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DGAP-News: RNTS Media N.V. / Bekanntmachung der Einberufung zur Hauptversammlung RNTS Media N.V.: Bekanntmachung der Einberufung zur Hauptversammlung am 11.04.2017 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands mit dem Ziel der europaweiten Verbreitung gemäß §121 AktG 2017-03-03 / 15:05 Bekanntmachung gemäß §121 AktG, übermittelt durch DGAP - ein Service der EQS Group AG. Für den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist der Emittent verantwortlich. RNTS Media N.V. Amsterdam, Niederlande Notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of RNTS Media N.V. to be held on 11 April 2017 RNTS Media N.V. (the *Company*) invites its shareholders to its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (*EGM*) to be held at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, Apollolaan 15, 1077 AB Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 11 April 2017, at 12:00 hours CET. The language of the meeting shall be in English. The agenda items of the EGM will be as follows: *Agenda* 1. *Opening and Announcements* 2. *Proposal to amend the Articles of Association of the Company* (a) *Amendment 1 (vote)* (b) *Amendment 2 (vote)* (c) *Amendment 3 (vote)* 3. *Proposal to approve the Stock Option Plan (vote)* 4. *Supervisory Board* (a) *Changes to supervisory board profile (discussion)* (b) *Proposal to determine the remuneration for the members of the supervisory board (vote)* (c) *Proposal to approve the award of increased compensation to the chairman for duties performed in the financial year 2016 (vote)* 5. *Proposal to appoint the external auditor for the audit of the Annual Accounts 2016 and the Annual Accounts 2017 (vote)* 6. *Any other business and close of the meeting* *Meeting documents* The agenda above and the explanatory notes thereto, the proposals for the amendments of the articles of association, the profile for the supervisory board and the Stock Option Plan are all available free of charge on the Company's website: www.rntsmedia.com. *Record Date* The management board has determined that for this meeting the persons who will be considered as entitled to attend the general meeting, are those holders of shares who on 14 March 2017, after close of trading on the regulated market segment (_regulierter Markt_) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (_Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse_) (the *Record Date*), hold those rights and are registered as such in the administrations of their banks and brokers. *Registration to vote* Shareholders are entitled to vote up to the total number of shares that they held at the close of trading at the Record Date, provided they have registered their shares timely. A confirmation by the bank in which administration the shareholder is registered for the shares must be submitted to the Company, stating that such shares were registered in his/her name at the Record Date. With this confirmation, banks are furthermore requested to include the full address details of the relevant holder in order to be able to verify the shareholding on the Record Date in an efficient manner. The confirmation must be sent by the shareholder's bank to the Company, not later than on 4 April 2017. A copy of the confirmation may be sent by e-mail to agm@rntsmedia.com. Please send the original confirmation to the address of the Company listed below. The Company will send an email confirmation to the shareholder of the registration for the EGM. *Voting by Proxy* Notwithstanding the obligation to register for the meeting, the right to attend and to vote at the meeting may be exercised by a holder of a written proxy. A form of a written proxy is available on the Company's website. The written proxy must be received by the Company no later than on 4 April 2017, 17:30 hours CET. The proxy to represent a shareholder may (but needs not) be granted to Ms J.J.C.A. Leemrijse, civil law notary with Allen & Overy LLP, by sending an email with proxy and voting instructions to agm@rntsmedia.com no later than 4 April 2017 at 17:30 hours CET. Please send the original proxy to the address listed below. A copy of the written proxy must be shown at the registration prior to the start of the meeting. If you intend to instruct your custodian bank for any of the above, please be aware that their deadlines could be a number of days before those mentioned above. Please check with the individual institutions as to their cut-off dates. *Registration and identification at the meeting* Registration for admission to the meeting will take place from 11:00 hours CET until the commencement of the meeting at 12:00 hours CET. After this time registration is no longer possible. Persons entitled to attend the meeting may be asked for identification prior to being admitted by means of a valid identity document, such as a passport or driver's license. As of 27 February 2017 the issued share capital of the Company amounts to EUR 11,453,333.30, divided into 114,533,333 ordinary shares of EUR 0.10 each. For further information please see the Company's website www.rntsmedia.com. All communications to the Company or the management board in connection with the foregoing must be addressed to the Company as follows: RNTS Media N.V. attn.: Legal Department Johannisstrasse 20 10117 Berlin email: agm@rntsmedia.com *Berlin, Germany, 27 February 2017* The supervisory board and the management board PROXY For the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (*EGM*) of RNTS Media N.V. to be held at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, Apollolaan 15, 1077 AB Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 11 April 2017, at 12:00 PM CET. *The undersigned:* _________________________________________________________________________ (name) _________________________________________________________________________ (address) _________________________________________________________________________ (postal code and city) _________________________________________________________________________ (country) (the *Shareholder*) acting in his / her / its capacity as holder of ________________________(number) bearer shares in RNTS Media N.V., hereby grants a proxy to: A) ?: _________________________________________________________________________ (name) _________________________________________________________________________ (address) _________________________________________________________________________ (postal code and city) _________________________________________________________________________ (country) B) - Ms J.J.C.A. Leemrijse, civil law notary with Allen & Overy LLP (or her substitute), to represent the Shareholder at the EGM and to speak on behalf of the Shareholder and to vote the shares in respect of the items on the agenda for the EGM, in the manner set out below. In case no box is ticked the proxy is deemed to be given to Ms J.J.C.A. Leemrijse (or, as the case may be, her substitute). *No.* *Agenda* *For* *Against* *Abstain* 1. Opening and N.A. N.A. N.A. announcements 2. Proposal to N.A. N.A. N.A. amend the articles of association of the Company 2(a) Amendment 1 2(b) Amendment 2 2(c) Amendment 3 3. Proposal to approve the Stock Option Plan 4. Supervisory N.A. N.A. N.A. board remuneration 4(a) Changes to N.A. N.A. N.A. supervisory board profile 4(b) Proposal to determine the remuneration for the members of the supervisory board 4(c) Proposal to approve the award of increased compensation to the chairman for duties performed in the financial year 2016 5. Proposal to appoint the external auditor for the audit of the Annual Accounts 2016 and the Annual Accounts 2017 6. Any other N.A. N.A. N.A. business and close of the meeting Signed in _________________________________on ____________________ 2017. Signature: _________________________________ This proxy must be received by RNTS Media N.V. no later than on 4 April 2017 at 17:30 hours CET, by e-mail: agm@rntsmedia.com or by mail at the following address: RNTS Media N.V. attn.: Legal Department Johannisstrasse 20 10117 Berlin email: agm@rntsmedia.com Please send the original copy of the proxy by mail to the address listed above. Please note that the proxyholder, in order to be admitted to the meeting, shall be required to show at the entrance of the meeting (i) a copy of this proxy plus identification and (ii) the registration statement, delivered in accordance with the requirements set forth in the notice of the meeting. *Explanatory notes to the agenda of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (EGM) of RNTS Media N.V. (the Company) of 11 April 2017* *Agenda item 2* *Proposal to amend the articles of association of the Company* _(a) Amendment 1_ This item will be voted on. It is proposed to amend the articles of association of the Company for the purpose of changing the official name of the Company to Fyber N.V. At the 2016 AGM, the general meeting approved that the articles of association of the Company would be amended in connection to a rebranding of the Group, among other things, by adopting the Fyber brand at the level of the listed holding entity. It was approved to change the statutory name of the holding company to Fyber N.V. by an amendment of the articles of association of the Company. In the explanatory notes, it was stated that the deed of amendment of the articles of association of the Company would not be executed until after the settlement of the last
