| Draft resolutions which will be voted at the General Meeting of Shareholders on 25 June 2020 The Management Board of Agora S.A. with its registered seat in Warsaw (“the Company”) will submit draft resolutions which the Management Board intends to present to the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (“the General Meeting”) convened for 25 June 2020, 11 a.m. in the Company’s building at ul. Czerska 8/10 in Warsaw.
“Resolution No. [...] on the election of the Chairperson of the General Meeting Pursuant to Article 409 § 1 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 6, item 3.1. of the By-laws of the General Meeting, the General Meeting hereby elects Mr/Ms [•] to chair the General Meeting.”
“Resolution No. [...] on adopting the agenda Pursuant to § 10 item 2.1. of the By-laws of the General Meeting, the General Meeting hereby adopts the announced agenda.”
“Resolution No. [...] on electing the members of the returning committee Pursuant to § 8 item 2.2. of the By-laws of the General Meeting, the General Meeting has decided to appoint Mr/Ms [•] and Mr/Ms [•] to the returning committee.”
Statement of grounds for the draft resolutions No. […] Resolutions No. [...] are of a procedural nature.
“Resolution No. [...] on reviewing and approving the annual separate financial statements of the Company for the year 2019 and the Management Report for the financial year 2019 Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 393 item 1 and 395 § 2 item 1 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13, section 1, of the Company’s Statute, in consideration of the results of the evaluation of the Company’s separate financial statements for the financial year 2019 and the Management Board’s Report on the activities of the Company for the financial year 2019 presented by the Company’s Supervisory Board pursuant to Art. 382 § 3 of the Commercial Companies Code, the General Meeting has decided to approve the separate financial statements for the financial year 2019 and the Management Board’s Report on the activities of the Company for the financial year 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] on reviewing and approving the annual consolidated financial statements covering the Company and its subsidiaries and associates, and the Management Board’s report on the activities of the Group in the financial year 2019 Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 5 of the Commercial Companies Code and Art. 63c section 4 of the Accounting Act, the General Meeting hereby resolves to approve the annual consolidated financial statements for 2019 comprising the Company, its subsidiaries and associates according to the regulations of Accounting Act, and the Management Board’s report on the activities of the Group in the financial year 2019.” Statement of grounds for the draft resolutions No. […] Resolutions No. [...] are resolutions the adoption of which at the Annual General Meeting is justified pursuant to the Commercial Companies Code.
“Resolution No. [...] on appropriation of the Company’s net profit for the year 2019 Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 2 in connection with Art. 348 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 38 of the Company’s Statute, the General Meeting has hereby decided to transfer the full net profit of PLN 20,114,682.14 (in words: twenty million one hundred and fourteen thousand six hundred and eighty-two zlotys and fourteen grosz) for the financial year 2019 to the Company’s supplementary capital.” Statement of grounds for draft resolution No. […] Pursuant to Art. 395 § 2.2 of the Commercial Companies Code, the Annual General Meeting should adopt a resolution on the appropriation of profit. In the opinion of the Management Board of Agora S.A., the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic may lead to additional risks to the Company’s operations, the scale of which is currently impossible to assess in a precise manner and which remains outside the real influence or control of Agora S.A. and its Group. This situation may also lead to liquidity problems of Agora S.A.’s counterparties. In such circumstances the Management Board of Agora S.A. considered it justified to recommend that the whole profit for 2019 be retained to reinforce the Group’s financial position. The above proposal is a deviation from the Dividend Policy of Agora announced on 14 February 2005. The deviation from the dividend policy is related to the business uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. The above proposal was approved by the members of the Supervisory Board.
“Resolution No. [...] on approving the performance of duties by particular members of the Supervisory Board in the financial year 2019 Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Andrzej Szlęzak, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, in the financial year 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Andrzej Dobosz, Member of the Supervisory Board, in the period from 1 January 2019 to 12 June 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Dariusz Formela, Member of the Supervisory Board, in the financial year 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Tomasz Karusewicz, Member of the Supervisory Board, in the financial year 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Wanda Rapaczynski, Member of the Supervisory Board, in the financial year 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Tomasz Sielicki, Member of the Supervisory Board, in the financial year 2019.” “Resolution No. [...] Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Maciej Wiśniewski, Member of the Supervisory Board, in the financial year 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] on approving the performance of duties by particular members of the Management Board in the financial year 2019 Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, in accordance with the recommendation by the Supervisory Board, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Bartosz Hojka, President of the Management Board, in the financial year 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, in accordance with the recommendation by the Supervisory Board, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Tomasz Jagiełło, Member of the Management Board, in the financial year 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, in accordance with the recommendation by the Supervisory Board, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Grzegorz Kania, Member of the Management Board, in the financial year 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, in accordance with the recommendation by the Supervisory Board, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Anna Kryńska-Godlewska, Member of the Management Board, in the financial year 2019.”
“Resolution No. [...] “Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 2 item 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 13 section 1 of the Company’s Statute, in accordance with the recommendation by the Supervisory Board, the General Meeting has decided to approve the performance of duties by Agnieszka Sadowska, Member of the Management Board, in the financial year 2019.” Statement of grounds for the draft resolutions No. […] Resolutions No. [...] are resolutions the adoption of which at the Annual General Meeting is justified pursuant to the Commercial Companies Code.
“Resolution No. [...] on adopting the “Remuneration Policy applicable to Agora S.A. Management Board and Supervisory Board Members” “Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 395 § 21 of the Commercial Companies Code, Art. 90d section 1 of the Act on public offering and conditions for introducing financial instruments into the organized trading system and on public companies, the General Meeting hereby adopts the Remuneration Policy applicable to the Agora S.A. Management Board and Supervisory Board Members, the content of which constitutes an appendix to this Resolution.” Statement of grounds for the draft resolution No. […] Resolution No. [...] is a resolution the adoption of which at the Annual General Meeting is justified pursuant to the Commercial Companies Code and the Act on public offering and conditions for introducing financial instruments into the organized trading system and on public companies.
