Mehdi Shahidi
Welcome, everybody, to this Extraordinary Basic Assembly of Shareholders of CureVac N.V. My title is Dr. Mehdi Shahidi. I am a member of the corporate’s Supervisory Board. And attributable to a health-related absence of our Chairman, I’ll chair right this moment’s assembly in accordance with Dutch regulation and the corporate’s Articles of Affiliation.
This Extraordinary Basic Assembly has been convened in reference to BioNTech’s public trade supply for all excellent shares of CureVac N.V. Throughout right this moment’s assembly, you’ll be requested to vote on sure resolutions regarding the proposed transaction with BioNTech, together with the post-offer company reorganization of CureVac and its subsidiaries and the appointment of recent members to CureVac’s Administration and Supervisory Board.
Current at this Extraordinary Basic Assembly, both in individual or by telephone are, amongst others, Alexander Zehnder, our CEO; Thaminda Ramanayake, our CBO; Marco Rau, our Basic Counsel, who will act as Secretary of right this moment’s assembly; representatives working with our Dutch Authorized Counsel, NautaDutilh and we, together with our civil regulation notary, Paul van der Bijl.
Earlier than continuing, I’ll now give the ground to the Secretary, who will focus on sure authorized formalities regarding right this moment’s assembly.
Marco Rau
Thanks, Mehdi. I am Dr. Marco Rau, the Basic Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and the Company Secretary of CureVac. For the report, I word that right this moment’s assembly has been convened with due observance of all related necessities beneath relevant regulation and the corporate’s Articles of Affiliation.
At this assembly, 156,246,488 shares are represented, which represents roughly 70.52% of the corporate’s issued share capital. This assembly shall be carried out within the English language. We’re