KERNEL HOLDING S.A. - NOTICE TO THE SHAREHOLDERS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS (33/2014)

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| | POLISH FINANCIAL SUPERVISION AUTHORITY | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | UNI - EN REPORT No | 33 | / | 2014 | | | | |
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| | Date of issue: | 2014-11-10 | | | | | | | | | |
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| | KERNEL HOLDING S.A. | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | NOTICE TO THE SHAREHOLDERS - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Art. 56 ust. 1 pkt 1 Ustawy o ofercie - informacje poufne | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | We hereby give you notice of the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS to be held on 10 December 2014 at 3.00 p.m. CET at the registered office of the Company, at 19, rue de Bitbourg, L-1273 Luxembourg, with the following agenda: AGENDA 1. Presentation and approval of the management report of the board of directors and the report of the independent auditor of the Company; 2. Approval of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended on 30 June 2014; 3. Approval of the Parent Company?s Annual Accounts (unconsolidated) for the financial year ended on 30 June 2014; 4. Appropriation of results for the financial year ended on 30 June 2014; 5. Granting discharge to the directors of the Company; 6. Renewal of the mandate of Andrzej Danilczuk as independent director of the board of directors of the Company; 7. Renewal of the mandate of Ton Schurink as independent director of the board of directors of the Company; 8. Renewal of the mandate of Sergei Shibaev as independent
director of the board of directors of the Company; 9. Renewal of the mandate of Anastasiia Usachova as director of the board of directors of the Company; 10. Renewal of the mandate of Viktoriia Lukianenko as director of the board of directors of the Company; 11. Renewal of the mandate of Yuriy Kovalchuk as director of the board of directors of the Company; 12. Renewal of the mandate of Kostiantyn Lytvynskyi as director of the board of directors of the Company; 13. Approval of the remuneration of independent directors of the board of directors of the Company; 14. Approval of the remuneration of executive directors of the board of directors of the Company; 15. Granting discharge to the independent auditor of the Company for the financial year ended on 30 June 2014; and 16. Renewal of the mandate of Deloitte Audit, a société ? responsabilité limitée, having its registered office at 560, rue du Neudorf, L-2220 Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies? Register under number B 67 895, as
independent auditor of the Company in respect to the audit of the consolidated and unconsolidated annual accounts of the Company for a one-year term mandate, which shall terminate on the date of the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2015. ? IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS This information has been prepared to indicate the steps that should be taken by the shareholders in order to participate in the general meeting of shareholders. This document should be read in conjunction with the Company?s articles of association and applicable provisions of Luxembourg law. The Company?s issued share capital is set at two million one hundred four thousand one hundred twenty US dollars and eleven cents (USD 2,104,120.11.-), consisting of seventy nine million six hundred eighty three thousand four hundred and ten (79,683,410) shares without indication of a nominal value. Each share entitles the holder thereof to one vote. Right to participate at the
annual general meeting of shareholders As indicated in the notice published on 10 November 2014 on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu/accueil) and the website of the Company (www.kernel.ua) as well as in the Luxembourg official gazette (Mémorial C, Recueil des Sociétés et Associations) and in the Luxembourg newspaper ?Tageblatt? or ?Luxemburger Wort? any shareholder who holds one or more shares of the Company on 26 November 2014 at 12:00 a.m. (the "Record Date") shall be admitted to the annual general meeting of shareholders. Shareholders who wish to participate in person, or via proxy, or via voting form at the annual general meeting of shareholders should notify the Company and the operator or depository or sub-depository of their intention to participate by returning the participation form to the Company to Kernel Holding S.A., 19, rue de Bitbourg, L-1273 Luxembourg, or by fax to +352.27.44.93.80, or by e-mail to y.samusenko@kernel.ua, and to the operator or depository or
sub-depository no later than 26 November 2014 at 12:00 a.m.. Shareholders shall provide the Company with the relevant documentation evidencing their ownership (such as depositary certificates issued by financial institutions, custodian banks and investment brokers maintaining securities account) of the shares no later than 8 December 2014 at 12:00 p.m.. Shareholders whose shares are held through the operator of a securities settlement system or with a professional depository or sub-depository designated by such depository and who wish to vote via the electronic system in relation to the annual general meeting of shareholders must give voting instructions to the chairman of the annual general meeting of shareholders, via the electronic system of the operator of a securities settlement system or with a professional depository or sub-depository designated by such depository. The operator of a securities settlement system or a professional depository or sub-depository designated by such depository must, prior to
