AGM Information • May 24, 2021
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bpost Limited liability company under public law Centre Monnaie/Muntcentrum, 1000 Brussels Enterprise no. 0214.596.464 (RLE Brussels) ("bpost SA/NV" or the "Company")
The ordinary general meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting") opens at 10 AM under the chairmanship of Mr. Ray Stewart, chairperson of the Board of Directors.
The Chairperson appoints Mr. François Soenen as secretary of the Meeting. No scrutineer is appointed given that an electronic voting system is used, which is provided by LUMI.
The chairperson and the secretary constitute the executive of the Meeting.
This agenda item does not require a Shareholders' Meeting resolution.
This agenda item does not require a Shareholders' Meeting resolution.
Proposed resolution: the Shareholders' Meeting resolves to approve bpost SA/NV's statutory annual accounts relating to the financial year closed on 31 December 2020 and the allocation of the result reflected therein.
Proposed resolution: the Shareholders' Meeting resolves to grant discharge to the Directors for the exercise of their mandate during the financial year closed on 31 December 2020.
Proposed resolution: the Shareholders' Meeting resolves to grant discharge to the Statutory Auditors for the exercise of their mandate during the financial year closed on 31 December 2020.
Mr. Jos Donvil and Ms. Bernadette Lambrechts were appointed upon proposal of the Belgian State in accordance with its nomination right under Article 14, §2 of the Articles of Association. As from this Shareholders' Meeting, their mandate will expire.
Following the decision of the Board of Directors of 14 March 2021, the termination of the mandate of Mr. Jean-Paul Avermaet as director is proposed to this Shareholders' Meeting.
In addition, on May 5, 2021, Ms. Anne Dumont resigned as director with effect from this Shareholders Meeting.
In accordance with its nomination right under Article 14, §2 of the Articles of Association, the Belgian State proposes to renew the mandate of Mr. Jos Donvil as director for a term of 4 years and to appoint Mr. Mohssin El Ghabri and Ms. Audrey Hanard as directors for a term of 4 years.
The Belgian State might exercise its nomination right under Article 14, §2 of the Articles of Association in view of the replacement of Mr. Jean-Paul Van Avermaet, as well as any other mandate(s) of non-executive director that might become vacant. The candidate(s) proposed by will the Belaian State be communicated bpost's on website (https://corporate.bpost.be/investors/shareholders-meetings/2021) prior to the Shareholders' Meeting. The Shareholders' Meeting will deliberate and resolve upon the appointment of the candidate(s) proposed by the Belgian State.
As from this Shareholders' Meeting, the mandate of Ms. Filomena Teixeira and Ms. Saskia Van Uffelen will expire. In addition, Mr. François Cornelis resigned as independent director with effect from March 31, 2021.
Upon recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, the Board of Directors unanimously proposes to appoint Mr. Jules Noten, Ms. Sonja Rottiers, Mr. Lionel Desclée and Ms. Sonja Willems as directors for a term of 4 years. The information available to the Company shows that these candidates meet the general independence criterion laid down in Article 7:87 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Association and the specific independence criteria laid down in Article 3.5 of the Corporate Governance Code.
The Board of Directors, upon recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, recommends voting in favor of the proposed resolutions.
The curriculum vitae and, where applicable, other information on the proposed Board members are available on bpost's website: https://corporate.bpost.be/investors/shareholdersmeetings/2021.
The Board of Directors proposes to remunerate the mandate of the directors in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000, the principles of which will be reflected in the remuneration policy to be approved by this Shareholders' Meeting.
Proposed resolutions:
The Shareholders' Meeting appoints Ms. Sonja Rottiers as director for a term of four years $8.7.$ until the close of the annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2025. The Shareholders' Meeting acknowledges that, based on the information made available to bpost SA/NV, Ms. Sonja Rottiers qualifies as independent director according to the general independence criterion provided for by Article 7:87 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations and the specific independence criteria laid down in Article 3.5 of the Corporate Governance Code and appoints her as independent director. The Shareholders' Meeting resolves that the mandate will be remunerated in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000.
The Shareholders' Meeting appoints Mr. Lionel Desclée as director for a term of four years 8.8. until the close of the annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2025. The Shareholders' Meeting acknowledges that, based on the information made available to bpost SA/NV, Mr. Lionel Desclée qualifies as independent director according to the general independence criterion provided for by Article 7:87 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations and the specific independence criteria laid down in Article 3.5 of the Corporate Governance Code and appoints him as independent director. The Shareholders' Meeting resolves that the mandate will be remunerated in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000.
