AGM Information • Apr 27, 2020
AGM Information
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Joint stock company, (listed on Euronext Brussels)
Rue de la Régence 58 - 1000 Brussels Register of Corporate Bodies - Brussels VAT: BE 0405.966.675
Given the exceptional situation related to the Covid-19 epidemy, Immobel's priority is to preserve the health and safety of its Shareholders, Employees and Partners. This is why, in accordance with the Royal Decree No. 4 of April 9 th , 2020 on various provisions relating to co-ownership and company and association law in the context of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemy, it has been decided that Shareholders will only be able, and are now strongly encouraged, to participate by remote voting or by proxy voting to the General Meetings to be held on Thursday May 28th. Therefore, we invite Shareholders (i) to use the remote voting form or proxy voting facilities by giving a proxy to Mrs Joëlle Micha, Head of Corporate Affairs, and (ii) in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned Royal Decree, to submit any questions in writing by May 24th, 2020 at the latest.
Special report of the Board of Directors concerning the renewal of the "authorised share capital", in application of article 7:199 of the Companies & Associations Code.
Proposal: Despite the fact that the authorization given by the Shareholders in 2016 is still valid, the General Meeting decides to renew the five (5)year period of the statutory powers of the Board of Directors, to increase the share capital in one time or in several times, for an amount of maximum ninety-seven million euros (97.000.000,00 EUR). Consequently, the Meeting decides to replace the first paragraph of article 11 of the Articles of Association (current article 13) by the following text: "The Board of Directors is authorized to increase the share capital in one or more instalments, up to a maximum amount of ninety-seven million euros (97,000,000.00 EUR) on the dates and according to the procedures determined by the Board of Directors and this, for a period of five (5) years from the publication in the Annexes of the Belgian Official Gazette of the amendment of the articles of association by the Extraordinary General Meeting of 28 May, 2020. This authorization is renewable under the conditions provided by law
Moreover the General Meeting decides to renew the authorization to the Board to increase, for a period of three (3) years, the capital in any form whatsoever, including a capital increase with exclusion or limitation of the preferential right of the shareholders, even in favour of specific persons, even after receipt by the Company of a notification given by the FSMA of a take-over bid on the shares of the Company. In this case, the capital increase must, however, comply with the additional requirements applicable in such circumstances under Article 7:202 of the Companies & Associations Code.
Consequently, the Meeting decides to replace the last paragraph of article 11 of the Articles of Association (current article 13) by the following text: "The Board of Directors may use the above authorizations, within the limits of the law, even after receipt of the communication of a notice of take-over bid concerning the company. In this regard, it is specially authorized when a capital increase decided after receipt of this communication to limit or cancel the shareholders' preferential right, even in favour of specific persons. This special authorization is conferred to the Board of Directors for a period of three (3) years from the Extraordinary General Meeting of May 28, 2020. This authorization is renewable under the conditions provided by law."
Proposal: The General Meeting explicitly authorizes the Board of Directors for a period of 3 years from the date of publication in the annexes to the Belgian State Gazette of this Extraordinary General Meeting (the last authorization expired December 6th , 2019), to acquire or alienate company shares when such acquisition or alienation is necessary to prevent the company from suffering serious and imminent damages. It should be noted that the Board of Directors no longer needs the prior approval of the Shareholders' Meeting in the cases provided for in article 7:218 of the Code of Companies and Associations, including, among other things, if such disposal respects the principle of equality of Shareholders. This authorization also applies to the acquisition or alienation of shares in the company by a direct subsidiary company, under Article 7:221 of the Companies & Associations Code. Consequently, the Meeting decides to replace the second paragraph of article 12 of the Articles of Association (current article 14) by the following text: "By decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting of May 28, 2020, the Board of Directors is authorised to acquire and alienate shares in the company when such acquisition or alienation is necessary to prevent serious and imminent harm to the company. This authorisation is granted for a period of three (3) years from the date of publication of this authorisation in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette. This authorisation is also valid for the acquisition or alienation of shares of the company by a direct subsidiary company, in accordance with article 7:221 of the Code of Companies and Associations. The Board of Directors is authorised to cancel the shares acquired by the company, to have this cancellation recorded by notarial deed and to adapt and coordinate the articles of association in order to bring them into line with the decisions taken. The Board is also explicitly authorised in accordance with article 7:218,
§1, 4° of the Code of Companies and Associations to alienate the shares of the company to one or more specific persons other than the personnel."
