Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Good morning. First of all, I would like to inform all shareholders that the board of directors, in accordance with the provisions of Article 521.3 of the Spanish Companies Act, has requested the presence of Mr. Fernando de la Cámara García, Notary Public from Madrid, to draft the minutes of this meeting. Those shareholders who wish to take the floor, and, if applicable, who wish to request any information or clarification in relation to the items on the agenda, on the information publicly accessible that the company has shared with the National Securities Market Commission from the last general meeting, or on the auditor's report. If they want to make any proposals allowed by law, and that they have not yet done so, they may do so by clicking on the Request the Floor button at the bottom of their screens until Mr. Chairman opens the floor. This extraordinary general shareholders meeting of Applus Services, S.A., was called by the Board of Directors on July 24, 2024. It will be held exclusively by telematic means at noon today, August 27, 2024, on first call. It will be held at the same time on August 28, 2024, on second call, should the required attendance quorum not be reached. The announcement convening this meeting was published on July 27, 2024, on the National Securities Market Commission's website, and also on the company's corporate website. It has been posted nonstop since that date. The public announcement of this meeting was published on the same day, on July 27, 2024, in newspaper La Razón. To expedite this meeting, we will take the announcement as read for all legal purposes. The Electronic Shareholders Forum, the procedures established for virtual attendance, the procedures to grant proxies and cast electronic votes online, the proposed resolutions drafted by the board, and all the information legally required for this meeting has been published on the corporate website since July 27, 2024. Applus subscribed voting share capital amounts to EUR 12,907,413.30. This is represented by 129,074,133 shares, with a par value of EUR 0.10 each. In accordance with the Spanish Companies Act, the required quorum for the valid constitution of this meeting is 25% of this share capital. That is equivalent to 32,268,534 shares. The final list of attendance has been drawn up, which includes the final number of shareholders attending, both in person or by proxy, the number of shares corresponding to each shareholder, and the percentage of the capital that they represent. I now give account of that data. We have here at this meeting two shareholders that hold 121,630,739 shares. That corresponds to 94% of the shares. We have here represented 52 additional shareholders that hold 55,124,000 shares. And therefore, we have in total, 54 shareholders that hold above 57 million shares in total. This is the equivalent to 98% of the total shareholders. So we have over 25% of share capital here present, and therefore, this board can be fully convened on first call. I now give the floor to the chairman. Thank you for standing. In accordance with the data provided by the secretary, this meeting complies with the legal and statutory requirements for the valid constitution of this general shareholders meeting. Consequently, I declare this EGM of Applus Services, S.A., valid, validly constituted on first call. In the event of a breakdown of the electronic systems that allow attendance by telematic means, the general meeting shall be suspended for the time necessary for its correction and shall be resumed immediately after the reestablishment of such systems, which shall be communicated through the telematic attendance platform set up on the company's website. I now give the floor to the Notary Public. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My name is Fernando de la Cámara García, Notary Public from Madrid, and I've been requested to draft the minutes of this meeting. In accordance with the provisions of Article 101 of the Business Registry Regulations, I would like to ask whether there are any reservations or protests in relation to the number of attending shareholders or the amount of capital present. If any shareholders or directors want to intervene or make any claim or reservation, they can do so by using the button, Communication with the Notary, that can be found at the bottom of their screen. Thank you. Given that there are no reservations nor objections, it is hereby constituted this extraordinary general shareholders meeting on first call to cover all items comprised in the agenda for today. We now proceed to open the round of intervention. Which will be directed by the secretary on my behalf. From this moment on, no further interventions can be requested. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No live speeches have been requested, but some written speeches, one written speech has been submitted by Manzana Spain BidCo SL that will be included in the minutes of this meeting by their request, and I proceed to read it. As a legal representative of Manzana Spain BidCo SL that holds 21.58% of the total share of Applus S.A. I would like to say that all of the points for which we have opposed or in which we have abstained ourselves, we reserve the right to challenge the decision. Nobody else has requested the floor, so the floor for shareholders is therefore closed. I now give the floor to the chairman. We must now submit to a vote the resolutions regarding the items on the agenda included in the notice convening the meeting, proposed by the Board of Directors. I give the floor to the secretary, who will inform you about the procedure to follow, and by my delegation, will direct the voting. Thank you very much, Mr. President. In accordance with the provisions of the Spanish Companies Act, the proposal of resolution will require for its approval more votes in favor than against of the share capital in attendance. The proposed resolutions relating to the items included in the agenda shall be voted by a negative deduction system. For these purposes, all votes corresponding to the shares present and represented will be considered to be in favor of each proposal after deducting the votes against and any abstentions that might be made for the proposal in question. The resolutions have been available on the corporate website from the date of the publication of the call for this meeting. So we give that they have all been read. Shareholders who wish to vote against or abstain from the resolution proposed, and that have not yet done so, they can do that by using the button located at the bottom of their screens between now until the end of the voting period. I would like to inform you that the bureau already has all of the votes issued prior to the celebration of this meeting, the votes delegated by proxy, and the ones issued automatically by the platform for all of the different resolutions proposed by the board of directors. All of these votes have been provided to the notary public to be included in the minutes. Therefore, to the extent that such votes are sufficient to approve the proposed resolutions, they shall be declared approved with a prejudice to the statements of the dissenting shareholders. Likewise, I'd like to let you know that in order to expedite the development of this meeting, we will not announce here the detail of the votes for, against, or abstentions for each resolution. Nevertheless, they will be included both in the website of the company and in the minutes of the meeting, in accordance with articles 20.5, 23.1, and 24.2 of the Regulations of the General Shareholders Meeting. Let's then proceed to vote on each proposal included on the agenda. First proposal: approval of the execution of certain proceeds loan agreements between Amber FinCo PLC and the company. This resolution is approved as it has sufficient votes in favor. Second, ratification of the execution of an intercompany loan agreement between Amber FinCo PLC and the company, allowing the company to access to the proceeds of drawing under the Amber FinCo PLC revolving credit facility. This resolution is therefore approved as it has sufficient votes in favor. Third, approval of the payment of accrued and unpaid interests from the company to Amber FinCo PLC in the event of a special mandatory redemption of the senior secured notes issued by Amber FinCo PLC. This resolution is approved as it has sufficient votes in favor. Fourth, authorization pursuant to Article 160.f of the Spanish Companies Act for the company and certain entities of the Applus Group to act as borrowers and guarantors to the external financing made available to Amber FinCo PLC by a pool of financial entities under a senior facilities agreement. Two, as guarantors under the indenture and the purchase agreement in relation to senior secured notes issued by Amber FinCo PLC. To A, repay the senior bridge facility agreement borrowed by Amber FinCo PLC, the proceeds of which were advanced by Amber FinCo PLC to the company to refinance certain of the Applus Group's indebtedness. B, refinance certain other indebtedness of the Applus Group, and C, deposit 100 million euros in a segregated bank account of Amber FinCo PLC, pending an advance by Amber FinCo PLC to the company of this amount for application in respect to the new IDIADA contract. And D, pay costs, expenses, and fees in connection with the foregoing, and B, grant certain security interests. This resolution is approved as it has sufficient votes in favor. Fifth, report on the amendments to the regulations of the board of directors. This item only has information purposes, so it does not require a vote. Sixth, a delegation of powers for the formalization and execution of the resolutions adopted by the general shareholders meeting. This resolution is approved as it has sufficient votes in favor. Okay. Now that the voting is concluded, and in view of the information in the possession of the bureau regarding number of votes, I declare all proposals submitted by the board of directors to have been approved, without prejudice to the votes issued herein by the attending shareholders, which will be duly recorded in the voting results. The minutes of this session will be drafted by the Notary Public, so it is not necessary to have them submitted to the shareholders' vote for approval. There being no further business, this extraordinary general shareholders meeting of Applus Services, S.A. is closed. Thank you very much for your attendance. Thank you.
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