GLOBE TRADE CENTRE S.A.
(Incorporated and registered in Poland with KRS No. 61500)
(Share code on the WSE: GTC.S.A)
(Share code on the JSE: GTC ISIN: PLGTC0000037)
(“GTC” or “the Company”)
The Management Board of Globe Trade Centre S.A. (the “Company”) hereby informs that pursuant to Articles 9.1.1, 9.1.2 and 9.1.3 of the Company’s Articles of Association, Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne PZU SA, with its registered seat in Warsaw, acting on behalf of Otwarty Fundusz Emerytalny PZU “Złota Jesień” (the “Entitled Shareholder”), has appointed Ryszard Wawryniewicz to the Company’s Supervisory Board for a three-year term of office commencing on 26 September 2017.
Pursuant to the attached deposit certificate, the Entitled Shareholder holds 47,963,266 shares in the Company, which constitute 10.20% of the Company’s share capital and entitle the holder thereof to 10.20% of the votes at the general meeting of the Company.
Ryszard Wawryniewicz graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and History at Wrocław University. Between 1997 and 2001 he was a Member of Parliament. In 2002 he became a Member of the Management Board of Invest Bank S.A. Between 2002 and 2005 Mr. Wawryniewicz was Deputy City Mayor of Świdnica. Between 2005 and 2007 he was a Member of Parliament and between 2007-2010 he was Deputy Starost at Poviat Starost office of Świdnica, In 2011 Mr. Wawryniewicz become the President of the Board of Inwestycje Świdnickie Sp. z o.o. which post he held until 2013. Since 2014 he has been a Business Advisor. Mr Wawryniewicz has held a position of Member of the Supervisory Board of PZU Życie S.A., where he has been a Chairman of the Strategy and Development Committee and Member of the Supervisory Board of PZU Zdrowie Sp. z o.o.
According to his statement, Ryszard Wawryniewicz is not entered in the register of insolvent debtors maintained in compliance with the Act on the National Court Register dated 20 August 1997, does not perform any activities outside of the Company’s business which could be considered competitive with respect thereto, does not participate in any competitive business either as a partner in a civil partnership or any other type of partnership, and is not a member of the authorities of any competitive company or any other competitive entity.
According to his statement, Ryszard Wawryniewicz fulfils the independence criteria as specified in Annex No. II to Commission Recommendation 2005/162/EC of 15 February 2005 on the role of non-executive or supervisory directors of listed companies and on the committees of the (supervisory) board and certain additional requirements set forth in the Best Practice of GPW Listed Companies attached to Resolution No. 27/1414/2015 adopted by the Warsaw Stock Exchange Management Board on 13 October 2015.
Legal grounds: Paragraph 5 sec. 1 point 22 of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance dated 19 February 2009 on the submission of current and periodical information by issuers of securities and on the conditions for treating as equivalent information required by the laws of a country which is not a member of the European Union.