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GeoJunxion N.V. Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2020

Oct 29, 2020

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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CONVOCATION TO THE AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS N.V. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF 10 DECEMBER 2020, AGENDA AND CLARIFICATIONS TO AGENDA TOPICS

AND International Publishers N.V. (AND) invites shareholders to attend an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGMS) on Thursday 10 December 2020 at 10:00 hours CET. This meeting will be held at the offices of AND located in Capelle a/d IJssel 2909 LC, Rivium Quadrant 75, 9th floor.

The on-going coronavirus pandemic requires precautionary measures. As such and in order to comply with Dutch government health directives and protect the health and safety of all participants to this Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, AND urges all shareholders not to attend the meeting in person but via a live webinar and provide their voting instructions via internet prior to the meeting. Instructions on how to attend are outlined below.

In addition, AND requests its shareholders to provide their voting instructions ahead of the meeting, using the voting instruction form. Voting instructions need to be submitted no later than 7 December 2020, at 5 p.m. CET (in accordance with the usual procedures described in the convocation notice).

A limited number of seats will be available at the office of AND in Capelle a/d IJssel for shareholders who are unable to use the online alternative, provided that they have registered in advance and submitted their voting instructions as outlined below.

The following agenda items are scheduled for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on 10 December 2020:

    1. Opening of the meeting by the Chairman of the Board
    1. Announcements
    1. The Supervisory Board and Management Board jointly propose to change of the name of the company into GeoJunxion N.V. with trading symbol GOJXN.AS
  • a. Presentation regarding the reasons for the name change and introducing the new name and logo (discussion item)
  • b. Proposal to adopt the modification of Art 1.1. of the Articles of Association to: "The company is called: GeoJunxion N.V. " (voting item)
    1. The Supervisory Board and Management Board jointly propose an extension to the current accounting year of 6 months i.e from 31 December 2020 to 30 June 2021.
  • a. Presentation regarding the background for the 6 months extension of the accounting year (discussion item)
  • b. Proposal to adopt the modification of Art 28.1. to: "The financial accounting year 2020 started on 1 January 2020 and will end per 30 June 2021. It will have a duration of 18 months. The financial year starting on 1 July 2021 will have 12 months, and end per 30 June 2022. Subsequent Financial accounting years will start per 1 July and end per 30 June the following year." (voting item)
    1. Additional changes to the Articles of Association jointly proposed by the Supervisory Board and the Management Board:
  • a. Proposal to adopt the change in Art 1.2 of the Articles of Association to: "The company is registered at Rivium Quadrant 75, 2909 LC Capelle aan den Ijssel." (voting item)
  • b. Proposal to adopt the modification of Art 24.1. to: "General Meeting of shareholders shall be held in Rotterdam, Capelle aan den Ijssel, Amsterdam or Haarlemmermeer (Schiphol Airport)". (voting item)
    1. Any other business
    1. Closing of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders;

Meeting documents

The meeting documents will be made available on the AND International Publishers N.V website: https://www.geojunxion.com/investor-relations/

Those will include the Convocation (including the agenda), the Agenda with clarifications and proxy voting document. The documents will also be available at the offices of the Company, Rivium Quadrant 75, 2909 LC, Capelle aan den IJssel, Tel. 010- 8851200, Fax 010-8851240 and at ING BANK N.V., Issuer Services, Location code TRC 02.039, Foppingadreef 7, 1102 BD, Amsterdam, Tel. 020-5762716, email [email protected]. A copy of these documents will be provided free of charge upon request.

Registration date

Persons entitled to vote and/or attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 10 December 2020, are holders of common shares who on November 21, 2020, after processing of all settlements per this date (the Record Date) are registered as such in a (sub)register designated by the Board of Management. The (sub)registers for bearer shares are those kept on the Record Date by the banks and brokers, which are according to Dutch Securities Giro Transfer Act (Wet giraal effectenverkeer) intermediaries (intermediairs) of the Dutch Central Securities Depositary (Euroclear Nederland).

Registration

Holders of common shares who wish to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 10 December 2020 either in person, by proxy or online, have to register for the meeting by Monday 7 December 2020, at 17.30 CET at the latest at ING BANK N.V., Issuer Services, Location code TRC 02.039, Foppingadreef 7, 1102 BD, Amsterdam, Tel. 020-5762716, e-mail [email protected].

Attending the meeting online.

