REG - Obrascon Huarte Lain - Supplementary Notice JGE

Obrascon Huarte Lain SAAnnouncement

16/03/2021 16:05

RNS Number : 4604S
  
Obrascon Huarte Lain, S.A.
  
16 March 2021
  
 

OBRASCÓN HUARTE LAIN, S.A. (OHL or the Company), pursuant to article 227 of the consolidated text of the Spanish Securities Market Act approved by Royal Legislative Decree 4/2015, of 23 October, hereby notifies the Spanish National Securities Market Authority (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores) (CNMV) the following
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
The Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of OHL, which has been conveyed to be held on 25 March 2021 at 12 pm on first call, and on the following day, 26 March 2021, on second call, at the same time, will be held entirely remotely.
The full text of the supplementary notice to the conveyance notice of the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting is attached hereto, and will also be published on the Company's webpage (www.ohl.es) and in the Spanish Commercial Registry Official Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil).
Madrid, 16 March 2021.
OBRASCÓN HUARTE LAÍN, S.A.
Supplementary Notice
Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting
The Company announces the following regarding the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting due to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel Madrid, "Salón Sol" (2nd floor), located in calle Sevilla, 3, 28014, Madrid (Spain), at the first scheduled time of 12pm on 25 March 2021 and in the absence of the statutory quorum at the same time and place on 26 March 2021. The Company has agreed for the meeting to be held entirely remotely, i.e., with no shareholders or proxies attending in person.
As anticipated in the conveyance notice of the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of OHL, published on 24 February 2021, in view of possible restrictions or recommendations by Spanish public authorities regarding the movement and gatherings of certain numbers of people in the whole or certain parts of Spain that may de facto restrict some or all shareholders' right to attend the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting in person or by proxy at the stated location. the Board may decide, to avoid discriminatory situations for shareholders, that the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting is held entirely remotely.
The Company has adopted this decision to safeguard the health and safety of shareholders, employees and all others involved in preparing and holding the General Meeting and to ensure equal treatment of all shareholders, as well as taking into consideration:
(a)        the restrictions imposed by public authorities with regard to the movement and gatherings of people above a certain number due to the healthcare crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic from 26 March 2021 (i.e., the date in which it is expected that the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting will be held, on second call, as anticipated in the conveyance notice) to 9 April 2021, pursuant to Resolution of March 11, 2021, of the Secretary of State for Health, publishing the Agreement of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System on the declaration of coordinated actions against COVID-19 on the occasion of St. Joseph's Day and Easter Week in 2021 (Resolución de 11 de marzo de 2021, de la Secretaría de Estado de Sanidad, por la que se publica el Acuerdo del Consejo Interterritorial del Sistema Nacional de Salud sobre la declaración de actuaciones coordinadas frente a la COVID-19 con motivo de la festividad de San José y de la Semana Santa de 2021); and
(b)        the provisions of Eighth final provision of Royal Decree-Law 5/2021, of March 12, on extraordinary measures to support business solvency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (Real Decreto-ley 5/2021, de 12 de marzo, de medidas extraordinarias de apoyo a la solvencia empresarial en respuesta a la pandemia de la COVID-19) in relation to the possibility that, generally, general shareholders' meetings may be held entirely remotely, i.e., with no shareholders or proxies attending in person.
Shareholders are reminded that they may exercise their right to attend the meeting remotely means by following the relevant instructions set out in the conveyance notice and in the 'Rules on proxies and remote attendance and voting' (Reglas de delegación, voto a distancia y asistencia telemática), by visiting the section relating to the General Meeting on the Company's website (www.ohl.es). The Company will, in compliance with the applicable legal regime, procure to facilitate the formalities necessary for remote attendance by shareholders as required by them.
Shareholders are also reminded that procedures are in place for them to appoint proxies and cast votes by means of distance communication before the General Meeting is held. These may be used in accordance with the terms also set out in the conveyance notice and in the 'Rules on proxies and remote attendance and voting' (Reglas de delegación, voto a distancia y asistencia telemática), in the General Meeting section of the Company's website (www.ohl.es).
Madrid, 16 March 2021.
Jose Maria del Cuvillo Pemán
The Secretary of the Board of Directors.

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