KRKA (KRK): Krka, tovarna zdravil, d.d., Novo mesto Report on the scope of compliance with the Best Practice - raport 1
Pursuant to Article 29.3 of the Rules of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, Krka, tovarna zdravil, d.d., Novo mesto presents the report on compliance with the detailed principles of the "Best Practice for GPW Listed Companies 2016"
Disclosure Policy, Investor Communications
I.Z.1.11. information about the content of the company’s internal rule of changing
the company authorised to audit financial statements or information about
the absence of such rule;
The Company does not apply this principle.
The proposal to the Annual General Meeting is based on auditors’ references, their knowledge of the industry, quality of the audit team, and price. The Slovenian legislation and market practice, however, do not provide for any provisions which would require the rules on selecting auditors to be disclosed, thus the Company discloses them only verbally at Annual General Meetings.
I.Z.1.16. information about the planned transmission of a general meeting, not
later than 7 days before the date of the general meeting;
The Company does not apply this principle.
Not applicable due to non-compliance with IV.R.2.
I.Z.1.19. shareholders’ questions asked to the management board pursuant to
Article 428 § 1 or § 6 of the Commercial Companies Code together with
answers of the management board to those questions, or a detailed
explanation of the reasons why no answer is provided, pursuant to
principle IV.Z.13;
The Company does not apply this principle.
The company does have a section for frequently-asked-question on its webpage. However, not all shareholders’ questions and Company’s answers are published.
I.Z.1.20. an audio or video recording of a general meeting;
The Company does not apply this principle.
Not applicable due to non-compliance with IV.R.2.
I.Z.1.21. contact details of the company’s investor relations officers including the
full name and e-mail address or telephone number.
The Company does not apply this principle.
The Company does have an investor relations e-mail and telephone number available on the web page. Three professionals within the company answer investor questions. Full names of the professionals and their contact details, however, are not published.
Management Board, Supervisory Board
II.Z.8. The chair of the audit committee should meet the independence criteria referred
to in principle II.Z.4.
The Company does not apply this principle.
The chair of the audit committee in the Company fulfils all independence criteria as set by the local Slovenian Code of Best Practice and Slovenian Director’s Associations. She does, however, work in one of Company’s shareholders that hold more than 5 % of voting rights in the Company.
General Meeting, Shareholder Relations
IV.Z.2. If justified by the structure of shareholders, companies should ensure publicly available real-time broadcasts of general meetings.
Zasada nie ma zastosowania.
Not applicable due to non-compliance with IV.R.2.
IV.Z.3. Presence of representatives of the media should be allowed at general meetings.
The Company does not apply this principle.
The practice in Slovenia is that only shareholders attend Annual General Meetings. Thus, the representatives of the media have been present only as shareholders of the Company on General Meetings.
IV.Z.16. The dividend record date and the dividend payment date should be set so as to
ensure that the period between them is not longer than 15 business days. A
longer period between these dates requires a justification.
The Company does not apply this principle.
Pursuant to the tax legislation in Slovenia, dividends are subject to a withholding tax. Thus, the Company requires certain data from its shareholders which takes more than 15 days to obtain and process. The Company, however, strives to make the payments as soon as practicable.
Osoby reprezentujące spółkę:
Jože Colarič - President of Management Board and Chief Executive
