Announcement on convocation of the General Meeting
The Management Board of LC Corp SA, with its registered office in Wrocław, at ul. Powstańców Śląskich 2-4, entered on March 15th 2006 into the National Court Register kept by the District Court for Wrocław – Fabryczna 6th Commercial Division of the National Court Register under number KRS 0000253077 ("Issuer"), acting pursuant to Art. 398, Art. 399.1, Art. 4022 of the Polish Code of Commercial Partnerships and Companies, and Art. 26 of the Statutes, convenes an Extraordinary General Meeting of LC Corp SA, to be held at the Company's registered office in Wrocław, at ul. Powstanców Śląskich 2-4, at 10:00 on December 6th 2013
Agenda
- Opening of the Meeting.
- Appointment of the Chairman of the Meeting.
- Determination of the validity of convening the Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting and its ability to adopt the resolutions.
- Adoption of the agenda of the meeting.
- Adoption of resolution regarding changes in the composition of the Supervisory Board.
- Closing the Meeting.
Right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Only persons who:
a) were the Company shareholders on the Registration Date, i.e. on 20 November 2013, and
b) filed a request – not earlier than upon announcement of convening the General Meeting, and not later than on 21 November 2013 – with the entity running their securities account to issue a registered certificate about the right to the participate in the General Meeting,
are entitled to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of LC Corp S.A.
In order to exercise their right to participate in the General Meeting, Shareholders should file a request, not earlier than upon announcement of convening the General Meeting, and not later than on the first weekday upon the participation registration date, i.e. not later than on 21 November 2013, with an entity running the securities account to issue a registered certificate about the right to participate in the General Meeting.
The Company shall determine the list of Shareholders entitled to participate in the General Meeting due to their bearer shares based on a specification prepared by the entity maintaining the depository for securities in accordance with the regulations governing trading in financing instruments. The entity maintaining the depository for securities prepares the list based on the specifications submitted not later than twelve days prior to the General Meeting date (24 November 2013) by the authorised bodies, in accordance with the regulations governing trading in financing instruments. The specifications presented to the entity maintaining the depository for securities are drawn in accordance with the certificates about the right to participate in the General Meeting.The list of Shareholders entitled to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting will be presented in the Company's headquarters, at Powstańców Śląskich 2-4, 53-333 Wrocław (10th floor, front desk) not later than three weekdays prior to the day of the General Meeting, i.e. 3 December 2013. The Company Shareholder may request the Company to send him free of charge the list of Shareholders entitled to participate in the General Meeting via e-mail to the address provided by the Shareholder. The Company holds the right to request documents confirming the eligibility of the Shareholder applying, provided he is not included in list of Shareholders entitled to participate in the General Meeting. Persons entitled to participate in the General Meeting are requested to register at the Shareholders registration point at the General Meeting.
Procedures concerning participation in the General Meeting of Shareholders and exercising voting rights
Shareholder's right to demand that specific issues be included in the agenda of the General Meeting of Shareholders
A Shareholder or Shareholders representing at least one-twentieth of the Company's share capital may demand that specific issues be included in the agenda of the General Meeting. Such a request should be presented by a Shareholder or Shareholders to the Company's Management Board not later than twenty-one days prior to the appointed Meeting's date, i.e. not later than on 15 November 2013. It should include a justification or a draft of the resolution concerning the proposed item of the agenda. A Shareholder or Shareholders demanding that specific issues be included in the agenda have to present a certificate (registered certificate of deposit) issued as at the request submission date by the authorised entity for the purposes of their identification as the Company Shareholders and confirming that the Shareholder or the Shareholders possess proper number of shares which makes them eligible to file the request (paper document/scan). Furthermore, an institutional Shareholder or Shareholders, or of legal persons or other entities obliged to submit relevant documents specifying its/their authorisation principles to confirm representation, should also enclose, along with the aforementioned request, originals or copies of such documents. The duty to attach the documents, referred to hereinabove, concerns both the Shareholders submitting the request in writing as well as by electronic means of communication /a paper document, its copy or scan and conversion into the PDF format/. The request made in writing and the complete set of attachments should be submitted personally upon confirmation of receipt at the Company's headquarters at the address of: ul. Powstańców Śl. 2-4, 53-333 Wrocław, or sent to the Company upon confirmation of sending and receipt to the address: ul. Powstańców Śl. 2-4, 53 -333 Wrocław, or send by e-mail to the Company's e-mail address: walne.zgromadzenie@develia.pl
The date of filing the aforementioned request with the Company shall be the date of its receipt by the Company, and in case of the electronic mail – the date of receipt of the aforementioned request in the Company's e-mail system. The aforementioned request may be filed with the Company by means of correctly filled in and signed form that is available for downloading at the Company's website https://develia.pl/eng/artykul/163,formularze.html. In case of filing the request by e-mail, the form must be enclosed as a PDF document. The Company holds the right to take reasonable actions in order to verify the identity of a Shareholder or Shareholders and the validity of the documents submitted.
