AGM Information • Feb 29, 2024
AGM Information
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The Management Board of Bank Millennium S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw ("Bank"), pursuant to Article 399 § 1 of the Code of Commercial Companies ("CCC"), convenes for 27 March 2024 the Ordinary General Meeting ("General Meeting"), which will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Bank's registered office at Stanisława Żaryna 2A, 02-593 Warsaw.
The Management Board announces the proposed amendments to the Articles of Association of Bank Millennium S.A. (resolutions no. 30 - 32):
1/ the sentence in § 5 sec. 3 which reads:
"3. The Bank may issue bonds, including convertible bonds and bonds with pre-emptive rights."
shall read as follows:
"3. The Bank may issue bonds, including convertible bonds, bonds with pre-emptive rights and capital bonds, including those convertible into shares of the Bank."
2/ § 10 shall read as follows:
"Subject to cases described in Code of Commercial Companies, the General Shareholders' Meeting shall be valid if at least one fourth of the Bank's share capital is represented at the Meeting. Simple majority of votes shall be required for validity of resolutions. A majority of three quarters of votes shall be required for matters regarding amendment of the Articles of Association, dissolution or merger of the Bank, issuance of convertible bonds and bonds with pre-emptive rights, retirement of shares (subject to Art. 415 § 4 of the Code of Commercial Companies), decrease of share capital, increase of share capital (including its increase by way of conversion of capital bonds into shares of the Bank) and sale of the enterprise or its organised part; and a majority of two thirds in matters regarding a material change of the Bank's operation."
3/ the following § 33a shall be added after § 33:
"If the General Meeting adopts an increase in the Bank's share capital by way of conversion of capital bonds referred to in Article 27a of the Act on Bonds into the Bank's shares, the Management Board may be authorized by a resolution of the General Meeting to adopt a resolution on granting the Bank's shares."
1/ in § 5 sec. 3, after the final dot, the following additional sentence shall be added:
"The Bank may issue also the perpetual bonds."
2/ in § 5, after section 3, the following sections 3¹ and 3² shall be added:
"3¹. The Bank may issue capital instruments (including in particular capital bonds) qualified in accordance with the relevant regulations to Tier I or Tier II capital.
3². Financial instruments referred to in sect. 3 and 3¹ may be issued under Polish or foreign law, unless the law provides for the possibility of issuing them only under Polish law."
1/ in § 5 section 1 and section 2 shall read as follows:
due to the merchant, except for activities consisting in clearing and settling these transactions within the payment system in the meaning of the Settlement Finality Act (acquiring) (art. 3 section 1 item 5 of the Payment Services Act),
"2¹. The scope of the Bank's activity also includes, pursuant to Article 70 sect. 2 of the Act on Trading in Financial Instruments, conducting the following activities outside the organizationally separated organizational unit through which the Bank conducts brokerage activities:
3/ § 6 shall read as follows:
"The Bank shall observe confidentiality of turnover and balances of bank accounts as well as confidentiality of information on acceptance of items for safekeeping, according to Banking Law."
1/ the current wording of § 5 section 3:
"3. The Bank may issue bonds, including convertible bonds and bonds with pre-emptive rights."
2/ the current wording of § 10:
"Subject to cases described in Code of Commercial Companies, the General Shareholders' Meeting shall be valid if at least one fourth of the Bank's share capital is represented at the Meeting. Simple majority of votes shall be required for validity of resolutions. A majority of three quarters of votes shall be required for matters regarding amendment of the Articles of Association, dissolution or merger of the Bank, issuance of convertible bonds and bonds with pre-emptive rights, retirement of shares (subject to Art. 415 § 4 of the Code of Commercial Companies), decrease of share capital, increase of share capital and sale of the enterprise or its organised part; and a majority of two thirds in matters regarding a material change of the Bank's operation."