Proposal: Despite the authorization given by the Shareholders in 2016 is still valid, the General Meeting explicitly authorizes the Board of Directors for a period of 5 years from the date of this Extraordinary General Meeting, to acquire the shares of the company, corresponding to a maximum of 20% of the shares issued, at a unit price in accordance with the legal provisions, which may not be less than [ten (10) euros] nor more than twenty percent (20%) higher than the highest closing price of the company's shares on Euronext Brussels on the last [five] days of listing of the company's shares on Euronext Brussels preceding the acquisition. This authorization also applies to the acquisition or disposal of shares in the company by a direct subsidiary company, under Article 7:221 of the Companies & Associations Code.
Consequently, the Meeting decides to replace the third paragraph of article 12 of the Articles of Association (current article 14) by the following text: "In addition, by decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting of May 28, 2018, the Board of Directors is authorized to acquire company shares, corresponding to a maximum of 20% of the shares issued, at a unit price in accordance with the legal provisions, which may not be less than [ten (10) euros] nor more than twenty percent (20%) higher than the highest closing price of the company's shares on Euronext Brussels on the last [five] days of listing of the company's shares on Euronext Brussels preceding the acquisition. This authorization is granted for a period of five (5) years from the Extraordinary General Meeting of May 28, 2020. This authorization is also valid for the acquisition of company shares by a direct subsidiary company, according to article 7: 221 of the Companies & Associations Code. The Board of Directors is authorized to cancel the shares thus acquired by the company, to have this cancellation recorded by notarial deed and to adapt and coordinate the articles of association in order to bring them into line with the decisions taken."
Proposal: The general meeting decides to adopt a new text of the Articles of Association in order to bring it in line with i) the approved authorizations during this meeting and ii) the Companies & Associations Code. The new text of the articles of association – draft version, ready for approval - can be consulted on the Company's website: https://www.immobelgroup.com/en/pages/40-shareholders-meetings.
Proposal to appoint definitively as Director the company PIERRE NOTHOMB SRL, represented by Mr Pierre NOTHOMB as permanent representative, in order to complete the mandate of ARFIN SRL, represented by Mr Pierre NOTHOMB as permanent representative, taking an end after the Annual General Meeting of 2023.
Proposal to renew the Directors' mandate of
Seen the independence criteria set out in article 7:87 of the Code of Companies & Associations and in provision 3.5 of the 2020 Code (former articles 524 and 526ter of the Companies Code), proposal to confirm
Proposal to approve the Immobel Performance Share Plan 2020 - 2022. Under this plan, one (some) Member(s) of the Executive Committee could receive a yearly conditional grant of shares ("Performance Shares"). These shares will become unconditional / will vest following a vesting period of 3 full calendar years, conditional to the achievement of pre-set performance targets, based on the 3-year average Return on Equity (ROE) as well as the 3-year average Return On Capital Employed (ROCE) . The performance targets will be set annually by the Board of Directors, in line with the Company Strategy.
The precise vesting level of the Performance Shares will depend upon the actual achievement level of the performance targets:
Upon vesting, the beneficiary(ies) will not receive the value of the dividends relating to the previous three years with respect to the Performance Shares vested. There could be one Performance Share grant for each of the years 2020 through 2022 and the aggregate number of Performance Shares to be offered would be determined each year by the Board of Directors on the motion of the Remuneration Committee. For the grant to be made for 2020, at target an aggregate number of maximum 7,745 shares could be granted to one (some) Member(s) of the Executive Committee conditionally to the achievement of the performance targets. The Performance Shares could be offered to the beneficiary(ies) for free.
Proposal to modify the fixed annual remuneration for each non-executive Director as from the year 2021, so that the fixed annual remuneration will amount to EUR 20,000. Being understood the attendance fees granted are unchanged from those granted in previous years, i.e.:
Proposal to renew the mandate of Deloitte Reviseurs d'Entreprises SCRL, with its registered office at 1930 Zaventem, Luchthaven Nationaal 1J, represented by Mr Kurt Dehoorne, as Statutory Auditor for a period of three years, taking an end after the Annual General Meeting of 2023, for a fee (excluding expenses and disbursements) of 132,000.00 EUR per year, indexed annually.
