Invitation to the 16th Annual General Meeting of ATHEX
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INVITATION
TO SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY
"HELLENIC EXCHANGES-ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A."
General Electronic Commercial Registry (GEMI) No 3719101000
(former Companies Reg. Number 45688/06/Β/00/30)
TO THE SIXTEENTH (16TH) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(FISCAL YEAR 01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016)
In accordance with the law and the Articles of Association of the Company, and the decision of its Board of Directors of 24.04.2017, shareholders of "HELLENIC EXCHANGES-ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE S.A." are invited to the sixteenth (16th) Annual General Meeting, which will take place on Wednesday May 24 2017 at 18:00, in Athens, at the headquarters of the Company (110 Athinon Ave., "HERMES" hall), in order to discuss and decide on the following items of the Daily Agenda:
1. Submission and approval of the Annual Financial Report for the sixteenth (16th) fiscal year (01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016) which includes the Annual Financial Statements for the sixteenth (16th) fiscal year (01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016) together with the relevant Reports and Declarations by the Board of Directors and the Auditors.
2. Approve the allocation of profits for the sixteenth (16th) fiscal year (01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016), and the distribution of dividend.
3. Discharge the members of the Board of Directors and the Chartered Auditors from all liability for damages for the Annual Financial Statements and the management of the sixteenth (16th) fiscal year (01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016), and approve the management and representation of the Board of Directors of the Company.
4. Approve the compensation of the members of the Board of Directors for the sixteenth (16th) fiscal year (01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016), in accordance with article 24, §2 of codified law 2190/1920, as it applies.
5. Pre-approve the compensation of the members of the Board of Directors for the next, seventeenth (17th) fiscal year (01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017).
6. Appoint the regular and substitute Chartered Auditors for the seventeenth (17th) fiscal year (01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017), and approve their remuneration.
7. Grant permission to members of the Board of Directors of the Company as well as to executives of the Company, in accordance with article 23 §1 of codified law 2190/1920, to participate in the Boards of Directors or as executives in companies of the Group and associated with it companies, under the meaning of article 42e §5 of codified law 2190/1920.
8. Approve contracts in accordance with article 23a of codified law 2190/1920, as in force.
9. Reduce the share capital by €15,688,455.12, through a reduction in the par value of each share by €0.24 and payment of this amount to shareholders, and amend Article 5 of the Articles of Association of the Company concerning the share capital.
10. Reduce the share capital by €4,006,432.92 through a reduction in the number of shares outstanding from 65,368,563 to 60,599,000 common registered shares, due to the cancellation of 4,769,563 shares in treasury stock, and amend Article 5 of the Articles of Association of the Company concerning the share capital.
In addition, and in accordance with the above decision of the Board of Directors, if the quorum, as required by the Law and the Articles of Association in order to decide any of the items of the original daily agenda, is not obtained during the meeting of 24.05.2017, the General Meeting will convene again in a 1st Repetitive Meeting on Friday June 9 2017 at 18:00, in Athens, at the headquarters of the Company. If at that meeting on that date, the quorum, as required by the Law and the Articles of Association in order to decide any items of the original daily agenda, is not obtained, the General Meeting will convene again in a 2nd Repetitive Meeting on Tuesday June 27 2017 at 18:00, in Athens, at the headquarters of the Company.
It should be noted that, in accordance with article 29 of codified law 2190/1920 as it applies, a new invitation for the repetitive General Meetings will not be published. Read more...