AGM Information • Apr 24, 2020
AGM Information
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The undersigned (for private individuals: surname, first name, occupation and place of residence; for legal entities: company name, company type, registered office and identity and position of the representative(s) - see instruction 1 below)
Owner of ___________________ ordinary shares in public limited company RECTICEL, with its registered office at Avenue des Olympiades/Olympiadenlaan 2, 1140 Evere, Brussels,
hereby states that it wishes to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovementioned Company, which will take place immediately after the Ordinary General Meeting at the Company's registered office at Avenue des Olympiades/Olympiadenlaan 2 in Evere, on Tuesday 26 May 2020 at 10 am, in accordance with the provisions of article 7:153 of the Companies and Associations code
wishes to use the possibility to vote by correspondence before the Extraordinary General Meeting for the above-mentioned number of shares adequately registered on the Registration Date, as mentioned in the notice convening the Extraordinary General Meeting,
and wishes to enforce the following irrevocable voting instructions (see instruction 2 below):
1.1. Proposal forming the subject of the first resolution:
Special report of the Board of Directors prepared in accordance with Article 7:199 of the Belgian Companies and Associations Code in support of the renewal of the authorized share capital.
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Decision to create a new authorized share capital, equal to the current amount of the subscribed capital, for a period of three years from the date on which the decision will be published in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette and hence to cancel the unused balance of the authorized share capital existing as at the date of the publication of the new authorized share capital in the Belgian Official Gazette.
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Decision to renew for a new term of validity of three years of the power granted to the Board of Directors to make use of the authorized share capital in the event of a public takeover bid, within the limits laid down by law.
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
1.4. Amendments to the Articles of Association to mention the new authorized share capital.
Proposal forming the subject of the fourth resolution:
Decision to state the new authorized share capital in the Articles of Association as follows:
Article six:
amendment of the text of the first paragraph to indicate the new authorized share capital and replacement of the date "7 July 2017" with the effective date on which this resolution will be adopted by the general meeting.
in the last paragraph of this Article, replacement of the date of "7 July 2017" twice by the effective date on which this resolution will be adopted by the general meeting.
replacement of the words "employees" by "the personnel".
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2.1. Proposal forming the subject of the fifth resolution:
Decision to grant two authorizations to the Board of Directors for a period of three years in accordance with Articles 7:215,§1 and 7:218§1,3° of the Companies and Associations Code to acquire and dispose of their own shares if such acquisition or disposal is necessary in order to avoid any imminent serious detriment to the Company as from the date on which the decision will be published in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette.
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
2.2. Proposal forming the subject of the sixth resolution:
Decision to amend article 15 of the Company's Articles of Association to include the new authorizations referred to in point 2.1. of the agenda.
2.3. Proposal forming the subject of the seventh resolution:
Decision to grant the Board of Directors of the Company the power, with the possibility of sub-delegation, to acquire, for a period of five years, the Company's own shares for as long as the accounting par value of the Company's shares held in the portfolio does not exceed 20% of its subscribed capital, at a unit price which may not be less than 20% below the average of the twenty last closing prices at Euronext Brussels before the date of acquisition, and which does not exceed the same average plus 20%. Subject to statutory provisions, this authorization shall apply to all acquisitions for consideration in the broadest sense, on or off the stock exchange. This authorization replaces and cancels the acquisition authorization granted by the Extraordinary General Meeting of 22 July 2015, from the date on which the decision will be published in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette.
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
3.1. Proposal forming the subject of the eighth resolution:
Decision to replace article 18 of the Articles of Association by the following text: When a director's seat falls vacant, the remaining directors have the right to co-opt a new director. The next general meeting must confirm the mandate of the co-opted director and, if confirmed, the co-opted director will serve out the predecessor's term, unless the general meeting decides otherwise. In the absence of confirmation, the coopted director's mandate shall end after the end of the general meeting, without prejudice to the validity of the composition of the Board of Directors until then. The Board of Directors using its power to co-opt shall ensure that the composition again complies with the requirements of Article 7:86 of the Companies and Associations Code if, as a result of the open director position, the company would no longer satisfy the requirements of Article 7:86 of the Companies and Associations Code.
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
Decision to modify article 21 of the Articles of Association by inserting in paragraph 2 and 3, immediately after the part of the sentence "in writing, by telegram, telex or fax", the words "or any other electronic means of communication", and clarify in paragraph 10 that decisions of the Board of Directors are always taken by unanimous written agreement of the directors.
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
Decision to replace article 22 of the Articles of Association by the following text: The deliberations of the Board of Directors are documented in minutes, which are signed by the chairman and the directors requesting to do so, copies for third parties are signed by one or more directors with representation power. These minutes are kept in a special register. The powers of attorney are enclosed to them.
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6.1. Proposal forming the subject of the eleventh resolution:
Decision to bring the Articles of Association into line with the New Companies and Associations Code and to amend the existing text accordingly.