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tranche of the put option that was granted to the sellers of the Fyber shares as part of the acquisition of Fyber by the Company (reference is made to page 114 of the listing prospectus that is available via the website of the Company (www.rntsmedia.com/prospectus/). Because of the fact that, at the time of the convocation of this EGM, the last tranche of the put option has not yet been settled whereas the rebranding is envisaged to take place in Q2 of the financial year 2017, the general meeting will be requested to approve that the articles of association will be amended simultaneously with the rebranding and therefore irrespective of the closing of the put option, whereby the exact moment of implementation of the rebranding (and therefore the execution of the deed of amendment) will be decided by the management board. _(b) Amendment 2_ This item will be voted on. It is proposed to further amend the articles of association of the Company for the purpose of changing the form of the shares from bearer shares to registered shares. From the perspective of the Company, physical bearer shares represent a greater administrative burden compared to registered shares. Also the general concept of bearer shares has come under increased scrutiny of policy makers in connection to the possible misuse of bearer shares (see among other things recommendation 24 of the Financial Action Task Force (www.fatf-gafi.org)). For these reasons the Company intends to join an ever increasing number of listed companies in the process of complete dematerialisation of the Company's share capital by converting the Company's shares from bearer shares into registered shares. The bearer shares are currently embodied in three global bearer share certificates which will be cancelled upon the conversion and per which moment a new registered share certificate will be issued to Clearstream Frankfurt. Clearstream Frankfurt will be registered as the Company's shareholder in its register of shareholders. Since the Company's shares are listed and traded via the German giro system, the conversion will not affect the rights or obligations of the shareholders nor will it affect the share trade. _(c) Amendment 3_ This item will be voted on. It is proposed to further amend the articles of association of the Company for the purpose of allowing new shares to be issued at the expense of the reserves of the Company to participants in the Stock Option Plan. As is explained below under agenda item 3, it is proposed to amend the Stock Option Plan to facilitate a so-called cashless exercise of stock options by participants in the Stock Option Plan. To enable the Company to issue shares to the participants in the Stock Option Plan without the participants having to pay up these shares, the articles of association of the Company will provide that these shares may be issued expense of the reserves of the Company. The proposals under 2(a) through 2(c) also include the authorisation of each member of the management board and each civil-law notary (and deputy civil-law notary), paralegal and notarial assistant at Allen & Overy LLP, Attorneys at Law, Civil-Law Notaries and Tax Consultants, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to have the notarial deeds of amendment of the articles of association executed. *Agenda item 3* _Proposal to approve the Stock Option Plan_ This item will be voted on. In accordance with its remuneration policy, the Company uses a stock option programme for the purpose of awarding, retaining and attracting talented employees, service providers and executives. The management board and the supervisory board are of the opinion that share-based incentives increase commitment and motivation on the part of participants in the plan and therefore benefit the Company and create shareholder value. The share award programme for members of the management board and employees in the form of the Stock Option Plan was approved by the general meeting at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held on 1 April 2015. The Stock Option Plan (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes the Israeli subplan) was most recently amended in the 2016 AGM to accommodate the increase in the number of persons who are eligible to participate in the Stock Option Plan, as a consequence of not only organic growth of the Company but also because of the recent acquisitions of Falk, Heyzap and Inneractive. Reference is made to the explanatory notes to agenda item 6 of the 2016 AGM. As the Company considers the attractiveness of its stock option programme a key element of its employee and executive award proposition - and therefore for its further growth - the programme and the Stock Option Plan are periodically assessed and evaluated. From recent evaluations it became apparent that the way in which the programme is currently structured undermines the programme's attractiveness and therefore its purpose. This is a consequence of the fact that participants are required to pay the issue price for the new shares that are issued under the programme and must therefore have the resources required to pay up the issue price of the new shares (i.e. the strike price). Following a study of alternative exercise mechanisms, the supervisory board, upon recommendation of the remuneration committee, decided that the plan should allow for a so-called cashless exercise mechanism. Cashless exercise describes a mechanism whereby the value of the award is based on the number of options (*N*), the strike price of the stock option (*SP*) and the share price at the time of the exercise (*FMV*). The value of the award is then paid to the option holder in the form of shares in the capital of the Company whereby the number of shares that are awarded (*S*) will depend on the price for which shares are traded at the exercise date. The number of shares to which the participant will be entitled can therefore be calculated by using the following formula: N*(FMV - SP) S = ________________ FMV The nominal value of the shares (S) that are issued to the participants is paid at the expense of the reserves of the Company. The general meeting will be requested to resolve on the required amendment of the articles of association under agenda item 2(b) of the agenda for this EGM. The plan provides for a sell-to-cover mechanism whereby part of the share award can be sold in the market on behalf of the participant to cover the participant's personal taxes that are payable in connection with the award. Since the Stock Option Plan contains the terms and conditions of the share based remuneration for members of the management board, it will be submitted for approval by the general meeting in accordance with Section 2:135 paragraph 5 of the Dutch Civil Code. The revised Stock Option Plan is available as part of the 'EGM 2017 Annexes to Notice and Agenda' on the Company website (http://www.rntsmedia.com/agm-egm/). *Agenda item 4* *Supervisory Board* (a) _Changes to supervisory board profile_ This is a discussion item. Following the nomination of three new members by the supervisory board and the subsequent appointment of these members by the general meeting at the 2016 AGM, the supervisory board consisted of six members. The supervisory board strives to maintain such numerical composition as it not only benefits the overall expertise of the supervisory board but it allows different views and expertise to contribute to the decision making process which stimulates critical and well-balanced supervision by the supervisory board and therefore benefits the Company and its stakeholders. In accordance with article 2.1 of its by-laws, the supervisory board resolved on 13 February 2017 that it shall be composed of six members. The supervisory board considered that, although its six member configuration has been effective since the 2016 AGM and has been approved by the boards and the general meeting, this was not yet reflected in the by-laws of the supervisory board and the supervisory board profile which consequently needed to be updated accordingly. (b) _Proposal to determine the remuneration for the members of the supervisory board_ This item will be voted on. On 1 April 2015 the general meeting of the Company approved that, with effect from 1 January 2015, each of the members of the supervisory board is entitled to an annual remuneration of USD 100,000 or less at the discretion of the supervisory board. On 12 August 2015 the shares in the capital of the Company were admitted to trading on the regulated market segment (_Regulierter Markt_) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (_Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse_) with simultaneous admission to the sub-segment of the regulated market with additional post-admission obligations of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (*Prime Standard*). As a consequence of the listing on a premium market, the tasks and responsibilities of the supervisory board substantially increased. This required changes to be made to the supervisory board both in respect of its size and composition. These changes were effected in the course of the financial year 2016 by the appointment of three independent members of the supervisory board and the establishment of the supervisory board committees. For the chairman of the supervisory board, the more pronounced role of the supervisory board in the areas of, among other things, governance and risk management resulted in an increase in tasks and responsibilities. It is proposed that, effective from 1 January 2017, the annual remuneration of the chairman of the supervisory board will be EUR 200,000. The annual remuneration for all other members of the supervisory board will be EUR 100,000. The remuneration can be adjusted downwards at the discretion of the supervisory board. It is noted that, directors will be remunerated in EUR instead of USD. To the extent this resulted in an increase in remuneration as a consequence
