{"id":7887,"date":"2019-12-19T18:06:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T16:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investors.bittnet.ro\/?p=7887"},"modified":"2020-08-25T10:27:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T07:27:15","slug":"convening-notice-for-the-ordinary-and-the-extraordinary-general-shareholders-meeting-of-bittnet-systems-s-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investors.bittnet.ro\/en\/convening-notice-for-the-ordinary-and-the-extraordinary-general-shareholders-meeting-of-bittnet-systems-s-a\/","title":{"rendered":"CONVENING NOTICE O&#038;  E GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING OF BITTNET SYSTEMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to the provisions of the Companies Law no.\n31\/1990, republished, and subsequently amended and supplemented (&#8220;<strong>Law\n31\/1990<\/strong>&#8220;), of the Articles of Association, Law 24\/2017 on Issuers of\nFinancial instruments and Market Operations (&#8220;<strong>Law 24\/2017<\/strong>&#8220;)\nand of the ASF Regulation no. 5\/2018 on issuers of Financial Instruments and\nMarket operations, as subsequently amended and supplemented (&#8220;<strong>Regulation\n5\/2018<\/strong>&#8220;),<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sole Administrator of BITTNET SYSTEMS S.A., a\nRomanian legal entity, with its registered office in Bucharest, Str. \u0218oimu\u0219 no.\n23, Bl. 2, Sc. B, Ap. 24, sector 4 and with the correspondence address at the\nsecondary headquarters in Bucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, \u201cPlaza Romania Offices\u201d building, et. 1, sector 6,\nregistered with the Trade Register under no. J40 \/ 3752 \/ 22.02.2007, having\nUnique Registration Code RO21181848 (&#8220;<strong>the Company<\/strong>\u201d),<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>CONVENES:<\/em><\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS<\/strong> on the date of <strong>29.01.2020<\/strong> at 11.00 AM at the\nsecondary office address located in Bucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, \u201cPlaza Romania Offices\u201d building, et. 1, sector 6, to\nwhich the shareholders registered at the end of the day of <strong>17.01.2020<\/strong>,\nconsidered the <strong>Reference Date<\/strong>, in the register of shareholders kept by\nthe CENTRAL DEPOSITARY S.A. are entitled to participate and vote (&#8220;<strong>EGSM<\/strong>&#8220;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">AND<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS<\/strong> on the date of <strong>29.01.2020<\/strong>, at 12.00, at the\nsecondary office address located in Bucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, \u201cPlaza Romania Offices\u201d building, et. 1, sector 6, to\nwhich the shareholders registered at the end of the day of <strong>17.01.2020<\/strong>,\nconsidered the <strong>Reference Date<\/strong>, in the register of shareholders kept by\nthe CENTRAL DEPOSITARY S.A. are entitled to participate and vote (&#8220;<strong>GSM<\/strong>&#8220;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the legal and statutory quorum of presence is not\nmet at the first call, <strong>the EGSM will be held on 30.01.2020 at 11.00 AM<\/strong>,<strong>\nin the same place, with the same agenda<\/strong> for all shareholders registered in\nthe Register of Shareholders on the same <strong>Reference Date<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>and<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The GSM will be held on 30.01.2020 at 12.00 PM<\/strong>, <strong>in the same place, with the same agenda<\/strong> for\nall the shareholders registered in the Register of Shareholders at the same <strong>Reference\nDate.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting of\nShareholders is as follows:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Presentation and approval of the new Articles of\nAssociation of the Company, in the form presented to the shareholders (&#8220;<strong>New\nArticles of Association<\/strong>&#8220;).<\/li><li>Presentation and approval of the procedure for\norganizing and conducting the general meetings of the shareholders of the\nCompany (&#8220;<strong>GSM Procedure<\/strong>&#8220;), in the form presented to the shareholders.<\/li><li>Approval of an incentive plan for key personnel, by\noffering options for the purchase of a number of shares, representing maximum\n5% of the total shares of the Company, at a preferential price, under the Stock\nOption Plan (the &#8220;<strong>Plan<\/strong>&#8220;), in the form presented to the\nshareholders.