Remuneration policy for Members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Agora S.A. REMUNERATION POLICY APPLICABLE TO AGORA S.A. MANAGEMENT BOARD AND SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS The Management Board of Agora S.A. makes every effort to ensure that the remuneration system which is in place at the Company reflects the market conditions and the Company’s position while at the same time being competitive. I. GENERAL PROVISIONS §1 1. The remuneration policy applicable to the Agora S.A. Management Board and Supervisory Board members (“the Remuneration Policy”) contains the basic principles for remunerating the members of the collective bodies of Agora S.A. (“the Company”). 2. The members of the collective bodies (“the Members of the Authorities”) are members of the Company’s Management Board and Supervisory Board. 3. This Remuneration Policy has the following objectives: 3.1. contributing to the execution of the business strategy and long-term interests, achieving the Company’s business objectives and ensuring its stability; 3.2. creating a sustainable and competitive remuneration system based on transparent principles and criteria that reflect the Company’s financial performance; 3.3. defining the corporate social responsibility criteria which will be taken into account in the development and application of the Remuneration Policy; 3.4. defining the procedure for adopting, implementing and reviewing the Remuneration Policy; 3.5. counteracting the occurrence of conflicts of interest. 4. The Remuneration Policy has been developed on the basis of: 4.1. the Act on Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and Public Companies dated 29 July 2005 (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 623) (“the Act”); 4.2. Directive (EU) 2017/828 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement (OJ EU L 132/1 of 20.5.2017); 4.3. Best Practices for WSE Listed Companies 2016; 4.4. The statute of Agora Spółka Akcyjna (“the Statute”). § 2 The following terms used in the Remuneration Policy have the meanings explained below: 1. “The Human Resources and Remuneration Commission” – the HR and remuneration commission of the Supervisory Board of Agora S.A.; 2. “The Supervisory Board” – the Supervisory Board of Agora S.A.; 3. “The Company” – Agora S.A.; 4. “The Report” – the annual Supervisory Board remuneration report presenting a comprehensive review of the remuneration, including all benefits received or receivable in any form by the individual Management Board and Supervisory Board members in the last financial year in accordance with the remuneration policy, as referred to in Article 90g, clause 1 of the Act; 5. “The Statute” – the Company’s statute; 6. “The Website” – the Company’s website at www.agora.pl; 7. “The General Shareholders’ Meeting” – the General Meeting of the Shareholders of Agora S.A.; 8. “Bonus Targets” - the targets set by the Company’s Supervisory Board every year; 9. “Fixed Remuneration” – the monthly remuneration payable to the members of the Company’s Management Board and Supervisory Board without taking into account the criteria relating to the Company’s financial results; 10. “Annual Bonus” – the variable component of the remuneration of the Company’s Management Board members; 11. “The Management Board” – the Management Board of Agora S.A. II. ADOPTING AND AMENDING THE REMUNERATION POLICY § 3 1. The development, implementation and execution of the Remuneration Policy is the responsibility of the Company’s Management Board. 2. The members of the Company’s Management Board are responsible for the truthfulness of the information contained in the Remuneration Policy and the appendices thereto. 3. The Remuneration Policy is adopted by the General Shareholders’ Meeting in the form of a resolution. 4. The General Shareholders’ Meeting may authorize the Supervisory Board to specify further details of the Remuneration Policy, within the limits previously set out by the General Shareholders’ Meeting, in the following areas: 4.1. fixed and variable remuneration components, as well as bonuses and other cash and non-cash benefits which may be granted to the Members of the Authorities; 4.2. the criteria for granting variable remuneration components; 4.3. the social interest criteria, the Company’s efforts aimed at protecting the environment and actions focused on preventing and eliminating adverse social implications of the Company’s activities; 4.4. determining payment deferral periods and the possibility of claiming reimbursement of variable remuneration components by the Company; 5. The Company’s Management Board shall pass a resolution on the implementation of the Remuneration Policy and propose changes thereto not less frequently than once in 4 years. Subsequently, it shall ask the Supervisory Board to express an opinion on such changes and put the relevant item on the agenda of the General Shareholders’ Meeting. A resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting is required to make changes to the Remuneration Policy. 6. The resolutions of the General Shareholders’ Meeting are passed in compliance with the Company’s Statute. III. REMUNERATION POLICY ASSUMPTIONS § 4 The Company’s Remuneration Policy is based on the following assumptions: 1. The Company’s stability and the pursuit of its business strategy and long-term interests depend on the cooperation and involvement of highly qualified experts performing the functions of Management Board and Supervisory Board members. The amount of remuneration of the Members of the Authorities should be sufficient to attract, retain and motivate persons who have the skills that are necessary for the proper management and supervision of the Company. The remuneration should be adequate to the tasks entrusted to the individual persons and it should reflect the fact of performing the function of a Member of the Authority. In order to achieve this purpose, it is necessary to develop a competitive remuneration system based on an incentive system linking the total amount of remuneration to the Company’s financial performance. 2. Maintaining a cash-based incentive system, in which the amount of the Annual Bonus depends on the Company’s financial performance, is aimed at maintaining the highest level of commitment and focus of the Management Board Members on the achievement of the Company’s business objectives and their participation in the profits. The introduction of the Annual Bonus should contribute to the establishment of the common interest of the Members of the Company’s Authorities and the shareholders. 3. The Remuneration Policy for Members of the Company’s Authorities is based on the assumption that the remuneration should be competitive in relation to the remuneration offered to persons holding equivalent positions in the media sector and the companies conducting similar operations, including the WIG80 companies. 4. When determining and verifying the amount of remuneration of the Management Board members, the Supervisory Board should take into account their experience, the workload required of them, the scope of their duties and responsibility, and the remuneration offered to persons holding similar positions by other entities operating on the market. The amount of remuneration of the Management Board members is subject to verification by the Human Resources and Remuneration Commission. 5. Due to the nature of the Company’s operations, which comprise varied, unrelated business activities, resulting in significant differences between the salaries of the individual employees of the Company, the Remuneration Policy is not associated with the terms and conditions of work and payroll of employees other than the Management Board and Supervisory Board members. 6. The Remuneration Policy is based on the Company’s financial targets and it takes into account the corporate social responsibility targets, including the actions taken by the Company to protect the environment or to prevent and eliminate the adverse social effects of the Company’s activities. In particular, the Company’s involvement in corporate social responsibility issues takes the form of periodic verification whether or not: 6.1. the Company’s operations have an adverse effect on the natural environment and taking appropriate preventive and corrective actions, as well as implementing the initiatives aimed at mitigating the impact on the natural environment by reducing the carbon footprint, energy and natural resources consumption, waste sorting and promoting environment protection; 6.2. the Company’s operations give rise to adverse social effects and preparation of plans for mitigating such effects. 7. The Company has prepared and implemented an internal code of ethical conduct, which regulates the principles for preventing conflict of interest and the principles of conduct in the event of a risk or occurrence of such conflict, in accordance with the Best Practices for WSE Listed Companies. The Company provides annual training for managers and Members of the Authorities in this respect. 8. The Remuneration Policy has been prepared with the participation of the Human Resources and Remuneration Commission, which has advised the Supervisory Board and the Company on the evaluation of the principles for remunerating the Management Board members, in particular with regard to variable remuneration components and incentive programmes for the Management Board members and the managers. 9. The decision-making process aimed at preparing the assumptions for, adopting, implementing and verifying the Remuneration Policy provides mechanisms for preventing the conflict of interest of the Members of the Company’s Authorities. The Remuneration Policy is developed jointly by the collective authorities, i.e. the Management Board, the Supervisory Board and the General Shareholders’ Meeting. The Company’s Management Board analyses the implementation of these Remuneration Policy assumptions at least once in two years and, if necessary, proposes amendments to the Supervisory Board. 10. The Human Resources and Remuneration Commission performs periodic assessments of the principles for remunerating the Management Board members and gives recommendations to the Supervisory Board in this respect. It also prepares recommendations for the Supervisory Board concerning the amount of remuneration and granting additional benefits to the individual Management Board members. 11. The implementation of the Remuneration Policy is evaluated annually by the Supervisory Board in the Report presented to the General Shareholders’ Meeting. The General Shareholders’ Meeting approves the Remuneration Policy and passes a resolution expressing an opinion on the Report. IV. PRINCIPLES FOR EMPLOYMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITIES § 5 1. Unless the Supervisory Board decides otherwise, the Company employs Management Board members on the basis of employment contracts or management contracts signed for an unspecified period and providing a six-month notice period in the case of termination. In specific cases, in the event of a material change in the circumstances, the notice period may be extended until the date of expiry of the mandate or the end of the Management Board member’s term. For detailed information on the terms and conditions of employment of the Management Board members, see Appendix no. 1 hereto. 2. Pursuant to the relevant Supervisory Board resolution, a contract signed with a Management Board member may provide for an additional termination benefit, not to exceed six times the monthly remuneration of the Management Board member plus the annual bonus payable for the financial year preceding the year in which the employment contract is terminated. 3. The Supervisory Board members are not employed by the Company. The Supervisory Board members’ remuneration is determined by the General Shareholders’ Meeting. The Supervisory Board members are appointed for a joint term of three years, with the reservation that their mandates expire not later than on the date of the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting which approves the Company’s financial statements for the last full financial year in which they performed the function of Supervisory Board member. The Supervisory Board members may be dismissed at any time by the General Shareholders’ Meeting; however, until the preferences attached to the A-series shares expire, passing such a resolution requires 80% of the votes carried by all A-series preference shares. V. PRINCIPLES FOR REMUNERATING MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITIES § 6 1. The remuneration of the Members of the Authorities is determined and paid in accordance with this Remuneration Policy. 2. The principles for determining remuneration for the Management Board members and the Supervisory Board members differ. 