Zentiva S A : Notice of OGSM - 28 April 2022

To:

The Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority Financial Instruments and Investments Sector

The Bucharest Stock Exchange

Regulated Spot Market, Category Standard (Shares)From: ZENTIVA S.A.

CURRENT REPORT

pursuant to art. 139 para. (1) of the Law no. 24/2017 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations and art. 234 para. (1) letter a) of the Financial Supervisory Authority

Regulation no. 5/2018 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations

Report date:

22 March 2022

Name of the issuing entity:

ZENTIVA S.A. (the "Company")

Registered office:

50 Theodor Pallady Blvd.

3rd District, Bucharest Romania

Phone/Fax number:

+4021.304.72.00/ +4021.345.40.04

Webpage:

www.zentiva.ro

Registration number with the Bucharest Trade Register and sole registration code:

J40/363/1991 336206

Share Capital:

Number of shares:

RON 69,701,704 697,017,040 shares

Regulated Market on which the issued securities are traded:

Bucharest Stock Exchange, Main Segment, Category Standard (Shares)

Important events to be reported: Resolution of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors") for convening the Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders scheduled for the date of 28 April 2022 (first convening) and, respectively, 29 April 2022 (second convening)

The Company would like to inform its shareholders and investors that, on 22 March 2022, the Board of Directors has approved to convene the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the "OGMS") for the date of 28 April 2022, starting at 09:00 a.m.

To the extent that on the aforementioned date, due to any reasons, the quorum requirements stipulated by the law and by the articles of association of the Company are not fulfilled, the Board

Zentiva SA - Bdul Theodor Pallady nr. 50 - 032266, sector 3 , Bucuresti - Romania tel. [phone] - fax [phone],

Registrul Comertului : J40/363/1991 - Cod Unic : RO 336206 - IBAN RO65FTSB6448700041001RON in RON, BNP Paribas - sucursala Bucuresti

of Directors has approved to convene a second OGMS on 29 April 2022, starting at 09:00 a.m. with the same agenda and reference date as the first OGMS.

The OGMS (for both first and second convenings) will take place at the Company's registered office at 50 Theodor Pallady Blvd., 3rd District, Bucharest, Romania.

The convening notice can be found in the Annex to this report and will also be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part IV, and in at least one national newspaper, on or around the date of 25 March 2022.

All the information materials regarding the items included on the agenda of the OGMS will be available starting with 28 March 2022 on the Company's website athttps://www.zentiva.ro/investors/general-meetings-shareholders. The shareholders of the Company may receive, upon request, copies of the documents related to the items on the agenda of the OGMS.

Simona Cocoș

General Manager

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Annex ****

CONVENING NOTICE

FOR THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF

ZENTIVA S.A.

ZENTIVA S.A., a company registered with the Bucharest Trade Registry under number J40/363/1991, Sole Registration Code 336206, with its headquarters in 50 Theodor Pallady Blvd., 3rd District, Bucharest, Romania, with a subscribed and paid share capital of RON 69,701,704 (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), represented by its board of directors (the "Board of Directors"),

Pursuant to the provisions of Law no. 31/1990 on companies, republished, as subsequently amended and supplemented ("Companies Law"), Law no. 24/2017 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations ("Law no. 24/2017"), Regulation no. 5/2018 on issuers of financial instruments and market operations ("Regulation no. 5/2018"), and of the Company's articles of association (the "Articles of Association"),

CONVENES

The Ordinary General Meetings of Shareholders of the Company (hereinafter referred to as the "OGMS"), at the Company's registered office in Bucharest, 3rd District, 50 Theodor Pallady Blvd., on 28 April 2022, starting at 09:00 a.m., for all the shareholders registered with the Company shareholders' registry held by Depozitarul Central S.A., at the end of 18 April 2022, considered as Reference Date for this meeting; if on the aforementioned date, due to any reasons, the quorum requirements stipulated by the law and by the Articles of Association are not fulfilled, the Board of Directors had convened and set, in accordance with art. 118 of the Companies Law, the date of the second OGMS of the Company on 29 April 2022, starting at 09:00 a.m., at the same address at the Company's registered office, with the same agenda and Reference Date.

THE AGENDA OF THE OGMS:

• 1. Approval of the annual financial statements prepared for the financial year ended 31 December 2021, together with the Directors' Annual Report and the Independent Auditor's Report.

• 2. Approval of the income and expenses budget for the financial year 2022.

• 3. Approval of the allocation of the Company's net profit for the financial year ended 31 December 2021, determined in accordance with the applicable law, to the reported result in the 117 "Reported result" accounting account, being at the Company's disposal until a further decision.

• 4. Approval of the discharge of liability of the members of the Board of Directors for the financial

• year 2021.

• 5. Establishing the remuneration for the members of the Board of Directors for the financial year 2022 at a maximum aggregate limit of RON 2,136,764.

• 6. Approval of the Annual remuneration report for the management of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2021.

• 7. Approval of 19 May 2022 as registration date, identifying the shareholders which will benefit from the effects of the resolutions adopted by the OGMS, in accordance with the provisions of art. 87 para. (1) of Law no. 24/2017 and the date of 18 May 2022 as "ex-date", computed in accordance with the provisions of art. 2 (2) letter (l) of Regulation 5/2018.

8.

Authorisation of the Board of Directors and/or of any member of the Board of Directors and/or of the Company's General Manager, with the right to sub-delegate, in the name and on behalf of the Company, with full power and authority, to execute any documents, including the resolutions of the OGMS of the Company, to file, to request the publication of the resolutions in Part IV of the Official Gazette of Romania, to pick up any documents, as well as to fulfil any necessary formalities in front of the Trade Registry Office, as well as in front of any other authority, public institution, legal entities and individuals, as well as to carry out any acts for implementing and ensuring the opposability of the resolutions which will be adopted by the OGMS.

