Convocation of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders


Telšiai, Lithuania, 2014-03-28 14:38 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- By the initiative and decision of the Board of Žemaitijos Pienas, AB, the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of AB Žemaitijos Pienas (head office: Sedos Str. 35, Telšiai, company code: 180240752) is being convened on 25 April, 2014.  

The venue of the Meeting: a meeting room of Žemaitijos Pienas, AB, located at Sedos Str. 35, Telšiai.

Opening of the Meeting: 3:00 p.m. (registration of shareholders starts at 2:00 p.m.).

The Accounting Day of the Meeting: 21 April, 2014 (only those persons, who will be counted as the shareholders at the end of the Accounting Day of the Meeting, or their proxies, or persons with whom an agreement for transfer of voting rights is concluded shall be entitled to attend and vote at the General Meeting of Shareholders).

The Day of Accounting of Property Rights: 12 May 2014 (the shareholders shall be entitled to use their property rights, emerging from decisions of the General Meeting, in proportion to the number of shares held at the end of the Day of Accounting of Property Rights).

Proposed agenda of the Meeting:

1. Presentation of the Company's Audit Committee's Report.

2. Presentation of the Auditor's Report and Annual Consolidated Financial Report for the year 2013.

3. Approval of the Company’s Annual Consolidated Financial Statements for the year 2013.

4. Approval of the Company's income (loss) allocation for the year 2013.

5.  The Company's Supervisory Board members and election  of new members.

6. Other issues.

The Company shall not provide possibility of attending and voting at the General Meeting through electronic communication channels.

Draft resolutions on agenda items of the General Meeting, all the documents to be submitted to the General Meeting, and information related to the implementation of rights of the shareholders will be posted at the Company's website  http://www.zpienas.lt under menu item “Investuotojams” (For Investors) no later than 21 days prior to the Meeting.

Each shareholder holding shares that grant at least 1/20 of the voting rights, as well as other persons specified by law, shall have the right of proposing amendments to the agenda of the General Meeting by submitting draft resolutions on the proposed issues (in case, when the resolution is not required - an explanation) together with each proposal. The proposals to supplement the agenda shall be submitted in writing.

The proposals to add additional items to the agenda may be submitted according to the deadlines laid down in Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania. 

The shareholders shall be entitled to submit the questions concerning the agenda of the Meeting in advance. The shareholders may submit the above mentioned questions by e-mail no later than 3 working days before the date of the Meeting. The Company will answer the submitted questions by e-mail before the Meeting. The Company will not provide a shareholder with the answer to his/her/its question personally, if the relevant information is posted at the Company's website, i.e. http://www.zpienas.lt. 

When registering to attend the Meeting, the shareholders or their proxies will be asked to present an identity document. The proxies of the shareholders must submit the duly authorised proxy documents. The proxy issued by a natural person has to be notarized. The Power of Attorney issued in a foreign state must be accompanied by a translation into the Lithuanian language and duly legalized according to the law. The representative may be authorized by more than one shareholder and can vote differently according to the instructions given by each shareholder. The Company does not determine a special form of proxy. 

A shareholder, who owns shares of the Company acquired on his/her/its own name however for the interests of other persons, before voting at the General Meeting of Shareholders shall disclose to the Company the identity of the final client, the number of voting shares and the content of given voting instructions or any other explanation related to the participation and voting at the General Meeting agreed with the client. The shareholder may vote with such votes attached to part of shares differently from votes attached to the other part of shares.    

A shareholder or his/her/its proxy may vote in advance in writing by filling in a General Ballot Paper. The form of the General Ballot Paper will be posted at the Company's website http://www.zpienas.lt under the menu item “Investuotojams” (For Investors) no later than 21 days prior to the Meeting date. In case of a written request by the shareholder, the Company shall send the General Ballot Paper by registered mail or deliver it in person against signature no later than 10 days prior to the Meeting date. The filled in General Ballot Paper must be signed by the shareholder or his/her/its proxy. In case when the General Ballot Paper is signed by the proxy, a document certifying the right to vote shall be attached to it. The filled in General Ballot Paper along with the accompanying documents (if needed) must be presented by registered mail to the address: Žemaitijos Pienas, AB, Sedos Str. 35, Telšiai direct to the Company's secretary office no later than the last working day before the Meeting.                      

         Gintaras Keliauskas
         AB Žemaitijos Pienas
         Lawyer
         More information
         Phone: + 370 444 22208