In accordance with Article 7:89/1 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations and upon recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, the Board of Directors has drawn up a remuneration policy, which is available together with an explanatory note, on bpost's website: https://corporate.bpost.be/investors/shareholders-meetings/2021. The Board of Directors submits this remuneration policy for approval to this Shareholders' Meeting. If the remuneration policy is not approved by the shareholders' meeting, the remuneration policy approved by the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000 and, more in general, the current remuneration practices will continue to apply until the next Shareholders' Meeting where the Board of Directors will submit a new remuneration policy for approval by the Shareholders.
Proposed resolution: the Shareholders' Meeting approves the remuneration policy as drawn up by the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee. The remuneration policy, as well as the result of the vote thereon by this Shareholders' available Meeting, will be publicly on bpost's website: https://corporate.bpost.be/investors/shareholders-meetings/2021 for the period during which the remuneration policy applies.
The mandate of EY Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises and of PVMD Bedrijfsrevisoren -Réviseurs d'Entreprises will expire at this Shareholders' Meeting.
Proposed resolution: the Shareholders' Meeting reappoints (i) EY Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises SRL/BV (0446.334.711), with registered seat at De Kleetlaan 2, 1831 Diegem, and (ii) PVMD Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises SC/CV (0471.089.804), with registered seat at Avenue d'Argenteuil 51, 1410 Waterloo, as Statutory Auditors for a renewable three-year term ending after the Ordinary General Meeting of 2024.
EY Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises SRL/BV has appointed Han Wevers (member of the Instituut van de Bedrijfsrevisoren/Institut de Réviseurs d'Entreprises) as its permanent representative.
PVMD Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises SC/CV has appointed Alain Chaerels (member of the Instituut van de Bedrijfsrevisoren/Institut de Réviseurs d'Entreprises) as its permanent representative.
The Shareholders' Meeting resolves that the aggregate remuneration of both Statutory Auditors amounts to EUR 322,917 per year, subject to annual indexation.
Proposed resolution: the Shareholders' Meeting grants a special power of attorney to Mr. François Soenen, Ms. Hélène Mespouille and Ms. Pauline Orban each acting individually and with power of substitution, to represent bpost SA/NV for the purpose of the accomplishment of all necessary filing and publication formalities resulting from the aforementioned resolutions. Each of the attorneys is, in this regard, authorized to take all actions that are necessary or useful to comply with the formalities in relation to any filing requirements and publications.
In accordance with Article 7:128 of the Code of companies and associations and Article 29 of the Articles of Association, the convening notices and the agenda were circulated and published in due time.
This convocation was made by announcements on 9 April 2021 in:
A press release was sent to Belga. It was also published on the Company's website and spread in the market through Euronext and Euroclear.
The convening notices were also sent by mail to registered shareholders (together with the reports and annual accounts mentioned in the agenda of the Meeting) and the Statutory Auditors on April 9. 2021. The members of the Board of Directors waived the convening formalities.
Any shareholder, upon presentation of his security or a certificate, could obtain a copy of the reports and annual accounts mentioned in the agenda of the Meeting free of charge at the registered office of the Company.
In accordance with Article 7:129, §3 of the Code of companies and associations, all documents mentioned in the convening notice were made available to the shareholders on the Company's website on 9 April 2021.
Additional information on the candidate directors was made public on the website of bpost and through a press release on 5 and 11 May 2021.
A copy of the newspapers and online publications of the convening notice and the convening letter, together with copies of the reports and annual accounts mentioned in the agenda of the Meeting, were made available with the executive and were attached to these minutes.
In accordance with Article 36, §3 of the Law of 21 March 1991 reforming certain economic stateowned companies, the economic and financial information was given to the Joint Committee held on 22 April 2021. No objection was made. An extract of the minutes was attached to the file and made available to the executive.
In order to (i) strictly follow the regulations issued by the Belgian government to limit the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 and (ii) take all necessary measures to avoid any health and safety risk for its shareholders, service providers and employees, the Board of Directors decided to hold the Meeting digitally. As a consequence:
The shareholders present or represented completed the admission formalities provided for by Article 7:134 of the Code of companies and associations and Article 30 of the Articles of Association in order to participate to this Meeting.
In accordance with the aforementioned measures taken by the Board of Directors, the completed and signed proxies and forms for voting by correspondence, as well as any written questions, had to reach the Company no later than 6 May 2021 (by email to ebe [email protected] for the proxies and forms for voting by correspondence and by email, to [email protected] for the written questions). In addition, shareholders might vote in advance electronically through the Lumi platform no later than Tuesday 11 May 2021 (4PM). Compliance with the aforementioned formalities is confirmed by the executive of the Meeting.
