RB: 3/2023
Date: 10 January 2023
Notification of major shareholding
Legal basis: Art. 70 sec. 1 of the Act on Public Offering

Text of the report:

The Management Board of Benefit Systems S.A. with its registered seat in Warsaw (hereinafter, the “Company”, “Benefit Systems”) hereby announces that on January 10, 2023 they had received an information from Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne Allianz S.A. with its registered seat in Warsaw (“Notifying Party”), managing Allianz Polska Otwarty Fundusz Emerytalny („Allianz OFE”), Allianz Polska Dobrowolny Fundusz Emerytalny („Allianz DFE”) about a notification pursuant to Art. 69  in connection with art. 87 sec. 1 point 2b of the Act of July 29, 2005 on public offering and conditions for introducing financial instruments to an organized trading system and on public companies (the "Act on Public Offering"), that in result of a merger, pursuant to art. 67 of the Act of August 28, 1997 on organization and functioning of pension funds (i.e. Journal of Laws of 2020 item 105 with following amendments) („Act on Pension Funds”) and pursuant to art. 492 § 1 point 1 of the Code of Commercial Companies, on December 30, 2022 with Aviva Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne Aviva Santander Spółka Akcyjna managing Drugi Allianz Polska Otwarty Fundusz Emerytalny („Drugi Allianz OFE”) („Merger”), share in the share capital and the total number of votes in the Company held by Allianz OFE, Allianz DFE and Drugi Allianz OFE increased above 9%.

Before the Merger, Drugi Allianz OFE held 276,290 shares of the Company, representing 9.42% of the share capital of the Company, entitling to 276,290 votes at the General Meetings of Benefit Systems, representing 9.42% of the total number of votes in the Company. Allianz OFE and Allianz DFE held no shares in the Company.

After the Merger, Allianz OFE, Allianz DFE and Drugi Allianz OFE hold 276,290 shares of the Company representing 9.42% of the share capital of the Company, entitling to 276,290 votes at the General Meetings of Benefit Systems, representing 9.42% of the total number of votes in the Company.

Additionally, the Notifying Party informed that:

1.    it has no subsidiary that hold shares in the Company;
2.    there is no occurrence of the situation pursuant to art. 69 sec. 4 point 6 of the Act on Public Offering;
3.    it holds no other financial instruments, pursuant to art. 69b sec. 1 point 1) and 2) of the Act on Public Offering.