2019 Current Reports EN

The Management Board of CPD S.A. with the corporate seat in Warsaw (hereinafter “the Company”), registered in the Register of Entrepreneurs kept by the District Court for the capital city of Warsaw, XIII Economic Division of the National Court Register under number KRS 0000277147, pursuant to articles 395, 399 § 1,and, 402¹ and 402² of the Commercial Companies Code (hereinafter “CCC”) and § 19.1 of the Ordinance of the Minister of Finance of 29 March 2019 OGM on current and periodic information passed by issuers of securities and on conditions of considering it as equivalent to information required under the law of state that is not a Member State (Journal of Laws 2018, item 757), hereby convenes the Annual General Meeting of the Company (hereinafter “the General Meeting” “the Annual General Meeting” or “OGM”) to be held on June 28, 2019 at 11:00 at the Company’s office at Cybernetyki 7B, 02-677 Warsaw, with the following agenda:

The Annual General Meeting hereby adopts the following agenda:

1. Opening the General Meeting.
2. Appointing the Chairman of the General Meeting.
3. Confirming that the Annual General Meeting has been convened correctly and is empowered to adopt resolutions.
4. Adopting the agenda of the General Meeting.
5. Presentation of the Financial Statement of the Management Board of CPD S.A. for the financial year 2018;
6. Presentation of the Activity Report of the Management Board of CPD S.A. and motion of the Management Board as how to allocate the profit for the financial year 2018;
7. Presentation of the Activity Report of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2018;
8. Adopting the resolution for the approval of the Activity Report of Management Board of the CPD S.A for the financial year 2018;
9. Adopting the resolution for the approval of the financial statements of the CPD S.A. for the financial year 2018;
10. Adopting the resolution of cover the loss of the CPD S.A. for the financial year 2018.
11. Presentation of the Activity Report of the Management Board of the CPD S.A. Capital Group and the consolidated financial statements of the CPD S.A. Capital Group for the financial year 2018.
12. Adopting the resolution for the approval of the activity report of Management Board of the CPD S.A. Capital Group for the financial year 2018.
13. Adopting the resolution for the approval of the Consolidated Financial statement of Management Board of the CPD S.A. Capital Group for the financial year 2018.
14. Adopting of resolutions regarding appointment of members of Management Board of CPD S.A. for the performance of their duties in 2018.
15. Adopting of resolutions regarding appointment of members of Supervisory Board of CPD S.A. for the performance of their duties in 2018.
16. Closing the General Meeting.

 

INFORMATION ON ATTENDANCE AT THE GENERAL MEETING

1. Stockholders’ rights to demand putting certain issues on the agenda of the General Meeting and to submit draft resolutions

1.1  Right to demand putting certain issues on the agenda of the General Meeting

Under article 401.1 of the Code of Commercial Companies (hereinafter “CCC”), Stockholder(s) representing at least one twentieth of the Company’s equity may demand putting certain issues on the agenda of the General Meeting. The demand should be submitted to the Company’s Management Board at least twenty-one days prior to the day of the General Meeting, i.e. until June 6, 2019.

The demand should contain:

(i)   justification of or draft resolution on the proposed item of the agenda;

(ii)  copy of document confirming the Stockholder’s identity:

• natural persons: copy of ID card, passport or any other document confirming the Stockholder’s identity;
• Stockholder other than natural person (legal person, organisational unit without personality at law): copy of extract from relevant register or another document confirming the natural person(s) right to represent the Stockholder, as well as copy of ID card, passport or any other official document confirming identity of person(s) authorised to represent the Stockholder;
• if the demand is submitted by proxy, additionally: copy of power of attorney granted by the Stockholder or by the Stockholder’s representative (if the Stockholder is not a natural person) and copy of ID card, passport or any other official document confirming the proxy’s identity; or, when the proxy is not a natural person: copy of extract from relevant register or another document confirming authorisation of natural person(s) to represent the proxy, as well as copies of ID cards, passports or other official documents confirming identity of natural person(s) authorised to represent the proxy;

(iii)  document(s) confirming the number of stocks in the Company authorising its holder to submit the demand, which may be a certificate of deposit issued by the operator of securities account with stocks in the Company held by the Stockholder(s) submitting the demand, which will evidence that the party submitting the demand is the Stockholder of the Company (or Stockholders of the Company acting jointly, or proxy of Stockholders under relevant power of attorney) and that that party represents at least 1/20 of the Company’s equity.

