answered, as the case may be, by the Directors or the Auditor during the General Meetings provided that such shareholders have complied with the requirements for admission stated above.
These questions can be addressed to the company electronically at [email protected]. Written questions must reach the company no later than the sixth day before the date of the General Meetings (18 April 2020).
In accordance with articles 7:142, 7:143, 7:144 of the Companies and Associations Code, all shareholders entitled to vote can vote themselves or by proxy. To this end, a proxy template is made available to shareholders on the website www.atenor.eu.
By proxy, is meant the authority given by a shareholder to a person or entity to exercise on behalf of the said shareholder all or part of their rights at the General Meetings. Such authority can be given for one or more specified meetings or for meetings held during a specified period.
The proxy given for a meeting will be valid for successive meetings convened with the same agenda.
The proxy has the same rights as the shareholder thus represented and in particular the right to speak, to ask questions at the General Meetings and to exercise the right to vote.
The shareholder may appoint only one person as their proxy for each General Meeting. Notwithstanding this rule:

The number of shareholders that a proxy holder may represent is not limited. Where a proxy holder holds proxies from several shareholders, he can cast votes for a certain shareholder differently from votes cast for another shareholder.
The appointment of a proxy by a shareholder, must be made in writing and signed by the shareholder. The notification of the proxy to the company must be made in writing. This notification may also be made electronically at [email protected].
The proxy must reach the company no later than the sixth day before the date of the Ordinary General Meeting (18 April 2020)
Only proxies submitted by shareholders who meet the admission formalities listed above qualify for calculating the quorum and majority rules.
The proxy holder will vote in accordance with the voting instructions given by the shareholder. He shall keep a record of the voting instructions for a period of at least one year and confirm, at the request of the shareholder, that the voting instructions have been carried out.
In case of potential conflicts of interest between the shareholder and the proxy they have appointed:
For the purposes of this section, a conflict of interest arises where, in particular, the proxy holder:
Regarding proxies in case of the addition of subjects to the agenda in accordance with 7:130 of the Companies and Associations Code, reference is made to the section "Inclusion of topics in the agenda" above.
The Management Report, the Auditor's Report, the proxy form and all other documents are available on our website (www.atenor.eu) or can be obtained on simple request from Atenor ([email protected]).
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