MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL SHARHOLDERS’ MEETING OF CORIMON, C.A. (July 29th, 2016)

Today, July 29, 2016, at 9:30 a.m., the shareholders who are mentioned at the end of these Minutes met at the seat of the company located at the Pent House of Edificio Corimon, located at Calle Hans Neumann de Los Cortijos de Lourdes, in Caracas, in order to hold a General Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of CORIMON, C.A. The Meeting was presided over by Mr. Omar Pernía Pacheco, Venezuelan of legal age, married, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card No. V-4.441.414, in his capacity as Vice-President of the company. Having confirmed the quorum for the Meeting, equivalent to Eighty-Two Points Integer Percent Two Hundred Sixty-Six Tenths (82,266%) of the shares that make up the Company’s subscribed and paid-in capital, Mr. Omar Pernìa Pacheco, declared the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting duly convened and the call for the meeting, published in newspapers El Nacional and El Universal, on July thirteen (13), 2016, was read, as literally transcribed below:

The shareholders of the Company are called to the General Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Corimon, C.A., to be held on July 29, 2016, at 9:30 a.m., at the Pent House of Edificio Corimon, located at Calle Hans Neumann de Los Cortijos de Lourdes, in Caracas, Venezuela, to consider and resolve upon the items contained in the following agenda:

1. To consider and resolve upon the Financial Statements pertaining to the fiscal year ended on April 30, 2016, based on the Statutory Auditor’s Report, and the Board of Directors’ Report.
2. To consider and resolve, based on the project submitted by the Board of Directors, upon decreeing a special dividend to be charged against the Retained Earnings account.
3. To consider and resolve upon the designation of the Statutory Auditors and their alternates, and to fix their remuneration, and upon the designation of an independent public accountants’ firm to issue its opinion on the Company’s annual Financial Statements.

The Board of Directors
Caracas, July thirteen (13), 2016.

Note: The shareholders are notified that the Report of the Board of Directors, the financial statements audited by public accountants, pertaining to the fiscal year ended on April 30, 2016, and the statutory auditors’ report, are available to them at the offices of the company located at calle Hans Neumann, edificio Corimon, Pent House, Los Cortijos de Lourdes, Caracas, Venezuela, and at the bank Venezolano de Crédito Banco Universal, Securities Department, at Avenida Alameda, Piso 8, San Bernardino, Caracas, Venezuela.

Upon reading the Call for the Meeting as published, the Meeting went on to consider and resolve upon the following matters:

FIRST: To consider and resolve upon the Financial Statements pertaining to the fiscal year ended on April 30, 2016, based on the Statutory Auditor’s Report, and the Board of Directors’ Report.
The Statutory Auditors’ Report and the Board of Directors’ Report were read.

The financial results of Corimon for the fiscal year ended on April thirty (30), 2016 were presented as follows: During the fiscal year ended on April 30, 2016, the consolidated sales were of Bs. 31.764.074.224, having obtained a gross profit of Bs. 11.910.605.110 and an operating profit of Bs. 7.211.933.045 resulting in a net profit of Bs. 2.800.103.344. At April thirty (30), 2016, the Company’s balance sheet reflects total assets in the amount of Bs. 127.302.156.042, while the total liabilities are for Bs.56.307.697.114 which sheds a total shareholders’ equity of Bs. 70.994.459.185.

Based on the Statutory Auditors’ Report and the Board of Directors’ Report, there were approved the Financial Statements submitted for the Meeting’s consideration, and there were also approved the report and accounts of the Board of Directors, which documents were all made available to the shareholders prior to the meeting. Immediately thereafter, the Meeting considered the Second Item on the Agenda, to wit:

SECOND: To consider and resolve, based on the project submitted by the Board of Directors, upon decreeing a special dividend to be charged against the Retained Earnings account.

