For immediate release 13 May 2022
Global Ports Investments PLC
AGM Notice
Global Ports Investments PLC ("Global Ports" or the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, the "Group") (LSE ticker: GLPR) today announces that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Company will be held at Omirou, 20, Agios Nikolaos, 3095, Limassol, Cyprus on 10 June 2022 at 10 am (Cyprus time), to consider and, if thought fit, pass the resolutions 1 to 13, being items of ordinary business as follows:
1. To receive and consider and, if thought fit, adopt the statutory audited parent company and consolidated financial statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2021, together with the management reports and independent auditor`s reports.
2. To re-appoint KPMG Limited as auditors of the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting at which the accounts will be laid before the Members of the Company and to authorise the Board of Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors.
3. To approve the resignation of Ms. Inna Kuznetsova from the Company's Board of Directors as of 10 June 2022.
4. To re-elect Mr. Vladimir Bychkov as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.
5. To re-elect Mr. Kristian Bai Hollund as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.
6. To re-elect Ms. Alexandra Fomenko as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of her remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.
7. To re-elect Mr. Soren Sjostrand Jakobsen as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.
8. To elect Mr. Marinos Kallis as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, and to fix the annual gross remuneration of Mr. Marinos Kallis for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties at EUR67.500 р. а.
9. To re-elect Mr. Shavkat Kary-Niyazov as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.
10. To re-elect Mr. Andrey Lenvalsky as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.
11. To re-elect Mr. Lampros Papadopoulos as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.
12. To re-elect Mr. Andriy Pavlyutin as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.
13. To re-elect Mr. Mogens Petersen as a director of the Company, to hold such office until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Members of the Company to be held in 2023, with no changes in the level of his remuneration for the fulfillment of the Company's director's duties.
Further information on the proposed Director
Mr. Marinos Kallis
Mr Kallis has more than 25 years of experience in private, public, and state companies in senior executive and non-executive positions across an array of industries. He currently serves as CEO of G. Kallis Manufacturers Ltd, a manufacturer and retailer of apparel, and manages properties and investments in other private companies: as CEO of A. Eternity Capital Management Ltd, a private licensed Cyprus Investment firm; as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Apollo Global Equity Fund of Funds Variable Capital Investment Company Plc, a licensed retail open-ended fund investing in global equities; as Vice Chairman of the Board of the State Health Services Organisation which is responsible for the operation of hospitals and health centres in Cyprus; as Non-Executive director of Swissport Cyprus Ltd, a leading company executing the ground handling of airlines at two Cyprus airports.
During his career he also served as the board member of Cyprus Airways PLC and Vitatrace Nutrition Ltd.
He started his career with KPMG (UK). Mr Kallis studied at the University of Birmingham U, BA Hons in Accounting and Finance and trained as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW).
ENQUIRIES
Global Ports Investor Relations Mikhail Grigoriev / Tatiana Khansuvarova +7 (812) 677 15 57 +7 916 991 73 96 E-mail: ir@globalports.com | Global Ports Media Relations Margarita Potekhina +7 (812) 677 15 57 ext. 2889 +7 921 963 54 27 E-mail: media@globalports.com
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Global Ports Investments PLC is the leading operator of container terminals in the Russian market by capacity and container throughput.[1]
Global Ports' terminals are located in the Baltic and Far East Basins, key regions for foreign Russian trade and transit cargo flows. Global Ports operates five container terminals in Russia (Petrolesport, First Container Terminal, Ust-Luga Container Terminal[2] and Moby Dik[3] in the Russian Baltics, and Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company in the Russian Far East) and two container terminals in Finland[4] (Multi-Link Terminals in Helsinki and Kotka). Global Ports also owns inland container terminal Yanino Logistics Park[5] located in the vicinity of St. Petersburg.
Global Ports' revenue for 2021 was USD 502.8 million and Adjusted EBITDA was USD 246.2 million. Consolidated Marine Container Throughput was 1,576 thousand TEUs in 2021.
Global Ports' major shareholders are Delo Group, the largest intermodal container and port operator in Russia[6] (30.75%), and APM Terminals B.V.[7] (30.75%), whose core expertise is the design, construction, management and operation of ports, terminals and inland services. APM Terminals operate a terminal network of 75 terminals globally. 20.5% of Global Ports shares are traded in the form of global depositary receipts listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE ticker: GLPR).
For more information please see: www.globalports.com
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
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[1] Company estimates based on 2021 throughput and the information published by the "ASOP".
[2] In which Eurogate currently has a 20% effective ownership interest.
[3] Joint venture in which CMA Terminals currently has a 25% effective ownership interest.
[4] Joint ventures in each of which CMA Terminals currently has a 25% effective ownership interest.
[5] Joint venture in which CMA Terminals currently has a 25% effective ownership interest.
[6] According to publicly available data at www.delo-group.com.
[7] On 11th of March 2022 APM Terminals announced its intention to commence a process to divest its shareholding in the Company. Please see the press release dated 11 March 2022 on www.globalports.com
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