Pursuant to par. 4.1.3.3. of the Articles of Incorporation of the Athens Stock Exchange, the company EKTER S.A. hereby announces that the Annual Ordinary General Assembly of its shareholders was held on 26/06/2009 at the company’s headquarters, in Athens. The Annual Ordinary General Assembly was attended in person or by representation by nine (9) shareholders representing 5,111,565 out of a total of 11,250,000 shares, representing 45.43% of the company’s total paid up share capital. Since the necessary quorum was achieved, as required in the law and the company’s articles of incorporation, the General Assembly deliberated and passed resolutions on all the items of the agenda unanimously as follows:
- Approved the Annual Financial Statements of the fiscal year 01/01/2008 – 31/12/2008 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 2008. 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, 27 July 2009 was set as the dividend cut-off date. Thus from that date onward, the company’s shares will be traded on the Athens Stock Exchange without the right to collect a dividend. Any holders of company shares upon completion of the trading session of the Athens Stock Exchange on 29 July 2009 shall also be entitled to collect dividend. The dividend for the fiscal year 2008 shall be paid on 4 August 2009 through PIRAEUS BANK.
- Decided to relieve the members of the Board of Directors and the Certified Auditor of all indemnification liability for the fiscal year 2008.
- Approved the fees and all kinds of remunerations paid to the members of the Board of Directors in the previous fiscal year 2008, gave preliminary approval for the fees and remunerations to be paid to the members of the Board of Directors in the current fiscal year 2009, and authorized the Board of Directors to adjust such fees up to double the previous amounts.
- Elected the new Board of Directors for the following five years. The following members were elected :
- Athanasios Sipsas
- Ioannis Kavetsos
- Konstantinos Stoumbos
- Ioannis Alexandris
- Androniki Ioannidou
- Annoula Kaminioti
- Mr. Ioannis Alexandris, Mrs. Androniki Ioannidou and Mrs Annoula Kaminioti were appointed as independent members.
- Decided to establish a three-member Audit Committee, pursuant to article 37 of Law No. 3693/2008, comprising the independent non-executive members of the Board of Directors, Mr. Ioannis Alexandris, Mrs. Androniki Ioannidou and Mrs Annoula Kaminioti
- Appointed the Auditors’ Firm ΒDO – PROTYPOS HELLENIC AUDITING COMPANY S.A., with AMEE 111, to audit the 2009 financial statements, with Mr. ANAGNO TH. LYMBERIS with SOEL Reg. No. 11241 as certified auditor, and Mr. EVRIPIDIS AR. LEMBESOPOULOS with SOEL Reg. No. 16241 as deputy auditor.