3. The Human Resources and Remuneration Commission performs periodic assessments of the principles for remunerating the Management Board members and gives recommendations to the Supervisory Board in this respect. It also prepares recommendations for the Supervisory Board concerning the amount of remuneration and granting additional benefits to the individual Management Board members. 4. The Management Board members’ remuneration consists of the Fixed Remuneration, the Annual Bonus .The Supervisory Board, in consultation with the President of the Management Board, may determine remuneration or other benefits for the Management Board members, which shall be paid or provided by the Company or its related entity within the meaning of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance dated 29 March 2018, issued on the basis of Art. 60, clause 2 of the Act on Public Offering, for any reason. 5. The Supervisory Board members’ remuneration consists of the Fixed Remuneration only, which is determined in the form of a fixed monthly amount. § 7 1. The amount of the Fixed Remuneration of the members of the Company’s Management Board shall be determined by the Supervisory Board by resolution, based on the following criteria: skills, the scope of tasks and responsibilities entrusted to the member of the Management Board understood as an authority of a listed company, taking into account the principle of competitiveness referred to in item 4.4 above. 2. The Fixed Remuneration of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the Supervisory Board members may be determined based on different rates. The amount of remuneration of the individual Supervisory Board members determined by the General Shareholders’ Meeting varies according to function. The amount of remuneration of the Supervisory Board members takes into account their commitment to performing their duties and the principles of liability of a Supervisory Board Member of a listed company. For detailed terms and conditions of employment of Supervisory Board members, see Appendix no. 1 hereto. § 8 1. The variable component of the Management Board members’ remuneration (“the Annual Bonus”) depends on the degree of achievement of the key targets (“the Bonus Targets”) in accordance with the principles set out in the bonus plan. 2. The Annual Bonus consists of two components: 2.1. the annual bonus linked to the degree of achievement of the target defined in terms of the Agora Group EBITDA (“the EBITDA Target”) – where the bonus amount depends on the EBITDA to be achieved by the Agora Group in a given financial year, as determined by the Supervisory Board. 2.2. the annual share-based bonus linked to the increase in the stock exchange price of the Company’s shares (“the Share Price Increase Target”) – where the bonus amount depends on the future increase in the price of the Company’s shares calculated by comparing the average price of the Company’s shares in the first quarter of the financial year for which the bonus is calculated with the average price of the Company’s shares in the first quarter of the financial year following the year for which the bonus is calculated. 3. The amount of the Annual Bonus depends on the length of service of the eligible person on the Company’s Management Board in a given financial year. 4. The Bonus Targets are set based on the Remuneration Policy assumptions and the current operational and strategic objectives of the Company for a given financial year, as well as their performance measures. The amount of the Annual Bonus Remuneration payable to the members of the Company’s Management Board depends on the degree of achievement of the Bonus Targets. 5. The achievement of the Bonus Targets is evaluated and the Annual Bonus is granted after the end of the financial year constituting the bonus period. The Annual Bonus shall be paid by 31 May of the following financial year, after completion of the audit of the consolidated and separate financial statements of the Company for the financial year constituting the bonus period. 6. The Remuneration Policy does not allow the Company to claim reimbursement of the Annual Bonus paid. The payment of the Annual Bonus may be postponed under special circumstances. § 9 1. The maximum aggregate amount of the remuneration components constituting the Annual Bonus of a member of the Company’s Management Board cannot exceed 125% of the annual Fixed Remuneration of that Management Board member. 2. The proportion of the remuneration components referred to in item 1 is calculated by comparing the maximum sum of all Annual Bonus components that may be granted for a given year and the sum of all Fixed Remuneration components paid in a given year. § 10 1. The members of the Company’s Authorities may be granted – the “Additional Benefits” in the form of: 1.1. a company car for business and private use in accordance with the Company car policy; 1.2. other benefits in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Company for granting such benefits to all employees. 2. The Company’s Remuneration Policy does not provide any additional pension or early retirement programmes for the Members of the Authorities. 3. The Management Board members may participate in the Employee Stock Plans on the same terms and conditions as other employees of the Company.
VI. TEMPORARY DISCOUNTINUATION OF THE REMUNERATION POLICY APPLICATION § 11 1. At the request of the Management Board, the Supervisory Board may decide to temporarily discontinue the application of this Remuneration Policy. 2. The application of the Remuneration Policy cannot be discontinued unless it is necessary for the achievement of the Company’s long-term interest and financial stability or ensuring its profitability. 3. The application of the Remuneration Policy may be discontinued with regard to determination of the amount of Fixed Remuneration only. 4. Discontinuation of the application of the Remuneration Policy requires a resolution passed by the General Shareholders’ Meeting. 5. The discontinuation may last up to 2 years. VII. REMUNERATION REPORTS § 12 1. The Supervisory Board prepares annual Reports, which are presented to the General Shareholders’ Meeting. Such a Report must contain all elements required under Art. 90g of the Act. 2. The General Shareholders’ Meeting passes a resolution expressing an opinion on the Report. The resolution shall be treated as advice. 3. The Report shall contain a comprehensive review of the remuneration, including all benefits in any form, received or receivable under this Remuneration Policy by the individual Members of the Authorities in the last financial year. 4. In the preparation of the Report for a given financial year, the Supervisory Board takes into account the resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting referred to in item 2 concerning the previous financial year and explains its effect on the Report. 5. The Supervisory Board members are responsible for the information contained in the Report, subject to the truth and completeness of the information received from the Company. 6. The Report is based on the form attached hereto as Appendix no. 2. 7. The Report is evaluated by the registered auditor in terms of the information referred to in Article 90 g of the Act. VIII. FINAL PROVISIONS § 13 1. This Remuneration Policy and the resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting on its approval, as well as the date of passing the resolution and the voting results, shall be published on the Company’s Website immediately. 2. The Company shall publish the Report on its Website immediately. The Report shall be available free of charge for the period specified in Art. 90 g, clause 9 of the Act. 3. Matters not covered by this Remuneration Policy shall be regulated by other internal regulations of the Company, including in particular the Company’s Statute and the by-laws of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, the Supervisory Board and the Management Board, and the agreements with the Management Board members. § 14 The Remuneration Policy shall enter into force on the date of its approval by the General Shareholders’ Meeting and it shall be applied to determining the remuneration of the Members of the Company’s Authorities from the date of its approval. Appendix no. 1 to the Remuneration Policy of Agora S.A. Information on employment of the Company’s Management Board members Name Type of legal relationship constituting the basis for employment Duration of the legal relationship constituting the basis for employment Notice period for termination of the legal relationship constituting the basis for employment
Information on employment of the Company’s Management Board members
Name Type of legal relationship constituting the basis for employment Duration of the legal relationship constituting the basis for employment Notice period for termination of the legal relationship constituting the basis for employment
Information on the Supervisory Board members
Name Basis for performing the function Term for which the Supervisory Board member was appointed Appendix no. 2 to the Remuneration Policy of Agora S.A.
Name of the Member of the Authority
Total amount of remuneration in a given year: - Fixed Remuneration - Variable remuneration broken down into individual elements - Other components Description of how the Fixed Remuneration complies with the Remuneration Policy and how it contributes to the achievement of the Company’s long-term performance targets Degree of achievement of the Bonus Targets Information on the changes in remuneration, the Company’s performance and the average remuneration of the Company’s employees other than the Management Board or Supervisory Board members over a period of at least the last five financial years The amount of remuneration received from Group entities Information on deviations from the procedure of the Remuneration Policy implementation and temporary discontinuation of the application of the Remuneration Policy The amount of cash or non-cash benefits granted to immediate family members, i.e. spouse, parents, children/grandchildren, siblings, relatives to the same degree, adopted children and their spouses, cohabiting partner. Explanation of how the resolution expressing an opinion on the previous remuneration report affected this report.
“Resolution No. [...] on the temporary reduction of the remuneration of members of the Company's Supervisory Board
Pursuant to the provisions of § 15 para. 2 lit. b) the Company's Statute and art. 392 § 1 of the Code of Commercial Companies, the General Meeting decides:
1) temporarily reduce the monthly remuneration for members of the Company's Supervisory Board in the period from April 15, 2020 to October 15, 2020 to the following amount:
a) PLN 9,600 (in words: nine thousand six hundred zlotys) for the chairman of the Supervisory Board,
b) PLN 6,400 (in words: six thousand four hundred zlotys) for each of the other members of the Supervisory Board.
2) members of the Supervisory Board are entitled to reimbursement of travel expenses to meetings of the Supervisory Board from the Company,
3) from October 16, 2020, the monthly remuneration of the members of the Company's Supervisory Board will be:
a) PLN 12,000 (in words: twelve thousand zlotys) for the chairman of the Supervisory Board,
b) PLN 8,000 (in words: eight thousand zlotys) for each of the remaining members of the Supervisory Board. "
Statement of grounds for the draft resolution No. […] In connection with the extraordinary situation related to the introduction of the state of the epidemic in Poland and the decrease in economic turnover in the Company, the Supervisory Board of the Company proposes to temporarily reduce the remuneration of its Members and submits an appropriate resolution to the General Meeting of the Company.
“Resolution No. [...] on amending paragraph 19 section 2 subsection i) of the Company’s Statute Pursuant to Art. 430 § 1 of the Commercial Companies Code the General Meeting has hereby decided to amend the Company’s Statute as follows: “§ 19 section 2 subsection i) i) granting consent to exercise, in a defined way, the right to vote by the Company during the general meeting of shareholders of its subsidiaries as defined in the Act on Public Offering and enforcement regulations issued on the basis thereof, in the case of resolutions concerning remuneration or benefits, as defined in subsection g) above. as amended, shall read as follows: “§ 19 section 2 subsection i) i) granting consent to exercise, in a defined way, the right to vote by the Company during the general meeting of shareholders of its subsidiaries as defined in the Act on Public Offering and enforcement regulations issued on the basis thereof, in the case of resolutions concerning remuneration or benefits, as defined in subsection f) above.”