<\/li><li>Approval of the admission to trading of the shares of\nthe Company on the Regulated Market administered by the Bucharest Stock\nExchange S.A. and the empowerment of the Board of Directors to take all\nnecessary actions and formalities for this purpose as requested by the\nFinancial Supervisory Authority, Bucharest Stock Exchange, Central Depository,\nTrade Registry and\/or any other institution, in this regard. The Board of\nDirectors is mandated to establish the date, structure, and conditions of the\nadmission to trading of the shares of the Company on the Regulated Market\nadministered by the Bucharest Stock Exchange.<\/li><li>Authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company\nso that, within a period of 3 years from the date of this decision, it can\ndecide to increase the subscribed share capital, by one or more issuances of\nshares, with a value that does not exceed half of the subscribed share capital\nexisting in the moment of the authorization, respectively up to 5,810,160.3 lei\nand consequently the approval of the modification of art. 9.15 of the New\nArticles of Association, which will have the following content:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The Board of Directors is authorized by\n[29][30].01.2023, to decide to increase the subscribed share capital, by one or\nmore issuances of shares, with a value that does not exceed half of the\nsubscribed share capital existing at the moment of authorization. The following\nvalue is of share capital is calculated 58,101,603 shares or 5,810,160.3 lei.\nExclusively for the increase of the share capital under the aforementioned\nconditions, it is granted to the Board of Directors, for each of the capital\nincreases made within the limit at the level of the authorized capital, the\npower to decide the restriction or lifting of the preference rights of the\nexisting shareholders at the date of the respective increase of the share\ncapital.&#8221;<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Approval of the takeover by the Board of Directors of\nall the ongoing mandates accorded by the Ordinary and Extraordinary General\nMeetings of the Shareholder to the Sole Administrator of the Company. <\/li><li>Approval of the power of attorney, with the\npossibility of substitution, of Mr. Mihai-Alexandru-Constantin Logof\u0103tu, to\nsign the decisions of the shareholders, the New Articles of Association in its\nmodified and updated form, as well as any other documents related to them and\nto fulfill all the procedures and formalities provided by law for the\nimplementation of the shareholders&#8217; decisions, including the formalities for\ntheir publication and registration in the Trade Register or at any other public\ninstitution.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The agenda of the Ordinary General Meeting of\nShareholders is as follows:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Subject\nto the approval of the EGSM of the New Articles of Association of the Company,\ninforming the shareholders about the termination of the mandate of Sole\nAdministrator of the Company of Mr. Mihai-Alexandru-Constantin Logof\u0103tu.<\/li><li>Subject\nto the approval of the EGSM of the new Articles of Association of the Company,\napproval of forming of the Board of Directors of the Company consisting of 3\nmembers.<\/li><li>Subject\nto the approval of the EGSM of the new Articles of Association of the Company,\nelection of 3 members of the Board of Directors, of which at least one member\nwill be an independent director. The term of mandates of the elected Board\nMembers shall be 4 years from the date of appointment.<\/li><li>The\nempowerment of the designated persons to sign the mandate contracts to be\nconcluded with the new directors elected in accordance with point 3 above. The\nmandate contract concluded with each of the members of the Board of Directors\nwill be signed in the name and for the benefit of the Company by any other\nmember of the Board of Directors.<\/li><li>Approval\nof the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors for the full\nduration of the current mandates as follows:<\/li><li>5,000\n(five thousand) RON gross per month for each member of the Board of Directors,\nwith the exception of the President;<\/li><li>25,000\n(twenty-five thousand) RON gross per month for the President of the Board of Directors;<\/li><li>Inclusion\nin the incentive plan with options for the key personnel (SOP2020), with a\nnumber of options equal to 0.5% of the total number of shares, annually, for\neach member of the Board of Directors except the President of the Board; and<\/li><li>Inclusion\nin the incentive plan with options for the key personnel (SOP2020), with a\nnumber of options equal to 0.75% of the total number of shares, annually, for\nthe President of the Board.<\/li><li>Approval\nof the framework management contract model for the members of the Board of\nDirectors.<\/li><li>Approval\nof the power of attorney, with the possibility of substitution, of the\nadministrator of the Company, Mr. Mihai-Alexandru-Constantin Logof\u0103tu, to sign\nthe shareholders\u2019 decisions and any other documents related to them and to\nfulfill all the procedures and formalities provided by law for the\nimplementation of the shareholders&#8217; decisions, including the formalities of\npublishing and registering them in the Trade Register or at any other public\ninstitution.