New Members of the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board of SPP

Bratislava, 1-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — In relation to the shareholders´ structure change, the extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders approved changes in the composition of corporate bodies of Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s., (SPP) with effect from 24 January 2013.

On 23 January 2013, shareholders at the extraordinary General Meeting of SPP removed, in relation to the shareholders´ structure change, representatives of the former shareholders, E.ON Ruhrgas AG and GDF SUEZ and at the same time approved new members of the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board of SPP representing Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. (EPH) as the new shareholder.

Daniel Křetínský has become the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of SPP with effect from 24 January 2013 replacing Hans-Gilbert Meyer. Other new Board members are Jan Špringl, Pavel Horský and Ladislav Bartoníček, replacing former members Jean-Jacques Ciazynski, Frédérique Dufresnoy and Andreas Rau.

From 24 January 2013, the Supervisory Board changed its composition as well with Peter Korbačka as a new member replacing Eric Stab.

The present list of members of the Board of Directors of SPP since 24 January 2013:

JUDr. Daniel Křetínský
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mgr. Alexander Sako
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors

Members:
Ing. Ladislav Bartoníček, MBA
Ing. Milan Hargaš
Mgr. Pavel Horský
Ing. Jan Špringl
JUDr. Marián Valko

The present list of members of the Supervisory Board of SPP since 24 January 2013:

Michal Ďurkovič
Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Supervisory Board Vice-Chairman will be elected at the next meeting of the Supervisory Board of SPP.

Members:
Ing. arch. Tomáš Gál, PhD.
Prof. Ing. Juraj Janočko, CSc., Dr. scient.
Ing. Valéria Janočková
Ing. Peter Korbačka
MUDr. Martin Kováč
Ing. Peter Kováč
Ing. Róbert Maguth
Ing. Jozef Polačko
Viera Uhrová
Ing. Robert Zemánek
Ing. Dušan Žák

CV – JUDr. Daniel Křetínský, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SPP
Born in 1975, he graduated from the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno. His professional career started in 1998 at Gottweis & partner, a law firm. In 1999 he joined J&T as lawyer and in 2003 became a partner at J&T responsible for corporate investments and energy sector in the Czech Republic. In 2009 he contributed within J&T to the founding of Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. (EPH), in which he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Since 2010 he has held the position of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of EP ENERGY, a.s., a 100 % daughter company of EPH. In both companies he is responsible for strategy, HR and key business negotiation processes. He also represents the parent company EPH in corporate bodies of its daughter companies. Since 2011 he has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of EP Industries, a.s., which comprises all industrial enterprises (excluding energy assets), which were formerly part of EPH. On 24 January 2013, he became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SPP.

CV – Ing. Jan Špringl, Member of the Board of Directors of SPP
Born in 1978, he graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration, The University of Economics, Prague. He started his professional career in 2002 in the Securities Commission and in 2003 joined the M&A division at J&T. From 2005 he worked for United Energy, which was the first significant energy sector acquisition of J&T/EPH and contributed to the company´s restructuring. From 2006 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Plzeňská energetika. In 2009 he contributed to the successful acquisitions of Elektrárny Opatovice, Pražská teplárenská and the German mining company MIBRAG. In 2009 he also became the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pražská teplárenská and in 2010 the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Elektrárny Opatovice. Presently, he works also for the Supervisory Board of MIBRAG and since 2012 he has been the Director General and member of the Board of Directors of EP Energy, a.s. On 24 January he became a Member of the Board of Directors of SPP.

CV – Mgr. Pavel Horský, Member of the Board of Directors of SPP
Born in 1973, he graduated from the Faculty of Natural Science at Masaryk University, Brno, majoring in mathematics and physics. In 1999 he joined the Czech branch of ABN AMRO Bank (presently The Royal Bank of Scotland) as a loan portfolio manager responsible for development and management of loan portfolio of key clients in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. From 2005 he held a senior position in the Treasury department focusing on currency and interest-rate risks, working for the bank until 2009. Since March 2012 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of EP Energy, a.s. in which he also holds the post of CFO. Since July 2012 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. (EPH), in which he also works as Treasury and Financing Director. On 24 January 2013 he became a Member of the Board of Directors SPP.

CV – Ing. Ladislav Bartoníček, MBA, Member of the Board of Directors of SPP
Born in 1964, he graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague. From 1991 to 1996 he worked as Executive Director at PPF. In 1993 he graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. Later, he worked for Česká pojišťovna a.s. as the Director General (1996 – 2000 and 2002 – 2006), the Chairman of the Board of Directors (1996 – 1997 and from 2000 until present) and also as the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors (1997 – 2000). In 2008 he was appointed as the Director General and member of the Board of Directors of Generali PPF Holding B.V., an insurance company owned jointly by PPF and Assicurazioni Generali. Since 2009 he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. (EPH) serving presently as the Supervisory Board Chairman. On 24 January 2013 he became a Member of the Board of Directors SPP.

Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s. (SPP) (www.spp.sk) is a multinational energy company and a reliable supplier of energy and services. SPP directly follows on from over 150 years of gas industry in Slovakia. The vision of the company is to be one of the leading energy groups in Central and Eastern Europe with strong trust of our customers and business partners. SPP ensures reliable and competitive energy supplies and energy related services in Slovakia and also in international markets. The company offers solutions in energy savings and supports initiatives oriented to sustainable development. The shareholders of SPP are the Slovak Republic through the National Property Fund (51%) and the company Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. (EPH 49%).