Announcement on the convening of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of CIECH Spółka Akcyjna
The Management Board of CIECH Spółka Akcyjna, with a registered office in Warsaw ("the Company"), entered in the Register of Entrepreneurs by the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw, XII Commercial Division of the National Court Register, entry number KRS: 0000011687, tax identification number NIP: 118-00-19-377, BDO: 000015168, with the share capital amounting to PLN 263,500,965.00 (paid-up in full), acting pursuant to Art. 398, Art. 399 § 1 of the Commercial Companies Code and Art. 402¹, Art. 402² of the Commercial Companies Code and § 17 section 3 point 1) of the Articles of Association of the Company, hereby convenes
THE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING OF CIECH S.A.
The Meeting shall be held on 28 January 2019
at 1100
in Warsaw, ul. Wspólna 62
AGENDA OF THE MEETING:
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- The Opening of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting.
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- Election of the Chairman of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting.
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- Determination that the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting was duly convened and is capable of adopting resolutions.
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- Adoption of the agenda.
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- Appointment of a member of the Supervisory Board of CIECH S.A.
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- Granting of consent for (i) the establishment of registry pledge on a collection of moveable assets and property rights of CIECH S.A. or a change of the existing registry pledge, in connection with a possible entry into a financing agreement by CIECH S.A. or its subsidiaries, in the form of bank credits, issue of bonds or otherwise and (ii) for an issue of bonds.
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- Closure of the meeting.
The right to participate in the Shareholders' Meeting
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- Pursuant to Art. 4061 § 1 of the Commercial Companies Code, the right to participate in the Shareholders' Meeting of a public company shall be conferred upon persons who are shareholders of the company sixteen days before the date of the shareholders' meeting (the date of registration of participation in the meeting), i.e. on 12 January 2019.
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- In order to ensure his participation in the shareholders' meeting, the shareholder authorized under dematerialized bearer's shares should demand - not earlier than after the announcement of the fact of convening of this Meeting and no later than on the first working days after the date of registration of the participation, i.e. on 14 January 2019, an issue of a certificate issued in his name confirming his right to participate in the Shareholders' Meeting of CIECH S.A. by the entity keeping the securities account.
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- The lists of persons authorized under bearer's shares to participate in the Shareholders' Meeting shall be determined by the Company on the basis of a list drawn-up by the entity keeping the securities deposit, according to the provisions on trade in financial instruments.
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The list of shareholders authorized to participate in the Shareholders' Meeting shall be displayed at the registered office of the Company in Warsaw, ul. Wspólna 62, on 23-25 January 2019. A shareholder may request a list to be sent to him free of charge by electronic mail, providing an e-mail address to which the list must be sent. This request may be submitted in an electronic form to the e-mail address of the Company [email protected].
Granting of a power of attorney and exercise of the right of vote through a representative
Rights of shareholders
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- A shareholder or shareholders of the Company representing at least one-twentieth of the share capital shall be entitled to request the placement of certain matters on the agenda of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of CIECH S.A. Such request, containing a justification or a draft resolution concerning the proposed point of the agenda should be submitted to the Management Board of CIECH S.A. not later than 21 days before the set date of the meeting, i.e. 7 January 2019. The request may also be submitted in an electronic form at the e-mail address of the Company, [email protected], or in writing at the following address: The Management Board of CIECH S.A., ul. Wspólna 62, 00-684 Warsaw, with the inscription: "Shareholders' Meeting". The announcement shall be placed in a matter stipulated for the convening of Shareholders' Meetings.
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- A shareholder or shareholders representing at least one-twentieth of the share capital may, before the date of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of CIECH S.A., submit their proposals of draft resolutions concerning matters covered by the agenda of the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting or matters which they wish to placed in such agenda. The request may be submitted in an electronic form at the e-mail address of the Company, [email protected], or in writing at the following address: The Management Board of CIECH S.A ul. Wspólna 62, 00-684 Warsaw, with the inscription: "Shareholders' Meeting". The Company shall immediately announce draft resolutions on its website.
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- Requests for placement of certain matters on the agenda and submissions of draft resolutions should be signed by the shareholder or a person acting in the shareholder's behalf, according to the rules of representation contained in the appropriate registers or records. In order to facilitate for the Company the verification of the validity of such requests and submissions, it is recommended to place, together with the request or submission, a registered deposit certificate confirming the number of shares held, and an extract from the relevant register or record, as well as indication of a persons, including his/her contact details (telephone no./email address), where the Company may verify the aforementioned requests or submissions. In the event that the aforementioned requests or submissions are signed by attorneys, the granted power of attorney should also be attached.
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- The Company, as part of verification of the validity of the requests and submissions referred to in sections 1 and 2, in electronic form and in the event of a request for the convening of the Shareholders' Meeting, may request presentation of the documents listed in section 3 and may also undertake other actions aimed at verification of such requests and submissions, provided however that this is done proportionally to the purpose they are supposed to serve.
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- Moreover, each shareholder may, during the Shareholders' Meeting, submit draft resolutions concerning the matters placed on the agenda.
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- The requests and/or submissions referred to in sections 1, 2 and 5 should be made in Polish.
Final Provisions
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- Information concerning the Shareholders' Meeting, documentation which must be presented to the Shareholders' Meeting and draft resolutions, comments of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board concerning the matters covered by the agenda of the Shareholders' Meeting or matters which are to be placed on the agenda before the date of the Shareholders' Meeting shall be posted at the website of the Company: www.ciechgroup.com.
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- The Articles of Association of CIECH S.A. do not stipulate a possibility of participation in the Shareholders' Meeting with the use of electronic means and of speaking and exercising the right of vote by correspondence or with the use of electronic means of communication.
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- Requests, submissions connected with the Shareholders' Meeting submitted in an electronic form should be sent to the following e-mail address: [email protected], and in writing to the following address of the Company: CIECH S.A. Biuro Prawne i Compliance, ul. Wspólna 62, 00-684 Warsaw.
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- In all matters not governed by this announcement, the provisions of the Commercial Companies Code, the Articles of Association of the Company, as well as the Rules and Regulations of the Shareholders' Meeting of the Company.
THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF CIECH S.A.