3/ the current wording of § 5 section 1 and 2:
or payment systems of payment orders of the payer or merchant, aimed at transferring funds due to the merchant, except for activities consisting in clearing and settling these transactions within the payment system in the meaning of the Settlement Finality Act (acquiring) (art. 3 section 1 item 5 of the Payment Services Act),
b/ carrying out orders, mentioned in sub-item a/, on the account of the party placing the order, c/ purchasing or selling financial instruments on own account,
4/ the current wording of § 6:
"The Bank shall observe confidentiality of turnover and balances of bank accounts as well as confidentiality of information on rental of safe deposit boxes and acceptance of items for safekeeping, according to Banking Law."
The Management Board informs that only the following persons have the right to take part in the General Meeting, pursuant to art. 406¹, art. 406² and art. 406³ of the Code of Commercial Companies:
(i) persons who are the Bank's shareholders (i.e. persons authorized under registered or bearer shares) sixteen days before the date of the General Meeting, i.e. on 11 March 2024 (day of registration of participation in the General Meeting, hereinafter: "Registration Day") provided that they present to the undertaking keeping their securities account or holder of the aggregate account, on which their shares are recorded (hereinafter: "Issuer"), a demand to issue a registered certificate of right to take part in the General Meeting, in the period from the day of announcement of convening the General Meeting, i.e. 29 February 2024, until the first weekday after Registration Day, i.e. 12 March 2024 (hereinafter: "Demand to Issue a Certificate"),
(ii) pledgees and usufructuaries, who have voting rights, if setting-up in their favour of a limited property right is registered on the securities account on Registration Day, and if they presented to the Issuer the Demand to Issue a Certificate, in the period specified in point (i) above.
At the same time, in the context of the above, the Management Board notes that, from 1 March 2021, due the coming into force of regulations on obligatory dematerialization of shares of joint stock companies, the Code of Commercial Companies shall be changed so that i.a. provisions shall be revoked, which concern keeping by joint stock companies of a shares register (in which i.a. information was entered regarding persons of shareholders authorised under registered shares as well as share pledgees and usufructuaries). This means that from the 1st of March 2021 there is no possibility to take part in the General Meeting on the basis of an entry in the shares register, because the amendment of the law resulted in cessation of keeping the shares register (the Bank ceased to keep the shares register from end of the day of 28 February 2021).
Thus, shareholders who in previous years did not perform any activities in order to participate in the General Meeting due to an entry in the share register, from 1 March 2021 are obliged to perform the activities referred to in point (i) above.
The Management Board also points out that shareholders wishing to participate in the General Meeting and holding registered shares of the Bank, which remain registered in the register of the sponsor of the issue kept by the Brokerage Office of Bank Millennium S.A., should submit, within the period indicated in point (i) above, a Request to issue a Certificate to the Brokerage Office of Bank Millennium S.A., Marszałkowska 136, 00-004 Warsaw, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. In order to obtain detailed information on this matter, the shareholder may contact the Brokerage Office of Bank Millennium S.A. by phone (between 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.) at 801 601 601 or by e-mail: [email protected]
Upon demand of the holder of rights under the Bank's shares, pledgee or usufructuary in the wording of the registered certificate of right to take part in the General Meeting, part or all of the Bank's shares, registered on the securities account, should be identified.
Based on received Demands to Issue a Certificate and issued registered certificates of right to participate in the General Meeting, the Issuer shall furnish Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartościowych S.A., with lists being the basis for preparation by Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartościowych S.A. of a list of persons authorised to take part in the General Meeting. The list received from Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartościowych S.A. shall be the basis for preparation by the Bank's Management Board of a list of shareholders authorised from shares as well as of pledgees and usufructuaries, who have voting rights, eligible for participation in the General Meeting.
The list of shareholders entitled to participate in the General Meeting will be prepared by the Management Board and displayed at the Bank's registered office (i.e. Stanisława Żaryna 2A Street, 02-593 Warsaw) from 09:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during each of the three weekdays before the day of the General Meeting (i.e. between 22 March 2024 to 26 March 2024).