We will use a professional online tool to give you the opportunity to participate to the shareholder's meeting and vote on the above items. This tool is called Go-To-Webinar. You will be able to access the meeting via a simple web browser or the Go-To-Webinar app available for smartphones or tablets on the corresponding app stores. Once you have registered as a shareholder via ING, we will send you an email to register for the webinar. You will then receive a link that will be unique to you. Please make sure you have registered with ING with the correct email address. To test if your system is meeting the minimum requirement please click on this link:https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee

Proxy and voting instructions

Holders of bearer shares who wish to attend the meeting by proxy have to submit a power of attorney and provide instructions for the person voting on their behalf . In that case, the shareholder needs to register his/her shareholding as described above and at the same time provide an electronic copy of the proxy. This proxy needs to be received no later than Monday 7 December 2020 at the service desk of ING Bank NV (email: [email protected]). The shareholder can inform the Company of such proxy using the following email address: [email protected]

Proxy documents can be obtained free of charge at the offices of the Company (phone: 010-8851200) and can be downloaded from its websitehttps://www.geojunxion.com/investor-relations/

When attending the meeting in person, the proxy holder needs to have the proof of the registration, a copy of the proxy document and a valid identification document.

Identification

Holders of registered shares or proxy holders who wish to attend the meeting in person will be requested to provide a valid identification document before being admitted to the meeting.

Share Capital and voting rights

At the time of issuing this convocation notice, the company has a share capital of € 2.795.352,75 consisting of 3.727.137 ordinary shares with a nominal value of € 0,75. The number of voting right amounts to 3.727.137.

Rotterdam, 29 October, 2020 The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board AND International Publishers N.V.

Clarifications to the agenda topics addressed to the Extra-ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

The following agenda items will be put forward to the shareholders to vote on: 3b, 4b, 5a, and 5b.

Agenda topic 3a and 3b

Per 15 October 2020, the company has announced the rebranding of its activities and the main operating entity AND Product B.V. to GeoJunxion B.V.. At the same time a new website has been launched: www.GeoJunxion.com. Traffic from the former website www.AND.com has been redirected to the new website.

The main reasons to embark upon this rebranding are:

  • Emphasize the change both internally and externally of the company's new direction and strategy;
  • Make the company name and brand more meaningful;
  • Remove the "publishers" legacy from the brand;
  • Overcome the Automotive Navigation Data legacy;
  • Make the company name easier to find and unique to stakeholders and prospects;

To avoid having different names for the holding entity, the brand and the operating entity, the Supervisory Board and the Management board propose to modify the name of AND International Publishers N.V. to GeoJunxion N.V.. Subsequent to the approval of the name change by the shareholders, we will request Euronext to modify the trading symbol into GOJXN.AS.

Agenda topic 4a and 4b

The Supervisory Board and Management Board jointly propose the extension of the current accounting year with 6 months. For the current accounting year this means it will have a duration of 18 months and will run from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2021. Subsequent Financial accounting years will start per 1 July and end per 30 June the following year and again will have a duration of 12 months.

Listed below are the two key drivers underpinning this proposal:

  • Our business is somewhat seasonal with the lowest level of activities during the summer period. Therefore, during this period more time is available to close the accounting year and prepare the annual report. At the same time, more capacity is feed up during the first calendar quarter to focus on growing the business.
  • We have experienced that PIE/OOB licensed auditing firms are extremely busy in the period January to May and as a result have less capacity and interest in serving smaller listed companies such as AND. By moving the year end to 30 June, we expect auditing firms to have more capacity and as such would be able and willing to serve AND at fee levels that are more attuned to our company's size and complexity.

Agenda topic 5a

The Supervisory Board and Management Board jointly propose to move the registered address to Rivium Quadrant 75, 2909 LC Capelle aan den Ijssel. This is also the address and location of its main office. By removing the Rotterdam Registered address, some complexity and cost are eliminated.

Agenda topic 5b

The Supervisory Board and Management Board jointly propose to add Capelle aan den Ijssel to the locations at which the company can hold it Annuals and Extra-ordinary General Shareholder Meetings.

Agenda topic 6

Any other business, with opportunity to raise questions. (Discussion item)

Agenda topic 7

Closing of the General Meeting of Shareholders.

Rotterdam, 29 October, 2020 The Supervisory Board and the Management Board AND International Publishers N.V.