REG - Soc EnergElectricaSA - Recommendation to shareholders ref OGMS 29 April

Societatea Energetica Electrica SAAnnouncement

15/04/2020 07:01

RNS Number : 6991J
  
Societatea Energetica Electrica SA
  
15 April 2020
  
 

To:                                 Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE)
                                       London Stock Exchange (LSE)
Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA)
 
Current report in compliance with the Law 24/2017 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations, the Romanian Capital Market Law no. 297/2004, FSA Regulation no. 5/2018, FSA Regulation no. 5/2020 regarding the adoption of measures concerning the conduct of the general meetings of the issuers during the existence of the state of emergency generated by COVID-19 and the Bucharest Stock Exchange Code
Report date: 15 April 2020
Company name: Societatea Energetica Electrica S.A. (Electrica)
Headquarters: 9 Grigore Alexandrescu Street, 1st District, Bucharest, Romania
Phone/fax no.: 004-021-2085999/004-021-2085998
Fiscal Code: RO 13267221
Trade Register registration number: J40/7425/2000
Subscribed and paid in share capital: RON 3,464,435,970
Regulated market where the issued securities are traded: Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE)
 
Significant events to be reported: Recommendation to shareholders regarding the use of electronic means / remote interaction concerning Electrica's OGMS dated 29 April 2020
 
Taking into account the national context generated by COVID-19, all the measures and recommendations issued by the authorities to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as well as the provisions of FSA Regulation no. 5/2020 regarding the adoption of measures concerning the conduct of general meetings of the issuers during the existence of the state of emergency generated by COVID-19, Electrica encourages shareholders to use methods of indirect interaction (especially electronic and by phone, alternatively by mail) in the context of Electrica's Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (OGMS) dated 29 April 2020. Thus:
-     the materials regarding the items on the OGMS's agenda can be accessed using the dedicated section for the OGMS dated 29 April 2020 on the Company's website (www.electrica.ro). Electrica recommends to shareholders to access the documents in electronic format, with the purpose of avoiding, as far as possible, their submission in hardcopy, by post, courier services or their pick up in person, from the Company's headquarters.
-     the questions regarding the items on the OGMS's agenda, as well as the questions regarding other aspects concerning the activity of Electrica, may be sent to the e-mail address ir@electrica.ro, in accordance with the regulations in force at this moment. In case the submission of these questions cannot be done by electronic means, the possibility of sending the questions in hardcopy (in person or by post / courier services with confirmation of receipt), at the Company headquarters, remains available.
-     taking into account the current context and the near date on which Electrica's OGMS is scheduled, the Company encourages the shareholders to send the general powers of attourney or the special powers of auttorney by e-mail, to the e-mail address ir@electrica.ro, in accordance with the regulations in force at this moment and within the deadlines mentioned in the OGMS's Convening Notice, avoiding their submission in hardcopy, by post, courier services or in person depositing at the Company's registry desk.
-     casting the vote by correspondence, by e-mail, at the e-mail address ir@electrica.ro, is recommended, by dully filling in, signing and sending the voting ballot form for voting by correspondence, in accordance with the regulations in force at this moment and within the deadlines mentioned in the OGMS Convening Notice. In case the transmission of the vote by correspondence cannot be carried out by electronic means, the voting ballot forms for voting by correspondence, filled in and signed by shareholders, can be sent in original in hardcopy (in personal or by post / courier services with confirmation of receipt), at the Company's registry desk from the Company's headquarters, according to the provisions of the convening notice.
We emphasize that Electrica will apply the restrictions in force at the date of the OGMS, regarding the limitation of the number of participants to events held in closed spaces, according to the express decisions adopted by the authorities, in order to reduce the risks of contamination with COVID-19.
Although it is not advisable to participate in person at Electrica's OGMS dated 29 April 2020, the shareholders who are willing to participate in person must take into account the legal provisions in force on the date of the OGMS. The participation of the shareholders to Electrica's OGMS with the violation of the legal provisions in force at the time of the event is exclusively in their responsibility and the Company will be held responsibile.
We also want to remind shareholders that participating at public events held in closed spaces, in the current epidemiological context, exposes them to a possible contamination with COVID-19, Electrica and / or Electrica's management being not able to completely eliminate this risk and will not be held responsible for it.
In conclusion, we call upon our shareholders' understanding and recommend them to use electronic means to obtain information on the OGMS's agenda, to use the online or telephone correspondence to answer questions regarding the documents related to the agenda and to express their vote by correspondence, as mentioned above in the present report.
Additional details regarding the use of electronic means / remote interaction concerning Electrica's OGMS dated 29 April 2020, as well as the identification requirements applicable to the shareholders, are available in the OGMS's Convening Notice available on the dedicated section for the OGMS dated 29 April 2020, on the Electrica website, at the link https://www.electrica.ro/en/investors/general-meetings-of-shareholders/2020-gms/general-meeting-of-shareholders-as-of-29-april-2020/.
 
 
Chief Executive Officer                                                                      
Georgeta Corina Popescu                                                                   
            
                                                                        


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