The demand may be submitted at the Company’s office (ul. Cybernetyki 7B, 02-677 Warsaw) or by email: shareholder@cpdsa.pl (.pdf format).

1.2. Right to submit draft resolutions on issues put on the agenda of the General Meeting

Under article 401.4 of CCC, Stockholder(s) representing at least one twentieth of the Company’s equity may submit draft resolutions on issues put on the agenda of the General Meeting or issues that may be put on the agenda. Those drafts should be submitted in written form before the date of the General Meeting to the Company’s office (ul. Cybernetyki 7B, 02-677 Warsaw) or by email: shareholder@cpdsa.pl (.pdf format). Those drafts should be appended with the documents mentioned in 1.1(ii) and (iii) above.

1.3. Right to submit draft resolutions during the General Meeting

Under article 401.5 CCC, during the General Meeting each Stockholder authorised to attend it may submit draft resolutions on issued put on the agenda of the General Meeting.

2. Procedures for attending the General Meeting and exercising the right to vote

2.1. Day of registration of attendance and right to attend OGM

The Management Board of the Company informs that under article 406¹ CCC the General Meeting may be attended only by persons that are Stockholders of the Company as of sixteenth day preceding the date of the General Meeting, i.e June 12, 2019 (“the Attendance Registration Day”).

The number of Stockholders authorised to attend the General Meeting will be fixed on the basis of information received by the Company from the National Securities Depository (hereinafter “KDPW”). However, the Management Board recommends Stockholders to carry their individual certificates of right to attend the General Meeting issued by the securities account operator. The request to issue individual certificate of right to attend the General Meeting should be submitted to the securities account operator after the date of this notice of convention of the General Meeting until the first working day after the Attendance Registration Day, i.e. until June 13, 2019.

2.2. List Stockholders entitled to attend OGM

The list of Stockholders entitled to attend the General Meeting will be compiled on the basis of the list provided by KDPW and will be available at the Management Board’s office in Warsaw, ul. Cybernetyki 7b, from 9:00 to 16:00 for three working days preceding the General Meeting, i.e. from June 25, 2019 to June 27, 2019. Stockholders may review the list of Stockholders entitled to attend the General Meeting at that office and may demand a copy of that list, upon payment for making such a copy.

During the three working days preceding the General Meeting, each Stockholder may request mailing the list of Stockholders entitled to attend the General Meeting, free of charge, to a given address. The request must be written and signed by the Stockholder or by persons authorised to represent that Stockholder and must be emailed to shareholder@cpdsa.pl (.pdf format) with copies of documents confirming the fact that the requesting person is a Stockholder and confirming the identity of the Stockholder or the person representing the Stockholder as provided in sections 1.1(ii) and (iii) above.

2.3. Method of attending the General Meeting and exercising the right to vote

Stockholders who are natural persons may attend the General Meeting and exercise their right to vote personally or through proxies. Stockholders that are not natural persons may attend the General Meeting and exercise their right to vote through persons authorised to declare those Stockholders’ intentions or through proxies.

Stockholders will be admitted to the General Meeting upon presentation of identity document; proxies will be admitted upon presentation of identity document and power of attorney. Proxies and representatives of Stockholders other than natural persons should also present valid extracts from relevant registers indicating persons authorised to represent those entities and evidencing their right to represent the Stockholder.

Half an hour before starting the General Meeting registration of its attendants will begin by signing by Stockholders and/or their proxies of the list of attendants compiled on the basis of the list of admitted parties indicating numbers of their stocks and related votes at the General Meeting.

If any Stockholder is not put on the list of admitted parties but possesses individual certificate of right to attend the General Meeting issued by the securities account operator not later than on the first working day after the Attendance Registration Day, the Company must admit that Stockholder to the General Meeting.

When a Stockholder is put on the list of admitted parties, the Company must not demand any certificate of that Stockholder’s right to attend the General Meeting.

2.4. Stockholders’ proxies

(i) Under article 412¹.2 of CCC, powers of attorney should be granted in writing or emailed. Emailed powers of attorney do not require any safe electronic signature verified by valid qualified certificate.