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of the applied exchange ratio this agenda item includes the approval of such increase as a consequence of the change in currency. The Company deems such a change sensible since the Company reports in euro in its annual accounts and since rewards of directors of many of the companies that are currently regarded as the Company's main peer group are euro denominated which makes it easier to come to a transparent comparison of, among other things, the reward structure within this group of companies. The actual payment of the supervisory board remuneration for the financial year 2015 took place at the same time as the remuneration for the first half of 2016 in the form of lump sum payments of USD 150,000 to each of the three members of the supervisory board who were in office for the duration of this entire period. From 1 July 2016 onwards payment of the remuneration will also be effected in quarterly instalments (payable at the start of every quarter) during the financial year to which the remuneration relates. The award of the 2015 remuneration for members of the supervisory board was not reflected in the 2015 accounts. The management board and supervisory board are of the opinion that such information does not result in the accounts to materially fail in providing the necessary insight (_ernstige mate tekort schieten in het geven van inzicht_) as referred to in Section 2:362 paragraph 6 of the Dutch Civil Code. Approval of this proposal also includes the approval of the remuneration offered to Mr Yaron Valler who has been designated as interim member of the supervisory board by the supervisory board following the resignation of Mr Kavanaugh (reference is made to the press release published by the Company on 13 February 2017). Since Mr Valler will be performing the tasks and duties of a member of the supervisory board Mr Valler will be awarded on equal terms as the members of the supervisory board, effective as of the date of his appointment. (c) _Proposal to approve the award of increased compensation to the chairman for duties performed in the financial year 2016_ This item will be voted on. As explained under agenda item 4(b) the change in the Company's profile to a company with shares listed on the regulated market as of 2015 resulted in a significant increase in the duties and responsibilities of the supervisory directors compared to previous year. This especially applied to the chairman who is first point of contact and actively involved in numerous company matters, including the 2016 tap issue of senior, unsecured convertible bonds. Consequently, the involvement and responsibilities of the chairman exceed the scope of work of other members of the supervisory board, and has done so since upgrading the listing to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in August 2015. It is therefore that, as an acknowledgement of these services, the supervisory board, upon the proposal of the remuneration committee, proposes to apply the revised remuneration of the chairman as referred to in agenda item 4(b) to Mr Van Daele retroactively as per 1 January 2016. Approval of this proposal results in the one-off additional award for the chairman of EUR 100,000 to reflect such retroactive increase in remuneration. It is noted that Mr Van Daele did not participate in the decision making process within the supervisory board in connection to this agenda item. *Agenda item 5* _Proposal to appoint the external auditor for the audit of the Annual Accounts 2016 and the Annual Accounts 2017_ This item will be voted on. No agreement was reached between the Company and Ernst & Young Accountants LLP about the engagement for the audit of the Annual Accounts 2016. As soon as it became apparent that no agreement could be reached with Ernst & Young Accountants LLP, the audit committee, with close involvement of the CFO, approached other accountant firms for the audit of the Annual Accounts 2016. The appointment of the external auditor would also apply to the audit of the Annual Accounts 2017. The resolution to appoint an external auditor therefore constitutes a revocation of the resolutions by the general meeting to appoint an external auditor for the fiscal year 2016 that were adopted at 2015 AGM and the 2016 AGM respectively. Upon recommendation by the audit committee, the supervisory board proposes to instruct Grant Thornton Accountants en Adviseurs B.V. to audit the Annual Accounts 2016 and the Annual Accounts 2017. When making its recommendation to the supervisory board, the audit committee in its accompanying proposal to the supervisory board has chosen Grant Thornton from the very select group of audit firms that have the required expertise of performing audits on Dutch listed companies with international operations. An update on the status of the preparation and audit of the Annual Accounts 2016 will be provided under this agenda item. As announced in its engagement letter of 9 February 2017, Grant Thornton indicated that it will start its audit as a new auditor to the Company only following the formal appointment as the Company's auditor by the general meeting. Due to this late appointment it will not have completed its audit by the end of April 2017. Consequently, the Company will not be able to meet certain filing deadlines imposed by applicable regulations under Dutch and German laws. The Company expects the auditor to be able to complete its audit of the Annual Accounts 2016 around July 2017, in which case the Annual Accounts 2016 can be submitted for approval to the general meeting at the 2017 AGM following such date. *Allen & Overy LLP* RNTS Media N.V. - Voorstel STW 2-K ENG JL/RH/hv/0104738-0000015 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF RNTS Media N.V., with its official seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. dated 27 February 2017, as it will be presented at the Company's general meeting of shareholders, to be held on 11 April 2017, for its approval. *Office translation* In preparing this document, an attempt has been made to translate as literally as possible without jeopardizing the overall continuity of the text. Inevitably, however, differences may occur in translation, and if they do, the Dutch text will govern by law. In this document, Dutch legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their original Dutch terms; the concepts concerned may not be identical to concepts described by the English terms as such terms may be understood under the laws of other jurisdictions. ALLEN & OVERY The following proposal contains two columns. The text of the current Articles of Association is stated in the left column and the text of the proposed new text is stated in the right column. In addition, general explanatory notes discussing the key issues of the proposed changes are available separately as part of the explanatory notes to the agenda. *Agenda item 2 (a) - Amendment 1 - Bold* _Agenda item 2 (b) - Amendment 2 - Italic_ Agenda item 2 (c) - Amendment 3 - Underlined *Current text:* *Proposed new text:* *CHAPTER 1.* *Article 1. Definitions and Construction.* 1.1 In these Articles of Association, the following terms have the following meanings: *Company* means the company the internal organization of which is governed by these Articles of Association. *External Auditor* has the meaning ascribed to that term in Article 28.1. *General Meeting* or *General Meeting of Shareholders* means the body of the Company consisting of those in whom as a Shareholder or otherwise the voting rights on Shares are vested or a meeting of such persons (or their representatives) and other persons holding Meeting Rights. *Management Board* means the management board of the Company. *Managing Director* means a member of the Management Board, unless the contrary appears, this definition includes both a Managing Director A as well as a Managing Director B. *Managing Director A* means a Managing Director A, appointed as such by the General Meeting. *Managing Director B* [.] means a Managing Director B, appointed as such by the General Meeting. *Meeting Rights* means _Share the right to be [.] certific invited to General ate Meetings of means a Shareholders and to share speak at such certific meetings, as a ate Shareholder or as a issued person to whom these for a rights have been share in attributed in the accordance with capital Article 11. of the Company. _ *Share* means a share in the capital of the Company. *Shareholder* means a holder of one or more Shares. *Supervisory Board* means the supervisory board of the Company. *Supervisory Director* means a member of the Supervisory Board. 1.2 A message *in writing* means a message transmitted by letter, by telecopier, by e-mail or by any other means of electronic communication provided the relevant message or document is legible and reproducible, and the term *written* is to be construed accordingly. 1.3 The Management Board, the Supervisory Board and the General Meeting each
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constitutes a distinct body of the Company. 1.4 References to *Articles* refer to articles which are part of these Articles of Association, except where expressly indicated otherwise. 1.5 Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions contained and not otherwise defined in these Articles of Association bear the same meaning as in the Dutch Civil Code. References in these Articles of Association to the law are references to provisions of Dutch law as it reads from time to time. *CHAPTER 2. NAME, OFFICIAL *CHAPTER 2. SEAT AND OBJECTS.* NAME, OFFICIAL SEAT AND OBJECTS.* *Article 2. Name and *Article 2. Official Seat.* Name and Official Seat.* 2.1 The Company's name is: *2.1* *The RNTS Media N.V. Company' s name is:* *Fyber N.V.* 2.2 The official seat of [.] the Company is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. *Article 3. Objects.* The objects of the Company are: (a) to incorporate, to participate in any way whatsoever in, to manage, to supervise businesses and companies; (b) to publish and develop mobile applications; (c) to publish online games; (d) to provide digital content and related services and advice to mobile network operators; (e) to develop and provide educational soft- and hardware and to manage and market a portfolio of digital edutainment content; (f) to develop and exploit a mobile advertising platform that provides supporting services to developers of mobile and digital applications; (g) to render advice and commercial services for businesses and companies with which it forms a group; (h) to acquire, manage, market and sell businesses and asset values in the mobile applications and online games industry, on its own name and account, not for third parties; (i) to borrow and to raise funds, including the issue of bonds, promissory notes or other securities or evidence of indebtedness as well as to enter into agreements in connection with aforementioned activities provided that such activities do not implicate that the Company performs financial or otherwise regulated services or activities or otherwise is considered as regulated by the supervisory authorities of the country where the Company performs such activities; and (j) to perform other activities in so far as they are closely connected with the abovementioned activities. *Chapter 3. SHARES AND SHARE CAPITAL.* *Article 4. Authorised Capital and Shares.* 4.1 The authorised capital of the Company amounts to forty million euro (EUR 40,000,000). 4.2 The authorised capital is divided into four [.] hundred million (400,000,000) Shares, having a nominal value of ten eurocent (EUR 0.10) each. 4.3 All Shares are in _4.3_ _All bearer form. Shares are register ed shares._ _4.4_ Share certific ates can be issued for all Shares by the Company. The Manageme nt Board, in agreemen t with the Supervis ory Board, shall decide upon form and contents of the Share certific ates. Without prejudic e to Article 5, the Company shall be entitled to document its total nominal capital by one or several multiple Share certific ates. The Sharehol ders' claim to the issuance of individu al share certific ates shall be excluded unless such issuance is required in accordan ce with the regulati ons valid at a stock exchange at which the Shares are admitted . _4.5_ All Share certific ates are signed by two members of the Manageme nt Board and cannot be transfer red. In case (part of) the Shares describe d on the Share certific ate are transfer red, the holder of such Share certific ate will turn in such Share certific ate to be destroye d by the Manageme nt Board. A new Share certific ate can subseque