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING EGSM AND GSM<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the situation of non-fulfillment of the quorum\nconditions on the date of the first convocation, pursuant to the provisions of\nart. 118 of Law 31\/1990, the EGSM is convened again for <strong>30.01.2020 at 11:00<\/strong>\n<strong>AM<\/strong> and the GSM for <strong>30.01.2020 at 12:00 PM<\/strong>, in the same place and\nwith the same agenda, with the same maintenance Reference Data (<strong>17.01.2020<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The share capital of Bittnet Systems S.A. consists of <strong>116,203,206<\/strong>\nnominative, ordinary and dematerialized shares, each of which has the right to\none vote in the GSM and EGSM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Information materials and questions about the agenda<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting with the date of 29.12.2019 until the date\nset for holding the EGSM \/ GSM, the information materials can be obtained by\nthe shareholders at the registered office of the Company in Bucharest,\nTimi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, Plaza Romania Offices building, 1<sup>st<\/sup>\nfloor, sector 6, every business day, or can be downloaded from the Company&#8217;s\nwebsite <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.bittnet.ro\">https:\/\/investors.bittnet.ro<\/a>, category &lt;Shares&gt; section &lt;General\nShareholder Meetings&gt; the following documents: <em>The convening notice, the\nsituation regarding the total number of shares issued and voting rights at\nconvening date, the draft for vote by proxy, Correspondence Voting Ballot, the\ninformation materials regarding the points included on the agenda of the EGSM\nand GSM, to be presented at the general meetings, and the list of nominations\nfor the position of member in the Board of Directors of the Company.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each shareholder has the right to ask, until the date\nof <strong>28.01.2020, at 17:00,<\/strong> questions regarding the items on the agenda of\nthe GSM or EGSM. The company will answer the questions asked by the\nshareholders at the respective meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shareholders of the Company have the right and can\nask written questions regarding the items on the agenda, together with\ndocuments that allow the identification of the shareholder, until at the latest\non the day before the respective EGSM. The Company may respond by posting the\nresponse on the Company&#8217;s website (<a href=\"https:\/\/investors.bittnet.ro\">https:\/\/investors.bittnet.ro<\/a>) or directly at the respective meeting. The questions\nof the shareholders may be sent in writing either by mail or by courier\nservices to the Company&#8217;s headquarters mentioned as above, or by electronic\nmeans, with an extended electronic signature (to the email address: <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x69;&#110;&#118;&#101;&#115;&#116;&#111;&#114;s&#64;bi&#x74;&#x74;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x74;&#x2e;&#x72;&#x6f;\">&#x69;&#x6e;&#x76;&#x65;&#x73;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x73;&#x40;&#x62;&#105;&#116;&#116;&#110;&#101;&#116;&#46;ro<\/a> or fax: 0215271698).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shareholders\u2019 right to introduce additional items on\nthe agenda<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In accordance with Art. 117^1 paragraph (1) of Law no.\n31\/1990, one or more shareholders, who own individually or together at least 5%\nof the share capital of the Company, have the right:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>to introduce new\nitems on the agenda of the GSM \/ EGSM, provided that each item is accompanied\nby a justification or a draft decision proposed for approval and received at\nthe headquarters of the Company &#8211; Bucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, Plaza\nRomania Offices building, et. 1, sector 6 &#8211; until <strong>09.01.2020<\/strong>, at 17:00;<\/li><li>to present draft\ndecisions for the items included or proposed to be included on the agenda of\nthe EGSM \/ GSM, proposals that will be formulated in writing to be received at\nthe headquarters of the Company &#8211; Bucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, Plaza\nRomania Offices building, et. 1, sector 6, until 09.01.2020, at 17:00.