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Celyad Oncology SA AGM Information 2020

Apr 14, 2020

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AGM Information

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CELYAD SA Listed limited liability company

Rue Edouard Belin, 2 1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert LER Nivelles 0891.118.115

CONVENING LETTER TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS ON 5 MAY 2020

Since the quorum was not reached at the extraordinary shareholders meeting of March 23, 2020 to validly deliberate on the proposed resolutions n°1, 2 and 5 of the initial agenda, the board of directors has the honor to convene the shareholders and warrant holders of Celyad (the "Company") to attend the extraordinary shareholders meeting to be held on 5 May 2020 at 4pm (CET), the agenda of which is given below. The agenda is identical to the agenda of the extraordinary shareholders meeting of March 23, 2020, at the exception of the resolutions 3 and 4 which have been validly adopted at that meeting.

AGENDA

1. Acknowledgement of the special report of the board of directors established pursuant the article 7:199 of the Code of Companies and Associations

2. Renewal of the authorized capital

Proposed resolution: The shareholders' meeting decides to approve the renewal of the authorization to use the technique of the authorized capital for a new period of 5 years and up to an amount corresponding to the current amount of the capital, subject to the conditions provided for in the report of the board of directors established pursuant to the article 7:199 of the Code of the Companies and Associations, and, in the event of an adoption of such resolution, to modify accordingly the article 7 of the articles of association of the Company relating to the authorized capital.

3. Deliberation on the proposal of the board of directors to modify the social denomination of the Company

Proposition of resolution: The general meeting decides to modify the articles of association of the Company to modify the social denomination of the Company from "Celyad" to "Celyad Oncology".

4. Powers.

Proposition of resolution: The meeting decides to grant a special proxy:

  • to NandaDevi SRL,represented by Philippe Dechamps, to F&C Consulting SRL represented by M. David Georges, or to each member of the board of directors of the Company, acting alone, in order to execute the resolutions adopted above;
  • to every attorney of the law firm CMS De Backer to proceed with the administrative formalities;
  • to Malika Ben Tahar, electing domicile, for this purpose, at the address of the cooperative limited liability company "Berquin Notaires", at 1000 Brussels, Avenue Lloyd George 11, all powers to draft the text of the coordination of the Company's Articles of Association, sign it and deposit it at the clerk's office of the competent Company court, in accordance with the relevant legal provisions in that matter.

MAJORITY

Vote and majority: Without prejudice to the shares fully subscribed and registered since at least two years without interruption in the name of the same shareholder in the shareholders registry and benefit of a double voting right, each share gives right to one vote. Pursuant to the applicable laws, the proposed resolutions referred to in the items 1, 2 and 5 of the abovementioned agenda shall be adopted if those are approved by a three quarters majority of the votes validly casted by the shareholders, whereas the resolutions of the items 3, 4, and 6 of the abovementioned agenda will be adopted if those are approved at the simple majority of the votes. Pursuant to the Article 7:135 of the Code of Companies and Associations, the holders of warrants have the right to participate to the general meeting, but only with a consultation right.

PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETING

Practical organization in respect of Covid-19

Further to the protection measures adopted by the Belgian Government prohibiting the physical presence of the shareholders during a shareholders' meeting, Celyad has decided to impose to the shareholders to vote exclusively by written proxy, as prescribed by the Belgian Royal Decree n°4 dated April 9, 2020. On that basis, shareholders who wish to vote at that shareholders' meeting must provide the Company with the proxy form described below.

Admission requirements

The right to participate in the general meeting of shareholders and to vote is subject to the prior accounting registration of the shares under the shareholder's name on 21 April 2020 at midnight (Belgian time) (the "Record Date"), either by way of registration on the company's share register, or either by way of registration in book entry form in an account held with a settlement institution or a certified account holder, without taking into account the number of shares held by the shareholder at the day of the general meeting.

The day and time referred to above shall constitute the Record Date. Only persons who are shareholders on the Record Date are entitled to vote at the general meeting.

A certification is delivered to the shareholder by the settlement institution or certified account holder which certifies the number of dematerialized shares registered in its accounts under the name of the shareholder on the Record Date, for which the shareholder has expressed its intention to participate in the general meeting.

The shareholder indicates his willingness to participate in the general meeting by 29 April 2020 at the latest. This must be done by email to [email protected], or by mail marked for the attention of Celyad, M. Philippe Dechamps, Chief Legal Officer, Rue Edouard Belin 2, B-1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert.

Right to ask questions

The directors answer questions that are asked by the shareholders, in writing before the meeting, concerning their report or the agenda, in accordance with legal provisions.

These questions may be asked prior to the general meeting by email to the address [email protected] or by mail marked for the attention of Celyad, M. Philippe Dechamps, Chief Legal Officer, Rue Edouard Belin 2, B-1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert.

These questions must be received by the Company on 29 April 2020 at 17h00 (CET) at the latest.

Further information relating to the abovementioned right and the modalities for exercising them are available on the Company's website (www.celyad.com).

Proxies

Any shareholder who wished to vote for that meeting shall be represented by a proxy holder determined by Celyad.

Shareholders wishing to be represented must use the proxy form established by the board of directors. The proxy form may be obtained on the Company's website (www.celyad.com) or upon request at the Company's registered office, or by email to [email protected].

The original form signed on paper form must be received by the Company on 29 April 2020 at 17h00 (Belgian time) at the latest. This form may be communicated to the Company by mail marked for the attention of Celyad, M. Philippe Dechamps, Chief Legal Officer, Rue Edouard Belin 2, B-1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert, or by email to [email protected] provided that the last communication is signed by electronic signature, in accordance with applicable Belgian legislation. Shareholders are invited to follow the instructions set out in the proxy form in order to be validly represented at the meeting.

Shareholders wishing to be represented must comply with the registration and confirmation procedure described above.

Available documents

All documents concerning the general meeting that are required by law to be made available to shareholders as well as the text of the amended articles of association following the approval of the amendments proposed on the agenda may be consulted on the Company's website (www.celyad.com) as from 14 April 2020.

As from the same date, shareholders have the right to consult these documents on business days and during normal office hours, at the Company's registered office and/or, upon display of their securities, obtain copies of these documents free of charge.

Requests for copies may also be made, free of charge, by mail (writing) marked for the attention of M. Philippe Dechamps, Chief Legal Officer, Rue Edouard Belin 2, B-1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert, or by email to [email protected].

The board of directors