Pursuant to the Rules and Regulations of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange d.d. and the relevant legislation, the company Poslovni sistem Mercator d.d. hereby informs the shareholders and the public of the following:

The company Poslovni sistem Mercator d.d. encourages its shareholders to actively exercise their rights and for this purpose begins with organized collection of proxy authorizations. This allows shareholders to exercise their voting rights without attending the Shareholders Assembly, thus directly contributing to company’s governance.

Consistent with the recommendations of the Slovenian Corporate Governance Code, Poslovni sistem Mercator d.d. hereby informs its shareholders that, based on the agreement with VZMD (PanSlovenian Shareholders’ Association) dated May 11, 2020, and based on the agreement with Društvo MDS (Small Shareholders' Association of Slovenia) dated May 6, 2020 the organized collection of shareholder proxy authorizations for the 27th regular Shareholders Assembly, which is to take place on June 9, 2020, has started. The company Poslovni sistem Mercator d.d., Društvo MDS and VZMD have selected following proxies, which are to be authorized by the shareholders for exercising their voting rights: Elikan Janez, Stanković Rajko, and Slapar Petra.

This announcement will be published on the company’s website at www.mercatorgroup.si as of May 20, 2020, and will remain published for a period of at least five years.