AGM Information • Mar 25, 2016
AGM Information
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LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Registered Office: Broekstraat 31 rue du Marais - 1000 Brussels VAT BE 0401.574.852 RLE Brussels
The undersigned:
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or
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Owner of shares of UMICORE, with registered office at Broekstraat 31 rue du Marais, B-1000 Brussels
hereby appoints as special proxy holder2 , with right of substitution:
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whom he/she authorises:
I. to represent him/her/it at the ordinary, special and extraordinary general meetings to be held on Tuesday 26 April 2016, at 5.00 p.m. at the registered office, Broekstraat 31 rue du Marais, B-1000 Brussels, for the purpose of deliberating and voting on the items of the following agenda (and any other shareholders' meetings which may subsequently be held with the same agenda, in the event that the above meetings are postponed, reconvened or suspended).
AGENDA AND VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
First resolution
- Approving the remuneration report for the financial year ended on 31 December 2015.
| YES NO |
ABSTAIN |
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Approval of the statutory annual accounts of the company for the financial year ended on 31 December 2015 including the proposed allocation of the result
Second resolution
| (1) | the profit of the 2015 financial year: |
EUR | 135,456,020.49 |
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| (2) | the profit carried forward from | ||
| the previous financial year: | EUR | 375,608,855.58 | |
| (3) | the allocations to and releases from the unavailable | ||
| reserve related to the 2015 movements in the own shares: |
EUR | -8,481,541.36 | |
| (4) | the interim dividend paid out in September 2015: | EUR | -54,250,733.00 |
| the result to be appropriated stands at | EUR 448,332,601.71 | ||
- Approving the proposed appropriation of the result including the payment of a gross dividend of EUR 1.20 per share (*). Taking into account the gross interim dividend of EUR 0.50 per share paid in September 2015, a balance gross amount of EUR 0.70 per share (*) will be paid on Monday 2 May 2016.
(*) The actual gross dividend amount (and, subsequently, the balance amount) per share may fluctuate depending on possible changes in the number of own shares held by the company between Tuesday 26 April 2016 (i.e. the date of the ordinary shareholders' meeting) and Wednesday 27 April 2016 at Euronext Brussels closing time (i.e. the date entitling the holder of Umicore shares to the dividend (balance) relating to financial year 2015). The own shares are not entitled to a dividend.
| YES NO |
ABSTAIN |
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Third resolution
- Granting discharge to the directors for the performance of their mandate during the 2015 financial year.
| YES | NO | ABSTAIN |
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Item 6
Fourth resolution
- Granting discharge to the statutory auditor for the performance of his mandate during the 2015 financial year.
| YES | NO | ABSTAIN |
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Item 7
Fifth resolution
Proposed resolution:
- Appointing Mrs Françoise Chombar as independent director for a period of three years expiring at the end of the 2019 ordinary shareholders' meeting.
| YES | NO | ABSTAIN |
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| Sixth resolution |
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| Proposed resolution: | ||
| - Appointing Mr Colin Hall ordinary shareholders' meeting. |
as director for a period of three years expiring at the end of the 2019 |
YES NO ABSTAIN
AGENDA AND VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
Item 1
First resolution
Proposed resolution:
- Approving, in accordance with Article 556 of the Companies Code, clause 7.2 of the revolving facility agreement dated 30 October 2015 between Umicore (as borrower) and several financial institutions (as lenders), which exempts the lenders from further funding (except under rollover loans) and also, under certain conditions, entitles them to cancel their commitment under said agreement, causing their participation in all amounts (outstanding loans, accrued interests and any other amounts) to be immediately due and payable, in the event that any person or group of persons acting in concert gain(s) control over Umicore.
YES NO ABSTAIN
Ordinary, special and extraordinary shareholders' meetings of 26 April 2016 Page 4 of 7
AGENDA AND VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
Proposed resolution:
- The general meeting resolves to cancel the existing authorization as granted to the board of directors on 26 April 2011. It resolves to grant a new authorization to the board of directors to increase the capital of the company in one or more times by a maximum amount of EUR 50,000,000 for a duration of five years. Accordingly the shareholders' meeting resolves to replace the provisions of Article 6 of the articles of association ("Authorized Capital") by the following text:
"In accordance with the terms of a resolution adopted at the extraordinary general meeting held on 26 April 2016, the board of directors is authorized, for a period of five years starting on the date the aforementioned decision is published in the Riders to the Belgian Official Gazette, to increase the share capital by a maximum amount of EUR 50,000,000 (fifty million euros) according to the terms and conditions it shall define.
The board may effect this increase in one or more times, either by contributions in cash or, subject to legal restrictions, contributions in kind, as well as by incorporation of reserves, whether available or unavailable for distribution, or of share premiums, with or without issuing new stock. These increases may give rise to the issuance of shares with voting rights, of convertible bonds, as well as of subscription rights or other securities, whether or not attached to other stock of the company, or attached to stock issued by another company. The board may freely determine whether the new shares shall be issued in registered or dematerialised form.
On this occasion, the board may, in the best interests of the company and in accordance with legal provisions, limit or cancel the preferential subscription rights of shareholders, in favour of one or more designated persons who, as the case may be, are not employed by the company or its subsidiaries.
If the capital increase includes a share premium, the amount of this premium shall be allocated to an unavailable "share premium" reserve, from which it may not be withdrawn in whole or part except to be incorporated into the capital by a decision of the board of directors using, should the case arise, the authorization conferred upon it by this Article, or to be reduced or cancelled by a decision of the general meeting of shareholders in accordance with Article 612 of the Companies Code."
Second resolution
| YES | NO | ABSTAIN |
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If no voting instructions are given in respect of any of the above proposed resolutions or if, for whatever reason, there is insufficient clarity with regard to the instructions given, the proxy holder will always, in relation to the resolution(s) concerned, vote IN FAVOUR OF the proposed resolution(s).
If the shareholder fails to indicate a choice above, the proxy holder will be required to abstain from voting on the new items and resolution proposals concerned.
If, also in accordance with Article 533ter of the Companies Code, new/alternative resolution proposals are filed after the date of this proxy with regard to existing agenda items, the proxy holder will (please tick the corresponding box):
(ii) If the shareholder fails to indicate a choice above, the proxy holder will be required to abstain from voting on the new/alternative resolution proposals concerned and will be required to vote or abstain from voting on the existing resolution proposals in accordance with the instructions set out above.
However, in case new/alternative resolution proposals are filed with regard to existing agenda items, the proxy holder will in any case be entitled to deviate from the above voting instructions should their implementation be detrimental to the shareholder's interests. The proxy holder shall in any event notify the shareholder of any such deviation as well as the justification therefore.
Done at ......................................., on ....................................................2016
Signature ………………………………
In order to be valid, this ORIGINAL proxy form, together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed, must be lodged with UMICORE (attn. Mr B. Caeymaex, Umicore, Broekstraat 31 rue du Marais, 1000 Brussels, fax +32 (0)2 227 79 13 – [email protected]) at the latest by Wednesday 20 April 2016.
The shareholder who wishes to be represented by proxy must comply with the admission formalities of prior registration and confirmation as described in the convening notice published by UMICORE.
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