The various supporting documents as well as the proxies and forms for voting by correspondence, of which a scanned or photographed copy is sufficient, will be attached to the minutes in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.
The attendance list attested that the shareholders present or represented (including those who voted in advance by correspondence or electronically through the Lumi platform), represented 128,188,588 shares, each with a voting right, on a total of 200,000,944 shares issued by the Company.
In view of the current circumstances (Covid-19 crisis), the following directors and candidate directors are participating remotely in this Meeting:
The following candidate directors are present:
The following auditors are also participating remotely in this Meeting:
The directors and auditors waived the convening formalities and deadlines.
Consequently, this Meeting is validly constituted. Bearing in mind that no special quorum is required to deliberate upon the points on the agenda, the Meeting is able to validly deliberate on the points of the agenda. Since no item on the agenda requires a qualified majority, the required majorities will in principle be calculated on the basis of 128,188,588 shares.
After listening to the speech of Mr. Dirk Tirez, CEO ad interim, and Ms. Leen Geirnaerdt, Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), the presentations of which are attached to these minutes, the Meeting acknowledges the agenda.
The chairperson refers to the speech of Mr. Dirk Tirez, CEO ad interim, and Ms. Leen Geirnaerdt, CFO.
The management report of the Board of Directors on the financial year closed on 31 December 2020 has been made available to the shareholders and was sent by mail to the registered shareholders so that they could take note of the report prior to this Meeting.
The report of the Statutory Auditors on the financial year closed 31 December 2020 had been made available to the shareholders and was sent by post to the registered shareholders so that they could take note of the report prior to this Meeting.
The chairperson refers to the presentation of the CFO, who summarized the Company's performances during 2020 and the consolidated results at bpost Group level.
The chairperson refers to the presentation of the CFO, who, in the course of her presentation, provided more details on the results for the financial year closed on 31 December 2020 as well as the proposed allocation of the result.
The chairperson briefly presents the remuneration report drawn up by the Company in accordance with the applicable legal provisions and which was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors, upon proposal of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.
The report explains in detail the remuneration principles and amounts applicable to the members of the Board of Directors, the CEO and the other members of the Group Executive Committee.
The objective of the remuneration policy is to propose a fair remuneration that is competitive on the Belgian reference market. To that effect, a comparison of the various elements of remuneration is regularly carried out on the median segment of the reference market which is composed of companies comparable to the Company. In addition, in order to promote the Company's profitable, sustainable growth, the performance of the CEO and of the members of the Group Executive Committee is rewarded both collectively and individually.
The chairperson specifies that the remuneration package of the CEO and the members of the Group Executive Committee is composed of (i) a base remuneration, (ii) a variable remuneration, (iii) a pension contribution and (iv) various other benefits. The variable remuneration system is a percentage of the base remuneration and aims to reinforce the performance-based managerial culture. The base amount of the variable remuneration actually allocated varies depending on (i) the corporate objectives and (ii) individual targets:
The chairperson proposes to grant discharge to the members of the Board of Directors for the exercise of their mandate during the financial year closed on 31 December 2020.
The chairperson proposes to grant discharge to the Statutory Auditors for the exercise of their mandate during the financial year closed on 31 December 2020.
Following the decision of the Board of Directors of 14 March 2021, the termination of the mandate of Mr. Jean-Paul Avermaet as director is proposed to this Shareholders' Meeting.
In addition, upon recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, the Board of Directors proposes to the Meeting to appoint seven directors:
The mandate of Ms. Filomena Teixeira and Ms. Saskia Van Uffelen as independent $\mathbf{u}$ directors expire as from this Meeting. In addition, Mr. François Cornelis resigned as independent director with effect from 31 March 2021. Upon recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, the Board of Directors proposes to appoint Mr. Lionel Desclée, Mr. Jules Noten, Ms. Sonja Rottiers and Ms. Sonja Willems as independent directors for a term of 4 years.
Based on the information presented to the company, it was established that there are no conflicts of interest or incompatibility with regard to the candidates, and that the independent candidates meet the independence criteria laid down in the Belgian Code of Companies and Association, as well as in the Corporate Governance Code.
The Board proposes to remunerate the mandate of the Board candidates on the same basis as the other directors in accordance with the remuneration policy.
The chairman proposes to approve the remuneration policy as drawn up by the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee. The remuneration policy largely reflects the principles of the remuneration policy approved by the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000 and complemented to better promote the long-term interests of bpost and alignment of all stakeholders.