Statement of grounds for the draft resolution No. […]
Resolution No. [...] is a resolution concerning amending the Company’s Statute, the adoption of which at the Annual General Meeting is justified due to the necessity of correcting the evident typing mistake consisting of erroneous reference to subsection g) instead of subsection f) in section 2 of § 19 of the Company’s Statute.
The consolidated text of the Statue of Agora Spółka Akcyjna with its registered office in Warsaw, including the changes introduced by Resolution No. ___ / 2020 of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Agora Spółka Akcyjna with its registered office in Warsaw.
STATUTES OF AGORA SPÓŁKA AKCYJNA "I. GENERAL PROVISIONS § 1 The Company shall operate under the name of "AGORA Spółka Akcyjna", hereinafter referred to as the "Company". § 2 The Company was created as a result of the transformation of a company under the name of "Agora - Gazeta", a limited liability company headquartered in Warsaw, entered into the Commercial Register under the number of RHB 25478, kept by the District Court for the capital city of Warsaw, XVI Economic Department. § 3 The Company's registered seat shall be in the capital city of Warsaw. § 4 1. The Company shall operate within the territory of Poland and abroad. 2. Within the territory of its operation, the Company may establish branch offices and other organizational units, establish companies and join existing companies, as well as participate in all organizational and legal arrangements permitted under law. II. SCOPE OF BUSINESS § 5 1. The scope of Company's business shall be: 1) Publishing of newspapers (58.13.Z); 2) Book publishing (58.11.Z); 3) Publishing of directories and mailing lists (58.12.Z); 4) Manufacture of other products, not classified elsewhere (32.99.Z); 5) Publishing of journals and other periodicals (58.14.Z); 6) Other publishing activities (58.19.Z); 7) Printing of newspapers (18.11.Z); 8) Manufacture of paper stationary (17.23.Z); 9) Other printing activities(18.12.Z); 10) Service activities related to preparation for printing (18.13.Z); 11) Carrying on activities of advertising agencies (73.11.Z); 12) Agency in the sale of advertising time and space in radio and television (73.12.A); 13) Agency in the sale of advertising space in printed media (73.12.B); 14) Agency in the sale of advertising time and space in electronic media (Internet) (73.12.C); 15) Agency in the sale of advertising time and space in other media (73.12.D); 16) Activities related to the production of films, recordings, video and television programmes (59.11.Z); 17) Acting in the area of sound and music recordings (59.20.Z); 18) Radio broadcasting (60.10.Z); 19) Broadcasting of free-to-air and subscriber television programmes (60.20.Z); 20) Post-production activities related to films, video recordings and television programmes (59.12.Z); 21) Distribution Activities related to films, video recordings and television programmes (59.13.Z); 22) Installation of industrial machinery, equipment and plant (33.20.Z); 23) Repair and maintenance of telecommunications equipment (95.12.Z); 24) Repair and maintenance of electronic and optical devices (33.13.Z); 25) Activities related to IT devices management (62.03.Z); 26) Data processing, web hosting and related activities (63.11.Z); 27) Publishing of computer games (58.21.Z); 28) Other software publishing (58.29.Z); 29) Software related activities (62.01.Z); 30) IT consulting activities (62.02.Z); 31) Other information technology and computer service activities (62.09.Z); 32) Wired telecommunications activities(61.10.Z); 33) Wireless telecommunications activities, excluding satellite telecommunications (61.20.Z); 34) Satellite telecommunications activities(61.30.Z); 35) other telecommunications activities (61.90.Z); 36) Market research and public opinion polling (73.20.Z); 37) Operation of arts/cultural facilities (90.04.Z); 38) Retail sale of books in specialised stores (47.61.Z); 39) Retail sale of newspapers and paper stationary in specialized stores (47.62.Z); 40) Retail sale conducted via mail order houses or the Internet (47.91.Z) 41) Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or bazaars (47.99.Z); 42) Gambling and betting activities (92.00.Z); 43) Other reservation service and related activities, not classified elsewhere (79.90.C); 44) Out of school forms of sports education and sports and recreation activities (85.51.Z); 45) Activities of sports clubs (93.12.Z); 46) Other sports activities (93.19.Z); 47) Other entertainment and recreation activities (93.29.Z); 48) Other information service activities, not classified elsewhere (63.99.Z); 49) Specialized design activities (74.10.Z); 50) Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, excluding rights protected under copyrights (77.40.Z); 51) Activities of collection agencies and credit bureaus (82.91.Z); 52) Other business support activities, not classified elsewhere (82.99.Z); 53) Activities of financial holding companies (64.20.Z); 54) Activities of head offices and holdings, excluding financial holdings (70.10.Z); 55) Accounting and bookkeeping activities; tax consultancy (69.20.Z); 56) Public relations and communication activities (70.21.Z); 57) Other business and management consultancy activities (70.22.Z); 58) Other professional, scientific and technical activities, not classified elsewhere (74.90.Z); 59) Educational support activities (85.60.Z); 60) Execution of construction projects related to the building erection (41.10.Z); 61) Works related to the construction of telecommunications and power lines (42.22.Z); 62) Purchase and sale of real estate on the company's own account (68.10.Z); 63) Rental and management of own or leased real estate (68.20.Z); 64) Management of real estate performed on a fee or contract basis (68.32.Z); 65) Combined facilities support activities (81.10.Z); 66) Other forms of credit granting (64.92.Z); 67) Other financial service activities, not classified elsewhere, excluding insurance and pension funds (64.99.Z); 68) Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities (64.30.Z); 69) Information agencies activities of (63.91.Z); 70) Photographic activities (74.20.Z); 71) Artistic creation and literary activities (90.03.Z); 72) Internet portals activities(63.12.Z); 73) Archive activities (91.01.B); 74) Activities of agents specialized in selling other specific goods (46.18.Z); 75) Activities of agents selling variety of goods (46.19.Z); 76) Restaurants and other permanent catering establishments (56.10.A); 77) Mobile catering establishments (56.10.B); 78) Manufacture of ready-made meals and dishes (10.85.Z); 79) Manufacture of other food products, not elsewhere classified (10.89.Z); 80) Bookbinding and similar services (18.14.Z); 81) Reproduction of recorded media (18.20.Z); 82) Repair and maintenance of machinery (33.12.Z); 83) Repair and maintenance of electric appliances (33.14.Z); 84) Repair and maintenance of other transport equipment (33.17.Z); 85) Repair and maintenance of other equipment and supplies (33.19.Z); 86) Construction work connected with erection of residential and non-residential buildings (41.20.Z); 87) Wholesale and retail sale of passenger cars and vans (45.11.Z); 88) Wholesale and retail sale of other motor vehicles, except of motorcycles (45.19.Z); 89) Retail sale of motor vehicles parts and accessories, except of motorcycles (45.32.Z); 90) Wholesale and retail sale of motorcycles, their repair and maintenance and wholesale and retail sale of motorcycle parts and accessories (45.40.Z); 91) Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials (46.13.Z); 92) Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft (4.14.Z); 93) Agents involved in the sale of furniture, household goods and small items of metal hardware (46.15.Z); 94) Agents involved in the sale of textiles, clothing, fur products, footwear and leather goods (46.16.Z); 95) Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco (46.17.Z); 96) Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (47.11.Z); 97) Other retail sale in non-specialised stores (47.19.Z); 98) Other retail sale of food in specialised stores (47.29.Z); 99) Retail sale of computers, peripheral equipment and software in specialised stores (47.41.Z); 100) Retail sale of telecommunications equipment in specialised stores (47.42.Z); 101) Retail sale of audiovisual equipment in specialised stores (47.43.Z); 102) Retail sale of textiles in specialised stores (47.51.Z); 103) Retail sale of small items of metal hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores (47.52.Z); 104) Retail sale of carpets, rugs and other floor coverings and wall coverings in specialised stores (47.53.Z); 105) Retail sale of household electric appliances in specialised stores (47.54.Z); 106) Retail sale of furniture, lightening equipment and other household items in specialised stores (47.59.Z); 107) Retail sale of sound and audiovisual recordings in specialised stores (47.63.Z); 108) Retail sale of sports equipment in specialised stores (47.64.Z); 109) Retail sale of games and toys in specialised stores (47.65.Z); 110) Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores (47.71.Z); 111) Retail sale of footwear and leather goods in specialised stores (47.72.Z); 112) Retail sale of pharmaceutical goods in specialised stores (47.73.Z); 113) Retail sale of medical devices, including orthopaedic devices, in specialised stores (47.74.Z); 114) Retail sale of cosmetics and toiletries in specialised stores (47.75.Z); 115) Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, live pet animals, pet foods in specialised stores (47.76.Z); 116) Retail sale of watches, clocks and jewellery in specialised stores (47.77.Z); 117) Retail sale of other new goods in specialised stores (47.78.Z); 118) Retail sale of second-hands goods in specialised stores (47.79.Z); 119) Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco via stalls and markets (47.81.Z); 120) Retail sale of textiles, clothing and footwear via stalls and markets (47.82.Z); 121) Retail sale of other goods via stalls and markets (47.89.Z); 122) Warehousing and storage of other goods (52.10.B); 123) Preparation and supply of food for third party recipients (catering) (56.21.Z); 124) Other gastronomic service activities (56.29.Z); 125) Preparation and servicing beverages (56.30.Z); 126) Motion picture projection activities (59.14.Z); 127) Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except of insurance and pension funding (66.19.Z); 128) Real estate trading intermediation (68.31.Z); 129) Activities related to searching workplaces and provision of personnel (78.10.Z); 130) Activities of temporary employment agencies (78.20.Z); 131) Other personnel provision activities (78.30.Z); 132) Activities of travel agencies (79.11.A); 133) Activities of travel intermediaries (79.11.B); 134) Activities of travel organisers (79.12.Z); 135) Activities of tour operators and tour guides (79.90.A); 136) Travel information activities (79.90.B); 137) Office administration service activities (82.11.Z); 138) Copying, document preparation and other specialist activities auxiliary to office management (82.19.Z); 139) Activities of call centres (82.20.Z); 140) Organisation of fairs, exhibitions and congresses activities (82.30.Z); 141) Packaging activities (82.92.Z); 142) Non-school forms of art education (85.52.Z); 143) Non-school forms of education in driving and flying (85.53.Z); 144) Teaching foreign languages (85.59.A); 145) Other non-school forms of education, not elsewhere classified (85.59.B); 146) Artistic performances activities (90.01.Z); 147) Activities auxiliary to artistic performances (90.02.Z); 148) Repair and maintenance of computers and peripheral equipment (95.11.Z); 149) Other physical well-being activities (96.04.Z); 150) Other service activities, not elsewhere classified (96.09.Z). 