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ntly be issued to the new holder of the relevant Shares. _4.6_ _In case of a lost Share certific ate, the Manageme nt Board can under conditio ns determin ed by them, issue a duplicat e certific ate. The duplicat e certific ates will state that these involve duplicat es. All costs involved in this context are for the account of the Sharehol der who has lost the Share certific ate._ *Article 5. Bearer Shares; _Article 5. (Global) Share Register of certificates.* Shareholders._ 5.1 Share certificates _5.1_ _The will be issued for Company bearer Shares. The must Share certificates may keep a represent more than register one Share. Share of certificates will be Sharehol signed with due ders. observance of Article The 15.1. The share register certificates will be may numbered and may be consist provided with of additional various characteristics as to parts be determined by the which Management Board. The may be form, text and design kept in of the Share differen certificates will be t places determined by the and each Management Board. may be kept in more than one copy and in more than one place as determin ed by the Manageme nt Board. _ 5.2 At the written request _5.2_ Shares of or on behalf of an included interested party, the in the Management Board may statutor issue duplicates for y giro Share certificates, system dividend sheets, will be talons or dividend register coupons which have ed in been lost, mislaid or the name damaged under such of conditions, including central publications, to be institut decided in each e or an individual case by the intermed Management Board and iary. subject to the Holders approval of the of Supervisory Board. It Shares must be clear from the that are new documents to be not issued that they are included duplicates. As a in the result of the issue of statutor duplicates, the y giro original documents system, will be rendered null as well and void towards the as each Company. All related usufruct costs will be for uary and account of the each applicant and shall be pledgee paid prior to the of such duplicates being Shares, issued. are obliged to furnish their names and addresse s to the Company in writing; these will be recorded in the register of Sharehol ders. The Manageme nt Board will supply anyone recorded in the register on request and free of charge with an extract from the register relating to his right to Shares. 5.3 The Management Board _5.3_ _The may with the approval register of the Supervisory will be Board provide that all kept up bearer Shares are to date. embodied in one or The more (global) Share Manageme certificates with nt Board (global) dividend will set coupons attached. Such rules (global) Share with certificate shall be respect given into the custody to the of an international signing central custodian to of be designated by the registra Management Board. This tions central institution and shall keep the Share entries certificate for and on in the behalf of the title register holders in a of collective deposit and Sharehol it is irrevocably ders._ entrusted with the administration of the Share certificate. For the application of these Articles of Association the entitled participant in a collective deposit of bearer Shares as referred to in this Article 5.3 shall be considered to be a Shareholder. _5.4_ _Section 2:85 of the Dutch Civil Code applies to the register of Sharehol ders._ *Article 6. Resolution to Issue; Conditions of Issuance.* 6.1 Shares may be issued pursuant to a resolution of the General Meeting. This competence concerns all non-issued Shares
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of the Company's authorised capital, except insofar as the competence to issue Shares is vested in another body of the Company in accordance with Article 6.2 hereof. 6.2 Shares may be issued pursuant to a resolution of another body of the Company, if and insofar as such body is designated competent to do so by the General Meeting. Such designation can be made each time for a maximum period of five years and can be extended each time for a maximum period of five years. A designation must determine the aggregate nominal value up to which Shares may be issued pursuant to a resolution of the other body. A resolution of the General Meeting to designate another body of the Company as competent to issue Shares can only be withdrawn at the proposal of the Management Board which has been approved by the Supervisory Board, unless provided otherwise in the resolution to make the designation. 6.3 A resolution of the General Meeting to issue Shares or to designate another body of the Company as competent to do so can only be adopted at the proposal of the Management Board which has been approved by the Supervisory Board. 6.4 A resolution of the Management Board to issue Shares requires the approval of the Supervisory Board. 6.5 The foregoing provisions of this Article 6 apply by analogy to the granting of rights to subscribe for Shares, but do not apply to the issuance of Shares to a person exercising a right to subscribe for Shares previously granted. 6.6 The body of the 6.6 The body Company resolving to of the issue Shares or to Company grant rights to resolvin subscribe for Shares g to must determine the issue issue price and the Shares other conditions of or to issuance in the grant resolution to issue. rights It may also determine to that the Shares subscrib concerned will, in e for whole or in part, be Shares issued and paid-up at must the expense of the determin Company's reserves. e the issue price and the other conditio ns of issuance in the resoluti on to issue. It may also determin e that the Shares concerne d will, in whole or in part, be issued and paid-up at the expense of the Company' s reserves . This includes any Shares that are issued to particip ants of the Company' s equity award programs , provided that such Shares are issued on the terms of such programs and that these equity award programs have been approved by the General Meeting of Sharehol ders. *Article 7. Pre-emptive Rights.* 7.1 Upon the issuance of Shares, each Shareholder will have pre-emptive rights in proportion to the aggregate nominal value of his Shares. A Shareholder will not have a pre-emptive right in respect of Shares issued against a non-cash contribution. Nor will the Shareholder have a pre-emptive right in respect of Shares issued to employees of the Company or of a group company _(groepsmaatschappij)_ . 7.2 Prior to each individual issuance, the pre-emptive rights may be restricted or excluded by a resolution of the General Meeting. However, with respect to an issue of Shares pursuant to a resolution of another body of the Company, the pre-emptive rights can be restricted or excluded pursuant to a resolution of such other body if and insofar as it is designated competent to do so by the General Meeting. The provisions of Articles 6.1, 6.2 and 6.4 apply by analogy. 7.3 A resolution of the General Meeting to restrict or exclude the pre-emptive rights or to designate another body of the Company as competent to do so can only be adopted at the proposal of the Management Board which has been approved by the Supervisory Board. 7.4 If a proposal is made to the General Meeting to restrict or exclude the pre-emptive rights, the reason for such proposal and the choice of the intended issue price must be set forth in the proposal in writing. 7.5 A resolution of the General Meeting to restrict or exclude the pre-emptive rights or to designate another body of the Company as competent to do so requires a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast, if less than one-half of the Company's issued capital is represented at the meeting. 7.6 When rights are granted to subscribe for Shares, the Shareholders will have pre-emptive rights in respect thereof; the foregoing provisions of this Article 7 apply by analogy. Shareholders will have no pre-emptive rights in respect of Shares issued to a person exercising a right to subscribe for Shares previously granted. *Article 8. Payment on Shares.* 8.1 Upon issuance of a Share, the full nominal value thereof must be paid-up, as well as the difference between the two amounts if the Share is subscribed for at a higher price, without prejudice to the provisions of Section 2:80 subsection 2 of the Dutch Civil Code, all without prejudice to the provision in Article 6.6, last sentence. 8.2 Payment for a Share must be made in cash insofar as no payment or contribution in any other form has been agreed on. 8.3 The Management Board is authorised to enter into legal acts relating to non-cash contributions and the other legal acts referred to in Section 2:94 of the Dutch Civil Code without the prior approval of the General Meeting, but subject to the approval of the Supervisory Board. 8.4 Payments for Shares and non-cash contributions are furthermore subject to the provisions of Sections 2:80, 2:80a, 2:80b and 2:94b of the Dutch Civil Code.