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GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE OGMS

a)

The right of the shareholders to participate in the OGMS:

Only shareholders who are registered with the Company's Shareholders Registry at the Reference Date are entitled to attend and cast their votes in the OGMS, in accordance with the legal provisions applicable to companies that are listed on the regulated market and those of the Articles of Association, in person (or represented by legal representatives) or by proxy (based on a special or general power of attorney), considering the legal constraints, or by correspondence (based on a correspondence voting ballot).

The access and/or the correspondence vote by shareholders entitled to attend the OGMS is allowed, subject to simple proof of their identity made by presenting, in case of shareholders who are natural persons, their identity document (identity card for the Romanian citizens or, as the case may be, passport/ residence permit/ identity card for foreign citizens) and, in case of legal entities, based on the identity document of the legal representative (identity card for the Romanian citizens or, as the case may be, passport/ residence permit/ identity card for the foreign citizens).

The representatives of shareholders - natural/legal persons will be identified based on their identity document (identity card for the Romanian citizens or, as the case may be, passport/ residence permit/ identity card for the foreign citizens), accompanied by the special or general power of attorney signed by the shareholder who is a natural person/the legal representative of the shareholder that is a legal person.

The capacity as shareholder and also, in case of shareholders - legal persons or entities without legal status, the capacity as legal representative shall be acknowledged based on the list of shareholders at the Reference Date, received by the Company from Depozitarul Central S.A.

In case: a) the shareholders - natural persons did not register in the system of Depozitarul Central S.A. the valid and updated identification data, then they will also present a copy of the updated identity document (identity card/ passport/ residence permit); b) the legal representative of the shareholders - legal persons is not mentioned in the list of shareholders received from Depozitarul Central S.A., then they will also present an official document attesting their capacity as legal representative of the signatory of the special power of attorney (issued by a competent authority, original or certified copy, not older than six (6) months before the date of publication of the convening notice of the OGMS).

Information concerning the special and general powers of attorney and the correspondence vote is set out at points c) and d) below.

Any documents submitted in a foreign language, other than English (except for identity documents valid in Romania) shall be accompanied by the authorized translation thereof into Romanian or English (this is also applicable is case of participation and voting in accordance with points c) and d) below).

b)Documents related to the agenda of the OGMS

Starting with 28 March 2022, all the information materials regarding the items included on the agenda of the OGMS shall be available during the business days at the Company's registered office, between 09:00 and 17:00 (Romanian hours), as well as on the Company's website athttps://www.zentiva.ro/investors/general-meetings-shareholders. The shareholders of the Company may receive, upon request, copies of the documents related to the items on the agenda of the OGMS.

c)General Powers of Attorney

General powers of attorney may be granted by the shareholders for a period which will not exceed three (3) years and allow their representative to vote in connection with any aspects which are discussed in the general meeting of shareholders, including disposal acts.

Before their first use, general powers of attorney shall be deposited/sent, in copy, containing the mention of conformity with the original under the signature of the representative (or sent by e-mail with extended electronic signature, in compliance with Law no. 455/2001 on digital signatures, as amended and supplemented, and in accordance with the regulations issued by FSA, to the [e-mail]) so as to be registered with the Company's registration desk until 26 April 2022, at 09:00 a.m.

For the validity of the mandate, the proxy should have to be either an intermediary (investment professional) (pursuant to the provisions of art. 2 para. (1) point (19) of Law no. 24/2017) or a lawyer and the relevant shareholder should be a client of the proxy. Also, the proxy should not be in a state of conflict of interest, pursuant to the provisions of art. 105 para. (15) of the Law no. 24/2017.

The proxy cannot be substituted by another person. To the extent the empowered person is a legal entity, it may exercise its mandate through any person belonging to the administrative or management body or its employees.

Together with the general power of attorney, the shareholders shall submit to the Company a statement issued by the legal representative of the intermediary or lawyer who received the power of representation, signed, in original and, as the case, stamped, confirming that:

(i)the power of attorney is given by the respective shareholder, in its capacity as client, to the intermediary or, as the case lawyer;

(ii) the general power of attorney is signed by the shareholder, including by attaching an extended electronic signature, if the case.

The verification and validation of the general Powers of Attorney shall be made by the technical secretaries appointed according to the law, they are going to keep the documents safely.

d)The special Powers of Attorney and the correspondence voting ballot

The special powers of attorney and correspondence voting ballots will use the format provided by the Company and shall indicate the vote for each item on the agenda (meaning vote "For", vote "Against" or vote "Abstention").

There will be a single format for the special power of attorney/ correspondence voting ballot for all items on the agenda, made available by the Company.

The special powers of attorney may be granted to any person for the representation within one general meeting of shareholders and contains specific voting instructions from the issuer shareholder.

The special powers of attorney/ correspondence voting ballots and the related documents shall be deposited/sent (inclusively by e-mail with extended electronic signature, in compliance with Law no. 455/2001 on digital signatures, as amended and supplemented, and in accordance with the regulations issued by FSA, to the [e-mail]), in original or in copy, containing the mention of conformity with the original under the signature of the authorised representative, so as to be registered with the Company registration desk no later than until 26 April 2022, at 09:00 a.m, clearly mentioning on the envelope or in the subject of the e-mail "For the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders convened for 28 April 2022/ 29 April 2022".

When filling in the special powers of attorney/ correspondence voting ballots, the shareholders are asked to consider that new items on the agenda of the OGMS or proposals of resolutions could be added. In this case, the special powers of attorney/ correspondence voting ballots shall be updated and published as described at letter b).

The special Powers of Attorney and correspondence voting ballots which are not registered as received