The chairman proposes to reappoint, upon proposal of the Board of Directors and upon recommendation of the Audit Committee, (reappoints (i) EY Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises SRL/BV (0446.334.711), with registered seat at De Kleetlaan 2, 1831 Diegem and represented by Mr. Han Wevers, and (ii) PVMD Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises SC/CV (0471.089.804), with registered seat at Avenue d'Argenteuil 51, 1410 Waterloo and represented by Mr. Alain Chaerels, as Statutory Auditors for a renewable three-year term ending after the Ordinary General Meeting of 2024. The aggregate remuneration of both Statutory Auditors will amount to EUR 322,917 per year, subject to annual indexation.
The chairperson proposes to grant a special power of attorney to Mr. Francois Soenen, Ms. Hélène Mespouille and Ms. Pauline Orban, with power of substitution, for the purpose of the accomplishment of all administrative formalities resulting from the aforementioned resolutions.
Before inviting the shareholders to vote on the proposed resolutions as stated in the agenda, the chairperson invites the participants who wish to do so, to ask questions relating to the agenda items or the reports and annual accounts mentioned in the agenda.
The Meeting handles the electronic questions of the shareholders. The questions and the summary of answers given are attached to these minutes.
The chairperson then states that the debates is closed and proposes to the Meeting to vote on the proposed resolutions through the Lumi platform.
The voting takes place electronically. The vote of the shareholders who voted in advance by correspondence or electronically has already been inserted into the databank of this electronic system and is automatically added to the votes expressed during the session. The total number of votes is mentioned in the minutes. The result is determined on the basis of a simple majority calculated on the votes 'for' and 'against'.
Points 1 to 3 on the agenda do not require a vote.
The chairperson submits to the shareholders' vote, the proposal regarding the approval of the annual accounts for the financial year closed on 31 December 2020, including the allocation of the result.
The allocation of the result is proposed as follows:
| Profit to be appropriated | EUR 221,355,136.35 |
|---|---|
| Transfer to the reserves | EUR 0.00 |
| Profit to be carried forward | EUR 263,016,944.48 |
| Dividends | EUR 0.00 |
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 127,547,008 | 99.50% |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 249,032 | $0.19\,\%$ |
| ABSTAIN | 392,548 |
The Meeting resolves to approve bpost SA/NV's statutory annual accounts relating to the financial year closed on 31 December 2020 and the allocation of the result reflected therein.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 102,321,614 | 79.82 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 25,383,060 | 19.80 % |
| ABSTAIN | 483,914 |
The Meeting resolves to approve the remuneration report for the financial year closed on December 31, 2020.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 122,670,861 | 95.70 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 5,087,010 | 3.97% |
| ABSTAIN | 430,717 |
The Meeting resolves to grant discharge to the Directors for the exercise of their mandate during the financial year closed on December 31, 2020.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 127,660,987 | 99.59% |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 97,109 | 0.08% |
| ABSTAIN | 430,492 |
The Meeting resolves to grant discharge to the Statutory Auditors for the exercise of their mandate during the financial year closed on December 31, 2020.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 128,188,090 | $100 \%$ |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 273 | 0.00% |
| ABSTAIN | 225 |
The Meeting terminates the mandate of Mr. Jean-Paul Van Avermaet as director with immediate effect.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 108,104,702 | 84.33 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 20,083,661 | 15.67 % |
| ABSTAIN | 225 |
The Meeting renews the mandate of Mr. Jos Donvil as director for a term of four years until the close of the annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2025. The Meeting resolves that the mandate will be remunerated in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 111,642,310 | 87.09 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 16,546,053 | 12.91 % |
| ABSTAIN | 225 |
The Meeting appoints Mr. Mohssin El Ghabri as director for a term of four years until the close of the annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2025. The Meeting resolves that the mandate will be remunerated in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 102,481,260 | 79.95 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 22,734,521 | 17.74 % |
| ABSTAIN | 2,972,807 |
The Meeting appoints Ms. Audrey Hanard as director for a term of four years until the close of the annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2025. The Meeting resolves that the mandate will be remunerated in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000.
