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23.12.2015
Current report 47/2015
Current report 47/2015

Information on convening an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Issuer

Pursuant to Art. 399 § 1, in connection with Art. 400 § 1 and Art. 4021 and Art. 4022 of the Code of Commercial Companies, the Management Board of "Echo Investment" Spółka Akcyjna with its registered office in Kielce hereby convenes an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 20th of January 2016 to be held at the Company"s seat in Kielce, Al. Solidarności 36 at 11:00 o"clock. The agenda:
1.    Opening the General Meeting.
2.    Election of the Chairperson of the General Meeting.
3.    Preparing the attendance list.
4.    Determination of the General Meeting"s validity and its capacity to adopt resolutions.
5.    Election of the Returning Committee.
6.    Adoption of the agenda.
7.    Adoption of a resolution on the consent to sell an organized part of the Company"s business to a subsidiary.
8.    Other business.
9.    Closing the General Meeting. In accordance with Art. 4022 of the Code of Commercial Companies (hereinafter referred to as CCC) the Management Board hereby submits the following information: Shareholders" right to request inclusion of particular matters in the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting A shareholder or shareholders of Echo Investment S.A. representing at least one-twentieth of the share capital of Echo Investment S.A. may request that certain matters be placed on the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. The request should be submitted to the Management Board of Echo Investment S.A. no later than twenty-one days before the date of the Meeting, i.e. until the 30th of December 2015. The request should include an explanation or draft resolutions included in the proposed agenda. The request may be submitted in electronic form, in PDF format, sent by email to: wza@echo.com.pl.
Shareholders" right to propose resolutions
Before the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Echo Investment S.A. a shareholder or shareholders of Echo Investment S.A. representing at least one-twentieth of the share capital may submit draft resolutions concerning matters included in the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders or matters which are to be included in the agenda, in writing or by electronic means of communication, in PDF format, by sending an email to: wza@echo.com.pl. Moreover, each shareholder may submit draft resolutions concerning matters included the agenda during the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
Exercising the right to vote by proxy A shareholder who is a natural person may participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and exercise their right to vote in person or by proxy. Shareholders who are not natural persons may attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and exercise their right to vote by a person authorized to make declarations of will on their behalf or by a proxy.
In order to be effective the power of attorney shall be made in writing and attached to the minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders or provided in electronic form. The Instrument of Proxy Form is available on the website of Echo Investment S.A. in the Investor Relations / General Meetings of Shareholders section from the date of publication of this notice.
The shareholder"s notice of appointing a proxy by means of electronic communication must be made by sending a file in the PDF format to: wza@echo.com.pl to the Company. The shareholder should make every effort to allow for effective verification of the validity of the power of attorney. Information about the appointment of a proxy should include details of the proxy and the principal (indicating the name, address, phone no. and email address of each of those persons or persons authorized to act on their behalf). Information about appointment of a proxy sent electronically should also include an indication of the scope of the power of attorney, i.e. the number of shares which will be voted and the date and name of the general meeting of Echo Investment S.A. in which these shares will be voted. Echo Investment S.A. shall take appropriate action to identify the shareholder and the proxy in order to verify the validity of the power of attorney granted in electronic form. Verification may include in particular asking the shareholder and/or the proxy to confirm the power of attorney and its scope in an electronic form or by telephone. Echo Investment S.A. stipulates that in this case, no answer to the questions asked during the verification shall be treated as a failure to verify the power of attorney and will constitute grounds for refusal to allow the proxy to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. Upon arrival at the General Meeting and before signing the attendance list the proxy should present the original identity card listed in the Instrument of Proxy Form in order to confirm the identity of the proxy.
The right to represent the shareholder that is not a natural person should result from presenting a copy of the relevant registry entry at making the attendance list (submitted in the original or a copy certified to be true by a public notary, legal counsel or advocate) or possibly a series of powers of attorney.
The person/persons granting the power of attorney on behalf of the shareholder that is not a natural person should appear in a current copy of the entry into a register appropriate for a given shareholder. If a member of the Management Board of Echo Investment S.A., a member of the Supervisory Board of Echo Investment S.A., a liquidator, an employee, a member of the governing bodies or an employee of a subsidiary of Echo Investment S.A. is a proxy in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, their power of attorney may authorize representation in only one general meeting. The proxy must disclose any circumstances indicating the existence or possible conflict of interest to the shareholder. Granting further power of attorney is disabled. The proxy shall vote in accordance with the instructions provided by the shareholder. Possibility and manner of participation in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders by means of electronic communication The Statute of Echo Investment S.A. and the Regulations of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Echo Investment S.A. do not contain provisions enabling shareholders to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders by means of electronic communication.
Expressing opinions during the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders by means of electronic communication
The Statute of Echo Investment S.A. and the Regulations of the General Meeting of Shareholders of Echo Investment S.A. do not contain provisions enabling shareholders to express their opinions during the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders by means of electronic communication.
Rules of postal ballot or voting by electronic means of communication
The Statute of Echo Investment S.A. and the Regulations of the General Meeting of Shareholders of Echo Investment S.A. do not contain provisions enabling shareholders to exercise their right to vote by postal ballot or by means of electronic communication. The date of registration for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
The date of registration for the Extraordinary General Meeting is the 4th of January 2016 (the "Registration Day").
Information on the right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Only persons/entities that are shareholders of Echo Investment S.A. on the Registration Day have the right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. At the request of a holder of dematerialized bearer shares of Echo Investment S.A. which were submitted not earlier than after the convening of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, i.e. not earlier than the 24th of November 2015 and not later than the first business day after the Registration Day, i.e. not later than the 5th of January 2016, the operator maintaining the securities trading account shall issue a personal certificate of entitlement to attend the General Meeting. Echo Investment S.A. hereby points out that only those persons/entities that were shareholders of Echo Investment S.A. on the Registration Day i.e. on the 4th of January 2016 and requested the operator of the securities trading accounts to issue a personal certificate of entitlement to attend the General Meeting – not earlier than the 23rd of December 2015 and not later than the 5th of January 2016 – shall have the right to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
The list of shareholders entitled to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be displayed at the seat of Echo Investment S.A. Al. Solidarności 36, 25-323 Kielce, from 8.00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 3 business days before the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, i.e. from the 15th of January until the 19th of January 2016. A shareholder of Echo Investment S.A. may demand that the list of shareholders entitled to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders be sent to them free of charge by email, providing their own email address to which the list should be sent. The request should be submitted in writing or sent by email to: wza@echo.com.pl. Persons entitled to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders are requested to register and collect their voting cards directly in front of the meeting hall one hour before the start of the meeting.
Conditions of access to documentation
In accordance with Art. 4023 § 1 of the CCC, the documentation to be presented at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and the draft resolutions will be published on the website of Echo Investment S.A. from the date of convening the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
Remarks of the Management Board or the Supervisory Board of Echo Investment S.A. concerning matters on the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders or matters which are to be placed on the agenda prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting will be available on the website of Echo Investment S.A. immediately after being drawn up.
Any information relating to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Echo Investment S.A. and the documentation associated with it will be posted on the Company's website at: www.echo.com.pl, section: Investor Relations/General Meetings of Shareholders. Correspondence related to the General Meeting should be directed to the email address: wza@echo.com.pl.
Legal basis: §38 of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance of the 19th of February 2009 concerning current and periodical information published by issuers of securities and terms of recognizing as equivalent information required by laws of a non-Member State (Journal of Laws no. 33,  item 259).

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