AGM Information • Apr 30, 2021
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Summons and Agenda for Extraordinary General Meeting
Styret innkaller med dette til ekstraordinær generalforsamling i Axxis Geo Solutions ASA (heretter "Selskapet") den 21. mai 2021 kl. 10.00 norsk tid.
Innkalling til ekstraordinær generalforsamling er sendt til alle aksjeeiere i Selskapet med kjent adresse. I samsvar med Selskapets vedtekter vil denne innkallingen med alle vedlegg være tilgjengelig på Selskapets hjemmeside, www.axxisgeo.com. På forespørsel til Selskapet på e‐post [email protected] fra en aksjeeier vil Selskapet vederlagsfritt sende aksjeeieren vedleggene per post.
VIKTIG BESKJED: På grunn av koronavirusutbruddet, anbefales aksjonærer å ikke møte fysisk på generalforsamlingen. I stedet oppfordres aksjonærer til å gi fullmakt til styreleder med eller uten stemmeinstruks, i henhold til fullmaktsskjema inntatt som Vedlegg 1. Etter planen vil styreleder, administrerende direktør og finansdirektør i Axxis Geo Solutions ASA være til stede på generalforsamlingen. For ytterligere detaljer for hvordan avgi fullmakt, vennligst se nedenfor.
Selskapet vil tilrettelegge for at aksjonærer kan ringe inn på generalforsamlingen og på den måten overvære møtet. Det kan ikke avgis stemmer over telefon. Innringingsdetaljer er som følger: +47 21 40 21 36, conference ID 513 612 875#.
Styreleder Christian Huseby, eller den han utpeker, vil åpne den ekstraordinære generalforsamlingen og foreta en fortegnelse over møtende aksjonærer.
UNOFFICIAL OFFICE TRANSLATION – IN CASE OF DISCREPANCY THE NORWEGIAN VERSION SHALL PREVAIL:
The Board of Directors (the "Board") hereby calls for an Extraordinary General Meeting in Axxis Geo Solutions ASA (the "Company") to be held on 21 May 2021 at 10:00 am Norwegian time.
The notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting has been sent to all shareholders in the Company with known address. In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association this calling notice with all appendices will be available on the Company's web‐ pages, www.axxisgeo.com. Upon request to the Company by e‐mail to [email protected] from a shareholder, the Company will mail the appendices to the shareholder free of charge.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to the outbreak of the Covid‐19 virus, shareholders are recommended to avoid meeting in person at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Instead, shareholders are incurred to provide the Chairperson of the Board an authorization to vote with or without voting instructions, in accordance with the proxy form included in Appendix 1. The persons planning to be present at the EGM are the Chairperson of the Board, the CEO and the CFO of Axxis Geo Solutions ASA. Further details on how to provide an authorization to vote is given below.
The Company will arrange for shareholders to be able to call in to the general meeting and as such participate in the meeting. Votes can not be cast over telephone. The call‐in details are as follows: +47 21 40 21 36, conference ID 513 612 875#.
The Chairperson Christian Huseby, or a person nominated by him, will open the Extraordinary General Meeting and register the attending shareholders.
Styreleder vil utpeke en person som foreslås valgt som møteleder.
2. GODKJENNELSE AV INNKALLING OG DAGSORDEN
Styret foreslår at generalforsamlingen fatter følgende vedtak:
Innkalling og dagsorden godkjennes.
3. VALG AV EN PERSON TIL Å UNDERTEGNE PROTOKOLLEN SAMMEN MED MØTELEDER
Styret foreslår at en person som er til stede på generalforsamlingen velges til å undertegne protokollen sammen med møtelederen.
I forbindelse med rekonstruksjonsprosessen som Selskapet er i, foreslår styret i Selskapet å gjennomføre gjeldskonvertering ("Gjelds‐ konverteringen") for å styrke Selskapets balanse, til NOK 0,50 i tegningskurs per aksje. Gjennomføring av Gjeldskonverteringen er betinget av at rekonstruksjonsforslaget som fremlagt av Selskapet i børsmelding av 7. april 2021 og godkjent av Selskapets kreditorer, som redegjort for i Selskapets børsmelding av 29. april 2021 ("Rekonstruksjonsforslaget") blir bekreftet som rettslig bindende etter rekonstruksjonsloven § 52.
