AGM Information • May 27, 2021
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The ordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of AUSTEVOLL SEAFOOD ASA was held at 10:00 hrs. on 27 May 2021, in the company's facilities at Storebø in the municipality of Austevoll.
In accordance with the notice of the General Shareholders Meeting, the following proposals were made in regard to:
The general meeting was opened by the Chairman of the Board, Helge Singelstad.
The Chairman informed the meeting that 222 shareholders were present, 219 of which by proxy. A total of 142,942,159 shares were present, which constitutes 70.51 per cent of the Company's shares and votes.
Helge Singelstad was unanimously elected to chair the meeting with 142,942,159 votes.
Lill Maren Melingen Møgster were unanimously elected to co-sign the minutes along with the Chair.
The Chair asked whether there were any comments regarding the notice of the meeting or the agenda. Since no objections were forthcoming, the notice and agenda were thus unanimously approved.
The Chair reported on the Company's annual accounts, report and the consolidated accounts for 2020 and the Board's dividend distribution proposal. The Board proposed allocation of the annual profit of NOK 727,558,490 for 2020 implies that NOK 18,047,681 shall be transferred to other equity while NOK 709,510,809 shall be paid as dividends to the Company's shareholders. Of the total dividend NOK 3,126,550 are related to the Company's own treasury shares, and as such not paid out.
The Board of Directors proposed a dividend of NOK 3.50 per share to the Annual General Meeting, totalling NOK 709,510,809.
In accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, the general meeting resolved the following:
The Company's annual accounts and the Board of Directors' report for 2020, including the auditor's report, are approved.
The Company shall pay dividends to its shareholders in the total amount of NOK 709,510,809. The distribution shall take place by paying equal amounts per share to those registered as shareholders in the company on the date of the General Meeting. The shares of the Company shall be traded ex dividend from and including 28 May 2021. The dividends shall be paid out to the shareholders on 9 June 2021.
The proposal was adopted with 142,893,980 against 48,179 votes.
The Chair made reference to the provisions of section 5-6, fourth paragraph of the Public Limited Companies Act which states that in companies which are obliged to make statement on corporate governance in accordance with section 3-3b of the Norwegian Accounting Act, the ordinary annual general meeting shall include this statement in its deliberations. In the annual report for 2020, the company has described its principles and practice for corporate governance, and reference was therefore made to the statement in the annual report. It is not foreseen that the annual General Meeting shall
vote on the report, and consequently it is submitted for information. The General Meeting took note of the report.
8.1 Board Elections.
The Chair reported that three of the Board members are up for election this year. The Deputy Chairman, Oddvar Skjegstad, has informed that he does not want to be reelected, whilst the two other Board members have agreed to be re-elected. These are:
Siren M. Grønhaug, Board member. Eirik Drønen Melingen, Board member.
The Nomination Committee has recommended to re-elect these Board Members.
The Nomination Committee has also recommended to elect Hege Solbakken as new Board member.
The Nomination Committee has also recommended to elect Hege Charlotte Bakken as Deputy Chairman of the Board.
The Chair referred to the nominations from the Nomination Committee:
The Nomination Committee recommends the following candidates for the Board of Directors of Austevoll Seafood ASA:
8.1 a) Hege Solbakken (independent Board member), for election, 2 years.
8.1 b) Siren M. Grønhaug (independent Board member), for re-election, 2 years.
8.1 c) Eirik Drønen Melingen, for re-election, 2 years.
8.1 d) Hege Charlotte Bakken (independent Board member), for election as Deputy Chairman.
Accordingly, the Board of Directors elected by the shareholders consists of the following:
Helge Singelstad (Chairman), Hege Charlotte Bakken (Deputy Chairman), Helge Møgster (board member), Lill Maren Melingen Møgster (board member), Siren M. Grønhaug (board member), Eirik Drønen Melingen (board member) and Hege Solbakken (board member).
The Chair announced that one member of the Nomination Committee, Hege Solbakken, is up for election at this General Meeting. The Nomination Committee proposed to the General Meeting that Nina Sandnes be elected to the Nomination Committee as Hege Solbakken is leaving the committee.
8.2 a) Nina Sandnes was proposed for election as member of the Nomination Committee. No other proposals were set forth. Nina Sandnes was unanimously elected for 2 years as member of the Nomination Committee with 142,942,159 votes.
Accordingly, the Nomination Committee consists of the following:
Hilde Drønen, Chairman Nils Petter Hollekim Nina Sandnes
The Board of Directors has presented the following proposal for authorisation for the Board of Directors to increase the company's share capital:
This proposal has been made on the grounds that the Board of Directors requires necessary freedom of action, under appropriate circumstances, to quickly access new capital for the financing of new purchases, acquisitions etc., or to issue new shares as a form of payment for potential acquisitions. Given the purpose of the authorisation, the board of directors must be authorised to deviate from the shareholders' pre-emptive right to the new shares.
The Board's proposal was adopted with 142,888,733 against 53,426 votes.