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*Article 9. Own Shares.* 9.1 When issuing Shares, the Company may not subscribe for its own Shares. 9.2 The Company is entitled to acquire its own fully paid-up Shares, or depositary receipts for Shares, provided either that no valuable consideration is given or that: (a) the Company's equity, after the deduction of the acquisition price, is not less than the sum of the paid-up and called-up part of the issued capital and the reserves which must be maintained by virtue of the law; and (b) the nominal value of the Shares which the Company acquires, holds, holds in pledge or which are held by a subsidiary _(dochtermaa tschappij)_, does not exceed fifty per cent (50%) of the Company's issued capital. For the purpose of applying provision (a), the amount of equity shown in the last adopted balance sheet, reduced by the acquisition price of Shares or depositary receipts for Shares the amount of loans as referred to in Section 2:98c, subsection 2 of the Dutch Civil Code and further reduced by distributions of profits or at the expense of reserves to others, which have become due from the Company and its subsidiaries after the balance sheet date, is decisive. An acquisition in accordance with this Article 9.2 is not permitted if more than six months have elapsed after the end of a financial year without the annual accounts having been adopted. 9.3 Acquisition for valuable consideration is permitted only if the General Meeting has authorised the Management Board to do so. Such authorization will be valid for a period not exceeding eighteen months. The General Meeting must determine in the authorization the number of Shares or depositary receipts for Shares which may be acquired, the manner in which they may be acquired and the limits within which the price must be set. In addition, the approval of the Supervisory Board is required for any such acquisition. 9.4 The Company may, without authorisation by the General Meeting, acquire its own Shares for the purpose of transferring such Shares to employees of the Company or of a group company _(groepsmaatschappij)_ under a scheme applicable to such employees, provided such Shares are quoted on the price list of a stock exchange. 9.5 Articles 9.2 and 9.3 do not apply to Shares or depositary receipts for Shares which the Company acquires by universal succession in title. 9.6 No voting rights may be exercised in the General Meeting with respect to any Share held by the Company or by a subsidiary _(dochtermaatschappij) _, or any Share for which the Company or a subsidiary _(dochtermaatschappij) _ holds the depositary receipts. No payments will be made on Shares which the Company holds in its own share capital. 9.7 The Management Board is authorised to alienate Shares held by the Company or depositary receipts for Shares, but only subject to the approval of the Supervisory Board. 9.8 Own Shares and depositary receipts for Shares are furthermore subject to the provisions of Sections 2:89a, 2:95, 2:98, 2:98a, 2:98b, 2:98c, 2:98d and 2:118 of the Dutch Civil Code. *Article 10. Reduction of the Issued Capital.* 10.1 The General Meeting may, but only at the proposal of the Management Board which has been approved by the Supervisory Board, resolve to reduce the Company's issued capital: (a) by cancellation of Shares; or (b) by reducing the nominal value of Shares by amendment of the Articles of Association. The Shares in respect of which such resolution is passed must be designated therein and provisions for the implementation of such resolution must be made therein. 10.2 A resolution to cancel Shares can only relate to Shares held by the Company itself or of which it holds the depositary receipts. 10.3 Reduction of the nominal value of the Shares without repayment and without release from the obligation to pay up the Shares shall take place proportionately on all Shares. The requirement of proportion may be deviated from with the consent of all Shareholders concerned. 10.4 Partial repayment on Shares or release from the obligation to make payments will only be possible for the purpose of execution of a resolution to reduce the nominal value of the Shares. Such repayment or release shall take place with regard to all Shares. 10.5 A reduction of the issued capital of the Company is furthermore subject to the provisions of Sections 2:99 and 2:100 of the Dutch Civil Code. *Article 11. Usufruct in Shares and Pledging of Shares; Depositary Receipts for Shares.* 11.1 A right of usufruct may be created on Shares. Whether the voting rights attached to the Shares on which a right of usufruct is created, are vested in the Shareholder or the usufructuary, is determined in accordance with Section 2:88 of the Dutch Civil Code. Shareholders, with or without voting rights, and the usufructuary with voting rights hold Meeting Rights. A usufructuary without voting rights does not hold Meeting Rights. 11.2 Shares may be pledged. No voting rights and/or Meeting Rights accrue to the pledgee of Shares which have been pledged. 11.3 Holders of depositary receipts for Shares are not entitled to Meeting Rights, unless the Company explicitly assigned these by a resolution to that effect of the Management Board which is approved by the Supervisory Board. *Chapter 4. THE MANAGEMENT BOARD.* *Article 12. Management Board Members.* 12.1 The number of Management Board members will be determined by the Supervisory Board after consultation with the Management Board. 12.2 The Supervisory Board appoints a chairman of the Management Board and, if deemed necessary, a vice-chairman, from among the Management Board members. 12.3 The Company must have a policy with respect to the remuneration of the Management Board members. This policy is determined by the General Meeting; the Supervisory Board will make a proposal to that end. The remuneration policy will include at least the subjects described in Sections 2:383c through 2:383e of the Dutch Civil Code, to the extent these subjects concern the Management Board. 12.4 The Supervisory Board will establish the remuneration and further conditions of employment for each Management Board member with due observance of the aforementioned policy. With respect to Share and Share option schemes, the Supervisory Board will submit a proposal for approval to the General Meeting. This proposal must at least state the number of Shares or options that can be awarded to the Management Board as well as the criteria that apply to any award or change. 12.5 Management Board members are entitled to an indemnity from the Company and D&O insurance, in accordance with the provisions of Article 26. *Article 13. Appointment, Suspension and Removal of Management Board Members.* 13.1 Management Board members will be appointed by the General Meeting of Shareholders. If the Management Board consists of more than
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one Managing Director, the General Meeting may designate Managing Directors A and Managing Directors B. 13.2 The Supervisory Board will nominate one or more candidates for each vacant seat and, if no Management Board members are in office, it will do so as soon as reasonably possible. 13.3 If the nomination by the Supervisory Board with respect to a vacant seat consists of a list of two or more candidates, such list is binding and the vacant seat must be filled by election of a person from the binding list of candidates. However, the General Meeting of Shareholders may, at any time, by a resolution passed with a two-third majority of the votes cast representing more than one-half of the Company's issued capital, resolve that such list is not binding. If such resolution is passed the provisions in Article 13.2 and in the first and second sentences of this Article 13.3 shall apply by analogy. A resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders to appoint a Management Board member other than pursuant to a nomination by the Supervisory Board requires a two-third majority of the votes cast representing more than one-half of the Company's issued capital. 13.4 At a General Meeting of Shareholders, votes in respect of the appointment of a Management Board member can only be cast for candidates named in the agenda of the meeting or explanatory notes thereto. If none of the candidates nominated by the Supervisory Board is appointed, the Supervisory Board retains the right to make a new binding or non-binding nomination at a next meeting. 13.5 A nomination or recommendation to appoint a Management Board member will state the candidate's age and the positions he holds or has held, insofar as these are relevant for the performance of the duties of a Management Board member. The nomination or recommendation must state the reasons on which they are based. 13.6 Each Management Board member may be suspended or removed by the General Meeting of Shareholders at any time. A resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders to suspend or remove a Management Board member other than pursuant to a proposal by the Supervisory Board requires a two-third majority of the votes cast representing more than one-half of the Company's issued capital. A Management Board member may also be suspended by the Supervisory Board. A suspension by the Supervisory Board may, at any time, be discontinued by the General Meeting of Shareholders. 13.7 Any suspension may be extended one or more times, but may not last longer than six months in aggregate. If, at the end of that period, no decision has been taken on termination of the suspension or on removal, the suspension will end. *Article 14. Duties, Decision-making Process and Allocation of Duties.* 14.1 The Management Board is entrusted with the management of the Company. In performing their duties, the Management Board members must act in accordance with the interests of the Company and its business. 14.2 The Management Board may establish rules regarding its decision-making process and working methods. In this context, the Management Board may also determine the duties for which each Management Board member is particularly responsible. The Supervisory Board may decide that such rules and allocation of duties be set forth in writing and that such rules and allocation of duties are subject to its approval. 14.3 Management Board resolutions at all times may be adopted in writing, provided the proposal concerned is submitted to all Management Board members then in office and none of them objects to this manner of adopting resolutions. Adoption of resolutions in writing will be effected by written statements from all Management Board members then in office. *Article 15. Representation.