Som ledd i rekonstruksjonsprosessen, vedtok Selskapets aksjonærer i en ekstraordinær generalforsamling avholdt 28. april 2021 en kapitalinnhenting i form av en rettet emisjon (den "Rettede Emisjonen"), med formål om å styrke Selskapets balanse samt finansiere Rekonstruksjonsforslaget og løpende drift. Den Rettede Emisjonen er betinget av at Gjeldskonverteringen godkjennes med nødvendig flertall, samt at de ovenstående betingelsene for Gjeldskonverteringen innfris.
Tegning av aksjer i Selskapet i forbindelse med Gjeldskonverteringen innebærer risiko for tap, herunder risiko for å tape investeringen i sin helhet. For selskapshendelser siden siste balansedag, vises det til
På agendaen står følgende saker: The following items are on the agenda:
The Chairperson of the Board will appoint one person to be elected to chair the meeting.
The Board proposes that the General Meeting makes the following resolution:
The calling notice and the agenda are approved.
3. ELECTION OF A PERSON TO CO‐SIGN THE MINUTES OF MEETING TOGETHER WITH THE CHAIRPERSON
The Board proposes that one person present at the General Meeting is elected to co‐sign the minutes together with the chairperson for the meeting.
In connection with the reconstruction process which the Company is currently going through, the Board is proposing to issue a capital raise through conversion of debt (the "Debt Conversion"), in order to strengthen the Company's balance sheet, at a subscription price of NOK 0.50 per share. Completion of the Debt Conversion is conditional upon the reconstruction proposal (the "Reconstruction Proposal") presented by the Company in the stock exchange notice as of 7 April 2021, which was approved by the Company's creditors, as published in the stock exchange announcement on 29 April 2021, becomes legally binding and enforceable pursuant to the Reconstruction Act § 52.
In connection with the reconstruction process, the shareholders of the Company resolved on 28 April 2021 in an extraordinary general meeting a private placement (the "Private Placement"), with the purpose of strengthening the Company's balance sheet, to finance the Reconstruction Proposal and for general corporate purposes. The Private Placement is conditional upon the Debt Conversion being approved with the required majority, and that the above conditions for the Debt Conversion are satisfied.
Subscription of shares in the Company in connection with the Debt Conversion is associated with risk of loss, including the risk of losing the investment in its entirety. Reference is made to the Company's financial Selskapets finansielle rapporter og børsmeldinger. Selskapets siste årsregnskap, årsberetning og revisjonsberetning er tilgjengelig på Selskapets nettside (www.axxisgeo.com), www.newsweb.no og Selskapets registrerte adresse.
Gjeldskonverteringen vil bli gjennomført basert på relevant unntak fra plikten til å offentliggjøre et tilbudsprospekt.
På dette grunnlaget foreslår Styret at den ekstraordinære generalforsamlingen fatter følgende vedtak:
reports and stock exchange notices regarding incidents since last balance sheet date. The Company's last annual report, annual accounts and auditor report are available at the Company's website (www.axxisgeo.com), www.newsweb.no and the Company's registered address.
The Private Placement will be completed on the basis of relevant exemptions from the obligation to publish an offering prospectus.
On this basis, the Board proposes that the Extraordinary General Meeting passes the following resolutions:
6. Payment forthe shares shall be settled through set‐ off of the receivables (contribution in kind), included as appendices to the expert opinion. For a further description of the contributions, see the expert opinion pursuant to sections §§ 2‐6 cf 10‐2 of the NPLC, attached to this notice. The share contributions are settled at the time of subscriptions and the Receivables are set‐off at subscription of the shares.
7. De nye aksjene gir rett til utbytte og andre aksjonærrettigheter fra og med registreringen av kapitalforhøyelsen i Foretaksregisteret.
Vedtaket i dette punkt 4 krever simpelt flertall fra generalforsamlingen iht. rekonstruksjonsloven, samt er betinget av at Rekonstruksjonsforslaget blir bekreftet som rettslig bindende etter rekonstruksjonsloven § 52.
Styret har i henhold til asal. §§ 10‐2, jf. 2‐6 innhentet redegjørelse fra revisor, inntatt som Vedlegg 2.
Selskapet er et norsk allmennaksjeselskap underlagt norsk lovgivning, derunder allmennaksjeloven og verdipapirhandelloven. Selskapet har pr dagen for denne innkallingen utstedt 58 821 018 aksjer. I Selskapets generalforsamling har hver aksje én stemme. Aksjene har også for øvrig like rettigheter. Selskapet eier pr dato for denne innkallingen null (0) egne aksjer.