(ii) Electronic powers of attorney may be emailed on the form provided on the Company’s web site cpdsa.pl, insert “General Meetings”, which is compliant with article 402³.1.5 CCC. Stockholders are not required to use that form but their powers of attorney must contain at least the particulars provided on that form. Besides the power of attorney, the above site also contains instructions for exercising the right to vote at the General Meeting by proxies. Following those instructions is not obligatory.

(iii) Information on granting or revoking any emailed power of attorney should be emailed by the Stockholder together with the power of attorney before closing of the list of attendants of the General Meeting produced on the day of the General Meeting before its start, and must precede the proxy’s request to be put on the list of attendants. The above information should be emailed to shareholder@cpdsa.pl by sending a scan of the power of attorney (.pdf format) signed by the Stockholder (without attachment – voting instruction) or, in the case of Stockholders other than natural persons, by persons authorised to represent the Stockholder. Besides the power of attorney, the Stockholder that granted it should also send data enabling its identification and verification of validity of the power of attorney: name and surname of the Stockholder, PESEL number, home address, e-mail, telephone.

(iv) In order to verify the power of attorney granted by email, the Company may take certain steps necessary to identify the Stockholder and its proxy, especially to pose electronic question by return email and to telephone. Lack of answer to those questions during verification will be treated as inability to verify the power of attorney and will constitute grounds for refusal to admit the proxy to the General M

(v) In order to confirm authenticity of the power of attorney, it is recommended that the Stockholder hands-over to the proxy a printed copy of the aforementioned information passed to the Company.

(vi) Printout of emailed power of attorney will be attached to the list of attendants produced before start of the General Meeting and thereafter will be attached to the Notary Public’s minutes from the General Meeting according to the article 421.1 of CCC.

(vii) If a proxy at the General Meeting is a member of the Company’s Management Board, member of the Company’s Supervisory Board, employee of the Company or member of body or employee of the Company’s subsidiary, the power of attorney may entitle its holder to attend only one General M The proxy will be required to inform the Stockholder of any circumstances indicative of existence or possibility of existence of any conflict of interests. Such a proxy will vote in accordance with instructions granted by the Stockholder; and no further power of attorney may be granted.

2.5. Possibility and method of attending the General Meeting through electronic telecommunication

The Company Statute, the General Meeting By-laws and the Management Board do not provide for any possibility to attend the General Meeting by electronic telecommunication.

2.6. Method of taking the floor during the General Meeting by electronic telecommunication

The Company Statute, the General Meeting By-laws and the Management Board do not provide for any possibility to take the floor during the General Meeting by electronic telecommunication.

2.7. Method of exercising the right to vote by correspondence or electronic telecommunication

The Company Statute, the General Meeting By-laws and the Management Board do not provide for any possibility to exercise he right to vote at the General Meeting by correspondence or electronic telecommunication.

3. Documentation of the General Meeting and other information

3.1. Documentation of the General Meeting

Each person entitled to attend the General Meeting may obtain full documentation to be presented at the General Meeting, draft resolutions with justifications, comments of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board of the Company regarding the issues put on the agenda of the General Meeting or issues that may be put on the agenda before the date of the Annual General Meeting on the Company’s web site www.cpdsa.pl., insert “General Meetings”, and at the Company’s office in Warsaw, ul. Cybernetyki 7b, 02-677 Warsaw.

From June 21, 2019 Stockholders may request the Company to release copies of requests regarding issues put on the agenda.

3.2. Information on the General Meeting

Information on the General Meeting will be available on the Company’s web site www.cpdsa.pl.

3.3. Other information

The Management Board informs that any issues not included in this notice are subject to provisions of the Commercial Companies Code, the Company Statute, the General Meeting By-laws and regulations on trading in securities, especially of public companies, one of which is CPD S.A. with the corporate seat in Warsaw. The Management Board requests the Stockholders of the Company to read these regulations (the Statute and the General Meeting By-laws are available on the Company’s web site) and to seek advice of specialist legal advisors on impact of those regulations on the present and planned activities of the Stockholders.

