Orco Germany S.A. Société Anonyme
40, rue de la Vallée L-2661 Luxembourg
R.C.S. LUXEMBOURG B 102254
(hereinafter the ‘Company‘)
Convening Notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company to be held on 13 May 2014
Dear Shareholders,
You are invited to attend the extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company (hereinafter the ‘Meeting‘) to be held at the registered office of the Company at 40, rue de la Vallée, L-2661 Luxembourg on 13 May 2014 at 14:00 CET, in the presence of a Luxembourg notary public to discuss and to vote on the agenda indicated below.
AGENDA
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Decision to change the name of the Company to ‘GSG GROUP’.
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Subject to approval of the point 1 of the agenda, decision to amend the articles of association of the Company to reflect
point 1 above.
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Decision to approve, the report issued by the board of directors according to article 32-3 (5) of the Luxembourg law on commercial
companies dated 10 August 1915, as amended from time to time (the ‘LCA‘), relating to the possibility of the board of directors to cancel or limit any preferential subscription right of the shareholders
upon the increases of capital in the framework of the authorised share capital as mentioned in point 4 of the agenda.
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Subject to approval of the point 3 of the agenda, decision to modify, renew and replace the existing authorised share capital
and to set it to an amount of four hundred million euro (EUR 400,000,000.00) for a period of five (5) years from the date
of the general meeting of the shareholders held on 13 May 2014 (or in case of adjourning or reconvening the general meeting
because no quorum has been reached, the date of the adjourned or reconvened general meeting). Decision to grant to the board
of directors of the Company, based on the report drawn up by the board of directors as referred to in Article 32-3 (5) of
the LCA, all powers for a period of five (5) years in order to carry out capital increases within the framework of the authorised
capital under the conditions and methods it will set with the possibility to cancel or limit any preferential subscription
right of the shareholders on the issue of new shares to be issued within the framework of the authorised corporate capital,
being understood that all financial instruments carrying an entitlement to, or the right to subscribe for, shares issued until
the expiry of that period may still be converted or exercised subsequently to that date.
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Subject to approval of the points 3 and 4 of the agenda, decision to amend the articles of association of the Company to reflect
point 4 above.
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Decision to amend various sections of the articles of association of the Company.
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ATTENDING THE MEETING
In order to attend the Meeting, shareholders must provide the Company with the following three items as explained in greater
detail below: (i) Record Date Confirmation, (ii) Attendance and Proxy Form, and (iii) Proof of Shareholding.
Record Date Confirmation: This document shall be provided to the Company by a shareholder at the latest by 23:59 CET on the Record Date. The Record Date is 29 April 2014 (the ‘Record Date‘, i.e. the day falling fourteen (14) days before the date of the Meeting).
The Record Date Confirmation must be in writing and indicate that a shareholder holds the Company shares and wishes to participate
in the Meeting. A template form of the Record Date Confirmation is available on the Company’s website at www.orcogermany.de.
The Record Date Confirmation must be sent to the Company by post or electronic means so that it is received by the Company
at the latest by 23:59 CET on the Record Date, i.e. 29 April 2014, to:
Orco Germany S.A. 40, rue de la Vallée L-2661 Luxembourg Tel: + 352 26 47 67 1 Fax: + 352 26 47 67 67 email: generalmeetings@orcogermany.de
Attendance and Proxy Form: A template form is available on the Company’s website at www.orcogermany.de and is to be duly completed and signed by shareholders
wishing to attend or be represented at the Meeting.
Proof of Shareholding: This document must indicate the shareholder’s name and the number of Company shares held at 23:59 CET on the Record Date.
The Proof of Shareholding shall be issued by the bank, the professional securities’ depositary or the financial institution
where the shares are on deposit.
Shareholders wishing to attend the Meeting must send the Attendance and Proxy Form together with the relevant Proof of Shareholding
by post or electronic means so that they are received by the Company at the latest by 12:00 noon CET on 8 May 2014, to:
Orco Germany S.A. 40, rue de la Vallée L-2661 Luxembourg Tel: + 352 26 47 67 1 Fax: + 352 26 47 67 67 email: generalmeetings@orcogermany.de
Please note that only persons who are shareholders at the Record Date and have timely submitted their Record Date Confirmation,
Attendance and Proxy Form, and Proof of Shareholding shall have the right to participate and vote in the Meeting.
Documentation and information: The following documents and information are available for the shareholders on our website: www.orcogermany.de:
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the present convening notice;
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the total number of shares and the voting rights in the Company as at the date of this convening notice;
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the draft resolutions of the Meeting. Any draft resolution(s) submitted by shareholder(s) shall be added to the website as
soon as possible after the Company has received them;
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the Record Date Confirmation form; and
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the Attendance and Proxy Form.
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The above documents may also be obtained by shareholders upon written request sent to the following postal address: Orco Germany
S.A., 40, rue de la Vallée, L-2661 Luxembourg.
For further information, visit our website: www.orcogermany.de.
Quorum Requirement:
The Meeting shall not validly deliberate, unless at least one half of the corporate capital is represented. In the event that
such quorum condition is not fulfilled, a second meeting may be convened by publishing this convening notice in the Luxembourg
official gazette (Mémorial C, Recueil des Sociétés et Associations), a Luxembourg newspaper and in such media which may reasonably be expected to be relied upon for the effective dissemination
of information to the public throughout the European Economic Area, and which are accessible rapidly and on a non-discriminatory
basis, seventeen (17) days prior to the date of the reconvened meeting provided that (i) the first Meeting was properly convened;
and (ii) the agenda for the reconvened Meeting does not include any new item.
The second meeting shall deliberate validly whatever the part of the corporate capital represented thereat.
At both meetings, resolutions, in order to be adopted, must be carried by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast. Votes
cast shall not include votes attaching to shares in which the shareholder has not taken part in the vote or has abstained
or has returned a blank or invalid vote.
Right to add new items on the agenda: One or more shareholders together representing at least five per cent of the share capital has the right to (i) put one
or more items on the agenda of the Meeting and (ii) table draft resolutions for items included or to be included on the agenda
of the Meeting.
Such requests must:
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be in writing and sent to the Company by post (at the following address: Orco Germany S.A., 40, rue de la Vallée, L-2661 Luxembourg)
or electronic means (at the following email address: generalmeetings@orcogermany.de) and be accompanied by a justification
or draft resolution to be adopted in the Meeting;
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include the postal or electronic address at which the Company may acknowledge receipt of the requests;
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be received by the Company at least twenty two (22) days before the date of the Meeting, i.e. 21 April 2014.
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The Company shall acknowledge receipt of requests referred to above within (forty-eight) 48 hours from receipt. The Company
shall prepare a revised agenda including such additional items on or before the fifteenth (15th) day before the date of the
Meeting.
If you need further assistance or information, please contact: Orco Germany S.A, 40, rue de la Vallée, L-2661 Luxembourg,
Tel: + 352 26 47 67 1; Fax: + 352 26 47 67 67; email: generalmeetings@orcogermany.de
Luxembourg, 11 April 2014
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Yours faithfully,
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The Board of Directors of the Company
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