Aksjonærer har rett til å møte på generalforsamlingen, enten personlig eller ved fullmakt, og har videre rett til å uttale seg. Aksjonærer kan også møte med rådgiver som har talerett på generalforsamlingen.
En aksjeeier har rett til å få behandlet spørsmål på generalforsamlingen. Spørsmålet skal meldes skriftlig til styret innen syv dager før fristen for innkalling til generalforsamling sammen med et forslag til beslutning eller en begrunnelse for at spørsmålet settes på dagsordenen. Har innkallingen allerede funnet sted, skal det foretas en ny innkalling dersom fristen for innkalling til generalforsamling ikke er ute. En aksjeeier har også rett til å fremsette forslag til beslutning.
En aksjeeier kan kreve at styremedlemmer og daglig leder på generalforsamlingen gir tilgjengelige opplysninger om forhold som kan innvirke på saker som er forelagt aksjeeierne til avgjørelse og Selskapets økonomiske stilling.
The resolution in this item 4 requires a simple majority vote by the shareholders meeting pursuant to the Reconstruction Act, and is subject to the Reconstruction Proposal becomes legally binding and enforceable pursuant to the Reconstruction Act § 52.
The Board has pursuant to sections 10‐2, cf. 2‐6 of the Public Limited Liability Companies Act, obtained a statement from the auditor, included as Appendix 2.
The Company is a Norwegian public limited liability company governed by Norwegian law, thereunder the Public Limited Liability Companies Act and the Securities Trading Act. As of the date of this calling notice, the Company has issued 58,821,018 shares. In the Company's General Meeting each share has one vote. The shares have equal rights in all respects. As at the date of this calling notice, the Company owns zero (0) treasury shares.
Shareholders are entitled to attend the General Meeting in person or by proxy, and are further entitled to speak at the General Meeting. Shareholders may also be accompanied by an advisor who may speak at the General Meeting.
A shareholder has the right to put matters on the agenda for the General Meeting. The matter shall be reported in writing to the Board within seven days prior to the deadline for the notice to the General Meeting, along with a proposal to a draft resolution or a justification for the matter having been put on the agenda. In the event that the notice has already taken place, a new notice shall be sent if the deadline has not already expired. A shareholder has in addition a right to put forward a proposal for resolution.
A shareholder may require directors and the general manager to furnish in the General Meeting all available information about matters that may affect the consideration of the matters that have been submitted Axxis Geo Solutions har innført påmeldingsfrist i selskapets vedtekter, noe som innebærer at det kun er aksjonærer som har registrert seg innen 18. mai 2021 som har lov til å delta og stemme på generalforsamlingen.
Dersom en aksjonær har sine aksjer gjennom en forvalterkonto i VPS registeret, må den reelle aksjonæren i tillegg få sine aksjer overført til en midlertidig stemmegivningskonto i VPS innen dagen før ekstraordininær generalforsamling for å ha stemmerett.
Aksjonærer oppfordres til å delta gjennom fullmakt og bes sende inn fullmaktsskjema innen 19. mai 2021 kl. 10.00 am (CET).
to the shareholders for decision and the Company's financial position.
Axxis Geo Solutions has introduced regulations on a registration date in the company's articles of association, which for the purposes of this General Meeting, implies that only shareholders registered in the company's share register in VPS at 18 May 2021 are allowed to participate at and vote in the General Meeting.
If a shareholder holds his shares through a nominee in the VPS register, the beneficial shareholder must in addition have his shares transferred to an interim voting account in the VPS at the date before Extraordinary general meeting to have voting rights.
Shareholders are asked to participate through proxy and are requested to submit the proxy form below by 19 May 2021 at 10.00 am CET.
