The Management Board of Aforti Holding S. A. with its registered office in Warsaw (hereinafter “Company”) hereby informs that on 25th October 2017 it received a written notice from Independent Administration and Logistics Agency with its registered office in Warsaw, the Pledgee, entitled “Notification on Compensation Claim” against pledged Company’s shares held by Rafał Bednarczyk, the Pledger in relation to an agreement on registered pledge entered into by the parties on 11th January 2017 by means of taking over the ownership of the Company’s shares under Article 22 Section 1 Point 1 of the Act on registered pledge and the register of pledges of 6th December 1996 (Journal of Laws number 149, item 703 as amended). The document does not clearly state how many Company’s shares have been pledged by Rafał Bednarczyk, the shareholder, yet the Comany managed to find out in a telephone conversation with the Pledgee that approximately 91 000 shares of the Company are subject to registered pledge.
The Management Board of the Company further informs that the Company has not received from Rafał Bednarczyk, the shareholder, any information on any agreements concluded in relation to the shares such as registered pledge agreement and pledging the shares he holds. To the date of publication of the present report the Company has not received from Rafał Bednarczyk, the shareholder, any answer to the Company’s letter of 11th October 2017 referred to in Current Report 69/2017 concerning the ownership status of the shares held.
The Management Board moreover informs that in relation to the fact the Company discovered the above-described information and taking into consideration the risk that Rafał Bednarczyk, the shareholder, dealt with the shares without notifying the Company, which is tantamount to breaching the applicable provisions related to trading securities, the Company intends to notify relevant Department of Polish Financial Supervision Authority with a view to establishing the factual ownership status of the Company’s shares held by Rafał Bednarczyk, the shareholder.
Legal basis: Article 17 paragraph 1 of the MAR – confidential information.