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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
REPORT
31 December 2022
ANNUAL REPORT 2022
Corporate Governance Report
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
COFINA, SGPS, SA. (hereinafter referred to as "COFINA" or "the Company") hereby presents to its Shareholders, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders and the society in general the Corporate Governance Report ("Report").
The Report template is set forth in Regulation No. 4/2013 of the Portuguese Securities Market Commission ("CMVM"), and the information contained therein complies with all applicable legal requirements, including, but not limited to, Article 29-H of the Portuguese Securities Code (CVM).
COFINA is subject to compliance with the 2018 Corporate Governance Code of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance ("IPCG") of 2018 and revised in 2020 ("IPCG Corporate Governance Code").
The Company permanently provides high levels of training to its teams, in order to ensure that decisions are made on the basis of sustainability criteria and that the work carried out by them is focused on achieving the objectives.
COFINA believes that the evolution of the results it has been demonstrating in a business area with demanding and often adverse market conditions reflects the suitability and achievement of the objectives that have been defined.
COFINA's commitment to its Shareholders and the market in general is unequivocal: to constantly improve on the work it does and to deliver outstanding results.
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PART I - INFORMATION ON SHAREHOLDER STRUCTURE, ORGANISATION
AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
A. SHAREHOLDER STRUCTURE
I. Share Capital Structure
1. Share Capital Structure
The share capital of COFINA is € 25,641,459.00, fully subscribed and paid up, and is represented by 102,565,836 shares, without par value. The Company's share capital is represented by registered and book- entry shares.
Of the total voting rights issued, 70.98% are, to the best of the Company's knowledge, as at December 31, 2022, allocated to the holders of qualifying holdings listed under II.7.
All shares representing the share capital are admitted for trading on the Euronext Lisbon regulated market, managed by Euronext Lisbon - Sociedade Gestora de Mercados Regulamentados, S.A.
2. Restrictions on the transfer and ownership of shares
There are no restrictions on the transfer or ownership of Company's shares, nor are there any shareholders with special rights. Accordingly, COFINA's shares are freely transferable according to the applicable legal rules.
3. Treasury shares
The Company does not hold any treasury shares in its portfolio, as of 31 December 2022.
4. Significant agreements in which the company is a party and which come into force, are amended or terminated in the event of a change in control of the company following a public take-over bid, as well as their effects
There are no significant agreements entered into by COFINA that include any change of control clauses (including following a public take-over bid), i.e., that come into force, are amended, determine payments, assume charges or terminate in such circumstances or in the event of a change in the composition of the management body, and there are no specific conditions that limit the exercise of voting rights by the Company's shareholders which may interfere with the success of public take-over bids.
Some financing contracts of COFINA's subsidiaries, and only of these subsidiaries, contain normal early repayment clauses in the event of a change in shareholder control of the subsidiaries.
5. Rules regarding the renewal or revocation of defensive measures, in particular those that limit the number of votes that may be held or exercised by a single shareholder individually or in concert with other shareholders.
COFINA did not adopt any defensive measures.
6. Shareholder agreements known to the company that may lead to restrictions on the transfer of securities or voting rights.
The existence of any shareholder agreements with regard to the Company is unknown.