2. The operations referred to in the above section may be conducted on the Company's own account and on the account of others, including in cooperation with domestic and foreign entrepreneurs. § 6 Subject to applicable laws, an amendment to the Company's scope of business may be made without the requirement to purchase shares from those shareholders who do not agree to such amendment. III. SHARE CAPITAL. SHARES. § 7 1. The Company’s share capital amounts to PLN 46,580,831 (in words: forty-six million five hundred and eighty thousand eight hundred and thirty-one) and consists of 46,580,831 (in words: forty-six million five hundred and eighty thousand eight hundred and thirty-one) shares with a nominal value of PLN 1 (in words: one) each, which comprise 4,281,600 (in words: four million two hundred and eighty-one thousand six hundred) registered, preferred series A shares and 42,299,231 (in words: forty-two million two hundred and ninety-nine thousand two hundred and thirty-one) ordinary series B and D, registered and bearer shares. 1'. From the date of creation, the Company issued the following shares: a) 4,281,600 (say: four million two hundred and eighty-one thousand six hundred) registered shares of series A numbered from No. A 0 000 001 to No. A 4 281 600, b) 39,108,900 (say: thirty-nine million one hundred and eight thousand nine hundred) registered shares of series B numbered from No. B 00 000 001 to No. B 39 108 900, c) 750,000 (say: seven hundred and fifty thousand) registered shares of series C numbered from No. C 000 001 to No. C 750 000, d) 2,267,025 (say: two million two hundred and sixty-seven thousand twenty-five) registered shares of series D numbered from No. D 000 000 001 to No. D 2 267 025, e) 9,000,000 (say: nine million) bearer shares of series E numbered from No. E 0 000 001 to No. E 9 000 000, f) 1,350,000 (say: one million three hundred and fifty thousand) bearer shares of series F numbered from No. F 0 000 001 to No. F 1 350 000. 2. Shares listed in paragraph 1' subsection a) - c) of this section shall be registered shares, subscribed by the shareholders as a result of transformation of a limited liability company into a joint stock company referred to in § 2 of the Statutes. 2'. As a result of resolutions of the ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 20 June 2008 and the extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 12 February 2009, the Company carried out programmes of buy-back of its own shares for the purpose of their redemption. Under the programmes the Company bought back a total of 4,040,149 (say: four million forty thousand one hundred and forty-nine) own shares for the purpose of their redemption. In relation to: (i) redemption of the abovementioned shares (Resolution No 31 of the ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 23 June 2009), and (ii) share capital decrease by PLN 4,040,149 (say: four million forty thousand one hundred and forty-nine) through redemption of the abovementioned 4,040,149 shares of the Company (Resolution No 32 of the ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 23 June 2009), by Resolution No 33 of the ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 23 June 2009, § 7 of the Statutes was amended in accordance therewith series A, BiD shares remained in the Company and series C, E and F shares were assigned to series BiD. 3. The series A shares are privileged in a way that they entitle their holders to five votes at the General Meeting of Shareholders, subject to the provisions of § 17. 4. The series A shares shall also be privileged as defined in § 11 section 1 and 3, § 21 section 1 subsection a) item (i), § 22 section 1, § 28 section 2, § 30 section 1 and § 31 section 1. § 8 [repealed]. § 9 The Company may issue bonds, including bonds convertible into shares. § 9a 1. The Company's shares may be redeemed on shareholder's consent by way of their purchase by the Company (voluntary redemption). 2. The purchase of Company's shares for the purpose of their redemption requires the consent of the General Meeting of Shareholders. 3. Redemption of the Company's shares requires a resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders, subject to the provisions of Art. 363 paragraph 5 of the Commercial Companies Code. 4. The resolution referred to in the previous section shall define in particular: 1) legal basis for redemption of shares, 2) amount of compensation to be vested in the owner of redeemed shares or a justification of redemption of shares without compensation, 3) way of share capital decrease. § 10 1. Bearer shares may not be converted into registered shares. 2. Conversion of registered series A, BiD shares to bearer shares shall be made within 30 days from the date of filing an application by the shareholder holding such shares, subject to § 11 of the Statutes. 3. [repealed]. 4. [repealed]. 4'. [repealed]. 5. [repealed]. 6. [repealed]. 7. [repealed]. 7'. [repealed]. 8. Any costs associated with the conversion of shares shall be borne by the Company. § 11 1. The sale or conversion of preferred series A shares into bearer shares requires the written consent of shareholders holding at least 50% of the preferred series A shares registered in the share register on the date of filing the application referred to in section 2. 2. Shareholders intending to sell or to convert the preferred series A shares into bearer shares shall be obliged to deliver to the Management Board a request in writing for a permit for sale or conversion such addressed to all the remaining shareholders holding preferred series A shares who are authorised to grant such consent. 3. Within 14 days from the date of receipt of the request referred to in section 2, the Management Board shall be obliged to deliver a copy of the request to each holder of preferred series A shares who are authorised to express their consent, to the address of each shareholder registered in the share register. 4. If the shareholder intending to sell or convert preferred series A shares into bearer shares does not receive written consents of holders of over 50% of preferred series A shares within 14 days from the date of delivery by the Management Board of a copy of the request referred to in section 2 to the last of the shareholders authorised to grant their consent, it shall be assumed that consent was not granted. 5. The sale of preferred series A shares may occur at a price not greater than the nominal value of such shares. 6. [repealed]. § 11a [repealed]. IV. ORGANISATION OF THE GOVERNING BODIES § 12 The Company shall have the following governing bodies: 1) General Meeting of the Shareholders; 2) the Supervisory Board; 3) the Management Board. A. General Meeting of the Shareholders § 13 1. The General Meeting of the Shareholders shall have competence in matters reserved to it under the Commercial Companies Code, provisions of other laws and as provided herein, subject to section 2. 2. Purchase and sale of a piece of real property, perpetual usufruct or a share in a piece of real property shall not require a resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders. § 14 Apart from persons indicated in the provisions of the Commercial Companies Code, each member of the Supervisory Board meeting the requirements set forth in § 20 section 4 may request the Management Board to call a General Meeting of the Shareholders, and if such request is not complied with, call such meeting himself. § 15 1. Resolutions of the General Meeting of the Shareholders shall be adopted by an absolute majority of votes cast unless the Commercial Companies Code, provisions of other laws or the Statutes provide for different terms of adopting such resolutions. 2. In addition to matters as provided by law, the majority of 3/4 (three quarters) of votes cast shall be required for validity of resolutions concerning: a) a merger of the Company with another entity, other forms of consolidation that are or will be allowed under law, and division of the Company; b) the remuneration of members of the Supervisory Board, including individual remuneration of those members who were elected to a continuous supervisory. 3. Subject to section 4, the majority of 3/4 (three quarters) votes cast when the Shareholders representing at least 50% of the Company's share capital are present, shall be required for the resolution on the removal of matters from the agenda of the General Meeting of the Shareholders that were previously contained in the agenda. In the event a motion for such resolution is submitted by the Management Board an absolute majority of votes cast shall be required in order to adopt such a resolution. 4. Removal of any matters from the agenda of the General Meeting of the Shareholders at the request made on the basis of Article 400 or Article 401 of the Commercial Companies Code by a shareholder representing at least such part of the Company's share capital as is indicated in the said provisions, shall require consent of the shareholder who made such request. 