The Board of Directors has presented the following proposal to the General Meeting regarding authorisation for purchase of the company's own shares:
The Board of Directors is granted authorisation to acquire up to 10% of the company's shares, in accordance with the regulations in the Norwegian Public Limited Companies Act Chapter 9 II.
This proposal has in main been made on the grounds that own shares can, based on requirement, be used as a form of payment for potential acquisitions of other companies and similar.
The Board's proposal was adopted with 142,739,790 against 106,375 votes. 95,994 abstained.
The Chair made reference to the Board of Directors' proposal of guidelines for salary and other remuneration to leading personnel. The Chair reported that the proposal is promoted due to the alterations in the Public Limited Companies Act Section 6-16 a, and the guidelines shall be approved by the General Meeting in accordance with the Public Limited Companies Act Section 5-6 (3). The new quidelines replaces « Declaration from the Board of Directors on salaries and other remuneration to executive personnel" in Austevoll Seafood ASA.
In accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, the general meeting resolved the following:
The guidelines for salary and remuneration to leading personnel in Austevoll Seafood ASA in accordance with the Public Limited Companies Act Section 6-16 a cf. Section 5-6 (3) was approved.
The proposal was adopted with 141,265,855 against 1,676,304 votes.
The Chair informed the meeting that there was no further business to transact, and thanked
those present for their attendance.
The general meeting was thereafter declared concluded.
Storebø, 27 May 2021
Helge Singelstad (s)
Lill Maren Melingen Møgster (s)
| ISIN: | NO0010073489 AUSTEVOLL SEAFOOD ASA |
|---|---|
| General meeting date: 27/05/2021 10.00 | |
| Today: | 27.05.2021 |
| Number of shares % sc | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total shares | 202,717,374 | |
| - own shares of the company | 893,300 | |
| Total shares with voting rights | 201,824,074 | |
| Represented by own shares | 112,706,243 | 55.84 % |
| Sum own shares | 112,706,243 | 55.84 % |
| Represented by proxy | 2,924,883 | 1.45 % |
| Represented by voting instruction | 27,311,033 | 13.53 % |
| Sum proxy shares | 30,235,916 14.98 % | |
| Total represented with voting rights | 142,942,159 70.83 % | |
| Total represented by share capital | 142,942,159 70.51 % |
Registrar for the company:
DNB Bank ASA
icina Johannessen
DNB Bank ASA Registrars Department
Signature company: AUSTEVOLL SEAFOOD ASA
Mer 20
| Shares class | FOR | Against | Poll in | Abstain | Poll not registered Represented shares with voting rights |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agenda item 2 Election of person to chair the meeting | ||||||
| Ordinær | 142,942,159 | $\circ$ | 142,942,159 | 0 | $\Omega$ | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 142,942,159 | ٥ | 142,942,159 | ۰ | o | 142,942,159 |
| Agenda item 3 Election of a person to co-sign the minutes | ||||||
| Ordinær | 142,942,159 | $\Omega$ | 142,942,159 | $\Omega$ | 0 | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 142,942,159 | $\circ$ | 142,942,159 | ٥ | $\Omega$ | 142,942,159 |
| Agenda item 4 Approval of notice and agenda | ||||||
| Ordinær | 142,942,159 | 0 | 142,942,159 | 0 | ٥ | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 142,942,159 | 0 142,942,159 | o | ۰ | 142,942,159 | |
| Agenda item 5 Approval of annual accounts, Board of Directors report and auditors statement for 2020. Dividend | ||||||
| payment | ||||||
| Ordinær | 142,893,980 | 48,179 | 142,942,159 | 0 | 0 | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 99.97 % | 0.03% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 99.97 % | 0.03% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 70.49 % | 0.02% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 142,893,980 | 48,179 142,942,159 | O | o | 142,942,159 | |
| Agenda item 6 Report regarding corporate governance | ||||||
| Ordinær | 127,813,724 | 48,179 | 127,861,903 | 15,080,256 | O | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 99.96 % | 0.04% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 89.42 % | 0.03% | 89.45 % | 10.55 % | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 63.05 % | 0.02% | 63.07 % | 7.44% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 127,813,724 | 48,179 127,861,903 15,080,256 | $\circ$ | 142,942,159 | ||
| Agenda item 7a Remuneration to the Board Members | ||||||
| Ordinaer | 142,942,159 | $\Omega$ | 142,942,159 | 0 | $\Omega$ | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 142,942,159 | 0 142,942,159 | ٥ | o | 142,942,159 | |
| Agenda item 7b Remuneration to the Audit Committee | ||||||
| Ordinær | 142,942,159 | 0 | 142,942,159 | 0 | 0 | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 142,942,159 | 0, 142, 942, 159 | o | o | 142,942,159 | |
| Agenda item 7c Remuneration to the Nomination Committee | ||||||
| Ordinær | 142,942,159 | O | 142,942,159 | 0 | 0 | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% 0.00% |
