Rules governing appointment and removal of the management staff

Pursuant to Art. 35.1 of the Parent’s Articles of Association, the Supervisory Board is composed of 5 to 9 members, appointed by the General Meeting, subject to the provisions of Art. 16.2 (“The State Treasury has an individual right to appoint and remove one member of the Supervisory Board.”) and Art. 36 of the Articles of Association (“Part of the Supervisory Board members shall be members elected by Company employees pursuant to Art. 14 of the Act on Commercialisation and Privatisation”).

Members of the Supervisory Board are appointed for a joint three-year term of office.

At least two members of the Supervisory Board should be independent members that meet the independence criteria set out in Annex II to the Commission Recommendation on the role of non-executive or supervisory directors (Art. 35.4 of the Parent’s Articles of Association).

The General Meeting appoints the Chairperson of the Supervisory Board.

The Deputy Chairperson and the Secretary are elected by the Supervisory Board, at its first meeting, from among its members (Art. 37.1 of the Parent’s Articles of Association).