the annual general meeting of shareholders, provide (i) a spreadsheet of the voting instructions in relation to the votes cast including a proxy to the chairman of the annual general meeting of shareholders for each of the annual general meeting of shareholders, to be returned to the Company prior to the date of the annual general meeting of shareholders; (ii) a certificate certifying the number of shares recorded in their account on the Record Day. The free transferability of the shares shall remain unaffected by the convening and holding procedures of the annual general meeting of shareholders. In the event that any shareholder votes through proxies or voting forms, the proxy or voting form has to be deposited at the registered office of the Company no later than 9 December 2014 at 12:00 a.m.. The proxy or voting form may be submitted by mail to the registered office of the Company to Kernel Holding S.A., 19, rue de Bitbourg, L-1273 Luxembourg, or by fax to +352.27.44.93.80, or by e-mail to
y.samusenko@kernel.ua. Proxies, participation forms and voting forms are available on the website of the Company (www.kernel.ua), or upon demand made in writing to Kernel Holding S.A., 19, rue de Bitbourg, L-1273 Luxembourg, or by fax to +352.27.44.93.80, or by e-mail to y.samusenko@kernel.ua. Proxies, participation forms and voting forms provided on the website of the Company (www.kernel.ua) may be used and will be taken into account. One person may represent more than one shareholder. Whether or not you propose to attend the annual general meeting of shareholders in person, we request that the participation form and/or proxy and/or voting form are to be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions printed thereon. Completion and return of a proxy or voting form will not prevent shareholders from attending and voting at the annual general meeting of shareholders, should they so wish. Right to have new items added to the agenda of the annual general meeting of shareholders One or more
shareholders holding together at least 5% of the share capital of the Company may: ? Add new items on the agenda of the annual general meeting of shareholders; ? File proposed resolutions in relation with the items of the agenda or the additional items. Such requests must be sent to the Company in writing by mail to Kernel Holding S.A., 19, rue de Bitbourg, L-1273 Luxembourg or by e-mail to y.samusenko@kernel.ua. Such requests should enclose the related proposed resolutions and should indicate a mail or e-mail address to which the Company may send an acknowledgement of receipt. Such requests should be sent to the Company by 17 November 2014 at 12:00 a.m.. The Company will acknowledge the receipt of such requests within 48 hours upon reception. The Company will publish an updated agenda of the annual general meeting of shareholders at the latest on 25 November 2014 at 12:00 a.m.. Language The annual general meeting of shareholders will be conducted in English. Please note that the English language version of
all resolutions is binding as the resolutions will be adopted in English. All documents relating to the annual general meeting of shareholders must be delivered to the Company in English. If any document has been prepared in any other language, shareholders should translate such document into English prior to the annual general meeting of shareholders and provide the Company with the translation. Further questions Shareholders may address all queries with respect to the annual general meeting of shareholders by email to the following email address: investor_relations@kernel.ua, or to the following address: Kernel Holding S.A. 19, rue de Bitbourg L-1273 Luxembourg On all related correspondence, kindly indicate the following notice: ?2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Kernel Holding S.A.? All documentation and information required under the Law of 24 May 2011 implementing the Directive 2007/36 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the exercise of certain rights of
shareholders of listed companies including the proposed resolutions shall be available on the website of the Company (www.kernel.ua) or may be obtained by sending an e-mail to y.samusenko@kernel.ua. If proxy voting instructions are not provided for a resolution, the proxy will be deemed to abstain from voting on this resolution. For the proxy to be valid, the name of the shareholder must be identical in the proxy and in the registered depositary certificate. Kindly send the present duly completed and signed participation form and/or proxy and/or voting form either by email (scanned document) to y.samusenko@kernel.ua, by fax to +352.27.44.93.80, or by post to the following address, quoting ?2014 Annual General Meeting of Kernel Holding S.A.?: Kernel Holding S.A. 19, rue de Bitbourg L-1273 Luxembourg | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | KERNEL HOLDING S.A. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | KERNEL HOLDING S.A. | | Spożywczy (spo) | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | L-1331 | | Luksemburg | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | rue de Bitbourg | | 19 | | | | | | | | | |
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