 

The following documents are attached to this report:

1_CPD S.A_draft of resolution AGM

2_CPD_SA_Justification_of_draft_resolutions_AGM

3_CPD SA_Power of attorney AGM

4_CPD SA_Instruction to the poa AGM

5_CPD SA_Information on the total number of shares AGM

 

Signatures of persons authorized to represent the Company:

Elżbieta Wiczkowska, President of the Management Board, May 31, 2019

Management Board of CPD S.A. (hereinafter the ”Company”) hereby reports that on March 26, 2019 the Company has been notified by: Laxey Investors Ltd, Laxey Partners Ltd, LP Value Ltd, LP Alternative Fund Lp, The Value Catalyst Fund Limited, CPD S.A., entities closely related to the person performing  managerial duties at CPD S.A., and Elżbieta Wiczkowska President of the Management Board of the Company, of transaction into shares, concluded on March 22, 2019, referred to in art. 19 sec. 3 MAR regulation.

The notifications are attached to this report.

20190326_Laxey Investors Limited_formularz

20190326_Laxey Partners_formularz

20190326_LP Value_Formularz

20190326_LPALP_Formularz

20190326_VCF_Formularz

20190326_CPD S.A._formularz

20190326_E.Wiczkowksa_formularz

 

Legal basis:

Art. 19 par. 3 MAR – transactions conducted by entities closely associated with persons that discharge of managerial duties

Signatures of persons authorized to represent the Company:

Elżbieta Donata Wiczkowska, President of the Management Board, March 27, 2019

Management Board of CPD S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw (the “Company”) announces, that as a result of the settlement on 22^nd 2019, the Company, as a result announced by the Company on 4^th March, 2019, the Invitation to Submit Proposals for Sales of Shares of the Company (the “Invitation”), purchased through a brokerage house Pekao Investment Banking S.A. with its registered seat in Warsaw, 3 305 886 shares of the Company (own shares).

The shares were acquired pursuant to Resolution No. 3 of the Extraordinary General Meeting of CPD of 28^th February 2019 on acquisition of the shares of the Company for the purpose of redemption, pursuant to art. 362 § 1 point 5) Code of Commercial Companies.

The purchase price per share is 13,01 zł.

All the purchased shares are ordinary shares with a nominal value of 0.10 zł each. The purchased own shares of CPD S.A. (number of the 3 305 886 shares) represent 12,54 % of the Company’s share capital and represent 3 305 886 votes at the General Meeting of the Company (12,54 % of voting rights at the General Meeting of the Company).

The Company does not have any shares other than those indicated above.

 

Signatures of persons authorized to represent the Company:

Elżbieta Wiczkowska, President of the Management Board, March 22, 2019

Management Board of CPD S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw (the “Company”) hereby announces, that in connection with Invitation to Submit Proposals for Sales of Shares of the Company announced on 1^st March 2019, the pursuant to which the Company proposed to acquire up to 3 305 886 shares of ordinary bearer shares ISIN code PLCELPD00013 (“Shares”), for the period for receipt of Offers to Sell the Shares held from 11 to 19 March 2019, accepted 51 valid offers amounting to a total of 19 944 601 shares of the Company.

On 20^st March 2019, the Company has decided to accept all valid offers of Shares and make them reduction carried out in accordance with the principles set out in the Invitation. Because the Offers amounted to more than the number of shares offered by the Company of 3 305 886 shares, each offer will be execute in the part – the offer will be reduced in accordance with the principles described in the Invitation and Offers to be reduced on average by approximately 83,42%.

Acquisition of Shares by the Company, will take place as soon as the settlement ie 22^nd March, 2019.

 

Signatures of persons authorized to represent the Company:

Elżbieta Wiczkowska, President of the Management Board, March 20, 2019

Management Board of CPD S.A. (hereinafter the “Company”) with its registered office in Warsaw, acting on the basis of Resolution no 1/II/2019 of the Management Board of the Company on the buy-back of the Company’s own shares, in connection with the Resolution No. 3 of the Extraordinary General Meeting of CPD of February 28, 2019 on acquisition of the shares of the Company for the purpose of redemption, would like to invite the Company’s shareholders to submit proposals for the sales of shares in accordance with the terms and conditions as specified in this Invitation to Submit Proposals for Sales of Shares.

Full content of the Invitation to Submit Proposals for the Sales of Shares constitutes the appendix hereto and shall be announced to public on the CPD SA’s website (www.cpdsa.pl).

20190304_Invitation to submit offers to sell the shares CPD S.A. 

 

Legal basis:

Article 17.1 MAR – Inside information

 

Signatures of persons authorized to represent the Company:

Elżbieta Wiczkowska, President of the Management Board, March 4, 2019