February 24 (SeeNews) - Slovenian port operator Luka Koper [LJE:LKPG] said its supervisory board appointed Mirko Bandelj board president and Tomaz Bencina deputy president.
The appointments were made during the supervisory board's first session with new members representing the shareholders, the company said in a filing with the Ljubljana Stock Exchange on Thursday.
All the three committees of the supervisory board - audit, HR and business - were also newly-formed, Luka Koper said.
Earlier this month, the shareholders of Luka Koper approved a proposal by the Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) for the appointment of Borut Skabar, Barbara Nose, Jozef Petrovic, Bostjan Rader and Mirko Bandelj as supervisory board members.
The new board members replaced Franci Matoz, Nevenka Cresnar Pergar, Andrej Koprivec and Bozidar Godnjavec, who were appointed during the government of former prime minister Janez Jansa. Bencina, whose mandate as supervisory board member started in June 2022, kept his position on the supervisory board.
Luka Koper is majority-owned by the Slovenian state which holds a 51% stake in the port operator. SSH controls 11.13% of the capital of Luka Koper and Kapitalska druzba owns 4.98%. The fourth largest owner is Koper municipality with a 3.14% share. SSH, established in 2014, is in charge of the management of the state ownership in about 50 companies, including Luka Koper.
The supervisory board of Luka Koper has eight members, with five representatives of shareholders and three of employees. The three representatives of the employees, Mladen Jovicic, Mehrudin Vukovic and Rok Parovel, kept their positions on the board.