The Management Board of Globe Trade Centre S.A. (the “Company”) hereby informs that the mandate of Mr Ryszard Wawryniewicz expired on the date of the Annual General Meeting (29 June 2021). 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 re-appointed Ryszard Wawryniewicz to the Company’s Supervisory Board for a new 3-years term, effective 29 June 2021. Appointment was made pursuant to Articles 9.1. of the Company’s Articles of Association.
Pursuant to the deposit certificate, the Entitled Shareholder holds 42,014,802 shares in the Company, which constitute 8.65% of the Company’s share capital and entitle the holder thereof to 8.65% of the votes at the general meeting of the Company.
Ryszard Wawryniewicz graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and History at Wrocław University. He also studied at the East European Studies at the University of Warsaw and at the Polish Institute of International Affairs in Warsaw. 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. Ryszard Wawryniewicz has been associated with the PZU S.A. Group since 2016 - held a position of a member of the supervisory board of Link 4 T.U. and member of the supervisory board of PZU Życie S.A., where he was the Chairman of the Strategy and Development Committee. He also was a member of Supervisory Board of PZU Zdrowie Sp. z o.o. Since 2018, Mr. Wawryniewicz has been an Advisor to the Management Board of PZU S.A./PZU Życie S.A. and a member of the Board of Curators of the National Institute Ossoliński in Wrocław
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.
Moreover, Mr. 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.
Legal basis: § 5 section 5 of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance of 29 March 2018 on current and periodic disclosures by issuers of securities and the conditions for recognising as equivalent the information that is required by the laws of a non-member state.