The procedure and basic powers of the General Meeting of Shareholders and a description of shareholders' rights and the procedure for exercising them
General Meetings of Enea SA are held based on the Commercial Companies Code and Enea SA's Statute and the Rules of the General Meeting, including the principles resulting from "Best Practices of WSE listed Companies" adopted by the Company for application.
Pursuant to the Statute of Enea SA the Company's Board convenes General Meetings in cases specified in the legal regulations and the Statute, and also if it is request in writing by the key shareholder, i.e. the State Treasury which, as long as it is the Company’s shareholder and irrespective of its share in the Company’s share capital, may, pursuant to Article 400 item 1 of the Commercial Companies Code, request that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders be convened or that certain matters be included in the agenda of the next General Meeting.
The State Treasury must submit such a demand in writing to the Management Board not later than one month before the proposed date of the General Meeting. If the request is submitted after a General Meeting is convened, it will be deemed a request for convening a subsequent Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
As provided for in § 29 item 3 of the Company's Statute, if the General Meeting is not convened within two weeks of the request, the State Treasury shareholder is entitled to convene the General Meeting pursuant to Article 354 item 1 of the Commercial Companies Code.
The duties of the General Meeting, in addition to matters stipulated in mandatory provisions of the law and other provisions of this Statutes, include in particular:
- appointing and recalling members of the Supervisory Board, subject to the provisions of the Company's Statute authorising the shareholder being the State Treasury to appoint and recall one member of the Supervisory Board (under Article 354 § 1 of the Commercial Companies Code) in a situation when the State Treasury ceases to be the only shareholder of the Company
- adopting the Regulations of the General Meeting laying down the detailed principles for conducting meetings and adopting resolutions
- issuing convertible or exchangeable bonds and other instruments enabling the purchase or subscription of the Company’s shares
The purchase and disposal of real property, perpetual usufruct or real property interest, i.e. activities as set out in Article 393 item 4 of the Commercial Companies Code, do not require the approval of the General Meeting.
Right to participate in GM
Pursuant to Article 406¹ §1 of the Commercial Companies Code, persons who are shareholders of the Company sixteen days before the date of the General Meeting (the day of registration of participation in the General Meeting), have the right to participate in the General Meeting of the Company. Additionally, members of the Board and members of the Supervisory Board in the number enabling giving a factual answer to questions asked during GM, have the right to participate in General Meeting of Enea SA with the right to vote.
Right to participate in GM by a proxy
A shareholder may participate in the General Meeting of Shareholders of Enea SA and exercise voting rights in person or by proxy.
Shareholders’ rights
A shareholder or shareholders of the Company who represent at least one twentieth of the share capital are entitled to request that specific items be placed on the agenda of the General Meeting of Shareholders of Enea SA. Such a request, containing a justification or draft resolution concerning a proposed item of the agenda, should be submitted to the Management Board of Enea SA not later than 21 days before the date of the Meeting.
Before the date of the General Meeting of Shareholders of Enea SA, a shareholder or shareholders of the Company representing not less than one-twentieth of the share capital may submit draft resolutions regarding matters placed on the agenda of the General Meeting of Shareholders or matters to be placed on the agenda.
During the General Meeting of Shareholders, each shareholder may submit draft resolutions regarding matters placed on the agenda. These drafts should be submitted in Polish.
Rules on amendments to the Company's Statute
Pursuant to the provisions of the Commercial Companies Code, amendment to the Company's Statute requires a resolution passed with the majority of votes and an entry in the register.
The Company's Statute contains no provisions that differ from the provisions of the Commercial Companies Code regulating the Statute amendment.