Based on the financial statements of Corimon, C.A., at April 30, 2016, and the projects submitted by the Board of Directors, the Shareholders’ Meeting decreed a cash dividend for the amount of Bs. 321.374.400 or Bs. 410 per each outstanding share of the Company at this date, to be charged against the retained earnings account. The Shareholders’ Meeting also approved the payment of the decreed dividends in the following manner:

50% of the decreed dividends as follow:
¬ Deadline for the Transaction with Benefit: Monday August 22, 2016.
¬ Effective Date for Recording Benefit: Friday, August 26, 2016.

50% of the decreed dividends as follow:
¬ Deadline for the Transaction with Benefit: Monday October 24, 2016.
¬ Effective Date for Recording Benefit: Friday, October 28, 2016.

Finally, the Meeting approved, with regard to Corimon, C.A.’s ADRs, the depositary of which is JPMorgan Chase Bank, that the dividend due on said securities in foreign currency be paid directly in Bolivars to the shareholders or their custodians by JPMorgan Chase Bank, which, upon receiving the shareholder’s authorization, must transmit such instructions directly to Banco Venezolano de Crédito, the transfer agent in Venezuela. Immediately thereafter, the Meeting considered the Third Item on the Agenda, to wit:

THIRD: To consider and resolve upon the designation of the Statutory Auditors and their alternates, and to fix their remuneration, and upon the designation of an independent public accountants’ firm to issue its opinion on the Company’s annual Financial Statements.

From the shortlists of three candidates submitted and according to the procedure set forth in the legislation on Capital Markets, the Meeting elected Messrs: Henry Peñaloza Venezuelan, of legal age, single marital status, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Nº V- 7.955.377, C.P.C. No. 20.339 and Jorge Gómez, Venezuelan, of legal age, single marital status, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Venezuelan, of legal age, single marital status, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Nº V-5.407.975, C.P.C. 10.951, as Principal Statutory Auditors, and, Messrs. Fernando Bravo, Venezuelan, of legal age, single marital status, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Venezuelan, of legal age, single marital status, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Nº V-8.721.037, C.P.C. 49.697, and William Granier, Venezuelan, of legal age, single marital status, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Venezuelan, of legal age, single marital status, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Nº V-5.170.010, C.P.C. 5.722, as their respective alternates. The Meeting approved a remuneration, in Bolivars, equivalent to two hundred fifty (250) Tax Units per year, for the Statutory Auditors who act. The firm of Rodríguez, Velázquez & Asociados, members of the firm KPMG, was designated as the company’s Independent Public Accountants for the next fiscal year. It is set on record that the voting was unanimous.
Finally, the Meeting authorized Ms. Amelia Ibarra, Venezuelan, of legal age, married, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Venezuelan, N° V-6.911.566, in her capacity as Secretary of Corimon, C.A., to certify these Minutes of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, and to notify the competent entities regarding the decisions made at this Shareholders’ Meeting, and also, Mr. Daniel Pantoja, Venezuelan, of legal age, single marital status, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Venezuelan, of legal age, single marital status, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Nº 3.985.059, was authorized to make the pertinent notice to the Commercial Registry, and request the certified copies he may deem advisable. There being no further matters to consider, the Meeting was adjourned and these minutes were drawn, and signed by those present and representatives as an indication of their approval. (signed) Rafael Antonio Pérez Cabral representing 3 shares; Flor (signed) Marina Rodas representing 1 share; (signed) María Carolina Bichara representing 123.693 shares; (signed) Paolo Enrico Fontana representing 521.137 shares; and (signed) Felipe Omar Panza Torres representing 2 shares.

I, Amelia Ibarra, Venezuelan, of legal age, married, of this domicile and bearer of Identity Card Venezuelan, N° V-6.911.5666, acting in my capacity as Secretary of Corimon, C.A., a corporation domiciled in Caracas and registered with the Second Commercial Registry of the Judicial Circuit of the Federal District and State of Miranda on June fourteen, 1949, under number 644, Volume 3-D, hereby certify that the preceding is a true and correct transcription of the original Minutes entered in the Company’s Shareholders’ Meetings Minute Book.

Amelia Ibarra

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