5. Adoption of a resolution relating to shareholder's liability with respect to the Company due to any reason shall require an majority of 3/4 (three quarters) of votes cast in the presence of shareholders representing at least 50% of all the Company shares which may be voted in the adoption of such resolution. § 16 1. The General Meeting of the Shareholders shall be opened by the chairman or another member of the Supervisory Board, and in case of their absence by a member of the Management Board, except for cases where the General Shareholders Meeting is called by a member of the Supervisory Board as provided in paragraph 20 section 4. In such cases, such member of the Supervisory Board or a person delegated by such person shall open the Meeting and present the reasons for calling such meeting. 2. The General Meeting of the Shareholders may approve its rules and regulations stipulating in detail the organisation and procedures for holding meetings. Adoption, amendment or termination of the rules and regulations must be passed by a majority of 3/4 votes cast. § 17 1. Subject to section 2 none of the shareholders may exercise more than 20% of the overall number of votes at the General Meeting of the Shareholders, provided that for the purposes of establishing obligations of purchasers of material blocks of shares as provided in the Act on Public Offering such restriction of the voting rights does not exist. 2. The restriction of the voting rights referred to in section 1 shall not apply to: a) shareholders holding the preferred series A shares; b) a shareholder who, while having no more than 20% of the overall number of votes at the General Meeting of the Shareholders, announced in accordance with the Act on Public Offering a tender for subscription for the sale or exchange of all the shares of the Company and in result of such tender purchased shares which, including the previously held Company shares, authorise it to exercise at least 75% of the overall number of votes at the General Meeting of the Shareholders. For the purposes of calculating a shareholder's share in the overall number of votes at the General Meeting of the Shareholders referred to above it is assumed that the restriction of the voting rights provided in section 1 does not exist. 3. For the purposes of section 1 and section 2 subsection b), exercise of votes by a subsidiary shall be treated as the exercise of votes by a parent company (dominating entity) as defined in the Act on Public Offering. 4. [repealed]. 5. At any General Meeting of the Shareholders the percentage of votes of foreign entities and entities controlled by foreign entities may not be greater than 49%. The limitation shall not refer to entities with their seats or residence in a member states of the European Economic Area. 6. Each share, whether preferred or not, entitles its holder to one vote in connection with passing a resolution regarding the withdrawal of the Company's shares from public trading. B. Supervisory Board § 18 General provisions 1. Supervisory Board consists of no less than six and no more than ten members, appointed in the manner defined by the General Meeting of Shareholders subject to § 20 and § 21, including the chairman of the Supervisory Board. The number of members of the Supervisory Board is established by the General Meeting of Shareholders. If during the term of office of the Supervisory Board a vacancy in the position of a Supervisory Board member arises, for reasons different than resignation of a Supervisory Board member, the other Supervisory Board members may appoint a new member of the Supervisory Board by means of cooption. A new member shall perform his/her functions until the General Meeting appoints a Supervisory Board member, however not longer than until the end of the common term of office of the Supervisory Board. Appointments of Supervisory Board members pursuant to this section shall comply with provisions of § 21 section 4 sentence two and three, respectively. 2. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board is chosen by the General Shareholders Meeting. Members of the Supervisory Board may elect a deputy of the chairman or persons performing other functions from among themselves. 3. Members of the Supervisory Board shall be elected for the common three year term of office, where the mandates of the members of the Supervisory Board shall expire at the latest as of the moment of closing of the ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders approving the financial statement of the Company for the full financial year during which they were members of the Supervisory Board. 4. Members of the Supervisory Board may be re-elected 5. The Supervisory Board may, by way of resolution, appoint panels or committees for specific tasks from among its members. Costs of functioning of such committees or panels shall be borne by the Company. 6. The same non-competition provisions and restrictions on dealings with competing entities that apply to members of the Management Board shall also apply to members of the Supervisory Board delegated to perform continuous individual supervision. § 19 Competencies of the Supervisory Board 1. The Supervisory Board shall continuously supervise the activity of the Company in all areas. 2. In particular, the following shall be within the competency of the Supervisory Board: a) assessment of the report of the Management Board and of the financial statement of the Company with respect to their compliance with the books and documentation as well as actual state of affairs; b) assessment of requests of the Management Board for distribution of profit or coverage of a loss; c) submission to the General Meeting of Shareholders of an annual written report on the results of the abovementioned assessments; d) suspending Management Board members in their duties for important reasons and delegating Supervisory Board members to perform, on temporary basis, functions of Management Board members who cannot fulfil their duties. A resolution on suspending a member of the Management Board may be adopted only in the event where such member acts to the detriment of the Company (important reasons); e) granting consent to an advance payment made by the Management Board on account of the dividend in accordance with § 38 section 4 of the Statutes; f) in consultation with President of the Management Board setting the remuneration and/or other benefits of the members of the Management Board payable or to be granted by the Company or its affiliate within the meaning of Resolution of the Minister of Finance of 19 February 2009 issued under Article 60 section 2 of the Act on Public Offering (hereinafter: "Affiliate") and representing the Company in agreements and disputes with the members of the Management Board; g) subject to sections 3 to 4 of this paragraph, granting consent for the Company to enter into or to amend an agreement with an Affiliate; h) choosing an auditor to review the Company's financial statements for the financial years indicated in the resolution concerning the choice of the auditor, provided, however, that the number of the successive financial years may not be less than 3 (three); The Supervisory Board, at the motion of the Management Board or for other important reasons, may shorten the period for which the auditor was selected, simultaneously choosing a new expert auditor in the place of the current one. i) granting consent to exercise, in a defined way, the right to vote by the Company during the general meeting of shareholders of its subsidiaries as defined in the Act on Public Offering and enforcement regulations issued on the basis thereof, in the case of resolutions concerning remuneration or benefits, as defined in subsection f) above. j) granting consent, at the request of the Management Board, to enter into agreements referring to the operations of the Company as provided in its Statutes and made in accordance with general terms of agreements, contractual regulations and price lists, where the Supervisory Board shall designate the time of validity of such consent; k) granting a general consent, at the request of the Management Board and pursuant to annual and long-term plans of the entities referred to below presented by the Management Board, to enter into loan agreements, additional payments, guarantees and sureties between the Company and entities controlled thereby or associated therewith within the meaning of the accounting regulations, where in such case the Supervisory Board shall designate the validity of such consent, which shall not be shorter than one year. 3. The consent of the Supervisory Board referred to in section 2 subsection g, j and k of this paragraph shall not be required if at least one of the conditions listed below is fulfilled: a) the value of the rights and obligations arising from such agreement on behalf of one of the parties thereto does not exceed, during the subsequent 12 calendar months, the PLN equivalent of EURO 5,000,000 (five million) calculated at the average exchange rate quoted by the National Bank of Poland on the date of entering into or amending such agreement, b) the value of expenses incurred by the Company in relation to subscription for shares in a company in which an Affiliate has any shareholding or purchase of shares from an Affiliate, does not exceed the PLN equivalent of EURO 10,000,000 (ten million) calculated at the average exchange rate quoted by the National Bank of Poland on the date of entering into the company's deed of association (the founders signing statutes), adoption of a resolution increasing the share capital or entering into an agreement transferring the ownership of shares, c) the expenses shall constitute the remuneration due pursuant to the rules of remuneration as required by the labour law or the resolutions of the General Meeting of the Shareholders, d) the agreement is made on the basis of a resolution of the General Meeting of the Shareholders, e) the Company is the direct or indirect shareholder of at least 95% of the shares entitling the Company to exercise at least 95% of total voting rights at the shareholders meeting or the general shareholder meeting of the Affiliate, f) amendment of an agreement which was previously approved does not result in an increase of the value of Company liabilities by more than PLN equivalent of EURO 500,000 (five hundred thousand) at the average rate of exchange quoted by the National Bank of Poland on the date of such amendment. 