Calendar of events

Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC (MAR regulation) introduces the concept of the so-called closed periods for persons discharging managerial responsibilities within an issuer, for whom a prohibition was imposed to conduct any transactions on its own account or for the account of a third party, directly or indirectly, relating to the issuer’s shares or debt instruments, or derivative or other instruments related to financial instruments, during a closed period – 30 calendar days before the issuer’s publication of periodic financial reports (Article 19 paragraph 11 of MAR).

Closed periods:

March 25 – April 23, 2024 – closed period related to publication of annual report for 2023

April 29 – May 28, 2024 – closed period related to publication of quarterly report for Q1 2024

August 26 – September 24, 2024 – closed period related to publication of semi-annual report H1 2024

October 28 – November 26, 2024 – closed period related to publication of quarterly report for Q1-Q3 2024

Closed periods are valid until the publication of the periodic report.

In accordance with the MAR regulation, all persons who have access to inside information before its publication, it is forbidden in particular:

• to use inside information (insider dealing),
• to disclosure unlawfully of inside information to unauthorized persons and entities,
• to recommend or induce another person to acquire or dispose of financial instruments,
• to conduct any transactions relating to the issuer’s shares or other instruments related to financial instruments, attempt to perform such transactions, as well as modify or cancel orders after acquired inside information.