Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Apr 23, 2020
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 18 May 2020 at the Company's offices at Dronningen 1, Oslo.
The AGM will be opened by the chair of the Board of directors, Ragnhild Wiborg, confer section 5-12 of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies.
The board reminds of the Covid-19 measures currently in place and strongly recommend the shareholders to attend by proxy and give their vote in advance. Physical attendance will result in an unnecessary risk for shareholders and employees.
A. Proposals for resolutions and/or comments to items 4 to 12 are set out in Appendix 1.
B. EAM Solar ASA has a share capital of NOK 68,522,100 divided into 6,852,210 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 10. Each share carries one vote at the Company's general meetings. EAM Solar ASA does not hold any treasury shares.
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Company's financial position, including information about activities in other companies in which the Company participates and other business to be transacted at the general meeting, unless the information demanded cannot be disclosed without causing disproportionate harm to the Company.
EAM Solar ASA 23 April 2020
Ragnhild Wiborg Chair 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, are approved.
The board of directors proposes that the auditor's fees for 2019, as set out in note 5 to the consolidated financial statements included in the annual report for 2019, are approved.
The nomination committee has given input that 1-year term is becoming the norm for members or boards and nomination committees. The board adheres to this and propose to change the articles of association accordingly.
The board proposes to remove article 11 of the articles of association in its entirety. The article does no longer serve the purpose of the company which is to restore values through legal proceedings. An amendment to this article requires a 90% majority vote at the annual general meeting.
In addition is "EAM Solar Park Management AS" is replaced with "Energeia AS" to reflect the correct name of the manager in article 10.
Certain improvements are also done to the English courtesy translation.
A copy of the proposed articles of association is attached to this notice.
The Board of Directors currently consists of Ragnhild Wiborg (chair), Stephan L. Jervell and Pål Hvammen. The Nomination Committee proposes that the AGM adopts the following resolution:
"The Annual General Meeting re-elected Ragnhild Wiborg as chair of the Board of Directors and Stephan L. Jervell and Pål Hvammen was re-elected 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 2021."
The nomination committee proposes to the AGM to adopt the following resolution:
"For the period from the annual general meeting in 2020 until the annual general meeting in 2021 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 Espen 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 2021."
The nomination committee proposes that the AGM adopts the following resolution:
For the period from the annual general meeting in 2020 until the annual general meeting in 2021 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 2021.
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 2021.
The undersigned will attend the general meeting of EAM Solar ASA on 18 May 2020.
| I/we own: | ___ shares | |||
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| I/we am proxy for: | ___ shares (please attach proxy form(s)) | |||
| Signature: | ______ | |||
| Name of shareholder: | ______ (block letters) | |||
| Place/date: | ______ | |||
| Date of birth/reg. no.: | ______ | |||
| Please send the attendance form to: EAM Solar ASA, Dronningen 1, N-0287 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 later than 15 May 2020 at 16:00 CET
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 18 May 2020.
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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| Approval of notice of meeting and agenda | |||
| Approval of the annual accounts and directors' report of EAM Solar ASA and the EAM Solar Group for 2019, including allocation of the result of 2019 as well as consideration of the statement on corporate governance |
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| Approval of the remuneration of the Company's auditor | |||
| Determination of the remuneration of the members of the board of directors |
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| Determination of the remuneration of the members of the nomination committee |
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| Approval of the remuneration of the Company's auditor | |||
| Changes to the articles of association | |||
| Election of members to the board of directors | |||
| Determination of the remuneration of the members of the board of directors |
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| Election of members to the nomination committee | |||
| Determination of the remuneration of the members of the nomination committee |
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| Proxy for the board to issue shares | |||
| Proxy for the board to buy back shares |
If voting instructions are given the following applies:
| Signature: | ______* | |
|---|---|---|
| Name of shareholder: | ______ (block letters) | |
| Place/date: | ______ | |
| Date of birth/company no: | ______ |
Please send the proxy to: EAM Solar ASA, Dronningen 1, N-0287 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.
Annual report 2019, see separate attachment.
Articles of Association, see separate attachment.
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