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2025
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resolving problems across various operational areas of the joint-stock company. On a monthly basis,
the Finance Department submits a financial report to the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board,
detailing the Company’s financial performance and comparing actual results with the approved
business and financial plan.
Internal control responsibilities are delegated to managerial staff at various organizational levels, who
oversee compliance with internal guidelines and directives issued by the Company’s management.
These internal guidelines and directives define processes such as the flow of accounting documents,
employee competencies, the timetable for preparing financial statements, and the application of key
legal frameworks—especially the Commercial Code, the Accounting Act, accounting procedures, the
Income Tax Act, and the Value Added Tax Act. Accounting is maintained using analytical accounts,
which are regularly reviewed. General ledger balances are subject to systematic checks to monitor
account developments, identify unusual transactions, and detect manual interventions in automatically
posted accounts. These control activities are designed to minimize accounting errors. The risk of
unauthorized accounting entries is reduced through strict authorization protocols that define who is
permitted to participate in accounting processes and approve specific types of transactions. The
internal control system is intended to prevent errors, avoid inefficient resource use, deter fraud, and
improve the efficiency, integrity, accuracy, timeliness, and reliability of operations.
Information on the Activities of the General Meeting of Shareholders, Its Powers, a Description of
Shareholder Rights, and the Process of Their Exercise
The General Meeting of Shareholders is the supreme governing body of the Company. Its powers
include:
• Amendments to the Articles of Association, unless otherwise stipulated by law;
• Decisions on the increase or decrease of the registered capital, authorizing the Board of
Directors to increase the registered capital pursuant to Section 210 of the Commercial Code,
and the issuance of preference or convertible bonds;
• Decisions on the dissolution of the Company and changes in the legal form of the Company;
• Election and removal of members of the Supervisory Board, except for those elected and
removed by employees pursuant to Section 200 of the Commercial Code, and the designation
of the Chair of the Supervisory Board;
• Review of the Annual Report;
• Approval of the regular individual financial statements and extraordinary individual financial
statements; decisions on profit distribution or loss settlement and determination of bonuses
(tantièmes);
• Approval of the remuneration rules for members of the Supervisory Board, including contracts
on the performance of the function of the members of the Company’s Supervisory Board;
• Decisions on the delisting of the Company’s shares from the stock exchange and on termination
of its status as a public joint-stock company;
• Decisions on the conversion of physical share certificates into book-entry securities and vice
versa;
• Approval of the merger or amalgamation agreements;
• Approval of agreements on the transfer of the enterprise or part thereof;
• Approval of remuneration policies in the case of a public joint-stock company;
• Approval of the significant business transactions of a public joint-stock company pursuant to
Section 220ga et seq. of the Commercial Code;
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• Decisions on other matters falling under the authority of the General Meeting according to the
Commercial Code, special laws, or the Company’s Articles of Association.
The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, held on 18 June 2025, discussed and approved the
regular financial statements for the year 2024 and the settlement of the Company’s financial result for
the same year. It also reviewed the Annual Report on the activities of Biotika a.s. for 2024 and the
business and financial plan for 2025. The Company concluded the 2024 financial year with a loss of
EUR 2,390,008. The General Meeting approved the proposal of the Board of Directors for the
settlement of the Company´s financial result for 2024, whereby the loss of EUR 2,390,009 will be
transferred to the account of accumulated losses from previous years.
Rights and Obligations of Shareholders and the Process of Their Exercise
The rights and obligations of shareholders are governed by applicable legislation and the Company’s
Articles of Association. A shareholder may be either a legal entity or a natural person. The exercise of
shareholder rights may only be restricted or suspended in accordance with the Commercial Code or
other specific legislation.
Ownership of shares entitles the shareholder to participate in the management of the Company, to
receive profit distributions, and to claim a share of the liquidation balance upon dissolution of the
Company, unless otherwise provided by law. In cases defined by law or the Articles of Association,
rights attached to book-entry shares in a public joint-stock company may be exercised only by the
person entitled to do so as of the record date specified in the Articles of Association.
To exercise the right to attend the General Meeting, vote, request information, and submit proposals,
the record date is the date specified in the notice convening the General Meeting. This date may not
precede the date of the General Meeting by more than five days unless otherwise specified in the
Articles of Association or the Commercial Code. The Company is required to obtain, at its own expense,
a list of persons entitled to exercise shareholder rights attached to book-entry shares as of the record
date. For publicly traded shares, the record date is the third day prior to the date of the General Meeting.
A shareholder may be represented at the General Meeting by a proxy who is a natural person. The
proxy must be authorized in writing with a notarized signature of the shareholder or a higher level of
certification recognized as equivalent under Slovak law. A template of the power of attorney will be
published on the Company’s website (www.biotika.eu.com) at least 30 days prior to the General
Meeting. The power of attorney must be submitted by the proxy at registration for inclusion in the
attendance record. It is valid only for one General Meeting. A member of the Supervisory Board may
not act as a proxy for a shareholder. This restriction does not apply in the case of a public joint-stock
company, provided that the power of attorney includes confirmation that the Supervisory Board
member has informed the shareholder of all facts that may affect their decision to appoint them as
proxy. The power of attorney must specify the date and time of the General Meeting and include
specific instructions for voting on each resolution or agenda item. If a shareholder who issued a power
of attorney attends the General Meeting in person, the power of attorney becomes void.
A shareholder is entitled to a share of the Company’s profit (dividend) as determined by the General
Meeting based on the Company’s financial results, in accordance with legal regulations and the Articles
of Association. A shareholder is not required to return a dividend received in good faith. The record
date for dividend entitlement is set by the General Meeting and must not be earlier than the fifth day
after the General Meeting and no later than the 30th day thereafter. If the General Meeting of a public
joint-stock company or a company that issued shares via a public offering does not determine a record
date, the 30th day following the General Meeting shall be deemed the record date. Dividends are