The Management Board shall promptly, but not later than eighteen days prior to the appointed date of the General Meeting, i.e. before 18 November 2013, announce the amendments introduced in the Agenda at a Shareholder's or Shareholders' request. This announcement shall be made in a way appropriate to the convening of the General Meeting.
Shareholder's right to submit drafts of resolutions concerning issues on the agenda of the General Meeting of Shareholders or the issues to be introduced to the agenda prior to the General Meeting date
A shareholder or shareholders representing at least one twentieth of the share capital may, prior to the date of the General Meeting, submit to the Company, drafts of resolutions concerning issues included in the agenda of the General Meeting or issues which are to be included in the agenda. The abovementioned drafts of resolutions should be submitted to the Company in writing or by electronic means not later than 24 hours prior to the date of the General Meeting, to let the Company publish the drafts of the resolutions on its website. A Shareholder or Shareholders submitting their drafts of resolutions concerning issues included in the agenda of the General Meeting or issues which are to be included in the agenda prior to the General Meeting date have to present, along with the request, a certificate (registered certificate of deposit) issued as at the request submission date by the authorised entity for the purposes of their identification as the Company Shareholders and confirmation that the Shareholder or the Shareholders possess proper number of shares which makes them eligible to file the request (paper document/scan). Furthermore, an institutional Shareholder or Shareholders, or of legal persons or other entities obliged to submit relevant documents specifying its/their authorisation principles to confirm representation, should also enclose, along with the aforementioned request, originals or copies of such documents. The duty to attach the documents, referred to hereinabove, concerns both the Shareholders submitting the request in writing as well as by electronic means of communication /a paper document, its copy or scan and conversion into the PDF format/.
The request made in writing and the complete set of attachments should be submitted personally upon confirmation of receipt at the Company's headquarters at the address of: ul. Powstańców Śl. 2-4, 53-333 Wrocław, or sent to the Company upon confirmation of sending and receipt to the address: ul. Powstańców Śl. 2-4, 53 -333 Wrocław, or send by e-mail to the Company's e-mail address: walne.zgromadzenie@develia.pl
The date of filing the aforementioned request with the Company shall be the date of its receipt by the Company, and in case of the electronic form – the date of receipt of the aforementioned request in the Company's e-mail system. The aforementioned request may be filed with the Company by means of correctly filled in and signed form that is available for downloading at the Company's website, tab "Forms". In case of filing the request in the electronic form, the form must be enclosed as a PDF document. The Company holds the right to take reasonable actions in order to verify the identity of a Shareholder or Shareholders and the validity of the documents submitted. The Company shall promptly publish the aforementioned resolution drafts on its websites.
Shareholder's right to submit the drafts of resolutions concerning issues on the agenda during the General Meeting of Shareholders
Each shareholder may, during the General Meeting, submit drafts of resolutions concerning the issues included in the agenda.
Shareholders' right to establish a proxy, forms of proxy, announcement of granting a proxy by electronic means of communication and the ways of verification thereof
A Shareholder may participate in the General Meeting and exercise his rights to vote in person or through a proxy holder. A proxy holder has the powers to exercise all the shareholder's rights at the General Meeting, unless otherwise stated in the proxy. A proxy holder may delegate his powers, if his proxy provide so. For delegated proxy a document confirming the continuity is required. One proxy holder may represent several shareholders and cast different votes for each shareholder. Public company shareholders holding shares registered on several securities accounts may appoint separate proxy holders to exercise the rights for shares registered on each account. A Shareholder, holding status other than a natural person, may participate in the General Meeting and exercise his voting rights through a person authorised to make declarations of intent on behalf of the Shareholder or through a proxy holder. A proxy to take part in the General Meeting and exercise voting rights requires written or electronic form. In case of granting a proxy in an electronic form, the Shareholder shall notify the Company about that fact via e-mail at the Company's e-mail address: walne.zgromadzenie@develia.pl. The Company website, tab: "Forms" https://develia.pl/eng/artykul/163,formularze.html. provides the Form of granting a proxy in the electronic version to download; the Form should be completed by a Shareholder in accordance with the instructions provided and sent to the Company via e-mail to the address specified hereinabove. In order to verify the information included in the notification, a scan of the registered certificate of the shareholder's right to participate in the General Meeting of Shareholders issued by an entity maintaining its share account is required along with the form.
