Pursuant to Articles 8 and 26 of the Law on Public Companies in the Federation of BiH (Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH, 8/05, 81/08, 22/09 and 109/12), Article 271 of the Law on Companies (Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH, 81/05 and 75/21), Article 43 of the Statute of the Public Company ”ELEKTROPRIVREDA HRVATSKE ZAJENDICE HERCEG BOSNE” Joint-Stock Company Mostar, number: SD-8/16 as of 29 June 2016 and number: SD-6/19 as of 19 June 2019, and the Decision of the Audit Board of the Company on publishing a public announcement and appointing a Committee for the election and nomination of candidates for the Audit Board of JP ”ELEKTROPRIVREDA HZ HB” d.d. Mostar number: NO-290/23 as of 18 September 2023, the Supervisory Board of the Public Company ”ELEKTROPRIVREDA HRVATSKE ZAJEDNICE HERCEG BOSNE” Joint-Stock Company Mostar hereby publishes

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR THE ELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE AUDIT BOARD OF THE

JP ”ELEKTROPRIVREDA HZ HB” d.d. Mostar

I. A public announcement for the election of candidates for the Audit Board of the Public Company ”ELEKROPRIVREDA HRVATSKE ZAJEDNICE HERCEG BOSNE” Joint-Stock Company Mostar is hereby announced (hereinafter: the Company).

II. 3 (three) members will be elected to the Audit Board of the Company, whereby at least one member of the Audit Board must be an authorised auditor.

Mandate of the appointed members of the Audit Board lasts 4 years.

The duties of members of the Audit Board are determined by the Law on Public Companies in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH, 8/05, 81/08, 22/09 and 109/12), the Law on Companies (Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH, 81/05 and 75/21) and the Statute of the Public Company ”ELEKTROPRIVREDA HRVATSKE ZAJEDNICE HERCEG BOSNE” Joint-Stock Company Mostar, number: SD-8/16 as of 29 June 2016 and number: SD-6/19 as of 19 June 2019. The fee and other rights of the future president and the members of the Audit Board are regulated by the contract on performance of duties based on the decision of the Shareholders’ Assembly of the Company.

III. The candidate who applies for a member of the Audit Board is required to fulfil the following conditions:

1. General conditions and documents which support them:

-to be older than 18 years of age (evidence: birth certificate); – to be a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina (evidence: certificate of citizenship not older than 6 months);

– the candidate has not been convicted of a criminal offence or an offence incompatible with the duties of the member of the Audit Board for 5 (five) years from the date of finality of the judgement, excluding the period of imprisonment (evidence: a statement signed by the candidate and certified by the competent body);

– the candidate is not a person who has been prohibited by a final court judgement from performing duties from the jurisdiction of the Audit Board (evidence: a statement signed by the candidate and certified by the competent body); –  the candidate has not been dismissed from the civil service as a result of a disciplinary measure at any level in BiH in the period of 3 (three) years prior to the date of publication of the public announcement (evidence: a statement signed by the candidate and certified by the competent body);

– Article IX 1. of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not relate to the candidate (evidence: a statement signed by the  candidate and certified by the competent body);

– there are no legal impediments relating to the candidate for the purpose of the Law on Conflict of Interest in Governmental Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of BiH, 13/02, 16/02, 14/03, 12/04, 63/08, 18/12, 87/13 and 41/16) and for the purpose the Law on Conflict of Interest in Governmental Institutions of the Federation of BiH (Official Gazette of the FBiH, 70/08) – (evidence: a statement signed by the candidate and certified by the competent body);

– the candidate does not hold office in a political party (evidence: a statement signed by the candidate and certified by the competent body);

– the candidate is not a member of the Company’s Supervisory Board or the Management Board, employed, and the candidate has no direct or indirect financial interest in the Company to whose Audit Board the candidate is applying for (evidence: a statement signed by the candidate and certified by the competent body).

b) Special conditions and the documents which support them:

• VII degree of professional qualification in technical field, economics or law, namely, higher education of the Bologna system (that is evaluated with at least 240 ECTS points) in technical field, economics or law (evidence: a certified copy of a diploma of the acquired degree of higher education needed for the position; if a diploma was acquired in another country, the candidate must also submit a certified true copy of diploma nostrification);
• A minimum of 5 (five) years of work experience in the profession after obtaining a diploma (evidence: a certificate of work experience);
• A certificate of authorised auditor is a candidate has one (evidence: a certified copy of a certificate).

IV. Along with a written and signed application the candidates are required to submit evidence on fulfilling general and special conditions in original or in certified copy, as well as a short curriculum vitae which must contain the address of the candidate, e-mail and a telephone number.

Statements signed by the candidates from point III, indent a) may be presented in a single document which shall be certified by the competent body.

V. Candidates who fulfil general and special conditions will be invited to an interview.

Candidates will be informed about the date, time and place of the interview by e-mail and/or by post.

VI. In the assessment of the candidate’s qualifications and experience, the following will also be taken into account:

• the ability to recognise, represent and protect interests of the Company;
• the ability to responsibly perform the duties of a member of Audit Board;
• initiative and independence in work and decision-making;
• communication and organisational skills;
• knowledge and ability to understand financial statements;
• knowledge of corporate law and overall legislation in the field of Audit Board;
• management of finances and human resources;
• expert know-how from the scope of the Company’s operations;
• the results achieved during the previous work.

VII. On the basis of an assessment of qualifications and experience of the candidates for members of the Audit Board, the Committee for the election and nomination of candidates will conduct a competition procedure and draw up a written list of candidates containing an overall evaluation and a proposal of the best candidates, which it will forward to the Supervisory Board.

Based on this proposal, the Supervisory Board will make a Decision on nominating candidates to the Shareholders’ Assembly of the Company for final appointment.

The members of the Audit Board will be appointed by the Shareholders’ Assembly of the Company.

VIII. The public announcement for submitting applications will be published in a printed edition of Večernji list BiH and in Official Gazette of the Federation of BIH, and will be open for 14 (fourteen) days following the day of the publication.

Applications for the public announcement with the required documents should delivered in person or by registered mail to the address:

Public Company ”ELEKTROPRIVREDA HRVATSKE ZAJEDNICE HERCEG BOSNE” Joint-Stock Company Mostar

Kralja Petra Krešimira IV. 6-A Street

88 000 Mostar

Bosnia and Herzegovina

With a mandatory reference on the envelope:

Committee for the election and nomination of candidates for the Audit Board – ”Application to the Public Announcement – Audit Board –do not open”.

Untimely and incomplete application will not be considered.

Submitted documentation will not be returned, except at the express request of the candidate upon completion of the appointment procedure.

                                                                                                                                                                                the president

                                                                                                                                                            of the Supervisory Board of the Company

                                                                                                                                                                       Božo Perić, B.Sc. (El.en.)

Public announcement for the election of candidates for the Audit Board of the Company