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2018-02-28

Invitation to the Ordinary Annual General Meeting of Al Batinah Power Company SAOG

The Board of Directors of Al Batinah Power Company SAOG (the “Company”) has the pleasure to invite the respected shareholders to attend the Ordinary Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company to be held on Tuesday, 20 March 2018 at the Capital Market Authority Meeting Hall, situated at Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman, at 5:00 pm, to discuss the following agenda:

1. To consider and approve the Board of Directors’ Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2017.
2. To consider and approve the Corporate Governance Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2017.
3. To consider the Auditors’ Report and to approve the financial statements (balance sheet and income statement) for the financial year ended 31 December 2017.
4. To notify the General Meeting of the related party transactions during the financial year ended 31 December 2017.
5. To consider and approve the proposed transactions and contracts with related parties during the financial year ending 31 December 2018.
6. To authorize the Board of Directors’ to determine and distribute cash dividends to the Shareholders of the Company in May/June 2018 and November/December 2018 out of the retained earnings as per the audited financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2017, provided that the aggregate amount shall not exceed 9% of the paid up share capital of the Company (i.e., 9 Baizas per share).
7. To ratify the sitting fees paid to directors for the Board meetings, Audit Committee meetings, and Nomination & Remuneration Committee meetings held during the financial year ended 31 December 2017; and determine the proposed sitting fees payable to directors for Board meetings, Audit Committee meetings, and Nomination & Remuneration Committee meetings for the financial year ending 31 December 2018.
8. To consider and approve the distribution of the proposed remuneration for the Board members of a sum of RO 16,800 for the financial year ended 31 December 2017.
9. To notify the General Meeting of the donations made by the Company on the account of corporate social responsibility during the financial year ended 31 December 2017.
10. To consider and approve the allocation of an amount of  RO 20,000 during the financial year ending 31 December 2018 as corporate social responsibility initiative.
11. To consider and approve that a director of the Company is allowed to participate in the management of another company which is conducting business competitive to the business of the Company.
12. To consider and approve the criteria to appraise the performance of the Board of Directors.
13. To approve the report for the performance appraisal of the Board of Directors carried out during year 2017.
14. To appoint an independent consultant to carry out annual appraisal for the performance of the Board of Directors during the financial year ending 31 December 2018 and determine its fee.
15. To appoint Statutory Auditors for the financial year ending 31 December 2018 and determine their remuneration.

According to the Articles of Association of the Company the Shareholders have the right to nominate a proxy to attend and vote on their behalf on decisions/resolutions of the meeting, such proxy must be on the proxy form attached to this agenda and notice. The natural shareholder shall enclose a copy of the ID card, or the passport copy for females and minors who don’t have an ID card, residence card or passport copy for non-Omanis along with the proxy form. The juristic shareholder’s proxy must be signed by an authorized signatory and sealed with entity’s stamp, and should be submitted along with a commercial registration certificate and the authorized signatories list.

Respected shareholders are requested to attend at the AGM venue half an hour before the meeting.

For further information, please contact Mr. Mitsuo Nakamoto on telephone no. (+968) 24393300.