Proposal to approve and, insofar as required, ratify the change of control provision included in condition 6.6(a) of the terms and conditions of the base prospectus dated 24 September 2019 regarding the Euro Medium Term Note programme of Immobel SA/NV, in accordance with the article 7:151 Code of Companies & Associations (former article 556 of the Companies Code).
To exercise their rights at this General Meeting the Shareholders must comply with the two following rules:
• Record date
In accordance with article 28 of the Articles of Association, the right to participate in a General Meeting and exercise voting rights is subject to the registration of the shares on behalf of the Shareholder the fourteenth day before the General Meeting at 24:00 hours (Belgian time), i.e. on Thursday May 14th , 2020 ("Record Date"), either by their inscription on the register of Shareholders of the Company, either by being placed in the accounts of an authorized account holder or a settlement body, without taking into account the number of shares held by the Shareholder on the day of the General Meeting.
Only persons who are Shareholders on the Record Date are entitled to participate in and vote at the Shareholders' Meeting.
• Notification
Furthermore, Shareholders wishing to participate this General Meeting are invited, no later than Sunday May 24 th , 2020:
to produce a certificate issued by their financial intermediary or certified accountholder, as applicable, mentioning the number of dematerialized shares registered in the name of the Shareholder in its accounts on the record date and for which the Shareholder intends to participate at the General Meeting, at the headquarters office or at the offices of the banks: BNP PARIBAS FORTIS, ING BELGIQUE, KBC BANK and BANQUE DEGROOF PETERCAM.
One or more Shareholders holding together at least 3% of the share capital of the Company may add items to the Agenda of the Annual General Meeting and may file resolution proposals relating to items already on or to be added on the Agenda, by notifying the Company in writing no later than Wednesday May 6 th , 2020.
In any such case the Company will publish a revised Agenda no later than Friday May 8 th, 2020.
Barring the right of the Shareholders to submit questions at the Shareholders' Meeting (pursuant to article 7:139 of the Code of Companies & Associations; former article 540 of the Companies Code), they may also ask written questions to the Board of Directors and to the Statutory Auditor prior to the Annual General Meeting by notifying such questions to the Company no later than Sunday May 24 th, 2020.
The Company will respond in writing to the questions asked at the latest on the day of the General Meeting but before the vote, by publishing the answers to the written questions on the Company's website www.immobelgroup.com.
Written questions of a Shareholder will only be considered if the Shareholder has complied with the registration and notification procedure as indicated above.
Shareholders who wish to vote by proxy or by correspondence are invited to use the forms approved by the Board of Directors made available by the Company, and should return them duly completed and signed at the registered office of the Company.
These documents must be sent to the Company by any means, including by sending an e-mail with a scanned or photographed copy of the form or the completed and signed power of attorney.
A sample of these forms may be obtained upon request at the registered office of the Company and may also be downloaded on www.immobelgroup.com, under "Shareholders" followed by the heading "Shareholders Meetings".
The registered Shareholders who are unable to attend the General Meeting in person but want to vote by proxy or by correspondence must complete the form joined at their individual notice and notify it to the Company no later than Sunday May 24 th , 2020. The owners of dematerialized shares who want to vote by proxy or by correspondence must complete the form available on the website and notify it, together with their certificate, to one of the above-mentioned banking institutions within the same term.
All notifications referred to in the present notice must be addressed to the following address:
IMMOBEL SA Att. Joëlle Micha, Head of Corporate Affairs Rue de la Régence 58, BE-1000 Brussels Belgium
e-mail: [email protected]om
All documents required for the Annual General Meeting and other information are available at the www.immobelgroup.com website; the online version of the 2019 Annual Report is also available at https://www.immobelgroup.com/annual-report-2019.
Dated April 17th , 2020
For the Board of Directors,
PIERRE NOTHOMB SRL Director (represented by Pierre NOTHOMB)
A³ MANAGEMENT BV Executive Chairman of the Board (represented by Marnix GALLE)
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