Annual Report 2009

INFORMATION FOR SHAREHOLDERS The Company's registered capital is divided into 2 384 135 ordinary shares in certificate form. The shares are in certificate form and registered in the names of the individual shareholders. With regard to the introduction of a new currency the Board of Directors adopted the decision dated 30 January 2009 on converting the face value of the Company’s shares and registered capital from Slovak crowns to euros by rounding up the face value of a share to the whole euro using the conversion rate of EUR/SKK 30.1260. With effect from 14 February 2009 the face value per share was converted from SKK 1 000 to EUR 34 and the Company’s registered capital of SKK 2 384 135 000 changed to EUR 81 060 590. In order to settle the difference of EUR 1 921 806.23 resulting from rounding up of the face value of the shares and the registered capital to the whole euro, the funds from retained earnings from previous years were used. The shares are not publicly tradable on the stock market. The shares can be transferred subject to the Company’s approval. Shareholders of the Company as at 31 December 2009 Ž E L E Z I A R N E P O D B R E Z O V Á 39 Share in the registered capital ŽP TRADE s.r.o. 41.55% CPA s.r.o. 18.49% ŽP Trade Bohemia, a.s. 13.85% Other legal entities 0.49% Natural persons 25.62% Legal entities Natural persons 26% 74% 100% Foreign shareholders Slovak shareholders 85% 15% 100%