* 15.1 The Management Board is authorised to represent the Company. If the General Meeting has designated Managing Directors A and Managing Directors B, a Managing Director A acting solely or a Managing Director B and a Managing Director A acting jointly are also authorised to represent the Company. 15.2 The Management Board may appoint officers with general or limited power to represent the Company. Each officer shall be competent to represent the Company, subject to the restrictions imposed on him. The authority of an officer thus appointed may not extend to any situation where the Company has a conflict of interest with the officer concerned or with one or more Management Board members. *Article 16. Approval of Management Board Resolutions.* 16.1 The Management Board requires the approval of the General Meeting for resolutions entailing a significant change in the identity or character of the Company or its business, in any case concerning: (a) the transfer of (nearly) the entire business of the Company to a third party; (b) entering into or terminating a long term cooperation between the Company or a subsidiary _(dochtermaa tschappij)_ and another legal entity or company or as a fully liable partner in a limited partnership or general partnership, if such cooperation or termination is of fundamental importance for the Company; or (c) acquiring or disposing of a participatio n in the capital of a company if the value of such participatio n is at least one third of the sum of the assets of the Company according to its balance sheet and explanatory notes or, if the Company prepares a consolidated balance sheet, its consolidated balance sheet and explanatory notes according to the last adopted annual accounts of the Company, by the Company or a subsidiary _(dochtermaa tschappij)_. 16.2 The Supervisory Board is entitled to require resolutions of the Management Board to be subject to its approval. Such resolutions must be clearly specified and notified to the Management Board in writing. 16.3 The absence of approval required pursuant to this Article 16 will not affect the authority of the Management Board or its members to represent the Company. *Article 17. Conflicts of Interest.* 17.1 A Management Board member may not participate in deliberating or decision-making within the Management Board, if with respect to the matter concerned he has a direct or indirect personal interests that conflicts with the interests of the Company and the business connected with it. 17.2 The Managing Director who in connection with a (potential) conflict of interests does not exercise the duties and powers otherwise accruing to him as a Managing Director, will as such be regarded as a Managing Director who is unable to perform his duties
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within the meaning of Article 18. 17.3 In the event of a conflict of interests as referred to in Article 17.1, the provisions of Article 15.1 will continue to apply unimpaired. In addition, the Supervisory Board may, ad hoc or otherwise, appoint one or more persons to represent the Company in matters in which a (potential) conflict of interests exists between the Company and one or more Management Board members. *Article 18. Vacancy or Inability to Act.* 18.1 If a seat on the Management Board is vacant _(ontstentenis)_ or a Managing Director is unable to perform his duties _(belet)_, the remaining Managing Directors or Managing Director will be temporarily entrusted with the management of the Company. 18.2 If all seats on the Management Board are vacant or all Managing Directors or the sole Managing Director, as the case may be, are unable to perform their duties, the management of the Company will be temporarily entrusted to the Supervisory Board, with the authority to temporarily entrust the management of the Company to one or more Supervisory Directors and/or one or more other persons. 18.3 When determining to which extent Managing Directors are present or represented, consent to a manner of adopting resolutions, or vote, no account will be taken of vacant board seats and Managing Directors who are unable to perform their duties. *Chapter 5. THE SUPERVISORY BOARD.* *Article 19. Supervisory Board Members.* 19.1 The Company will have a Supervisory Board. 19.2 The number of Supervisory Board members will be determined by the Supervisory Board and will be at least three. If the number of Supervisory Board members in office is less than three, the Supervisory Board will take measures forthwith to increase the number of members, with due observance of the provisions of Article 20. 19.3 The remuneration of each Supervisory Board member will be fixed by the General Meeting of Shareholders and will not be dependent upon the profit of the Company. The Supervisory Board members are entitled to an indemnity from the Company and D&O insurance, in accordance with the provisions of Article 26. *Article 20. Appointment, Suspension and Removal of Supervisory Board Members.* 20.1 Supervisory Board members will be appointed by the General Meeting of Shareholders. 20.2 The Supervisory Board will nominate one or more candidates for each vacant seat. 20.3 The Supervisory Board may prepare a profile of its size and composition, taking account of the nature of the business, its activities and the desired expertise and background of the Supervisory Board members. The profile will be made generally available and will be posted on the Company's website. 20.4 A resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders to appoint a Supervisory Board member other than in accordance with a nomination by the Supervisory Board requires a majority of the votes cast representing at least one-third of the Company's issued capital. If a proposal to appoint a person not nominated by the Supervisory Board is supported by an absolute majority of the votes cast, but this majority does not represent at least one-third of the Company's issued capital, a new meeting can be convened in which the resolution can be adopted by an absolute majority of the votes cast, irrespective of the part of the Company's issued capital represented. 20.5 At a General Meeting of Shareholders, votes in respect of the appointment of a Supervisory Board member can only be cast for candidates named in the agenda of the meeting or the explanatory notes thereto. If none of the candidates nominated by the Supervisory Board is appointed, the Supervisory Board retains the right to make a new binding or non-binding nomination at a next meeting. 20.6 A nomination or recommendation to appoint a Supervisory Board member will state the candidate's age, his profession, the number of shares he holds in the capital of the Company and the positions he holds or has held, insofar as these are relevant for the performance of the duties of a Supervisory Board member. Furthermore, the names of the legal entities of which he is also a member of their supervisory boards must be indicated; if those include legal entities which belong to the same group, a reference to that group will be sufficient. The nomination or recommendation must state the reasons on which it is based. 20.7 The Supervisory Board members may retire periodically in accordance with a rotation plan to be drawn up by the Supervisory Board. However, a Supervisory Board member will retire not later than the day on which the annual General Meeting of Shareholders is held in the fourth calendar year after the calendar year in which such member was last appointed, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 20.4 last sentence. A Supervisory Board member who retires in accordance with the previous provision is immediately eligible for reappointment. 20.8 Each Supervisory Board member may be suspended or removed by the General Meeting of Shareholders at any time. A resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders to suspend or remove a Supervisory Board member other than pursuant to a proposal by the Supervisory Board requires at least two-thirds of the votes cast representing more than one-half of the Company's issued capital. 20.9 Any suspension may be extended one or more times, but may not last longer than three months in the aggregate. If, at the end of that period, no decision has been taken on termination of the suspension or on removal, the suspension ends. *Article 21. Duties and Powers.* 21.1 It is the duty of the Supervisory Board to supervise the management of the Management Board and the general course of affairs of the Company and the business connected with it. The Supervisory Board will assist the Management Board by giving advice. In performing their duties, the Supervisory Board members must act in accordance with the interests of the Company and its business. 21.2 The Supervisory Board may provide that one or more of its members, whether or not accompanied by an expert as referred to in Article 21.3, has access to the Company's premises and is authorised to inspect its books, correspondence and other documents, and take cognizance of the acts and operations that have taken place. The Supervisory Board may also decide that only certain of the rights set forth in the preceding sentence may be exercised. 21.3 In the accomplishment of its duties, the Supervisory Board may call upon the assistance or advice of one or more experts to be appointed by it for a fee to be agreed upon with the Supervisory Board, which fee shall be chargeable to the Company. 21.4 The Supervisory Board may establish rules regarding its decision-making process and its working methods, in addition to the relevant provisions of these Articles of Association. *Article 22. Chairman and Vice-Chairman.* 22.1 The Supervisory Board will elect a chairman and can elect a vice-chairman from among its members. 22.2 If the chairman and the vice-chairman are absent or prevented from attending a meeting, one of the other Supervisory Board members, to be designated by the Supervisory Board, will act as chairman. *Article 23. Meetings; Decision-making Process.* 23.1 The Supervisory Board will meet whenever its chairman or at least two of its members deem it desirable. The chairman or his substitute will preside over the