|||
| representation of sc in % | 100.00 % | $0.00 \%$ | 100.00 % | $0.00\%$ | ||
| total sc in % | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 70.51 % | $0.00 \%$ | $0.00 \%$ | |
| Total | 142,942,159 | 0, 142, 942, 159 | o | o | 142,942,159 | |
| Agenda item 7d Remuneration to the Companys Auditor | ||||||
| Ordinær votes cast in % |
142,650,828 99.80 % |
291,331 0.20% |
142,942,159 | 0 $0.00 \%$ |
o | 142,942,159 |
| representation of sc in % | 99.80 % | 0.20% | 100.00 % | $0.00 \%$ | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 70.37 % | 0.14% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 142,650,828 | 291,331 142,942,159 | 0 | 0 | 142,942,159 | |
| Agenda item 8.1.a Election Board of directors:Board member, Hege Solbakken | ||||||
$\frac{1}{2}$
| Shares class | FOR | Against | Poll in | Abstain | Poll not registered Represented shares with voting rights |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinær | 135,391,141 | 7,551,018 | 142,942,159 | $\Omega$ | 0 | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 94.72% | 5.28% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 94.72% | 5.28% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 66.79% | 3.73% | 70.51 % | $0.00 \%$ | 0.00% | |
| Total | 135, 391, 141 7, 551, 018 142, 942, 159 | o | o | 142,942,159 | ||
| Agenda item 8.1.b Election Board of Directors: Board member, Siren M. Grønhaug | ||||||
| Ordinær | 138,846,841 | 4,095,318 | 142.942.159 | o | 0 | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 97.14% | 2.87% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 97.14% | 2.87% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 68.49 % | 2.02% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 138,846,841 4,095,318 142,942,159 | ۰ | $\mathbf o$ | 142,942,159 | ||
| Agenda item 8.1.c Election Board of Directors: Board member, Eirik Drønen Melingen | ||||||
| Ordinaer | 133,553,059 | 9,389,100 | 142,942,159 | O | $\Omega$ | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 93.43 % | 6.57% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 93.43% | 6.57% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 65.88 % | 4.63% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 133,553,059 9,389,100 142,942,159 | o | O | 142,942,159 | ||
| Agenda Item 8.1.d Election Board of Directors: Deputy Chairman, Hege Charlotte Bakken | ||||||
| Ordinaer | 142.942.159 | $\circ$ | 142,942,159 | O | 0 | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc In % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 100.00 % | 0.00% 0.00% |
0.00% | |
| total sc in % Total |
70.51 % | 0.00% | 70.51 % | o | 0.00% $\bullet$ |
|
| Agenda item 8.2.a Election Nomination Committee: Committee member, Nina Sandnes | 142,942,159 | 0 142,942,159 | 142,942,159 | |||
| Ordinaer | 142,942,159 | $\Omega$ | 142,942,159 | 0 | 0 | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 142,942,159 | 0 142,942,159 | ٥ | o | 142,942,159 | |
| Agenda item 9 Authorisation to increase the companys share capital | ||||||
| Ordinær | 142,888,733 | 53,426 | 142,942,159 | $\circ$ | 0 | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 99.96 % | $0.04\%$ | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 99.96 % | 0.04% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 70.49 % | 0.03% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 142,888,733 | 53,426 142,942,159 | o | o | 142,942,159 | |
| Agenda item 10 Authorisation to purchase own shares | ||||||
| Ordinær | 142,739,790 | 106,375 | 142,846,165 | 95,994 | 0 | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 99.93 % | 0.07% | 0.00% | |||
| representation of sc in % | 99.86 % | 0.07% | 99.93 % | 0.07% | $0.00 \%$ | |
| total sc in % | 70.41% | 0.05% | 70.47 % | 0.05% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 142,739,790 | 106,375 142,846,165 | 95,994 | ۰ | 142,942,159 | |
| Agenda item 11 Approval of guidelines for salary and other remuneration to leading personnel, cf. the Public Limited | ||||||
| Companies Act section 6 16 a, ref sec | ||||||
| Ordinaer | 141,265,855 | 1,676,304 | 142,942,159 | 0 | o | 142,942,159 |
| votes cast in % | 98.83% | 1.17% | $0.00 \%$ | |||
| representation of sc in % | 98.83 % | 1.17% | 100.00 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in % | 69.69 % | 0.83% | 70.51 % | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Total | 141,265,855 1,676,304 142,942,159 | 0 | o | 142,942,159 |
Registrar for the company:
Signature company:
DNB Bank ASA
AUSTEVOLL SEAFOOD ASA
| Name | Total number of shares Nominal value Share capital | Voting rights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinaer | 202.717.374 | 0.50 101,358,687.00 Yes | |
| Sum: |
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§ 5-17 Generally majority requirement
requires majority of the given votes
§ 5-18 Amendment to resolution
Requires two-thirds majority of the given votes
like the issued share capital represented/attended on the general meeting
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