Econocom - 2020 annual report

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Name, registered 1.2. office and legal form Company name: Econocom group SE Registered office: Place du Champ de Mars 5, 1050 Brussels (Tel. +32 2 790 81 11). Legal form, incorporation, published documents: Econocom was incorporated as a limited company ( société anonyme ) under Belgian law on 2 April 1982, under a deed held by Jacques Possoz, notary, and published in the Belgian Official Gazette ( Moniteur belge ) of 22 April 1982 (no. 820–11). It was transformed into a European company ( Societas europaea ) by decision of the General Meeting of 18 December 2015 under a deed of the same date held by Tim Carnewal, notary, published in the Belgian Official Gazette of 31 December 2015. Econocom is a European Company ( Societas europaea ) governed by the provisions of regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company (the “SE Regulation”) and Directive No. 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European Company with regard to the involvement of employees and the provisions of Belgian law in respect of European Companies, as well as, for all other matters not yet covered or only partially covered by the SE Regulation, Belgian law applicable to public limited companies insofar as they are not contrary to specific provisions applicable to European Companies. Econocom is a listed company within the meaning of article 1:11 of the Belgian Companies Code ( Code des sociétés ). It is registered with the Brussels register of companies of under number 0422.646.816. Term: indefinite. Financial year: 1 January to 31 December.

Corporate Purpose 1.3. (article 3 of the Bylaws) The Company’s purpose is, in all countries: the design, construction, operational and • administrativemanagement,and financing of computer, digital and technological, information and data processing, and telecommunicationsystems and solutions, or such systemsand solutionsas they relate to the Internet of Things (IoT); the purchase,sale, leasingand tradingof all • types of hardware, software and computer, technological,digitalor telecommunications solutions, for businesses and individuals alike, and more broadly any accessory connected with such solutions, as well as any advice, services and related financial transactions. To this end, the Company may acquire, manage, operate and sell patents, trademarks, and technical, industrial and financial knowledge. It may establish branch offices or subsidiaries in all countries. It may acquire interests in any company with similar or complementary activities in any country by means of asset transfers, acquisitions, partial or total mergers, subscriptions to initial capital or capital increases, financial investments, disposals, loans or any other means. It may perform, in all countries, all industrial, commercial, financial, securities and property transactions related in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to one or other branch of its purpose, or one that is liable to expand its purpose or facilitate its achievement. It may provide guarantees or grant real or other personal guarantees in favour of companies or individuals, in the broadest sense.

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