Frequently Asked Questions
1. Who is entitled to vote at the General Meeting?
2. How can I register for the General Meeting?
3. What is the date for the Bank to receive the statements issued by financial intermediaries indicating the number of shares registered in the name of each Shareholder?
4. I have not asked my Financial Intermediary(ies) for the statement referred to in question 2 above; can I attend or vote at the meeting?
5. Can I attend the GM in person?
6. How can I vote at this General Meeting?
- In person,
- By electronic means, with the system available for use between midnight on 15 May and 5 pm on 20 May (see question 7).
- By post, with the duly completed ballot paper being received by the Bank no later than 5 pm on 20 May.
7. How do you vote using electronic means?
Subsequently, by 3:30 p.m. on 20 May, the Bank will send a message with the remaining positions of the access password that allows you to vote electronically on the Millennium bcp website (www.millenniumbcp.pt).
Shareholders (natural persons or Self-employed Individual Entrepreneurs) who, being customers of Millennium bcp or ActivoBank, or who are registered in the “Espaço Acionista BCP” (Shareholder Space), submit their request via the Millennium bcp website (using the multi-channel code), are automatically identified and receive, immediately, the secret code that will allow them to vote.
With this access password, the Shareholder will be able to vote between midnight on 15 May and 5 pm on 20 May.
Once the right to vote by electronic means has been exercised, and under the terms of article 22-A of the Securities Code, an electronic confirmation of receipt of the votes will be sent to the person who sent them.
8. How do I vote by post?
The ballot, available on the Millennium bcp website, must be filled in and signed, sent to the email address pmag@millenniumbcp.pt or sent by post (addressed to Banco Comercial Português, S.A., Departamento de Títulos/Securities Department, Apartado 4744, 4012-970 Porto, Portugal), so that it is received by the Bank no later than 5 pm on 20 May, in accordance with the instructions on the ballot paper itself.
The ballot paper must be sent together with the signature certification issued by an entity authorised for this purpose or:
- in the case of a legal person, the access code to the company's permanent certificate may be sent together with a legible copy of the identification documents of the Legal Representatives signing the ballot paper, provided that they are identified in said certificate; in the case of a signature with a digital mobile key, it is only necessary to send the access code to the company's permanent certificate;
- in the case of a natural person or Self-employed Individual Entrepreneur, if they do not choose to sign with the digital mobile key, they may send a photocopy of their identification document, in which case their signature must correspond to that document.
When the ballot paper does not indicate a vote, the votes cast are counted as abstentions for proposals that have already been announced when the right to vote is exercised and as negative votes for proposals that are not announced until a later date.
9. I cannot attend the General Meeting, but I want to be represented: what do I have to do?
You may be represented at the Meeting by any person with full legal capacity, appointed for this purpose by means of a proxy letter made available to you on the Bank's website at www.millenniumbcp.pt, and the proxy letter must be received by the Bank no later than 5 pm on 20 May.
The appointment of a Representative is not possible if the information from the financial intermediary requested under questions 2 and 3 above has not been received by 11.59 p.m. (Portuguese legal time) on 15 May.
10. I have no way of sending the original proxy letter. Can I send it by email?
11. Can I cancel the proxy(ies) I have assigned?
12. By what date do I have to buy the shares in order to take part?
13. Can I sell the shares I hold after declaring that I intend to participate in the General Meeting?
- CBGM - PMAG@millenniumbcp.pt
- CMVM - cmvm@cmvm.pt
14. What is the start time of the General Meeting
The meeting starts at 2.30 pm, as stated in the Call Notice of Meeting.
If you are attending the Meeting by electronic means, it is recommended that you access the digital platform at least 15 minutes in advance, so that all the necessary conditions for your participation can be verified.
If you wish to attend in person, we recommend that you show up from 2 pm so that you can safely proceed with the accreditation process.
15. How can I participate in the meeting by electronic means?
You must provide the Bank with the relevant email address for participation in one of the following documents and within the deadlines set for this purpose: postal ballot paper, request for a secret code to vote by post using electronic means (via millenniumbcp.pt or by letter) or a proxy letter.
You cannot attend the General Meeting if the information from the financial intermediary requested under question 2 above has not been received by the CBGM by 11.59 pm (Portuguese legal time) on 15 May (questions 3. and 4. above).
16. How can I vote if I participate in the meeting by electronic means?
If you wish to vote, you must do so in advance by post or by electronic means, in accordance with Chapter VI of the Call Notice, and you may in any case change your vote during the meeting.
If you declare that you wish to participate in the meeting by electronic means after the deadline for requesting the secret code to vote by electronic means has passed (question 7. above), you may only vote by post, in compliance with the rules contained in the respective Ballot and in question 8. above.
You cannot vote if the information from the financial intermediary requested under question 2 above has not been received by the CBGM by 11.59 p.m. (Portuguese legal time) on 15 May (questions 3. and 4. above).
17. How can I access the link to the platform to be able to attend the General Meeting by electronic means?
18. What data do I have to provide to enter the platform?
19. I am a shareholder, and I did not send o documents to attend the General Meeting in due time. May I attend through the platform?
20. I'm a Shareholder and I told the financial intermediary that I intended to attend the General Meeting, but I did not vote. May I attend the meeting using the platform?
21. May I vote using the platform in the course of the Meeting?
No. The electronic voting platform is only available between midnight on 15 May and 5 pm on 20 May.
In any case, if you are attending the General Meeting remotely and have not voted previously, you will be deemed to have abstained on all the items on the Agenda, in which case you can change your vote via SMS. For further information, see question 22.
22. During the General Meeting, can I change the vote I previously cast by email or post?
Yes. You can change your vote during the session, during the period to be set by the Chairman of the General Meeting for each item, by sending an SMS to the mobile phone number to be made available on this website and in the CMVM Information Dissemination System until 21 May.
To change your vote, you must indicate the item on which you wish to make the change and your new vote. This change will only be possible if the vote on the item in question is not yet closed.
The mobile phone used to change your vote absolutely must be the same as the one provided when you registered, otherwise your change of vote will not be accepted.