Press Releases 2017

 Invitation to Extraordinary General Meeting
of 26 October 2017
Of the Shareholders of the SΑ
According to the law and the Articles of Association of the company, the Board of Directors invites the shareholders of the HELLENIC MARKET INDUSTRY OF MARBLE TECHNICAL AND TOURISM COMPANY IKTINOS HELLAS SA to an Extraordinary General Meeting on October 26, 2017, at Thursday, at 12:00 pm. at the offices of the company in Lykovrysis 7 - Metamorfosi, for discussion and decision making on the following issues:
1. Purchase of own shares
2. The distribution of profits from previous years
The right to participate and vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting has those who appear as shareholders of IKTINOS HELLAS SA in the Records of the Securities System managed by HELLENIC EXCHANGES SA (HELEX) which holds the securities of the Company at the beginning of the fifth day (record date: 21 October 2017) preceding the Extraordinary General Meeting. Demonstration of the shareholding is done by presenting a relevant written certificate of "HELEX" or, alternatively, by direct online connection of the Company with the archives of "HELEX". The relevant written statement or electronic certification regarding shareholder status must be received by the Company no later than the third day before the General Meeting. The Company is deemed to be entitled to participate and vote in the General Meeting only whoever has the status of shareholder at the above registration date. In case of non-compliance with the provisions of article 28a of CL. 2190/1920, the shareholders participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting only after its permission.
It should be noted that the exercise of the voting rights does not imply the freezing of the shares of the beneficiary or the observance of another similar procedure, which restricts the possibility of selling and transferring them during the period between the recording date and the date of the General Meeting.
Each shareholder may take part and vote either in person or by signing a power of attorney appointing up to three (3) representatives. Legal persons participate in the General Meeting appointing as their representatives up to three (3) natural persons. However, if the shareholder holds shares that appear in more than one securities account, this limitation does not prevent the shareholder from designating different dealers for the shares appearing in each securities account in relation to the General Meeting. A representative acting for more than one shareholder may vote differently for each shareholder. The shareholder's shareholder is required to disclose to the Company, prior to the commencement of the General Meeting, any specific event that may be useful to shareholders to assess the risk that the agent may serve interests other than the interests of the shareholder. For the purposes of this paragraph, a conflict of interest may arise, in particular where the agent:
a) is a shareholder exercising control over the Company or is another legal entity or entity controlled by that shareholder,
b) is a member of the Board of Directors or the General Administration of the Company or a shareholder exercising control over the Company or any other legal person or entity controlled by a shareholder exercising control over the Company,
c) is an employee or statutory auditor of the Company or a shareholder exercising control over the Company or any other legal person or entity controlled by a shareholder exercising control over the Company,
(d) is a spouse or relative of first degree with one of the natural persons referred to in (a) to (c). The appointment and revocation of a shareholder's representative is made in writing and is filed with the Company at its headquarters or sent by fax (210 2818574) at least three (3) days before the date of the General Meeting. The Articles of Incorporation of the Company do not provide for the possibility to participate in the General Meeting by electronic means without the physical presence of the shareholders at the place of its conduct or the possibility of remote participation of the shareholders in the voting.At the request of shareholders representing one twentieth (1/20) of the paid up share capital, the Board of Directors of the Company is obliged to include on the agenda of the General Meeting additional issues if the relevant application is received by the Board of Directors until 11.10.2017, at least fifteen (15) days before the General Assembly. An application for inclusion of additional items on the agenda is accompanied by a justification or by a draft decision for approval by the General Meeting and the revised agenda is published in the same way as the previous agenda on 13.10.2017, ie thirteen (13) days before the date of the General Meeting and at the same time it is made available to the shareholders on the Company's web site together with the justification or the draft resolution submitted by the shareholders according to the provisions of article 27 par. .N. 2190/1920.
At the request of shareholders representing one twentieth (1/20) of the paid up share capital, the Board of Directors makes available to the shareholders according to the provisions of article 27 par. 2190/1920, no later than 20.10.2017, ie at least six (6) days prior to the date of the General Meeting, draft decisions on issues included in the original or revised agenda if the relevant application is received by the Board of Directors until 19.10.2017, ie seven (7) days prior to the date of the General Meeting.
At the request of any shareholder submitted to the Company by 21.10.2017, ie at least five (5) full days before the General Meeting, the Board of Directors is obliged to provide the General Meeting with the requested specific information on the Company's affairs, at a measure that is useful for the actual assessment of the items on the agenda. The Board of Directors may provide a single response to shareholder requests with the same content. No obligation to provide information exists when the relevant information is already available on the Company's website, in particular in the form of questions and answers.
At the request of shareholders representing one fifth (1/5) of the paid up share capital submitted to the Company by 21.10.2017, ie at least five full days before the General Meeting, the Board of Directors is obliged to provide to the General Meeting information on the course of corporate affairs and the Company's assets.
In all the above mentioned cases, the requesting shareholders have to prove their shareholding and the number of shares they hold in the exercise of the relevant right. Such proof shall also be the production of a certificate from the entity in which the relevant securities are held or the certification of the shareholding by direct electronic link between the entity and the Company.