Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Apr 25, 2023
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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Notice is hereby served that the annual general meeting (the "AGM") of EAM Solar ASA (the "Company") will be held at 15:00 CET on 22 May 2023 at the Company's offices at Bryggetorget 7, Oslo.
The AGM will be opened by the member of the Board of directors, Stephan Jervell, confer section 5-12 of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies.
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EAM Solar ASA 24 April 2023
Stephan L. Jervell Pål Hvammen Member of the board of directors Member of the board of directors

The board of directors proposes that the annual accounts including directors report, allocation of results and the statement of corporate governance and ESG, are approved.
The board of directors proposes that the auditor's fees for 2022, as set out in note 5 to the consolidated financial statements included in the annual report for 2022, are approved.
The Board of Directors currently consists of Stephan L. Jervell and Pål Hvammen, following the resignation of Ragnhild M. Wiborg in late January. The Nomination Committee has conferred with the largest shareholders, evaluated candidates, both current and new and looked at the composition of the Board. Based on their work, the Nomination committee proposes that Viktor E. Jakobsen steps up from the role as CEO to Chairman of the Board of Directors, that Stephan L. Jervell continues and that Gro Prødel Hvammen is elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. Pål Hvammen has served on the Board in several rounds, last since April 2019, and has asked to resign. The Board respects his decision and want to thank Pål for his dedicated work for the Company once again and wishes him all the best.
The proposed new member of the Board of Directors, Mrs Gro Prødel Hvammen, has long operational experience from banking and finance and real estate with strong expertise in risk assessment, project management, management, networking, financial analysis and structuring, credit, presentation and customer relations. Previous employers include DNB ASA as client executive, SEB Norge as client executive, Ascender AS as senior adviser, Norfund as senior adviser and Næringsbanken ASA as interim CEO.
Further, se has board experience from banking and diversity management including Næringsbanken ASA where she currently serves on the Board, and previously Seema and SeeTalent. Mrs Hvammen holds among others a Master in Business Studies (norsk: Siviløkonom) from Handelshøyskolen BI, AFA studies (DNB/NHH 10p) and Leadership Training from Dale Carnegie.
It is not intended that Viktor E. Jakobsen should be both CEO and Chairman of the board, the new board will therefore start the search for a new CEO immediately after it has been constituted. Until further notice, Viktor E. Jakobsen acts in both roles.
The election committee proposes that the AGM adopts the following resolution:
"The Annual General Meeting elects Viktor E. Jakobsen as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Stephan L. Jervell and Gro P. Hvammen as members of the Board of Directors. The functioning period of the members of the Board of Directors is until the Annual General Meeting in 2024."
The nomination committee proposes to the AGM to adopt the following resolution:
"For the period from the annual general meeting in 2023 until the annual general meeting in 2024 the annual general meeting grants the payment of the following remuneration to the members of the board of directors:

The nomination committee currently consists of Leiv Askvig (chair), Nils Erling Ødegård and Georg Johan Espe. The nomination committee proposes that the AGM adopts the following resolution:
"The Annual General Meeting re-elected Leiv Askvig as chair of the Nomination Committee and Nils Erling Ødegård and Georg Johan Espe was re-elected as members of the Nomination Committee. The functioning period of the members of the nomination committee is until the Annual General Meeting in 2024."
The nomination committee proposes that the AGM adopts the following resolution:
"For the period from the annual general meeting in 2023 until the annual general meeting in 2024 the annual general meeting grants the payment of the following remuneration to the members of the nomination committee:
The board of directors proposes that the board of directors is authorised to increase the Company's share capital with up to NOK 6,852,210 by issuing new shares. The authorisation is equivalent to 10% of the share capital.
The reason for this is to give the Company flexibility to swiftly be able to raise new capital for general corporate purposes. It is proposed that the shareholders' pre-emptive rights may be disregarded.
On this basis the board of directors proposes that the general meeting makes the following resolution:
"In accordance with section 10-14 of the Public Limited Liability Companies Act, the board of directors is granted the authority to increase the company's share capital with up to NOK 6,852,210 by issuing new shares. The power of attorney may be used at several occasions within the granted scope.
The power of issue shares applies until the next ordinary general meeting to be held in May 2024.
The shareholders' pre-emptive right to the new shares pursuant to section 10-4 of the Public Limited Liability Companies Act may be disregarded.
The power to issue shares does not include capital increase by way of a merger in accordance with section 13-5 of the Public Limited Liability Companies Act."
The board of directors proposes that the board of directors is authorised to buy back the Company's shares up to an equivalent to 10% of the share capital.
The reason for this is that it may beneficial for the capital structure to able to buy back shares.
On this basis the board of directors proposes that the general meeting makes the following resolution:
"In accordance with section 9-4 of the Public Limited Liability Companies Act, the board of directors is granted the authority to buy back up to 685,221 shares with a nominal value of NOK 10 equally to NOK 6,852,210 equivalent to 10% of the issued shares.
The Company may pay between NOK 1 and NOK 80 per share. The board may decide how the shares are acquired but the normal equal treatment of shareholders must be followed.
There is no requirement that shares are deleted.
The power to buy back shares applies until the next ordinary general meeting to be held in May 2024."

The undersigned will attend the general meeting of EAM Solar ASA on 22 May 2023.
| ) please attach proxy form(s) |
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| ______ (block letters) |
| Please send the attendance form to: EAM Solar ASA, Bryggetorget 7, N-0250 Oslo, Norway, email: [email protected] . If the shareholder is a legal entity, please enclose documentation evidencing the representation by the signatory. Please make sure that the attendance form is received by the company no |

As the owner of ___________________ shares in EAM Solar ASA I/we hereby appoint
The Chairman of the Board of directors
_________________________________ (insert name)
as my/our proxy to represent and vote for my/our shares at the annual general meeting of EAM Solar ASA to be held on 22 May 2023.
If none of the alternatives above has been ticked the chairman of the board will be considered appointed as proxy. If the chairman of the board has been appointed as proxy, the chairman of the board can appoint another member of the board or the management to represent and vote for the shares covered by the proxy.
If the shareholder so desires and the chairman of the board has been appointed as proxy, the voting instructions below can be filled in and returned to the Company. The shares will then be voted in accordance with the instructions.
| Resolution | Vote for |
Vote against |
Abstain | |
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| Item 3 | Approval of notice of meeting and agenda | |||
| Item 4 | Approval of the annual accounts and directors' report of EAM Solar ASA and the EAM Solar Group for 2022, including allocation of the result of 2022 as well as consideration of the statement on corporate governance and ESG |
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| Item 5 | Approval of the remuneration of the Company's auditor | |||
| Item 6 | Election of members to the board of directors | |||
| Item 7 | Determination of the remuneration of the members of the board of directors |
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| Item 8 | Election of members to the nomination committee | |||
| Item 9 | Determination of the remuneration of the members of the nomination committee |
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| Item 10 | Proxy for the board to issue shares | |||
| Item 11 | Proxy for the board to buy back shares |
If voting instructions are given the following applies:
| Signature: | __________* |
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| Name of shareholder: | __________ (block letters) |
| Place/date: | __________ |
| Date of birth/company no: | __________ |
Please send the proxy to: EAM Solar ASA, Bryggetorget 7, N-0250 Oslo, Norway, email: [email protected] .
* If the proxy is given on behalf of a company or other legal entity, relevant evidence of authority must be attached so as to evidence that the person signing the proxy form is properly authorized. The receiver of the proxy is free in his/her own discretion to use or reject the proxy in case relevant evidence of authority has not been received.
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