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EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING HELD WITH SHAREHOLDERS

18/03/2024
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It took place at the Hotel Meliá Lebreros and lasted just under four hours
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At 18:00 CET on Monday, an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) was held with 87.73% of shares (90,775) represented. The first thing on the agenda was to discuss the effects, in relation to the information presented during the meeting on 4 December 2023, of the first team being knocked out of European competitions, the termination of Mr Diego Martín Alonso López's contract along with his backroom staff, and the hiring of Mr Enrique Sánchez Flores and his coaches. Club President José María del Nido Carrasco revealed that, with regards to the 2023 forecast, "the net loss from being knocked out of the Champions League was 22.5 million euros while replacing Diego Alonso with Quique Sánchez Flores cost 4.5 million."

After the President's speech, the meeting turned to the second item of the night - a vote on whether the Board of Directors should implement a new strategy for the remainder of the 2023/24 season. This was turned down; 34.17% voted in favour while the remaining 64.13% voted against. Item Three discussed the possibility of the Board of Directors agreeing financial transactions over one million euros, including loans, credit, financing and the repaying of debt, without deliberating with shareholders. This was rejected with 70.37% of votes against.

Item Four related to the rennovation work scheduled for the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. The vote would decide whether the Board of Directors could carry out any type of management and, in particular, not assume any type of obligation on behalf of Sevilla Fútbol Club, S.A.D with regards to the future remodelling and construction of the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, which is a crucial asset of the entity. This was also rejected with 28.13% voting in favour and 70.31% against.

87.73% of the share capital was represented at the EGM

Item Five, which relates to sums received by each member of the Board of Directors in the last three financial years, as well as payment incurred as a result of their attendance at meetings and other tasks related to the performance of their duties - such as travel, accommodation, meals and representation expenses - was not subject to a vote. The President stated that "the overall figure was 2.9 million euros in the 2020/21 season, 2.2 million euros in the 2021/22 season, and 2.1 million euros in the 2022/23 season. This factors in sporting success, given that in all those seasons the club qualified for the UEFA Champions League."

With regard to the sixth point, the appointment of the entity Sevillistas de Nervión, S.A. as a member of the Board of Directors, in accordance with article 244 of the Capital Companies Act. The decision was approved, with 64% of votes in favour and 28% against. Item Seven was the vote on the dismissal of each member of the Board of Directors. After the extensive interventions, the dismissal of each and every one of the members was rejected with the following percentage of negative votes: Francisco Guijarro Raboy (63.97%), José Castro Carmona (64.07%), Carolina Alés Matador (64.03%), Luis Castro Carmona (63.99%), Gabriel Ramos Longo (63.99%), Fernando Carrión Amate (62.80%) and Jesús Carrión Amate (64.01%). The vote on the dismissal of the members of the Board of Directors appointed by the proportional representation system -José María del Nido Carrasco, Jorge Marín Granados and Enrique de la Cerda Cisneros- was also rejected (63.93%). Given the rejection of the previous point, the eighth point, relating to the appointment of new members of the Board of Directors, remained without effect.

The ninth point consisted of the appointment of Dal Auditores, S.L. as auditor of the accounts of Sevilla Fútbol Club, S.A.D. and was rejected with a percentage of votes in favour of 39.61% and against 58.38%. The meeting then moved on to Item Ten, the proposal and, if appropriate, modification of article 30 of the Articles of Association relating to the remuneration of directors, to add a new paragraph to its content, specifying that the remuneration of the directors will consist of a fixed part and a variable part, the latter being linked to the achievement of the sporting and economic objectives expressed in the text of the proposed modification together with its justification. This point was rejected, as an affirmative vote of two thirds of the share capital represented was required, this being 57.8%. Finally, Item Eleven, regarding the removal of the Airis brand from the video scoreboard, was discussed. The President explained that "after consulting Airis, they told us that this was not advertising, but the inclusion of the brand name. They said they didn't mind and that we could cover it up if we wanted to. After that call, we decided to cover it up, even though we agree that it is not advertising." After almost four hours of the meeting, the President adjourned the meeting.