4. No consent of the Supervisory Board for taking actions referred to in section 2 subsection g, h, j and k hereof shall be required, if the Supervisory Board is not able to adopt resolutions, because the number of Supervisory Board members at that time is lower than required by the Statutes and such circumstances last for more than 14 days. § 20 Qualifications of members of the Supervisory Board 1. [repealed]. 2. [repealed]. 3. Persons employed by the Company or by entities controlled by the Company within the meaning of the Act on Public Offering cannot be members of the Supervisory Board. 4. At least half of the members of the Supervisory Board shall be a person who satisfies the following conditions: a) is not an Affiliate of the Company (except for being a member of the Company's Supervisory Board) nor is an Affiliate of an entity controlling or controlled by the Company or an Affiliate of an entity controlled by an entity controlling the Company, within the meaning of the Act on Public Offering, collectively, the "Agora Group"; and b) is not related to, or of kin to a second degree, to an employee of an entity included in the Agora Group. 5. All members elected to the Supervisory Board, regardless of the election procedure, who meet the criteria set forth in section 4 above, shall serve as members referred to in section 4 of this paragraph. 6. Majority of members of the Supervisory Board shall be Polish citizens residing in Poland. § 21 Election of members of the Supervisory Board 1. Members of the Supervisory Boards shall be elected by the General Meeting of the Shareholders subject to the following terms and conditions: a) candidates may be exclusively nominated by: (i) shareholders holding preferred series A shares or (ii) shareholders who documented their entitlement to not less than 5% of the votes at the last Shareholders Meeting before the candidates were nominated and who at the time of making the nomination hold not less than 5% of the share capital of the Company, provided that in order to ensure a proper nomination, it is necessary for the shareholder making such nomination to prove his right to at least 5% of the votes at the Shareholders Meeting where such nomination shall be voted on; b) candidates shall be nominated in writing not later than 7 (seven) days prior to the General Meeting of the Shareholders. Each nomination should include a personal profile of the candidate as well as the grounds for the nomination, including an overview of such candidate's professional qualifications and experience. A written consent of the candidate should be appended to each nomination, and in the event that such candidate meets the conditions specified in § 20 section 4, a written declaration submitted by such candidate, confirming that he meets such requirements should also be appended; c) in the event that the nomination of the candidates is not made in accordance with the above guidelines and the provisions of § 20 sections 4 and 6, the Management Board or the Supervisory Board shall nominate the candidates for members of the Supervisory Board; 2. Subject to the exceptions provided in section 4, the principles of making nominations for members and appointment of members of the Supervisory Board as provided in section 1 of this paragraph and § 18 section 3, shall apply to the newly appointed members in case of dismissal, expiry of mandate or inability to perform a mandate by a member of the Supervisory Board due to other reasons, respectively. The term in office of such new member shall end at the same time as would the term of his predecessor. 3. In the event that mandates of all the members of the Supervisory Board expire in result of election of at least one Supervisory Board member by group voting, in the elections of members of the Supervisory Board appointed otherwise than by voting by groups, there shall apply the provisions of section 1 of this paragraph and § 18 section 3 of the Statutes, respectively, provided that the candidates may be nominated and justified orally in the course of a General Meeting of the Shareholders. 4. Should a Supervisory Board member's mandate expire due to his or her resignation the other Supervisory Board members may appoint a new member who shall perform his/her functions until the General Meeting appoints a Supervisory Board member, however not longer than until the end of the common term of office of the Supervisory Board. Appointments of Supervisory Board members pursuant to this section shall comply with § 20 sections 4 and 6, § 21 section 1 subsection b sentence two and § 23 section 5 of the Statutes, respectively. The Supervisory Board may not have more than two members appointed on the above terms. § 22 Dismissal or resignation of member of the Supervisory Board 1. Dismissal (removal) of a member of the Supervisory Board prior to the end of the common term of office of the Supervisory Board may be effected by a resolution of the General Meeting of the Shareholders adopted by a simple majority of votes, provided that until the expiry of the preferred status of series A shares 80% of voting rights attached to all outstanding series A shares are cast in favour of such resolution. 2. Resignation from the function of a Supervisory Board member should be made to the Supervisory Board in writing, otherwise being invalid. § 23 Meetings and other forms of activity of the Supervisory Board 1. Resolutions of the Supervisory Board shall be adopted at the meetings of the Supervisory Board, by the written mode or using distance means of communication. The chairman of the Supervisory Board or his deputy shall decide on the mode of adopting resolutions. The written mode means casting votes by more than half of the members of the Supervisory Board on the same or separate copies of a draft resolution. The meetings of the Supervisory Board shall be convened by its chairman or his deputy and in case the chairman is absent and/or his deputy has not been elected by a member of the Supervisory Board designated by the chairman. A meeting of the Supervisory Board may be called by any member referred to in § 20 section 4. Persons authorised to convene meetings of the Supervisory Board shall be obligated to convene such meetings upon the request of the Management Board made by way of a resolution and at the request of any member of the Supervisory Board. Meetings convened in such manner shall occur not later than 14 days following the receipt of such request by the person authorised to convene such a meeting. 2. Meetings of the Supervisory Board may be held without being formally convened and resolutions of the Supervisory Board may be adopted at such meetings provided all members of the Supervisory Board participate in such meetings and none of the members opposes such mode of holding the meeting or any items on the agenda of such meetings. 3. The agenda of the Supervisory Board shall not be altered or supplemented during the meeting to which the agenda refers, except where all members of the Supervisory Board are present and grant consent to alter or supplement the agenda. 4. Members of the Management Board may participate in the meetings of the Supervisory Board in an advisory capacity. 5. Resolutions of the Supervisory Board shall be adopted by an absolute majority of votes cast in the presence of at least more than half of the members of the Supervisory Board, except for the cases referred to in § 19 section 2 subsection d. In such cases the resolutions of the Supervisory Board shall be adopted unanimously in the presence of all members of the Supervisory Board. 6. In cases where an equal number of votes are cast, the chairman's vote shall prevail. 7. Resolutions concerning granting consent to activities referred to in § 19 of the Statutes shall require approval by the majority of (or all, where the Statutes require unanimity) members referred to in § 20 section 4, provided no member of the Supervisory Board having any interest therein shall be entitled to participate in the voting on such resolutions. 8. Meetings of the Supervisory Board shall be held on as required basis, however, not less than once per quarter. 9. Meetings of the Supervisory Board may be held by distance means of communication in a manner allowing communication among all members taking part in such meeting. The location of the person who chairs the meeting shall be deemed as the place of the meeting held by distance means of communication. 10. Members of the Supervisory Board may participate in adoption of Supervisory Board resolutions by casting their votes in writing through another member of the Supervisory Board. Casting a vote in writing may not apply to matters introduced to the agenda at the Supervisory Board meeting. 11. In contract between the Company and a Management Board member, as well as in disputes with him, the Company is represented by the Supervisory Board or a proxy appointed by the resolution of the General Meeting. In case of a contract between the Company and a Management Board member, the Supervisory Board adopts the resolution which constitutes the declaration of will made by the Company; the contract is executed by the chairman of the Supervisory Board. 12. At the request of any of the members referred to in § 20 section 4, the Supervisory Board shall be obliged to carry out all supervisory activities contained in such request and described in the provisions of the Commercial Companies Code, provided that the member submitting such request shall be appointed to directly perform any such supervisory activities. § 24 [repealed]. § 25 [repealed]. § 26 By-laws of the Supervisory Board 1. The General Meeting of the Shareholders may adopt rules and regulations for the Supervisory Board stipulating the organisation and the manner in which the actions of the latter will be performed. 2. A resolution of the General Meeting concerning the above provision, as well as any amendment to the rules and regulations or the repeal thereof shall require an majority of 3/4 (three quarters) of votes cast. C. Management Board § 27 1. The Management Board shall manage the Company's affairs and represent the Company in dealings with third parties. 2. The responsibilities of the Management Board shall include all matters related to conducting the Company's affairs, provided they were not delegated otherwise. § 28 1. The Management Board is elected by the General Meeting of the Shareholders, except for provisions of section 3 of this paragraph. 2. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of this paragraph, the Management Board shall be composed of from 3 to 6 members with the exact number determined by the shareholders holding the majority of preferred series A shares, and following the expiration of such preferred status of all series A shares, by the Supervisory Board. All decisions concerning the number of members of the Management Board must be presented to the chairman of the General Shareholders Meeting. 3. During the term of its office the Management Board may elect by co-option not more than two additional members; the co-option of additional members is effected by a resolution of the Management Board. In case a member of the Board is appointed by way of co-option, the Management Board is obliged to include in the agenda of the nearest General Meeting of Shareholders an item concerning confirmation of appointment of a new member of the Board by way of co-option and propose an appropriate draft resolution. Should the General Meeting of Shareholders not accept the appointment of the new member of the Management Board by way of co-option, such Management Board member's mandate expires on conclusion of the General Meeting of Shareholders. 4. The majority of members of the Management Board shall be Polish citizens residing in Poland. § 29 1. The Management Board shall be elected for a term of five years. 2. Management Board members shall be appointed for a period of joint term. 3. Members of the Management Board may be re-elected. § 30 1. Candidates for the Management Board shall be nominated exclusively by shareholders holding preferred series A shares, and following the expiry of the preferred status of all such shares, by the Supervisory Board, with the provisions regarding nomination of members to the Supervisory Board also applying to nominating members to the Management Board; 2. In the event that the persons authorised to determine the number of members of the Management Board and to nominate candidates for such members do not exercise one or both of the above rights, the number of members of the Management Board elected by the General Shareholders Meeting shall be determined by such Shareholders Meeting, while each shareholder during such Shareholders Meeting shall be able to nominate candidates for such members. § 31 1. Individual or all members of the Management Board may be dismissed (removed), due to important reasons, prior to the end of their term of office on the basis of the resolution adopted by the General Meeting of the Shareholders in a manner prescribed for the dismissal of the members of the Supervisory Board. A resolution on dismissal (removal) of Management Board members should state the reasons for which such dismissal is made. 2. Members of the Management Board elected pursuant to § 28 section 3 of the Statutes may be dismissed in the manner referred to in section 1 of this paragraph or by the resolution of the Management Board but the persons concerned cannot vote in this case. § 32 1. In the event that some members of the Management Board are dismissed or their mandate expires during the term of office for other reasons, supplementary elections shall be held only at such time as when the number of members of the Management Board performing their functions is less than three or when the composition of the Management Board does not comply with the requirement specified in § 28 section 4 of the Statutes. 2. If the number of members of the Management Board is ever less than that required in the previous section, the Management Board shall be obligated to immediately convene an extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders in order to hold supplementary elections. Supplementary elections may take place also during the ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders if, in accordance with provisions of law, such meeting must be convened within a short period of time, while convening an extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders would not be appropriate in such case. 3. In the event of supplementary elections, provisions regarding the election of members of the Management Board for their full term shall apply. § 33 1. Members of the Management Board may elect the chairman or persons performing other functions among themselves. 2. The Management Board may adopt rules and regulations, which specify in detail its organisation and the procedures of its operations. § 34 1. Resolutions of the Management Board shall be adopted by a simple majority of votes cast. 2. Resolutions of the Management Board shall be adopted at the meetings of the Management Board or by a circulation (in a written form). The resolutions may be also adopted using distance means of communication; the resolution shall be valid if all members of the Management Board were informed about the wording of the draft resolution. The detailed rules regarding adoption of resolutions are set in the Management Board By-laws. § 35 1. Members of the Management Board shall be bound by a non-competition clause. In particular they cannot engage in any competitive business or participate in such business as its participant, a shareholder or member of its governing bodies. 2. The above prohibition does not pertain to the participation by members of the Management Board in supervisory and management bodies of competing entities in which the Company directly or indirectly holds any shares and the acquisition by members of the Management Board of no more than 1% of the shares in competing public companies. § 36 Each member of the Management Board shall be authorised to make binding statements with respect to property rights and obligations of the Company and to sign on behalf of the Company. V. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING § 37 1. The Company's equity shall be composed of: a) share capital; b) spare capital; c) reserve capital. 2. The Company may create and dissolve by way of resolutions passed by the General Meeting of the Shareholders reserve capital at the beginning and during the accounting year. § 38 1. Shareholders shall be entitled to a share in the net profit reflected in the financial report examined by an auditor and designated by General Meeting of the Shareholders for distribution among shareholders. 2. The profit referred to in section 1 shall be distributed among shareholders in proportion to the nominal value of held shares. 3. Adopting a resolution on distribution of profit, the General Meeting of Shareholders may decide upon dividend pay-out in the amount exceeding the profit referred to in section 1, no greater, however, than the amount permitted in the provisions of the Commercial Companies Code. 4. The Management Board may make an advance payment to shareholders on account of the expected dividend at the end of the financial year provided the Company possesses sufficient funds to make such a payment. Advance payments require consent of the Supervisory Board. VI. FINAL PROVISIONS § 39 1. The Company may be dissolved as provided by law or by way of a resolution adopted by the General Meeting of the Shareholders by a majority of 3/4 (three quarters) of the votes cast in the presence of shareholders representing at least 3/4 (three quarters) of the share capital. The majority referred to in the previous sentence shall be required for a decision regarding the continued existence of the Company if the Company's balance sheet ever shows a loss exceeding the sum of the spare and reserve capital and 1/3 (one third) of the share capital. 2. In the event of the Company's liquidation, the General Meeting of the Shareholders shall appoint, upon the request of the Supervisory Board, one or more liquidators from among the members of the Management Board and shall determine the appropriate liquidation procedures. § 40 All matters not provided for herein shall be governed by the appropriate provisions of law, and in particular, the Commercial Companies Code.”
“Resolution No. [...] on the business combination between Agora S.A. (“the Surviving Company”) and Agora – Poligrafia sp. z o.o. (“the Merged Company”) by transferring all the assets of the Merged Company to the Surviving Company. Pursuant to Art. 506 § 1 – § 3 of the Commercial Companies Code and § 15 section 2 subsection a) of the Statute of Agora S.A. in connection with Art. 516, sentence 2 of the Commercial Companies Code the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Agora S.A. passes the following resolution: 1. The General Meeting of Shareholders of Agora S.A. hereby decides to exercise the business combination between Agora S.A. (“the Surviving Company”) and Agora – Poligrafia sp. z o.o. (“the Merged Company”) by transferring all the assets of the Merged Company to the Surviving Company and grants its consent to the Merger Plan, which constitutes Appendix No. 1 to this Resolution, and to the business combination on the terms and conditions specified therein. 2. The merger between the Surviving Company and the Merged Company will be exercised without an increase in the share capital or amendments to the Statute of Agora S.A. 3. The Management Board of the Surviving Company is hereby authorized to perform all the legal and factual actions related to the merger procedure between the Surviving Company and the Merged Company. 4. The Resolution shall enter into force and effect upon its passing, and the legal effects of the merger will be noted upon its registration by the competent Registration Court.”
Statement of grounds for the draft resolution No. […]
The merger decision is justified by the necessity to consolidate the assets in the Surviving Company. Until July 2019 the Merged Company held business activities consisting of, among other things, printing services, employing staff specialized in printing and related services. Currently, the Merged Company only manages its non-current assets and provides services in respect of the lease of space related to those non-current assets, mainly on behalf of the Surviving Company and its related entities. The last employment contract in the Merged Company’s enterprise was terminated, and the management of its assets was taken over by Agora S.A. Therefore, the merger of the Companies constitutes a natural consequence of the changes described above. The merger is aimed at simplifying the Surviving Company’s Group structure which will make the Group’s management more efficient and which will eliminate part of the superfluous processes and as a result will reduce the cost of managing the Merged Company’s assets.
The Merger Plan is attached as Appendix 1 to this resolution document that will be voted at the Annual General Meeting on June 25, 2020.
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