6.1.1.: Decision to replace Article 1 of the Articles of Association with the following amended new text:
The company is a public limited company. It is a company the shares of which have been admitted to trading on a regulated market within the meaning of Section 3(7) of the Act of 21 November 2017 on the infrastructure for the markets in financial instruments and transposing Directive 2014/65/EU and is therefore subject to the provisions of the Companies and Associations Code relating to listed companies. The name of the company is "RECTICEL".
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
6.1.2.: Decision to replace Article 2 of the Articles of Association with the following amended text:
The Company's registered office is located in the Brussels Capital Region.
It may be transferred by simple decision of the administrative body to any other location in Belgium, provided that there is no change of Region requiring a change in the language of the Articles of Association in accordance with the existing language legislation. In the latter case, the transfer may be effected only by a general meeting resolution and the resulting amendments to the Articles of Association.
The Company may, by means of a resolution of the Board of Directors, establish administrative headquarters, local offices, agencies and offices in Belgium and abroad.
The directors shall publish any change in the registered office in the Annex to the Belgian Official Gazette.
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
6.1.3.: Decision replacing the term "social object" by the new term "object" in the text of Article 3 of the Articles of Association.
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6.1.4.: Decision replacing the term "subscribed capital" by the new term "capital" in the text of Article 5 of the Articles of Association.
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6.1.5.: Regarding Article 6 of the Articles of Association, decision to:
replace the term "maatschappelijk kapitaal" by the new term "kapitaal" (Dutch version);
replace the term Companies Code by Companies and Associations Code;
replace the reference in paragraph 4 and 5 to Article 596 of the Companies Code by reference to section 7:191 of the Companies and Associations Code;
replace the term Banking and Finance Commission by "Financial Services and Markets Authority"
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
6.1.6.: Regarding Article 7 of the Articles of Association, decision to:
replace the term "authorized capital" by the term "capital";
replace the term Companies Code by Companies and Associations Code;
replace the term "holders of such shares" in paragraph 4 by "owners of such shares"
replace the reference in paragraph 3 to Article 612 of the Companies Code with a
reference to Article 7:208 of the Companies and Associations Code
replace the reference in paragraph 6 to Article 596 of the Companies Code with a reference to Article 7:191 of the Companies and Associations Code
replace the term "warrants" by the new term "subscription rights"
replace the term "employees" by "the personnel"
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6.1.7.: Regarding Article 9 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the term "registered office" in paragraph 3 by "registered office of the Company"
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6.1.8.: Regarding Article 11 of the Articles of Association, decision to:
replace the term "maatschappelijke statuten" by "statuten" in the second paragraph of the Dutch text;
replace the reference in paragraph 3 to Articles 510 to 512 of the Companies Code by a reference to Articles 7:78 to 7:80 of the Companies and Associations Code;
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6.1.9.: Regarding Article 15 of the Articles of Association, decision to:
replace the reference in paragraph 1 to Article 620 of the Companies Code with a reference to Article 7:215 of the Companies and Associations Code
replace the reference in paragraph 2 to Article 622 of the Companies Code with a reference to Article 7:218 of the Companies and Associations Code.
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
6.1.10.: Regarding Article 16 of the Articles of Association, decision to
replace the term "FSMA" by "Financial Services and Markets Authority"
replace in the fourth paragraph the reference to Article 516 of the Companies Code by a reference to Article 7:84 of the Companies and Associations Code.
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
6.1.11.: Regarding Article 17 of the Articles of Association, decision to insert a new second subparagraph by the following text: In accordance with Article 7:86 of the Companies and Associations Code, at least one third of the members of the Board of Directors shall be of a gender other than that the other members, the minimum number required being rounded to the nearest whole number. If a director is a legal entity, its gender shall be determined by that of its permanent representative.
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
6.1.12.: Regarding Article 19 of the Articles of Association, decision to
replace in paragraph 9 the references to Articles 526bis and 4 of the Companies Code by Articles 7:99 and 1:12, 2° respectively of the Companies and Associations Code;
replace in paragraph 10 the reference to Article 526ter of the Companies Code by a reference to Article 7:87 of the Companies and Associations Code;
replace the reference in paragraph 13 to Articles 526quater and 4 of the Companies Code by a reference to Articles 7:100 to 01:12,2° of the Companies and Associations Code;
remove from paragraph 14 the phrase "referred to in Articles 524bis and 524ter of the Companies Code;
replace in paragraph 14 the reference to Article 525 of the Companies Code by a reference to Article 7:121 of the Companies and Associations Code;
replace in paragraph 15 the reference to Article 526ter of the Companies Code with a reference to Article 7:87 §1 of the Companies and Associations Code;
replace in the last paragraph the reference to Article 526quater of the Companies Code by reference to Article 7:100 §5 of the Companies and Associations Code;
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| 7:97 of the Companies and Associations Code. | 6.1.13.: Regarding Article 21 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the reference in paragraph 7 to Article 524 of the Companies Code by a reference to Article |
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| "doel" in Dutch by the term "voorwerp" (term unchanged in English). | 6.1.14.: Regarding Article 23 of the articles of association, decision to replace the term | |
| FOR: _____ | AGAINST : _____ | ABSTAIN : _____ |
| FOR: _____ | phrase "in accordance with section 524bis of the Companies Code" AGAINST : _____ |
6.1.15.: Regarding Article 24 of the Articles of Association, decision to remove the ABSTAIN : _____ |
| Companies Code by the Companies and Associations Code | 6.1.16.: Regarding Article 26 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the term | |
| FOR: _____ | AGAINST : _____ | ABSTAIN : _____ |
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
6.1.18.: Regarding Article 29 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace in the last paragraph the terms "interests" and "authorized capital" are replaced by the terms "interest" and "capital, and to replace the words "one fifth" by the words "one tenth".