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meeting and minutes will be kept of the proceedings. The Management Board members will attend the meetings unless the Supervisory Board expresses its wish to meet separately. 23.2 At the meeting of the Supervisory Board, resolutions must be adopted by an absolute majority of the votes cast at the meeting. 23.3 In the event of a tie in voting the chairman will have a deciding vote, but only if more than two Supervisory Board members are present. 23.4 A Supervisory Director may not participate in deliberating or decision-making within the Supervisory Board, if with respect to the matter concerned he has a direct or indirect personal interests that conflicts with the interests of the Company and the business connected with it. The Supervisory Director who in connection with a (potential) conflict of interests does not exercise the duties and powers otherwise accruing to him as a Supervisory Director, will as such be regarded as a Supervisory Director who is unable to perform his duties within the meaning of Article 25. If, as a result hereof, the Supervisory Board cannot make a decision, the Supervisory Board will still resolve the matter. 23.5 The Supervisory Board may adopt a resolution by written consent without holding a meeting, provided that the proposed resolution has been submitted to all the Supervisory Board members, none of them opposes this manner of adopting a resolution and the majority of the members have voted in favour of the proposed resolution. After the Supervisory Board adopts a resolution without holding a meeting all Supervisory Board members are to be informed thereof. 23.6 A resolution of the Supervisory Board can be evidenced by a document setting forth such resolution and signed by the chairman or, if the chairman is absent or prevented from attending the meeting or if there is no chairman, by one of the other Supervisory Board members. *Article 24. Committees.* 24.1 The Supervisory Board may, without prejudice to its responsibilities, designate one or more committees from among its members, which will have the responsibilities specified by the Supervisory Board. 24.2 The composition of any such committee will be determined by the Supervisory Board. 24.3 The General Meeting of Shareholders may grant additional compensation to the members of the committee(s) for their service on the committee(s). *Article 25. Vacancy or Inability to Act.* 25.1 For each vacant seat on the Supervisory Board, the Supervisory Board can determine that it will be temporarily occupied by a person (a stand-in) designated by the Supervisory Board. Persons that can be designated as such include (without limitation) former Supervisory Board members (irrespective of the reason why they are no longer Supervisory Board members). 25.2 If and as long as all seats on the Supervisory Board are vacant and no seat is temporarily occupied, the Management Board will decide to what extent and in which manner the duties and authorities of the Supervisory Board will temporarily be taken care of. 25.3 The provisions of Articles 18.2 and 18.3 apply by analogy. *Article 26. Indemnity and Insurance.* 26.1 To the extent permissible by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Management Board and of the Supervisory Board, both former members and members currently in office (each of them, for the purpose of this Article 26 only, an *Indemnified Person*), against any and all liabilities, claims, judgments, fines and penalties (*Claims*) incurred by the Indemnified Person as a result of any expected, pending or completed action, investigation or other proceeding, whether civil, criminal or administrative (each, a *Legal Action*), of or initiated by any party other than the Company itself or a group company _(groepsmaatschappij)_ thereof, in relation to any acts or omissions in or related to his capacity as an Indemnified Person. Claims will include derivative actions of or initiated by the Company or a group company _(groepsmaatschappij)_ thereof against the Indemnified Person and (recourse) claims by the Company itself or a group company _(groepsmaatschappij)_ thereof for payments of claims by third parties if the Indemnified Person will be held personally liable therefore. 26.2 The Indemnified Person will not be indemnified with respect to Claims in so far as they relate to the gaining in fact of personal profits, advantages or remuneration to which he was not legally entitled, or if the Indemnified Person has been adjudged to be liable for wilful misconduct _(opzet)_ or intentional recklessness _(bewuste roekeloosheid)_. 26.3 The Company will provide for and bear the cost of adequate insurance covering Claims against sitting and former Management Board members and sitting and former Supervisory Board members (*D&O insurance*), unless such insurance cannot be obtained at reasonable terms. 26.4 Any expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and litigation costs) (collectively, *Expenses*) incurred by the Indemnified Person in connection with any Legal Action will be settled or reimbursed by the Company, but only upon receipt of a written undertaking by that Indemnified Person that he will repay such Expenses if a competent court in an irrevocable judgment has determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified. Expenses will be deemed to include any tax liability which the Indemnified Person may be subject to as a result of his indemnification. 26.5 Also in case of a Legal Action against the Indemnified Person by the Company itself or its group companies _(groepsmaatschappijen )_, the Company will settle or reimburse to the Indemnified Person his reasonable attorneys' fees and litigation costs, but only upon receipt of a written undertaking by that Indemnified Person that he will repay such fees and costs if a competent court in an irrevocable judgment has resolved the Legal Action in favour of the Company or the relevant group company _(groepsmaatschappij)_ rather than the Indemnified Person. 26.6 The Indemnified Person may not admit any personal financial liability vis-à-vis third parties, nor enter into any settlement agreement, without the Company's prior written authorisation. The Company and the Indemnified Person will use all reasonable endeavours to cooperate with a view to agreeing on the defence of any Claims, but in the event that the Company and the Indemnified Person fail to reach such agreement, the Indemnified Person will comply with all directions given by the Company in its sole discretion, in order to be entitled to the indemnity contemplated by this Article 26. 26.7 The indemnity contemplated by this Article 26 does not apply to the extent Claims and Expenses are reimbursed by insurers. 26.8 This Article 26 can be amended without the consent of the Indemnified Persons as such. However, the provisions set forth herein nevertheless continues to apply to Claims and/or Expenses incurred in relation to the acts or omissions by the Indemnified Person during the periods in which this clause was in effect. *Chapter 6. ANNUAL ACCOUNTS; PROFITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.* *Article 27. Financial Year and Annual Accounts.* 27.1 The Company's financial year is the calendar year. 27.2 Annually, not later than five months after the end of the financial year, the Management Board must prepare annual accounts and deposit
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the same for inspection by the Shareholders and other persons holding Meeting Rights at the Company's office. Within the same period, the Management Board must also deposit the annual report for inspection by the Shareholders and other persons holding Meeting Rights. 27.3 The annual accounts must be signed by the Management Board members and the Supervisory Board members. If the signature of one or more of them is missing, this will be stated and reasons for this omission will be given. 27.4 Annually, the Supervisory Board must prepare a report, which will be enclosed with the annual accounts and the annual report. 27.5 The Company must ensure that the annual accounts, the annual report, the report of the Supervisory Board and the information to be added by virtue of the law are kept at its office as of the day on which notice of the annual General Meeting of Shareholders is given. Shareholders and other persons holding Meeting Rights may inspect the documents at that place and obtain a copy free of charge. 27.6 The annual accounts, the annual report and the information to be added by virtue of the law are furthermore subject to the provisions of Book 2, Title 9, of the Dutch Civil Code. 27.7 The language of the annual accounts and the annual report will be English or German. *Article 28. External Auditor.* 28.1 The General Meeting of Shareholders may and if obligated will commission an organization in which certified public accountants cooperate, as referred to in Section 2:393 subsection 1 of the Dutch Civil Code (an *External Auditor*) to examine the annual accounts drawn up by the Management Board in accordance with the provisions of Section 2:393 subsection 3 of the Dutch Civil Code. 28.2 The External Auditor is entitled to inspect all of the Company's books and documents and is prohibited from divulging anything shown or communicated to it regarding the Company's affairs except insofar as required to fulfil its mandate. Its fee is chargeable to the Company. 28.3 The External Auditor will present a report on its examination to the Supervisory Board and to the Management Board. In this it will address at a minimum its findings concerning there liability and continuity of the automated data processing system. 28.4 The External Auditor will report on the results of its examination, in an auditor's statement, regarding the accuracy of the annual accounts. 28.5 The annual accounts cannot be adopted if the General Meeting of Shareholders has not been able to review the auditor's statement from the External Auditor, which statement must have been added to the annual accounts as the case may be, unless the information to be added to the annual accounts states a legal reason why the statement has not been provided. *Article 29. Adoption of the Annual Accounts and Release from Liability.* 29.1 The General Meeting will adopt the annual accounts. 29.2 At the General Meeting of Shareholders at which it is resolved to adopt the annual accounts, it will be separately proposed that the Management Board members and the Supervisory Board members be released from liability for their respective duties, insofar as the exercise of such duties is reflected in the annual accounts or otherwise disclosed to the General Meeting prior to the adoption of the annual accounts. *Article 30. Profits and Distributions.