24th Annual General Meeting

The 24th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (hereinafter AGM) was summoned by the Board of Directors of Železiarne Podbrezová a.s. on 27 June 2016 with the following agenda:

1. Opening and election of the bodies of AGM (chairman, recorder of the minutes, persons to attest the minutes, persons to count the votes).
2. Annual report by the Board of Directors on the business activities, assets, and financial performance in 2015, and Information on the business plan.
3. Report on the activities of the Supervisory Board.
4. Approval of the separate and consolidated financial statements prepared as at 31 December 2015, the proposal for dividends, royalties, distribution of the profit for 2015, and appointment of auditor for the new accounting term.
5. Removal and election of members of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
6. Removal and election of members of the Supervisory Board.
7. Amendment of the Articles of the Company.
8. Conclusion.

Shareholders owning 90.29% of the voting rights were present at the AGM.

- The AGM approved the Annual Report submitted by the Board of Directors on business activities, assets, and financial performance in 2015, and the Information on the business plan.
- The Report on the activities of the Supervisory Board in 2015 was considered.
- The AGM approved the Separate and Consolidated Financial Statements prepared as at 31 December 2015. The AGM approved Deloitte Audit s.r.o. as the auditor for the new accounting term.
- The AGM approved payment of dividend and royalties from retained earnings from previous years 2004 - 2010 and distribution of profit for 2015 as follows: 
- All entities holding shares of Železiarne Podbrezová a.s. as of 4th July 2016 i.e. the decisive date for identification of recipients entitled to exercise the right to dividend, shall be entitled to payout of dividend in the amount of EUR 5.00 per share. Dividend shall be paid out within 60 days from the decisive day, at the expense of the Company. Dividend shall be paid out to an account via non-cash transfer, by means of a postal order or cash settlement of the issuer.

- Due to the expiry of the term of office, the AGM re-elected Ing. Vladimír Soták, Ing. Marian Kurčík, Ing. Július Kriváň, Ing. Mária Niklová, and Ing. Libor Schwarzbacher as the members of the Board of Directors.
- The AGM re-elected Ing. Vladimír Soták as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
- Due to the expiry of the term of office, the AGM re-elected Ing. Jozef Marčok and Luigi Cuzzolin as the members of the Supervisory Board.
- The AGM approved the amendment of the Articles of the Company. Amendment of the Articles relates to adding new lines of business: occupational health service, and services in agriculture and horticulture.