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6.1.19.: Regarding Article 30 of the Articles of Association, decision to
replace in paragraph 2 the word "bondholders" by "holders of convertible bonds";
replace in paragraph 4 the term Companies Code by the term Companies and Associations Code;
replace in paragraph 6 the term "maatschappelijk kapitaal" in Dutch by the term "kapitaal" (term unchanged in English)
add after the first sentence the following sentence: "To this end, the shareholder(s) shall comply with the provisions of Article 7:130, §§1 and 2 of the Companies and Associations Code;
amend in paragraph 6 the reference to Article 533 of the Companies Code with a reference to Article 7:128 of the Companies and Associations Code;
amend in paragraph 8 the reference to Article 536§2 of the Companies Code with a reference to Article 7:134 of the Companies and Associations Code;
amend in paragraph 10 the reference to Article 533bis,§1 of the Companies Code by a reference to Article 7:129 §1 of the Companies and Associations Code;
amend in paragraph 11 the reference to Articles 533bis and 533 of the Companies Code by a reference to Articles 7:129 and 7:128 of the Companies and Associations Code;
amend in paragraph 12 the reference to Article 533bis in the Belgian Companies Code by a reference to Article 7:129 of the Companies and Associations Code;
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
6.1.20.: Regarding Article 31 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the term "registered place of business" in paragraph 5 by the term "seat of the Company"
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
6.1.21.: Regarding Article 32 of the Articles of Association, decision to
amend in paragraph 11 and paragraph 12 the reference to Article 538bis of the Companies Code by a reference to Article 7:137 of the Companies and Associations Code;
Amend in paragraphs 15 and 16 the reference to Article 550 of the Companies Code by a reference to Article 7:146 of the Companies and Associations Code;
FOR: _____ AGAINST : _____ ABSTAIN : _____
6.1.22.: Regarding Article 34 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the term Companies Code with the term Companies and Associations Code
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| 6.1.23.: Regarding Article 35 of the Articles of Association, decision to - replace the term "holders" of such shares by "owners" of such shares; - replace the reference to Articles 541, 481 and 551 of the Companies Code by Articles 7:51, 7:57 and 7:56 respectively of the Companies and Associations Code. |
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| 6.1.24.: Regarding Article 37 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the term "Companies Code" by "Companies and Associations Code", the term "maatschappelijk kapitaal" in Dutch by "kapitaal" and the term "maatschappelijk doel" in Dutch by "voorwerp" (in both cases, the two terms are "capital" and "object" in English). |
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| 6.1.25.: Regarding Article 38 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the term "maatschappelijk kapitaal" in Dutch by the term "kapitaal" (term unchanged in English). |
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| 6.1.26.: Regarding Article 39 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the term "maatschappelijk boekjaar" by "boekjaar" (term unchanged in English) and the term "Companies Code" by "Companies and Associations Code". |
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| 6.1.27.: With regard to Article 41 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the term "maatschappelijk kapitaal" with "kapitaal" (term unchanged in English). |
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| 6.1.28.: Regarding Article 42 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the reference to Article 618 of the Companies Code by a reference to Article 7:233 of the Companies and Associations Code |
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6.1.29.: Regarding Article 46 of the Articles of Association, decision to replace the reference to the Companies Code by a reference to the Companies and Associations Code.
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(1) In order to attend, or to be represented at, the Extraordinary General Meeting, shareholders must present proof of their identity (identity card or passport) and representatives of legal entities must, in addition, provide proof of their power of representation (relevant legal company documents).
Copies of the relevant proof must be attached to this form.
The Company must receive the voting form no later than 22 May 2020. The signed voting form, together with the relevant proof, can be provided by all possible means to the bureau, including by sending a scanned copy or picture of the form via e-mail at the address mentioned hereunder. In the absence of the form and relevant proof at the Extraordinary General Meeting, the voting form is made null and void.
If shareholders exercise their right under the legal and statutory provisions to submit new motions for resolutions regarding the items on the agenda, the votes by correspondence submitted before the publication of the updated agenda remain valid for the unchanged agenda items included in the current form. Votes on agenda items for which new motions for resolutions have been submitted, shall be considered as abstentions if there is no new vote.
In this case, shareholders can vote by correspondence on these new motions for resolutions by using the updated voting by correspondence form that the Company shall make available.
If shareholders exercise their right under the legal and statutory provisions to put new items on the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting, shareholders can vote by correspondence on these new agenda items by using the updated voting by correspondence form that the Company shall make available in that case. The votes included in the current form on existing and unchanged agenda items shall remain valid. If no vote is cast on the new agenda items, this is considered as abstention.
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