A shareholder of the Bank may request that the list of shareholders be sent to him free of charge to the electronic delivery address referred to in Article 407 § 1¹ of the CCC or by e-mail, stating the address to which the list should be sent. A shareholder may make the aforementioned request by email to the following address: [email protected]
A shareholder or shareholders representing at least one twentieth of the Bank's share capital are entitled to:
(i) demand that specific matters be put on the agenda of the General Meeting; such demand should be submitted to the Management Board no later than twenty-one days before the date of the General Meeting, i.e. by 6 March 2024; it should include a draft resolution concerning the proposed item of the agenda and the grounds for the adoption thereof; the demand may be submitted by email to the following address: [email protected],
(ii) submit to the Bank before the date of the General Meeting in writing, or by email sent to [email protected], proposed resolutions concerning matters put on the agenda of the General Meeting or matters that are to be put on the agenda.
During the General Meeting each shareholder of the Bank may submit resolution proposals concerning matters that have been put on the agenda.
A shareholder who is a natural person may participate in the General Meeting and exercise the voting right in person or by proxy. A shareholder other than a natural person may participate in the General Meeting and exercise the right to vote through a person authorized to make declarations of will on his behalf or through a proxy. The power of attorney should be made in writing or granted in electronic form. A power of attorney granted in electronic form does not require a qualified electronic signature. The Bank should be notified of the granting of a power of attorney in electronic form via e-mail to the address [email protected]
In order to identify the shareholder granting the power of attorney, the notification on granting the power of attorney in electronic form should contain (as an attachment):
(i) in the case of a shareholder who is a natural person, a copy of the shareholder's identity card, passport or other official identity document (scanned into a PDF file) - only in the scope of data that make it possible to identify the shareholder, i.e. name(s) and surname, document series and number, date of issue and expiration date of the document; other personal data should be anonymized so that they cannot be read, in addition, for security purposes it is recommended to cross out with a diagonal line (across) the pages of the document, but in such a way that the required data remain legible, and add a note "Copy only for the purpose of participating in the General Meeting of Bank Millennium S.A.". - sample copies of partially anonymized documents are attached as Appendix No. 1 to this Announcement; or
(ii) in the case of a shareholder other than a natural person – a copy of an excerpt from the relevant register or another document confirming the authorization of the natural person(s) to represent the shareholder at the General Meeting (e.g. an uninterrupted sequence of powers of attorney).
In case of doubt as regards the authenticity of the copies of the abovementioned documents:
(i) in the case of a shareholder who is a natural person the right shall be reserved to verify the data, which may, in particular, consist of a return question in electronic or telephone form addressed to the shareholder or proxy, while in case of doubt and according to the circumstances, other measures may be taken to verify the data; or
(ii) in the case of a shareholder other than a natural person – the right shall be reserved to demand that the proxy present the following at the time of making the attendance register the original or a copy certified as a true copy by a notary public or other entity authorized to certify as a true copy, an excerpt from the relevant register or another document confirming the authorization of the natural person(s) to represent the shareholder at the General Meeting (e.g. an uninterrupted series of powers of attorney).
In order to identify the representative, the right to request the representative to present, when drawing up the attendance list:
(i) in the case of a representative who is a natural person, the identity card, passport or other official identity document of the representative; or
(ii) in the case of a representative other than a natural person, the original or a copy certified as a true copy by a notary public or other body entitled to certify as a true copy, an extract from the relevant register or another supporting document authorization of a natural person(s) to represent a shareholder at the General Meeting (e.g. an uninterrupted sequence of powers of attorney).
The forms referred to in Article 402³ § 1 item 5 of the CCC, allowing for the exercise of voting rights by a proxy, are made available on the website of the: https://www.bankmillennium.pl/o-banku/walne-zgromadzenia-akcjonariuszy
The Bank does not impose an obligation to grant a power of attorney on the above form.