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to exercise the right to introduce items on\nthe agenda \/ the right to present draft resolutions for the items included or\nproposed to be included on the agenda of the EGSM \/ GSM, the entitled\nshareholders should submit\/transmit, together with documents that allow their\nidentification, the request addressed to the Company, in a sealed envelope (in\noriginal), by post or courier services, at the headquarters of the Company in\nBucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, Plaza Romania Offices building, et. 1,\nsector 6, or sent by fax (0215271698) or e-mail with extended electronic\nsignature incorporated according to Law no. 455\/2001 regarding the electronic\nsignature, at <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;:&#105;&#x6e;&#x76;e&#115;&#x74;o&#114;&#x73;&#x40;b&#105;&#x74;t&#110;&#x65;&#x74;&#46;&#114;&#x6f;\">&#x69;&#x6e;&#x76;&#x65;&#x73;&#x74;&#x6f;&#114;&#115;&#64;&#98;&#105;ttne&#x74;&#x2e;&#x72;&#x6f;<\/a>, until <strong>09.01.2020\nat 17:00<\/strong>, with the written mention &#8220;PROPOSAL OF NEW POINTS ON THE\nAGENDA FOR THE GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The right to submit nominations for the position of\nmember of the Board of Directors<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shareholders of the Company, regardless of their\nshareholding in the share capital, as well as the administrator of the Company,\nmay submit proposals for candidates for appointment as a member of the Board of\nDirectors of the Company, including on request information about the name,\nplace of residence and professional qualification of the proposed persons and\naccompanied by (i) a copy of the valid identity document of the shareholder \/\nadministrator of the Company (in the case of natural persons, identity card,\nidentity card, passport, residence permit, respectively in the case of legal\npersons, identity card, identity card, passport, residence permit of the legal\nrepresentative), (ii) curriculum vitae of the proposed person and (iii) in the\ncase of the proposal of a candidate for the position of independent member, a\ndeclaration on the candidate&#8217;s own responsibility regarding the fulfilment of\nall the eligibility criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shareholders \/ administrator of the Company will\nbe able to submit\/transmit the request addressed to the Company, together with\nthe documents listed in the paragraph above, in a closed envelope (in\noriginal), by post or courier services, at the headquarters of the Company in\nBucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, Plaza Romania Offices building, et. 1,\nsector 6, or sent by fax (0215271698) or e-mail with extended electronic\nsignature incorporated according to Law no. 455\/2001 regarding the electronic\nsignature, at <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#58;&#x69;&#110;&#x76;&#101;&#x73;&#116;&#x6f;&#114;&#x73;&#64;&#x62;&#105;&#x74;&#116;&#x6e;&#101;&#x74;&#46;&#x72;o\">&#105;&#110;&#x76;e&#115;&#x74;&#x6f;r&#115;&#x40;&#x62;i&#116;&#x74;&#x6e;e&#116;&#x2e;&#x72;o<\/a>, until <strong>09.01.2020\nat 17:00<\/strong>, with the written mention &#8220;PROPOSAL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE\nMEMBER POSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Participation at the GSM<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the legal provisions in force, only\npersons who are registered as shareholders at the end of <strong>17.01.2020<\/strong> (<strong>Reference\nDate<\/strong>) have the right to participate and vote in the Meeting. Shareholders\nregistered in the register of shareholders on the Reference Date may\nparticipate in the GSM \/ EGSM <strong>personally<\/strong>, <strong>by correspondence<\/strong> or <strong>by\nproxy<\/strong> on the basis of special \/ general Power of Attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The access of the shareholders entitled to participate\nin the GSM \/ EGSM is allowed by the simple proof of their identity, made in the\ncase of shareholders who are natural persons with the identity document, or in\nthe case of shareholders who are legal persons, legal representatives, legal\nentities or proxies of the shareholders who are natural persons, with the\nempowerment given to the person representing them, in compliance with the legal\nprovisions applicable in the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shareholders may participate personally or may be\nrepresented in the Shareholders Meeting either by their legal representatives\nor by other representatives to whom special \/ general Power of Attorney has\nbeen granted, in accordance with Art. 92 paragraph (10) of Law no. 24\/2017. A\nshareholder is obliged to indicate, in the special Power of Attorney form,\nspecific voting instructions to the person representing him, for each item on\nthe agenda of the EGSM \/ GSM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The representation of the shareholders in the EGSM \/\nGSM can also be done by persons other than the shareholders, on the basis of\nspecial or general Power of Attorney, according to the legal provisions