Sberbank "digitized" "The annual general shareholder meeting"

2019: "Digitization" of "Annual general shareholder meeting"

On May 24, 2019 the Sberbank company reported that it developed a number of digital products. They will allow shareholders to participate in a meeting remotely from any place in the world, to obtain all necessary information on a meeting on the mobile devices and in a fascinating form to master elements of investment literacy.

According to the company, electronic shareholder voting concerning the agenda of a meeting is organized by Bank by means of two services — "The STATUS Online. Shareholder's office" or "E-voting". It is possible to come into them both via the website of Sberbank, and through mobile application "Sberbank Shareholder meeting". Authorization in both services is performed through "Gosuslugi" (in the presence of the confirmed account), and in "the STATUS Online. The shareholder's office" also with the help identifikatorovsberbank Online. Clients of Depositary of Sberbank have an additional opportunity to receive materials for a meeting by e-mail and also to vote free of charge in the web version Sberbank Online.

Materials to GOSA are placed in specially developed mobile application "Sberbank Shareholder meeting" (available to IOS and Android). In the application are implemented access to online of broadcast of a meeting, an opportunity to ask a question to Bank and to receive on it prompt response and also to get acquainted with vote results upon termination of a meeting. As addition mobile application contains references to popular services of Bank.

The annual General shareholder meeting — key event in lives of Bank, and Sberbank aims to make it the most informative and available to the shareholders, paying special attention to implementation of electronic services. In particular, in Bank it was never impossible to participate so easily and conveniently in a meeting remotely from any place in the world earlier. Bella Zlatkis, Vice chairman of the board of Sberbank

Sberbank continues to develop the business model to satisfy the broadest needs of our clients and partners. These changes concern many fields of activity of Sberbank including interactions with shareholders. We actively implement technologies of gamification because in this case information is remembered better in our practicians, and the emotional involvement into corporate management processes – grows. David Rafalovsky, executive vice president of Sberbank, head of the Technologies block

2017

In May, 2017 Sberbank became the first public joint stock company which offered to the shareholders technology of electronic vote e-voting developed by National settlement depositary. 99 shareholders of Sberbank used an opportunity to get acquainted remotely with materials of shareholder meeting and to vote on the Internet at the annual general shareholder meeting which took place on May 26. In general an electronic form of vote, taking into account technology of vote through the depositary (e-proxy voting), 806 shareholders owning in total 33.3% of voices of a total quantity of the voting shares belonging to the shareholders who participated in the annual general meeting of shareholders of Sberbank used.

"The e-voting technology started at shareholder meeting of Sberbank, having confirmed convenience and reliability of the new platform. We will offer technology to all issuers, at the same time, as well as any other essentially new technology, e-votingpotrebuyet certain time for that people learned and believed in it and that its use became a usual thing. However already now we see that among leaders of the Russian economy the offer of electronic participation in votes is among obligatory corporate the practician" — [Krasnova Maria]], the vice chairman of the board of NSD commented on start of service.

Access to the e-voting platform is provided through identification in the Single system of authorization and authentication (Unified identification and authentication system) used on the Portal of public services. Shareholders of Sberbank could also use service of electronic vote, having received the single login and the password at the registrar of bank — JSC the STATUS ". The platform supports two languages. The interface, materials of a meeting and also questions put to the vote are available to users both in the Russian, and in English versions. It allows to expand number of the shareholders participating in a meeting due to involvement of foreign audience.

"99 shareholders of Sberbank via the Internet used an opportunity to get acquainted remotely with materials of shareholder meeting and to vote. In general, taking into account e-proxy voting technology, 806 shareholders owning in total 33.3% of voices of a total quantity of the voting shares belonging to the shareholders who participated in the annual general meeting of shareholders of Bank used an electronic form of vote, – the representative of Sberbank noted. - Electronic vote is among corporate the practician of the largest companies of the whole world, and we are glad to offer such service to the shareholders the first in Russia".

In addition to vote shareholders, using functionality of the platform, could get acquainted remotely with the agenda and materials for a meeting, to be connected to its web broadcasting.

For access to service special technical means were not required, and connection to it was possible from any place in the world that it is especially relevant for shareholders of Bank whose geography of presence includes all regions of Russia and the country of the FSU and beyond.

In addition to development of the platform, integration with IT systems of National settlement depositary, registrars, including, JSC Status as registrar PJSC Sberbank and also with the Federal Infrastructure of the Electronic Government (FIEG) - the Unified identification and authentication system (Unified identification and authentication system) and the System of Interdepartmental Electronic Interaction (SIEI) was carried out.

During creation of e-voting were applied a technology stack, ensuring stable system operation at high loads, software open source and Agile methodology. A system is developed taking into account adaptive imposition that allows to work in it via personal computers, tablet and mobile devices.

Implementation in the Russian market of service of electronic vote e-voting became possible after adoption of Federal law No. 210-FZ which since July 1, 2016 fixed application of such method of vote at shareholder meetings.