I. Pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors and in accordance with the Greek law and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, shareholders of ALPHA TRUST Mutual Fund and Alternative Investment Fund Management S.A. are hereby invited to participate in the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting which will take place on Friday, October 22, 2021 at 09:30 hours at the Company’s headquarters at 21, Tatoiou street in Kifissia, in order to resolve upon the following Agenda:

 

  1. Free distribution of own shares to members of the Board of Directors and the staff of the Company under article 114 of L. 4548/2018
  2. Approval of new programme of acquisition of own shares according to the provisions of articles 49 et seq. of L. 4548/2018
  3. Approval of wage agreements and/or their amendments between the Company and members of the Board of Directors
  4. Approval of the election of a new member of the Audit Committee or election of a new Audit Committee
  5. Decision about the deletion of all the shares from the Alternative Market of the Athens Stock Exchange due to their listing in the Main Market of the Athens Stock Exchange and authorization to the Board of Directors of the Company for the regulation of all the issues relating to the said listing
  6. Miscellaneous announcements

In case of postponement or cancellation or no-quorum according to the law, for all or part of the agenda issues, at the meeting on Friday, October 22, 2021 shareholders are invited to a Repeat General Meeting, to be held on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 09:30 hours at the Company’s headquarters at 21, Tatoiou street in Kifissia.

It is noted that no new invitation to the Repeat General Meeting will be published, in accordance with article 130 par. 2 section c of L. 4548/2018, as in force.

NOTICE

All participants in the Extraordinary General Meeting of October 22, 2021 or in its repeat meeting must show a COVID vaccination certificate, otherwise they must have performed, before their arrival at the meeting place, COVID-19 test up to 24 hours before. Proof of negative statement will be requested upon entry.

II. Subsequently, the Company informs its Shareholders of the following:

 

Α. Right to participate and vote at the General Meeting

All shareholders, either in person or via proxy, with no exemptions, may participate and vote in the General Meeting and in the eventual Repeat General Meeting.

Any person appearing as a shareholder at the registry of the Dematerialized Securities System managed by HELLENIC CENTRAL SECURITIES DEPOSITORY S.A., in which the shares of the Company are recorded or any person identified as such based on the relevant date through registered intermediaries or other intermediaries, in line with the legislative provisions (L. 4548/2018, L. 4569/2018, L. 4706/2020 and Regulation (ΕU) 2018/1212), as well as the Rulebook of the Hellenic Central Securities Depository (Government Gazette Β’ 1007/16.03.2021), is entitled to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting on October 22, 2021 and the Repeat General Meeting on November 1, 2021. Proof of shareholder status should be made by presenting relevant written certification from the above mentioned Central Securities Depository or alternatively, proof of shareholder status can be made through direct electronic link-up of the Company with the records of the Dematerialized Securities System or through the above intermediaries in line with the above provisions. A shareholder may participate in the General Meeting through confirmations or notices of articles 5 and 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1212, which are provided by the intermediary, except if the General Meeting refuses said participation for good reason which justifies such refusal in line with the applicable provisions (article 19 par. 1 of L. 4569/2018, article 124 par. 5 of L. 4548/2018).

The capacity of the shareholder must be present at the beginning of the fifth (5th) day before the day of the initial meeting of the General Meeting of 22.10.2021, i.e. at the beginning of 17.10.2021 (record date) and the relevant written confirmation or electronic certification of their shareholder status must reach the Company no later than the third (3rd) day before the meeting of the General Meeting, i.e. until 19.10.2021, during working days and hours.

Against the Company, it is considered that whoever is the shareholder on the respective registration date has the right to participate and vote in the General Meeting.

B. Participation process and vote by proxy Shareholder

Shareholders may participate in the General Meeting and vote either in person or by proxy. Each shareholder may appoint up to three (3) proxies. A proxy holding proxies from several shareholders may cast votes differently for each shareholder.

The proxy votes according to the shareholder’s instructions, if any. Non-compliance by the proxy with the instructions received does not affect the validity of the decisions of the General Meeting, even if the proxy’s vote was decisive in achieving the majority.

The shareholder proxy is obliged to notify the Company, before the start of the General Meeting, about any specific event, which may be useful to shareholders in order to ascertain the risk that the proxy may serve other interests besides the interests of the shareholder. A conflict of interest may arise particularly when the proxy is: a) a shareholder that exercises control of the Company, or other legal person or entity that is controlled by that shareholder, b) a member of the Board of Directors or in general of the management of the Company or a shareholder that exercises control of the Company, or other legal person or entity that is controlled by that shareholder, which exercises control of the Company, c) an employee or a certified auditor of the Company or a shareholder that exercises control, or other legal person or entity that is controlled by a shareholder that exercises control of the Company d) a spouse or a relative in the 4 first degree with one of the private individuals that are mentioned in cases a) to c).

The appointment and revocation or replacement of the proxy or representative takes place in writing or by electronic means that are submitted to the Company at least forty-eight (48) hours before the appointed date of the General Meeting, until 20.10.2021 at 09:30 hours.

The Company has made available document to appoint a proxy to participate in the General Meeting on October 22, 2021 which is available to shareholders in hard copy at the Investor Relations Department of the Company (21, Tatoiou str, Kifissia, Mrs. Evangelia Athanasoglou-Alexiou, tel. +30 210 6289200) and in electronic form on the website of the Company www.alphatrust.gr.

REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTMENT FORM

Kifissia, October 1, 2021

The Board of Directors