An institutional Shareholder, or legal persons or other entities obliged to submit relevant documents specifying its/their authorisation principles to confirm representation, should also enclose, along with the proxy or notification about granting a proxy, originals or copies of such documents in a form relevant for the respective forms /a paper document, its copy or scan and conversion into the PDF format/. Notification about granting a proxy in the electronic version shall be submitted not later than 24 hours prior the date of the General Meeting, to make the verification of documents possible. A member of the Company's Management Board and the Company's employee may act as a shareholder's proxy holder at the General Meeting of Shareholders. A proxy granted to a member of the Management Board, a member of the Supervisory Board, a liquidator, the Company's employee, or a subsidiary's member of the executive body or employee authorizes to represent the shareholder only at a single General Meeting of Shareholders. The proxy holder shall disclose all the circumstances that involve or may involve the conflict of interest to the shareholder, and furthermore is obliged to vote in line with the instructions provided by the shareholder. No delegation of the proxy is allowed.
Proxies granted in the electronic form will be verified by means of:
a. examination of the completeness of the documentation of the granted proxy, in particular in case of multiple proxies, sent along with the form;
b. examination of the form data accuracy and comparing the data provided therein with the information included in the specification of individuals eligible to participate in the General Meeting,
c. statement of conformity of the data regarding legal person's representatives delegated to grant a proxy with relevant KRS excerpts;
d. confirming the data as well as a Shareholder's or Shareholders' identification via e-mail or by phone in the event the proxy has been granted through electronic means of communication and notification thereof.
Verification of the validity of the proxies granted through electronic means of communication and a Shareholder's identity may involve requesting the Shareholder to send an e-version of the proxy scan in the PDF format or a photo file showing the picture of the document. In case of any doubt or in order to clarify other matters, the Company holds the right to take additional reasonable measures to identify the Shareholder or Shareholders or to verify the validity of proxies granted, notices and documents. The Company attaches proxies on paper /also printed electronic versions of the documents/ to the minutes taken at the General Meeting of Shareholders.
Exercising voting rights through a proxy holder by means of a form
The Company's website, tab "Forms" https://develia.pl/eng/artykul/163,formularze.html, provides the Form to exercise the right to vote through a Proxy Holder or to provide the Proxy Holder with the written instructions on voting by a Shareholder, referred to in Art. 4023 § 1 (5) i §3 (1-4) of the Code of Commercial Companies and Partnerships. The Form specified hereinabove, if completed by the Shareholder granting the proxy, may be used as a ballot paper in the open vote at the General Meeting of Shareholders, providing the Shareholder has authorised the Proxy Holder thereto. While in case of secret ballot the completed Form provides solely the voting instructions for the Proxy Holder and should be retained by him. The form used as the ballot paper should be delivered by the Proxy Holder to the Chairman of the of the General Meeting of Shareholders prior to closing the voting on the resolution the paper was used for, in accordance with the Shareholder's instructions. With the Chairman informing the participants of the Meeting about the Form having been used as a ballot paper, it is taken into consideration in counting votes cast for or against a given resolution. The form used in the ballot shall be enclosed in the minutes register.
Should counting of votes cast at the General Meeting of Shareholders take place through an electronic counting device, the form referred to hereinabove may be used only as a Shareholder's instruction for the Proxy Holder.
Information on alternative modes of participation and exercising voting rights at the General Meeting of Shareholders
The Company's Articles of Association exclude participation and exercising voting rights at the General Meeting of Shareholders through electronic means of communication.
The General Meeting of Shareholders Bylaws exclude casting votes at the General Meeting by mail.
Participation registration date
The date of registration of participation in the Extraordinary General Meeting shall be 20 November 2013, ("the Registration Date").
General Meeting of Shareholders information placement
Drafts of the resolutions are available at: https://develia.pl/plik/876198509.
In the event the Company's Management Board or Supervisory Board makes comments on the issues on the agenda of the General Meeting of Shareholders or the issues to be introduced to the agenda prior to the General Meeting date, they will be made available at the Company's website.
All the information released in relation to the General Meeting of Shareholders is available at:
https://develia.pl/eng/artykul/161,extraordinary-general-meeting.html.