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AS Tallink Grupp resolutions of the Annual General Meeting 9th of June 2015
Tallinn, 2015-06-09 11:59 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
AS Tallink Grupp resolutions of the Annual General Meeting 9th of June 2015
71 shareholders were registered as attending at the Annual General Meeting, who
owned 459 172 054 shares (459 172 054 votes), forming 68,55 % of AS Tallink
Grupp share capital from which the own shares of AS Tallink Grupp have been
deducted.
Resolutions adopted at the meeting:
1.Approval of the Annual Report of AS Tallink Grupp
To approve the Annual Report of 2014 of AS Tallink Grupp presented by the
Management Board.
Tabulation of votes:
In favor: 458 442 694 votes (99,84 % of the represented votes)
Against: 0 vote (0,00 % of the represented votes)
Impartial: 728 880 votes (0,16 % of the represented votes)
Did not vote: 480 votes (0,00 % of the represented votes)
2.Distribution of profits.
To approve the following profit allocation proposal of AS Tallink Grupp
prepared by the Management Board:
1) To approve the net profit of the financial year of 2014 in the sum of 27 261
000 euros;
2) To allocate 1 363 000 euros from the net profit to the mandatory legal
reserve;
3) To pay dividends to the shareholders 0,02 euros per share, in the total
amount of 13 398 000 euros;
4) 12 500 000 euros to be transferred to the retained earnings.
The list of the shareholders entitled to dividends shall be fixed as at 26th
June 2015, 11:59 PM. Dividends shall be paid to the shareholders by transfer to
the bank account of the shareholders on 8th July 2015.
Tabulation of votes:
In favor: 459 170 394 votes (100,00 % of the represented votes)
Against: 1 020 votes (0,00 % of the represented votes)
Impartial: 160 votes (0,00 % of the represented votes)
Did not vote: 480 votes (0,00 % of the represented votes)
3.Nomination of an auditor
1. To nominate the company of auditors KPMG Baltics OÜ to conduct the audit of
the financial year 2015.
2. The auditors shall be remunerated according to the contract to be concluded
with the Company of Auditors.
Tabulation of votes:
In favor: 446 707 734 votes (97,29 % of the represented votes)
Against: 2 581 416 votes (0,56 % of the represented votes)
Impartial: 9 882 424 votes (2,15 % of the represented votes)
Did not vote: 480 votes (0,00 % of the represented votes)
4. Approval of the Share Option Program of AS Tallink Grupp
To approve the Share Option Program of AS Tallink Grupp upon the following
terms and conditions:
1. The aim of the Option Programme is to motivate the management and the
employees of AS Tallink Grupp by including them as shareholders and enabling
the management and the employees to benefit from the increase of the value of
the shares resulting from their contributions.
2. The holders of the rights of the Option Programme (the ?Holder(s) of the
Rights?) are
2.1 AS Tallink Grupp management board members appointed by the supervisory
board of AS Tallink Grupp;
2.2 AS Tallink Grupp employees and the members of the managing bodies and the
employees of the undertakings that belong to the same group with AS Tallink
Grupp, appointed by the supervisory board of AS Tallink Grupp or, in case the
supervisory board has delegated such right to the management board of AS
Tallink Grupp, by the management board.
3. Each share option issued under the Option Programme (the ?Option(s)?)
entitles the Holder of the Rights the right to acquire one (1) AS Tallink Grupp
share for a strike price of 0,7 euros. The supervisory board of AS Tallink
Grupp has the right to determine by its resolution that a Holder of the Rights
has the right to acquire, with each Option, one (1) AS Tallink Grupp share for
a strike price higher than 0,7 euros. Under the Option Programme, a Holder of
the Rights may be issued Options more than once. The Options issued to one
Holder of the Rights or to various Holders of the Rights do not have to confer
the right to acquire a share of AS Tallink Grupp for the same strike price.
4. AS Tallink Grupp has the right to issue, under the Option Programme, up to
20 000 000 Options altogether.