Please also note that in the case of the granting by a shareholder of a power of proxy with a voting instruction, the Bank will not verify whether the proxies exercise the voting rights in accordance with the instructions received from the shareholders.
In view of the foregoing, please note that the voting instruction should be delivered to the proxy only.
A shareholder has the right to ask questions concerning matters placed on the agenda of the General Meeting. A shareholder's question including a request for information concerning the Bank may be presented during the General Meeting if such a request is justified for the assessment of the matter included in the agenda. The Management Board of the Bank may provide information in writing outside the General Meeting if there are important reasons for doing so, and the information shall be provided no later than within two weeks from the date of submitting the request during the General Meeting.
The answer shall be deemed to have been given if the relevant information is available on the Bank's website in a place designated for shareholder questions and answers thereto.
Information shall be refused to be provided if provision of information could cause a harm to the Bank, affiliated company or subsidiary. Member of the Management Board shall have the right to refuse providing information if such provision could constitute grounds for his/her criminal, civil law or administrative liability.
The By-laws of the General Meeting do not provide for the possibility of exercising voting rights by correspondence.
It is not possible to: (i) participate in the General Meeting using electronic means of communication, (ii) speak during the General Meeting using means of electronic communication, (iii) exercise voting rights using electronic means of communication.
The Management Board informs that the General Meeting shall be broadcast in real time via the Internet.
The real-time broadcast shall be available here: https://www.bankmillennium.pl/o-banku/walne-zgromadzenia-akcjonariuszy
Pursuant to Article 395 § 4 of the CCC, documents corresponding to the contents of Management Board's report on the Bank's activity, financial report, Supervisory Board report or audit report are issued to a shareholder at the shareholder's request, which may be submitted from the date of convening the Ordinary General Meeting, i.e. from 29 February 2024. The documents shall be made available immediately, no later than within two weekdays from the date of the request. At the shareholder's request, the documents shall be made available in electronic form, including by means of electronic communication.
Subject to the provisions to Article 395 § 4 of the CCC, full text of documentation, which is to be submitted to General Meeting, including draft resolutions or, if adoption of resolutions is not foreseen, comments of the Management Board or of the Supervisory Board regarding matters included on the General Meeting agenda or matters, which are to be included on the agenda before the General Meeting date will be available only in electronic form on the Bank's website:
https://www.bankmillennium.pl/en/about-the-bank/general-shareholders-meetings
Persons entitled to participate in the General Meeting who intend to attend in the meeting room are asked to register and get tablet half an hour before the beginning of the General Meeting.
Information on the General Meeting will be made available on the website of Bank: https://www.bankmillennium.pl/o-banku/walne-zgromadzenia-akcjonariuszy
Information related to the processing of personal data by the Bank is available on the https://www.bankmillennium.pl/ochrona-danych website and on the https://www.bankmillennium.pl/o-banku/walne-zgromadzenia-akcjonariuszy website.
The Management Board informs that in matters not covered by this announcement, the provisions of the CCC, the Articles of Association and the Regulations of the General Meeting shall apply, and therefore asks the Bank's shareholders to familiarize themselves with the above regulations.
If you have any further queries or doubts connected with General Meeting, please do not hesitate to contact the Bank by sending email to [email protected]
Appendix No. 1 – Examples of partially anonymized identity documents.
Identification card – example
| Rzeczpospolita Polska Republic of Poland Dowod osobisty Identity card |
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|---|---|
| NAZWISKO/ SURNAME Kowalski IMIONA/ GIVEN NAMES JAN |
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| OBYWATELSTWO/ NATION | DATA URODZENIA/ DATE OF BIRTH |
| SERIA NUMER DOKUMENTU/ DOCUMENT NUMBER ZZC108201 |
PLECI SEX |
| TERMIN WAŻNOŚCI/ EXPIRY DATE 02.08.2031 |
|
| PODPIS/ SIGNATURE | |
| NUMER CAN/ CAN |


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