Information for shareholders pertaining to General Meetings
A shareholder or shareholders representing at least one-twentieth of the share capital may request that certain matters be placed on the agenda of the General Meeting. Any such request should be sent to the Company in the Polish language, in writing, or in electronic form to the following e-mail address: wz@pgnig.pl. The request should contain grounds or a draft resolution concerning the proposed agenda item and should be submitted to the Company’s Management Board not later than 21 days before the planned date of the General Meeting. The shareholder or shareholders should prove their entitlement to exercise this right by presenting relevant documents in written form.
Any shareholder or shareholders representing at least one-twentieth of the Company’s share capital may, before the date of the General Meeting, submit to the Company draft resolutions concerning items which have been or are to be placed on the General Meeting’s agenda, in writing or in electronic form to the e-mail address wz@pgnig.pl. Any such draft resolutions should be in the Polish language, in the form of a Word file. The shareholders should prove their entitlement to exercise this right by presenting relevant documents in written form.
During the General Meeting, each shareholder may submit draft resolutions with respect to items placed on the agenda. Such draft resolutions should be in the Polish language.
Shareholders may participate in the General Meeting in person or by proxy. Pursuant to Art. 4121.2 of the Commercial Companies Code, a power of proxy for participation in a General Meeting of a public company and exercise of the voting right must be granted in writing. Powers of proxy should be granted in writing or in electronic form. The power of proxy should be in the Polish language and may be sent to the Company prior to the General Meeting in electronic form as a PDF file (scanned document) to the e-mail address: wz@pgnig.pl. While at the General Meeting, all shareholders and proxies should carry a valid identity document.
Given that the Company does not provide for the possibility of participating in the General Meeting by electronic means (including taking the floor at the General Meeting using means of electronic communication) or exercising voting rights by postal ballot or by electronic means, no ballot forms for voting through a proxy will be published.
Representatives of legal persons should have on them the original or a copy (certified by a notary public) of an excerpt from the relevant register (issued within the last three months), and if their right to represent the legal person does not follow from the relevant register entry – they should have on them a written power of proxy (the original or a copy certified by a notary public) along with the original or a copy (certified by a notary public) of the excerpt from the relevant register which must be valid as at the date of granting the power of proxy.
The General Meeting may be attended only by persons who are Company shareholders on the record date, i.e. 16 days prior to the General Meeting.
Persons entitled to participate in the General Meeting may obtain the full text of documents to be submitted to the General Meeting, along with draft resolutions and comments of the Management and Supervisory Boards, from the Company’s registered office. Such persons may obtain copies of the Directors’ Report on the Company’s operations and of the Company’s financial statements, as well as a copy of the Supervisory Board’s report and the auditor’s opinion, no later than 15 days prior to the General Meeting, while copies of recommendations and proposals concerning the other items of the agenda will begin to be distributed a week before the General Meeting.
Pursuant to Art. 407.1 of the Commercial Companies Code, the list of shareholders entitled to participate in the General Meeting is made available for inspection at the Company’s registered office in Warsaw, ul. Marcina Kasprzaka 25, for three weekdays prior to the date of the General Meeting.
Information concerning the General Meeting will be available on the Company’s website at: www.pgnig.pl in the section General Meeting – information for shareholders.