* 30.1 The Management Board, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, may decide that part of the profits realised during a financial year be set aside to increase and/or form reserves. 30.2 The profits remaining after application of Article 30.1 will be put at the disposal of the General Meeting. The Management Board, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, will make a proposal for that purpose. A proposal to pay a dividend will be dealt with as a separate agenda item at the General Meeting of Shareholders. 30.3 Distributions from the Company's distributable reserves are made pursuant to a resolution of the Management Board, with the approval of the Supervisory Board. 30.4 Provided it appears from an interim statement of assets signed by the Management Board that the requirement mentioned in Article 30.7 concerning the position of the Company's assets has been fulfilled, the Management Board may, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, make one or more interim distributions to the Shareholders. 30.5 The Management Board may, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, decide that a distribution on Shares shall not take place as a cash payment but as a payment in Shares, or decide that the Shareholders shall have the option to receive a distribution as a cash payment and/or as a payment in Shares, out of the profit and/or at the expense of reserves, provided that the Management Board is designated by the General Meeting pursuant to Articles 6.2 and 6.3. With the approval of the Supervisory Board, the Management Board shall determine the conditions applicable to the aforementioned choices. 30.6 The Company's policy on reserves and dividends shall be determined and can be amended by the Management Board, subject to the approval of the Supervisory Board. The adoption and thereafter each amendment of the policy on reserves and dividends shall be discussed and accounted for at the General Meeting of Shareholders under a separate agenda item. 30.7 Distributions may be made only insofar as the Company's equity exceeds the amount of the paid in and called up part of the issued capital, increased by the reserves which must be kept by virtue of the law or these Articles of Association. *Article 31. Payment of and Entitlement to Distributions.* 31.1 Dividends and other distributions shall be made payable within four weeks after adoption, unless the Management Board sets another date for payment. 31.2 A claim of a Shareholder for payment of a distribution shall be barred after five years have elapsed after the day of payment. *Chapter 7. THE GENERAL MEETING.* *Article 32. Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.* 32.1 Each year, though not later than in the month of June, a General Meeting of Shareholders will be held. 32.2 The agenda of such meeting will include the following subjects for discussion: (a) discussion of the annual report; (b) discussion of the remuneration of the management board; (c) discussion and adoption of the annual accounts; (d) dividend proposal (if applicable); (e) appointment of an External Auditor (if applicable); (f) other subjects presented for discussion by the Supervisory Board or the Management Board and announced with due observance of the provisions of these Articles of Association, as for instance (i) release of the Management Board members and Supervisory Board members from liability; (ii) discussion of the policy on reserves and dividends;
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(iii) designation of a body of the Company competent to issue Shares; and/or (iv) authorisatio n of the Management Board to make the Company acquire own Shares or depositary receipts for Shares. *Article 33. Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.* Other General Meetings of Shareholders will be held whenever the Supervisory Board or the Management Board deems such to be necessary, without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 2:108a, 2:110, 2:111 and 2:112 of the Dutch Civil Code. *Article 34. Notice and Agenda of Meetings.* 34.1 Notice of General Meetings of Shareholders will be given by the Supervisory Board or the Management Board. 34.2 Notice of the meeting must be given with due observance of the statutory notice period. 34.3 The notice of the meeting will state: (a) the subjects to be dealt with; (b) venue and time of the meeting; (c) the requirements for admittance to the meeting as described in Articles 38.1 and 38.2 (if applicable), as well as the information referred to in Article 39.3 (if applicable); and (d) the address of the Company's website, and such other information as may be required by law. 34.4 Further communications which must be made to the General Meeting pursuant to the law or these Articles of Association can be made by including such communications either in the notice, or in a document which is deposited at the Company's office for inspection, provided a reference thereto is made in the notice itself. 34.5 Shareholders and/or other persons holding Meeting Rights, who, alone or jointly, meet the requirements set forth in Section 2:114a subsection 2 of the Dutch Civil Code will have the right to request the Management Board or the Supervisory Board to place items on the agenda of the General Meeting of Shareholders, provided the reasons for the request must be stated therein and the request must be received by the chairman of the Management Board or the chairman of the Supervisory Board in writing at least sixty (60) days before the date of the General Meeting of Shareholders. 34.6 The notice will be given in the manner stated in Article 40. *Article 35. Venue of Meetings.* General Meetings of Shareholders can be held in Amsterdam or Haarlemmermeer (including Schiphol Airport), at the choice of those who call the meeting. *Article 36. Chairman of the Meeting.* 36.1 The General Meeting of Shareholders will be presided over by the chairman of the Supervisory Board or his replacement. However, the Supervisory Board may also appoint another chairman to preside over the meeting. The chairman of the meeting will have all powers necessary to ensure the proper and orderly functioning of the General Meeting of Shareholders. 36.2 If the chairmanship of the meeting is not provided for in accordance with Article 36.1, the meeting will itself elect a chairman, provided that so long as such election has not taken place, the chairmanship will be held by a Management Board member designated for that purpose by the Management Board members present at the meeting. *Article 37. Minutes.* 37.1 Minutes will be kept of the proceedings at the General Meeting of Shareholders by a secretary to be appointed by the chairman, which will be adopted by the chairman and the secretary and will be signed by them as evidence thereof. 37.2 However, the chairman may determine that notarial minutes will be prepared of the proceedings of the meeting. In that case the co-signature of the chairman will be sufficient. *Article 38. Rights at Meetings and Admittance.* 38.1 Each Shareholder and each other person holding Meeting Rights is authorised, either in person or represented by a representative authorised in writing, to take part in, to speak at, and to the extent applicable, to exercise his voting rights in the General Meeting of Shareholders. 38.2 For each General Meeting of Shareholders a statutory record date will be applied, in order to determine in which persons voting rights and Meeting Rights are vested. The record date and the manner in which persons holding Meeting Rights can register and exercise their rights will be set out in the notice convening the meeting. 38.3 A person holding Meeting Rights or his proxy will only be admitted to the meeting if he has notified the Company of his intention to attend the meeting in writing at the address and by the date specified in the notice of meeting. The proxy is also required to produce written evidence of his mandate. 38.4 The Management Board is authorised to determine that the Meeting Rights and voting rights in respect of a General Meeting of Shareholders as referred to in Article 38.1 can be exercised by using an electronic means of communication. If so decided, it will be required that each person holding Meeting Rights or his proxy holder can be identified through the electronic means of communication, follow the discussions in the meeting and exercise the voting right. The Management Board may also determine that the electronic means of communication used must allow each person holding Meeting Rights or his proxy holder to participate in the discussions. 38.5 The Management Board may determine further conditions to the use of electronic means of communication as referred to in Article 38.4, provided such conditions are reasonable and necessary for the identification of persons holding Meeting Rights and the reliability and safety of the communication. Such further conditions will be set out in the notice of the meeting. The foregoing does, however, not restrict the authority of the chairman of the meeting to take such action as he deems fit in the interest of the meeting being conducted in an orderly fashion. Any non or malfunctioning of the means of electronic communication used is at the risk of the persons holding Meeting Rights using the same. 38.6 The company secretary will arrange for the keeping of an attendance list in respect of each General Meeting of Shareholders. The attendance list will contain in respect of each person with voting rights present or represented: his name, the number of votes that can be exercised by him and, if applicable, the name of his representative. The attendance list will furthermore contain the aforementioned information in respect of persons with voting rights who participate in the meeting in accordance with Article 38.4 or which have cast their votes in the manner referred to in Article 39.3. The Company is authorised to apply such verification procedures as it reasonably deems necessary to establish the identity of the persons holding Meeting Rights and, where applicable, the identity and authority of representatives. 38.7 The Supervisory Board members and Management Board members will have the right to attend the General Meeting of Shareholders in person and to address the meeting. They will have the right to give advice in the meeting. Also, the External Auditor is authorised to attend and address the General Meetings
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