As no candidate for the replacement of Mr. Van Avermaet has been proposed to date, there is no need to vote on this resolution.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 102,480,892 | 79.95 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 22,734,889 | 17.74 % |
| ABSTAIN | 2,972,807 |
The Meeting appoints Mr. Jules Noten as director for a term of four years until the close of the annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2025. The Meeting acknowledges that, based on the information made available to bpost SA/NV, Mr. Jules Noten qualifies as independent director according to the general independence criterion provided for by Article 7:87 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations and the specific independence criteria laid down in Article 3.5 of the Corporate Governance Code and appoints him as independent director. The Meeting resolves that the mandate will be remunerated in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 102,480,892 | 79.95 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 22,734,889 | 17.74 % |
| ABSTAIN | 2,972,807 |
The Meeting appoints Ms. Sonja Rottiers as director for a term of four years until the close of the annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2025. The Meeting acknowledges that, based on the information made available to bpost SA/NV, Ms. Sonja Rottiers qualifies as independent director according to the general independence criterion provided for by Article 7:87 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations and the specific independence criteria laid down in Article 3.5 of the Corporate Governance Code and appoints her as independent director. The Meeting resolves that the mandate will be remunerated in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 102,480,892 | 79.95 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 22,734,889 | 17.74 % |
| ABSTAIN | 2,972,807 |
The Meeting appoints Mr. Lionel Desclée as director for a term of four years until the close of the annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2025. The Meeting acknowledges that, based on the information made available to bpost SA/NV, Mr. Lionel Desclée qualifies as independent director according to the general independence criterion provided for by Article 7:87 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations and the specific independence criteria laid down in Article 3.5 of the Corporate Governance Code and appoints him as independent director. The Meeting resolves that the mandate will be remunerated in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 102,480,892 | 79.95 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 22,734,889 | 17.74 % |
| ABSTAIN | 2,972,807 |
The Meeting appoints Ms. Sonja Willems as director for a term of four years until the close of the annual Shareholders' Meeting of 2025. The Meeting acknowledges that, based on the information made available to bpost SA/NV, Ms. Sonja Willems qualifies as independent director according to the general independence criterion provided for by Article 7:87 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations and the specific independence criteria laid down in Article 3.5 of the Corporate Governance Code and appoints her as independent director. The Meeting resolves that the mandate will be remunerated in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting of 25 April 2000.
Given the resolutions above, the Board of Directors will be composed of the following persons as from the close of this Meeting:
Extract of the Articles of Association:
The company is represented in all its acts and at law by:
1° the chairperson of the board of directors and the chief executive officer, acting jointly, or by one of them and another director, acting jointly;
2° the chief executive officer alone, within the limits of the daily management and the other powers delegated to him/her;
3° by every other person, acting within the limits of the mandate granted to him/her."
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 117,581,463 | 91.73 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 10,607,125 | 8.27 % |
| ABSTAIN | 0.00 |
The Meeting approves the remuneration policy as drawn up by the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee. The remuneration policy, as well as the result of the vote thereon by this Meeting, will be publicly available on bpost's website: https://corporate.bpost.be/investors/shareholders-meetings/2021 for the period during which the remuneration policy applies.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 128,188,315 | 100 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 0,00 | 0.00% |
| ABSTAIN | 273 |
The Meeting reappoints (i) EY Bedrijfsrevisoren – Réviseurs d'Entreprises SRL/BV (0446.334.711), with registered seat at De Kleetlaan 2, 1831 Diegem, and (ii) PVMD Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises SC/CV (0471.089.804), with registered seat at Avenue d'Argenteuil 51, 1410 Waterloo, as Statutory Auditors for a renewable three-year term ending after the Ordinary General Meeting of 2024.
EY Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises SRL/BV has appointed Han Wevers (member of the Instituut van de Bedrijfsrevisoren/Institut de Réviseurs d'Entreprises) as its permanent representative.
PVMD Bedrijfsrevisoren - Réviseurs d'Entreprises SC/CV has appointed Alain Chaerels (member of the Instituut van de Bedrijfsrevisoren/Institut de Réviseurs d'Entreprises) as its permanent representative.
The Meeting resolves that the aggregate remuneration of both Statutory Auditors amounts to EUR 322,917 per year, subject to annual indexation.
128,188,588 votes are recorded with regard to 128,188,588 shares, representing 64.09% of the capital.
| FOR | 128,188,315 | 100 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| ABSTAIN | 273 |
| FOR | 128,188,315 | 100 % |
|---|---|---|
| AGAINST | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| ABSTAIN | 273 |
The Meeting grants a special power of attorney to Mr. Francois Soenen, Ms. Hélène Mespouille and Ms. Pauline Orban each acting individually and with power of substitution, to represent bpost SA/NV for the purpose of the accomplishment of all necessary filing and publication formalities resulting from the aforementioned resolutions. Each of the attorneys is, in this regard, authorized to take all actions that are necessary or useful to comply with the formalities in relation to any filing requirements and publications.
Since all the points on the agenda of the Meeting have been covered, the chairperson closes the Meeting.
The minutes would be published on the website of the Company within the applicable legal timeframes.
The Meeting was closed at 11.30 AM.
The minutes were signed by the executive members.
$\mathcal{P}$
Francois Soenen Secretary
Ry Stewart
Ray Stewart Chairperson
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