5. The number of Options a Holder of the Rights may acquire is determined by
the supervisory board with its resolution, but to none of the Holders of the
Rights more than 5 000 000 Options may be issued. In the supervisory board
resolution, the person who will conclude an option contract in the name of AS
Tallink Grupp with the members of the management board of AS Tallink Grupp,
shall also be nominated. The supervisory board of AS Tallink Grupp may delegate
the appointment of the Holders of the Rights who are not members of the
management board of AS Tallink Grupp and the determination of the number of the
Options they will be issued to the management board of AS Tallink Grupp. For
the avoidance of doubt, the supervisory board of AS Tallink Grupp or, in case
of the delegation, the management board, has the right to decide issuing the
Options to Holders of the Rights repeatedly.
6. The management board of AS Tallink Grupp notifies Holders of the Rights
about the supervisory board or the management board resolutions named in point
1.5 in writing.
7. Holders of the Rights will not be charged for subscribing to and acquiring
of the Options.
8. In case a Holder of the Rights wished to acquire the Options, the Holder of
the Rights has to conclude a written option contract with AS Tallink Grupp
within one (1) month from receiving the notification form the management board
named in point 6. In case the contract will not be concluded within the
referred time limit, the Holder of the Rights loses the right to acquire the
Options.
9. The exact conditions of a written option contract will be decided by the
supervisory board of AS Tallink Grupp who also has the right to stipulate that
the number of the Options which a Holder of the Rights may be exercise will
depend on the price of an AS Tallink Grupp share on the stock market, the
economic situation of the company, the fulfilment of the goals set for the
Holder of the Rights or on other conditions set by the supervisory board. In
addition, the supervisory board of AS Tallink Grupp has the right to decide
that, in the written option contract, sanctions may be agreed upon for cases
when AS Tallink Grupp does not fulfill the obligations taken with the option
contract.
10. A Holder of the Rights has the right to exercise the Options during a time
period between 36 calendar months and 66 calendar months after the conclusion
of the written option contract.
11. A Holder of the Rights does not have the right to transfer the Options to
third. parties.
12. In order to fulfill the conditions of the Option Programme and for honoring
its obligations under the Options, AS Tallink Grupp may buy from the market its
own shares or increase its share capital and emit, after the term for the
exercise of the Option, new shares that entitle a Holder of the Rights the
right to receive dividend in the financial year following the emission. Whether
the obligations under the Options issued are satisfied via the emission of new
shares or via share buyback from the secondary market, shall be decided by the
supervisory board of AS Tallink Grupp.
13. In case for the fulfillment of the Option Programme and for enabling the
exercise of Options, new shares are emitted, then, regarding the shares that
are emitted, the pre-emptive subscription right for the shares of the
shareholders shall be excluded in accordance with the Commercial Code § 345 (1)
and the emission of the shares will be directed to the Holders of the Rights
who exercised the Option.
Tabulation of votes:
In favor: 448 525 889 votes (97,68 % of the represented votes)
Against: 8 205 533 votes (1,79 % of the represented votes)
Impartial: 1 162 652 votes (0,25 % of the represented votes)
Did not vote: 1 277 980 votes (0,28 % of the represented votes)
5. Amending the Articles of Association
To amend the second sentence of clause 2.4 of Articles of Association and to
approve the version annexed hereto:
?Supervisory Board shall be authorized within three years as from 1 January
2016 to increase the share capital by 25 000 000 Euros increasing the share
capital up to 429 290 224 Euros.?
Tabulation of votes:
In favor: 456 873 670 votes (99,50 % of the represented votes)
Against: 950 732 votes (0,21 % of the represented votes)
Impartial: 70 372 votes (0,02 % of the represented votes)
Did not vote:1 277 280 votes (0,28 % of the represented votes)
6. Authorizing the acquisition of own shares
To grant to the public limited company the right to acquire the shares of AS
Tallink Grupp subject to the following conditions:
1) The company is entitled to acquire own shares within five years as from the
adoption of this resolution.
2) The total nominal values of the shares owned by the company shall not exceed
10 % of the share capital.
3) The price payable for one share shall not be more than is the highest price
paid at Tallinn Stock Exchange for the share of AS Tallink Grupp at the day
when the share is aquired.
4) Own shares shall be paid for from the assets exceeding the share capital,
mandatory legal reserve and issue premium.
Tabulation of votes:
In favor: 456 899 150 votes (99,50 % of the represented votes)
Against: 950 732 votes (0,21 % of the represented votes)
Impartial: 45 372 votes (0,01 % of the represented votes)
Did not vote:1 276 800 votes (0,28 % of the represented votes)
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of the Finance Department
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail [email protected]
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