Pursuant to par. 4.1.3.3 of the Rulebook of the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), EKTER S.A. hereby announces that the Annual Ordinary General Assembly of its shareholders was held on 30/06/2010 at the company΅¦s headquarters, in Athens. The Ordinary General Assembly was attended in person or by representation by seven (7) shareholders who had blocked in due time 5,474,645 out of a total of 11,250,000 shares, representing 48.653% of the company΅¦s total paid-p share capital. In addition, one shareholder who blocked overdue 179,000 shares corresponding to 1.591% of the company’s paid-up share capital was present, after the General Assembly unanimously gave him permission to attend the meeting.
As a whole, eight (8) shareholders were present, who were holders of 5,653,645 shares corresponding to 50.250% of the company΅¦s paid-up share capital.
Since the necessary quorum was achieved, as required in the law and the company΅¦s articles of association, the General Assembly deliberated and unanimously passed resolutions on all the items of the agenda as follows:
- Approved the Annual Financial Statements of the fiscal year 01/01/2009 ΅V 31/12/2009 and the relevant reports prepared by the Board of Directors and the Certified Auditor.
- Decided to distribute a dividend equal to Euro 0.05 per company share from the profits generated in 2009. It should be noted that, out of the said amount, a 10% dividend tax shall be deducted pursuant to article 18, par. 1 of Law No. 3697/2008. Monday, 26„QJuly 2009 was set as the dividend cut-off date. Thus from that date onward, company shares will be traded on the Athens Stock Exchange without the right to collect a dividend. Any holders of company shares who are registered in the records of the Dematerialized Securities System (DSS) on 28 July 2009 shall be entitled to dividend. The dividend for the fiscal year 2009 shall be paid on 2 August 2010 through PIRAEUS BANK.
- Decided to relieve the members of the Board of Directors and the Certified Auditor-Accountant of all indemnification liability for the fiscal year 2009.
- Approved the fees and all kinds of remunerations paid to the members of the Board of Directors in the previous fiscal year 2009, gave preliminary approval for the fees and remunerations to be paid to the members of the Board of Directors in the current fiscal year 2010, and authorized the Board of Directors to adjust such fees up to double the previous amounts.
- Appointed the Auditors΅¦ Firm £EDO ΅V PROTYPOS HELLENIC AUDITING COMPANY S.A., with Auditing Firms Register No (AMEE) 111, to audit the 2010 financial statements, with Mr. ANAGNOS TH. LYMBERIS with SOEL Reg. No. 11241 as certified auditor, and Mr. EVRIPIDIS AR. LEMBESOPOULOS with SOEL Reg. No. 16241 as deputy auditor.