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II. Shareholdings and Bonds
7. Qualified shareholdings
As of 31 December 2022, relying on the notices received by the Company, under the terms and for the purposes of the provisions of Articles 16, 20 and 29-R of the Portuguese Securities Code, it is hereby declared that the companies and/or individuals that have a qualifying holding that exceeds 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 33%, 50%, 66% and 90% of the voting rights are as follows:
No of shares held |
% share capital with |
|
Pedro Miguel Matos Borges de Oliveira |
on 31-Dec-2022 |
voting rights |
Through Valor Autêntico, S.A. (of which he is dominant shareholder and director) |
10,277,248 |
10.02 % |
Total attributable |
10,277,248 |
10.02 % |
No of shares held |
% share capital with |
|
Domingos José Vieira de Matos |
on 31-Dec-2022 |
voting rights |
Through Livrefluxo, S.A. (of which he is dominant shareholder and director) |
12,395,257 |
12.09 % |
Total attributable |
12,395,257 |
12.09 % |
No of shares held |
% share capital with |
|
Paulo Jorge dos Santos Fernandes |
on 31-Dec-2022 |
voting rights |
Through Actium Capital, S.A. (of which he is dominant shareholder and director) |
14,235,474 |
13.88 % |
Total attributable |
14,235,474 |
13.88 % |
No of shares held |
% share capital with |
|
João Manuel Matos Borges de Oliveira |
on 31-Dec-2022 |
voting rights |
Through Caderno Azul, S.A. (of which he is dominant shareholder and director) |
15,400,000 |
15.01 % |
Total attributable |
15,400,000 |
15.01 % |
No of shares held |
% share capital with |
|
Ana Rebelo Carvalho Menéres de Mendonça |
on 31-Dec-2022 |
voting rights |
Through Promendo Investimentos, S.A. (of which she is dominant shareholder and director) |
20,488,760 |
19.98 % |
Total attributable |
20,488,760 |
19.98 % |
This information is also disclosed in the Annual Management Report.
Updated information regarding qualified shareholdings is available at http://www.cofina.pt/investors/shareholder- structure.aspx?sc_lang=en.
8. Number of shares and bonds held by members of the statutory management and supervisory bodies, pursuant to paragraph 5 of article 447 of the Portuguese Companies Act (CSC)
The shares and bonds held by members of the management and supervisory bodies in the Company and in companies in a control or group relationship with the Company, directly or through related persons, are disclosed in an annex to the Annual Management Report as required by article 447 of the CSC and Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014.
9. Powers of the Board of Directors on share capital increases
The Board of Directors is vested with the competences and powers conferred on it by the CSC and the Company's Articles of Association.
By resolution of the General Meeting held on 29 January 2020, the Board of Directors was given the power to increase the share capital, one or more times, defining its terms and characteristics, provided that the following conditions are respected:
- The maximum global amount of the capital increase (s) cannot exceed eighty-five million Euros and five cents; 4
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- The increase (s) operates by issuing new shares, which may be of one or more categories permitted by law or by the Articles of Association, with or without an issue premium;
- The Board of Directors will establish the conditions of the issue (s), as well as the terms of the exercise of the shareholders' preference in the respective subscription, except in the event of a limitation or deliberate suppression by the General Meeting;
- The preferential allocation not subscribed by the shareholders can be offered for the subscription of third parties, under the terms permitted by law and in the resolution issued by the Board of Directors;
- This authorization includes resolutions by the Board of Directors of one or more capital increases, for new cash inflows, with the limit referred to above;
- The decision to increase the exercise of this authorization will necessarily be preceded by a prior favorable opinion from the Statutory Audit Board, under the terms prescribed by law.
10. Relevant business relationship between owners of qualified shareholdings and the Company
There are no relevant business relationships between the Company and owners of qualified shareholdings notified to the Company.
Information on business between the Company and related parties can be found in Note 29 of the notes to the Consolidated Accounts and Note 18 of the notes to the Separate Accounts of the Company relating to transactions with related parties.
B. GOVERNING BODIES AND COMMITTEES
I. SHAREHOLDERS' GENERAL MEETING
a) Composition of the Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting
11. Identification and positions of the members of the Shareholders' General Meeting and their term of office
The Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting of COFINA is made up, in compliance with the provisions of Article 11 of the Company's Articles of Association and Article 374 of the CSC, of a Chairman and a Secretary elected at the General Meeting, by the Company's shareholders, for each term of office corresponding to three years, coinciding with the term of the Board of Directors and the Statutory Audit Board.
At 31 December 2022, the Board of the General Meeting was composed of the following members for the second term of office:
Chairman: Manuel Eugénio Pimentel Cavaleiro Brandão
Secretary: Maria Conceição Henriques Fernandes Cabaços
The current mandate corresponds to the three-year period that began in 2020 and ends in 2022.
- Exercise of voting rights
12. Possible restrictions on voting rights
At COFINA, there are no statutory restrictions on the exercise of voting rights.
The Company's share capital is fully represented by a single category of shares, each share corresponding to one vote, and there are therefore no statutory restrictions on the number of votes that may be held or exercised by any shareholder.
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