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Christian Huseby Styrets leder / Chairperson
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APPENDIX 1 – Proxy form APPENDIX 2 – Expert opinion pursuant to section 2‐6 cf. section 10‐2 of the NPLC
Ref no: PIN code:
| NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING |
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| AXXIS GEO SOLUTIONS ASA WILL BE HELD |
| ON 21 MAY 2021 AT 10:00 A.M. ADDRESS: |
| STRANDVEIEN 50, 1366 LYSAKER, NORWAY. |
The shareholder is registered with the following amount of shares at summons: __________________ and vote for the number of shares owned per Record Date: 20 May.2021
Due to the outbreak of the corona virus Covid‐19 shareholders are encouraged to abstain from appearing in person at the general meeting, but rather participate by means of advance votes or by granting a proxy. Shareholders not enrolled by the set registration deadline, may be denied attendance. Shareholders should note that additional information on proceedings of the meeting may be given on short notice and announced on the Company's profile on www.newsweb.no and the Company's website.
Deadline for registration of attendance, advance votes, proxy or instructions: 19 May 2021 at 10:00 a.m.
Advance votes may only be executed electronically, through the Company's website www.axxisgeo.com (use ref.nr and pin code above) or through VPS Investor Services. In Investor Services chose Corporate Actions ‐ General Meeting, click on ISIN.
Notice of attendance should be registered through the Company's website www.axxisgeo.com or through VPS Investor Services. For notification of attendance through the Company's website, the above mentioned reference number and pin code must be stated. In VPS Investor Services chose Corporate Actions ‐ General Meeting, click on ISIN.
If you are not able to register this electronically, you may send by e‐mail to [email protected], or by regular Mail to DNB Bank ASA, Registrars Department, P.O.Box 1600 Centrum, 0021 Oslo, Norway.
If the shareholder is a Company, please state the name of the individual who will be representing the Company: ______________________________ The Undersigned will attend the Extraordinary General Meeting on the 21 May 2021
| Place | Date | Shareholder's signature | ||||
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| Proxy without voting instructions for Extraordinary General Meeting of Axxis Geo Solutions ASA If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may grant proxy to another individual. |
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| Ref no: | PIN code: | |||||
| Proxy should be registered through the Company's website www.axxisgeo.com or through VPS Investor Services. For granting proxy through the Company's website, the abovementioned reference number and pin code must be stated. In VPS Investor Services chose Corporate Actions ‐ General Meeting, click on ISIN |
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| If you are not able to register this electronically, you may send by E‐mail to [email protected], or by regular Mail to DNB Bank ASA, Registrars Department, P.O.Box 1600 Centrum, 0021 Oslo, Norway. If the shareholder is a Company, the Company's Certificate of Registration must be attached to the proxy. |
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| The undersigned: ____________ |
hereby grants (if you do not state the name of the proxy holder, the proxy will be given to the Chair of the Board of Directors)
the Chair of the Board of Directors (or a person authorised by him or her), or
_____________________________________________ (Name of proxy holder in capital letters)
proxy to attend and vote for my/our shares at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Axxis Geo Solutions ASA on 21 May 2021.
If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you may use this proxy form to give voting instructions to Chair of the Board of Directors or the person authorised by him or her. (Alternatively, you may vote electronically in advance, see separate section above.) Instruction to other than Chair of the Board should be agreed directly with the proxy holder.
Proxies with voting instructions can only be registered by DNB, and must be sent to [email protected] (scanned form) or by regular Mail to DNB Bank ASA, Registrars' Department, P.O.Box 1600 Centrum, 0021 Oslo, Norway. The form must be received by DNB Bank ASA, Registrars' Department no later than 19 May 2021 at 10:00 a.m. If the shareholder is a Company, the Company's Certificate of Registration must be attached to the proxy.
THE UNDERSIGNED: _____________________________________________________ REF NO:
hereby grants the Chair of the Board of Directors (or the person authorised by him or her) proxy to attend and vote for my/our shares at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Axxis Geo Solutions ASA on 21 May 2021.
The votes shall be exercised in accordance to the instructions below. If the sections for voting are left blank, this will be counted as an instruction to vote in accordance with the Board's and Nomination Committee's recommendations. However, if any motions are made from the attendees in addition to or in replacement of the proposals in the Notice, the proxy holder may vote at his or her discretion. If there is any doubt as to how the instructions should be understood, the proxy holder may abstain from voting.
| Agenda for the Extraordinary General Meeting 2021 | For | Against | Abstention |
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| 1. Election of a person to chair the meeting |
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| 2. Approval of the calling notice and the agenda |
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| 3. Election of a person to co‐sign the minutes of meeting together with the chairperson |
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| 4. Approval of debt conversion |
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Place Date Shareholder's signature (Only for granting proxy with voting instructions)
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