in\nforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shareholders registered in the Shareholders\u2019 Register\non the Reference Date may attend the Meeting and may vote as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Vote in person,<\/strong> which shall be exercised following the proof of the identity of the\nshareholder, as follows: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>a) in case of\nshareholders who are natural persons,<\/em><\/strong> by simple proof of\nidentity done with an identity document (identity card, passport, residence\npermit) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>b) in case of\nshareholders &#8211; legal persons,<\/em><\/strong> with the identity\ncard of the legal representative (identity card, passport, residence permit).\nThe status of legal representative shall be ascertained on the basis of the\nlist of shareholders from the Reference Date received by the Company from the\nCentral Depository, or, as the case may be, for date other than the Reference\nDate based on a certificate issued by the Trade Registry or any equivalent\ndocument issued by a competent authority of the State in which the legal person\nis legally registered, presented in original or in a copy corresponding to the\noriginal. The documents certifying the quality of the legal representative of\nthe legal person shareholder shall be issued no later than 30 days before the\nreference date. Documents submitted in a language other than English shall be\naccompanied by a translation carried out by an authorized translator in Romanian\n\/ English language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>2. Vote by proxy,<\/em><\/strong> which shall be exercised following the proof of identity of the\nshareholder, on the basis of the above-mentioned documents (\u201cVote in Person\u201d\nsection), accompanied by a Power of Attorney. Special Power of Attorney may be\ngranted to any person for representation in a single GSM. The Power of Attorney\nshall contain specific voting instructions from the shareholder, with a clear\nindication of the voting option for each item on the agenda of the EGSM\/GSM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shareholder representation in the GSM can be done\nthrough an empowered person, only by filling in and signing the special Power\nof Attorney form. Representation can be done through other shareholders as well\nas through third parties. Shareholders lacking exercise capacity or having\nlimited exercise capacity can award special Power of Attorney to other persons,\naccording to the law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The special Power of Attorney forms shall be completed\nand signed in three copies: one of the copies will be submitted to the company,\none copy will be handed to the representative and the third copy will remain\nwith the represented shareholder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Special Power of Attorney and the General Powers\nof Attorney (before the first use) in the original or copy containing the statement\naccording to the original under the representative&#8217;s signature will be filed \/\nsent to the headquarters of the Company from Bucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no.\n26, Plaza Romania Offices building, et. 1, sector 6, 48 hours before the first\nmeeting of the Assembly, so that they will be received until the latest on <strong>27.01.2020,\n09:00AM<\/strong> for the <strong>EGSM<\/strong> and <strong>27.01.2020, 10:00AM<\/strong> for the GSM,\nunder the sanction of losing the right to vote. The Powers of Attorney that\nwere not submitted within the deadline will not be taken into account. The\npowers may also be sent by e-mail up to the deadline mentioned above, through a\ndocument signed with the extended electronic signature, according to Law no.\n455\/2001 regarding the electronic signature &#8211; by e-mail to <a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;&#108;t&#x6f;&#58;&#x69;&#110;v&#x65;&#115;&#x74;&#111;r&#x73;&#64;&#x62;&#x69;t&#x74;&#110;e&#x74;&#46;&#x72;&#111;\">&#x69;&#x6e;&#x76;&#x65;&#115;&#116;ors&#x40;&#x62;&#x69;&#x74;&#116;&#110;et&#46;&#x72;&#x6f;<\/a>. Regardless of how\nthe powers of representation are transmitted in the EGSM \/ GSM, it must contain\nthe written, clear and capitalized statement &#8220;EMPOWERMENT FOR THE GENERAL\nMEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting with <strong>29.12.2019<\/strong>, the special\nempowerment forms for the EGSM \/ GSM can be obtained from the headquarters of\nBittnet Systems S.A. &#8211; Bucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, Plaza Romania\nOffices building, et. 1, sector 6 or can be downloaded from the Company&#8217;s\nwebsite (<a href=\"https:\/\/investors.bittnet.ro\">https:\/\/investors.bittnet.ro<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, a shareholder may empower only one\nrepresentative to represent him \/ her in the GSM \/ EGSM. However, the Power of\nAttorney may nominate one or more alternate representatives to ensure the\nrepresentation of the shareholder in the GSM \/ EGSM if the above-mentioned\nprincipal representative is unable to participate in the GSM \/ EGSM. The\nspecial empowerment must provide the order in which the alternate\nrepresentatives will vote, in case the main representative does not participate\nin the GSM \/ EGSM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, a shareholder may grant a general power of\nattorney valid for a period not exceeding 3 years, by which he empowers the\nrepresentative to vote in all matters in the debate of the General Meetings of\nthe Shareholders of the Company, including regarding disposition documents, with\nthe condition that the Power of Attorney is granted by the shareholder as a\nclient to an intermediary for the purposes of capital law or to a lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shareholders cannot be represented in the GSM \/\nEGSM on the basis of a general Power of Attorney by a person who is in a\nsituation of conflict of interests, according to art. 92 point 15 of Law no.\n24\/2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a shareholder is represented by a credit\ninstitution that provides custody services, he or she may vote in the GSM \/\nEGSM based on the voting instructions received by electronic means of\ncommunication, without the need for a special or general power of attorney. The\ncustodians vote in the GSM exclusively in accordance with and within the limits\nof the instructions received from their clients having the status of\nshareholders on the Reference Date. The credit institution may participate and\nvote in the GSM \/ EGSM, provided that it submits to the Company a statement on\nits own responsibility, signed by the legal representative of the credit\ninstitution, stating: (i) clearly, the name \/ name of the shareholder in the\nname to which the credit institution participates and votes within the GSM \/\nEGSM and (ii) the credit institution provides custody services for the\nrespective shareholder. The declaration must be submitted to the Company 48\nhours before the GSM \/ EGSM, in original, signed and, if necessary, stamped,\nwithout completing other formalities regarding its form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Vote by\ncorrespondence. <\/strong>The shareholders registered on the Reference Date have\nthe possibility to vote by correspondence, before the EGSM \/ GSM, by using the\ncorrespondence voting form made available to them starting with <strong>29.12.2019<\/strong> on the Company&#8217;s website or at its\nheadquarters in Bucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, Plaza Romania Offices\nbuilding, et. 1, sector 6. The voting form by correspondence accompanied by the\nidentification documents mentioned above (in the section &#8220;Personal\nvote&#8221;), shall be sent in original to the headquarters of the Company from\nBucharest, Timi\u0219oara Boulevard no. 26, et. 1, sector 6 so that they will be\nreceived the latest by <strong>27.01.2020, 09:00AM <\/strong>for\nthe <strong>EGSM<\/strong> and <strong>27.01.2020,\n10:00AM<\/strong> for the <strong>GSM<\/strong>. The voting forms\nby correspondence can also be sent by e-mail up to the deadlines specified\nabove, by document signed with extended electronic signature, according to Law\nno. 455\/2001 regarding electronic signature &#8211; to the address: <a href=\"mailto:inves&#116;&#111;&#114;&#115;&#64;&#98;&#105;&#116;&#116;&#110;&#101;&#116;&#46;&#114;&#111;\">in&#118;&#101;&#115;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x73;&#x40;bi&#116;&#116;&#110;&#x65;&#x74;&#x2e;&#x72;&#x6f;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the event where the shareholder who has expressed\nhis vote by correspondence participates in the GSM \/ EGSM personally or through\na representative (subject to a special \/ general Power of Attorney being transmitted\nin compliance with the conditions mentioned in the present call), the\ncorrespondence vote expressed for that EGSM \/ GSM will be cancelled and only\nthe vote expressed personally or through the representative will be taken into\naccount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the person representing the shareholder through\npersonal participation in the EGSM \/ GSM is other than the one who expressed\nthe vote by correspondence, then for the validity of his vote, he\/she shall\npresent at the meeting a written revocation of the vote by correspondence,\nsigned by the shareholder or the representative who expressed the vote by\ncorrespondence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further\ninformation can be obtained at the headquarters of the Company from Bucharest,\nTimi\u0219oara Boulevard, no. 26, Plaza Romania Offices building, et. 1, sector 6 or\nby phone&nbsp; 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