The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Plastika Thrakis, by its resolution dated May 19, 2026, appointed a new member to the Audit Committee, (to replace the resigning third-party member who is not a member of the Board of Directors, Konstantinos Kotsilinis), in accordance with (and pursuant to the relevant recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, which is available to the investing public) the person of the new member, namely Ms. Maria Melliou (who is also a third party not serving on the Board of Directors), on the one hand, the independence criteria of Article 9, paragraphs 1 and 2, of Law 4706/2020, as currently in force, and on the other hand, the suitability criteria and conditions of Article 44 of Law 4449/2017, as currently in force, and in particular the requirement for sufficient knowledge of the sector in which the Company operates, the requirement for sufficient knowledge and experience in auditing, and finally the requirement for a basic understanding of the economic substance of the Company’s financial statements.
Subsequently, on May 20, 2026, a meeting of the Audit Committee was held, in its new composition as formed in accordance with the above and following a vote among its members, in accordance with the provisions of Article 44 of Law 4449/2017, as currently in force, the Committee was unanimously reconstituted as follows:
1) Georgios Samothrakis, Independent Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Audit Committee,
2) Maria Mellios, Independent Third Party – Non-Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Audit Committee,
3) Sofia Manesi, independent third party—non-member of the Board of Directors, member of the Audit Committee.
For the sake of completeness, it is noted that all members of the Audit Committee in its new composition demonstrably meet the requirements of Article 44 of Law 4449/2017, possess sufficient knowledge of the sector in which the Company operates, and all of them have demonstrated sufficient knowledge in the field of auditing, as evidenced by their detailed CVs posted on the Company’s website, as well as by the resolutions of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders dated May 28, 2025, and May 19,2026, which, following the relevant recommendations of the Compensation and Nomination Committee, examined, verified and confirmed that all criteria and conditions set forth by the applicable regulatory and legislative framework for the lawful composition of the Audit Committee have been met in their entirety.
The term of the Audit Committee coincides with the term of the Board of Directors elected by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 28, 2025, that is, it is five years, expiring on May 28, 2030, and is extended until the expiration of the deadline within which the next Ordinary General Meeting must be convened and until a relevant resolution is adopted.