AGM Information • May 23, 2014
AGM Information
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The ordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of AUSTEVOLL SEAFOOD ASA was held at 09:30 hrs. on 23 May 2014 in the company's facilities at Storebø in the municipality of Austevoll.
The following business was transacted:
The general meeting was opened by the Chairman of the Board, Helge Singelstad.
The Chairman informed the meeting that 69 shareholders were present, 61 of which by proxy. A total of 124,805,909 shares were present, which constitutes 61.57 per cent of the Company's shares and votes.
Helge Singelstad was elected to chair the meeting with 124,805,909 votes.
Gunnar Vågen and Jan Arne Svenningsbøen were 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 for 2013 and informed the meeting in brief about the company's financial performance and position.
The Chair reviewed the Board of Directors' Report for 2013.
The Auditor's report was read aloud.
On that basis, the Board of Directors proposed that the Annual Accounts and Directors' Report for 2013 be adopted by the General Meeting.
The general meeting adopted the Board's proposal with 124,805,909 votes.
The Board of Directors has decided to propose a dividend payment to the shareholders totalling NOK 324,347,798.40, which represents NOK 1.60 per share in the company, and therefore presented the following proposal to the General Meeting:
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 26 May, 2014. The dividends shall be paid out to the shareholders on 6 June, 2014.
The proposal was adopted with 124,805,909 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 2013, 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.
The Chair told the General Meeting that the Nomination Committee has proposed to award and approve NOK 300,000 to the Chairman of the Board and NOK 175,000 to each member of the Board as remuneration for 2013. The proposal was adopted with 124,805,909 votes.
A proposal was tabled for remuneration of NOK 25,000 to each member of the Company's Nomination Committee for 2013. The proposal was adopted with 124,516,101 votes, against 289,808 votes.
A proposal was tabled for remuneration of NOK 50,000 to each member of the Company's Audit Committee for 2013. The proposal was adopted with 124,805,909 votes.
The Chair tabled the Board's proposal that the Auditor's fees be paid as invoiced. The general meeting adopted the Board's proposal with 124,805,909 votes.
The Chair reported that all Board members are up for election this year, and they have all, with the exception of Hilde Waage, agreed to be re-elected. These are:
Helge Singelstad, Chairman of the Board Oddvar Skjegstad, Deputy Chairman. Helge Arvid Møgster, Board member. Inga Lise L. Moldestad, Board member. Lill Maren Møgster, Board member
The Nomination Committee has recommended to elect two new Board Members. Siren M. Grønhaug is proposed in the place of Hilde Waage. In addition, the Nomination Committee recommends election of Leif Teksum as new Board member with commencement 1 August, 2014.
The Nomination Committee has proposed, to ensure continuity of the Board, that Helge Singelstad, Helge Møgster, Lill Maren Møgster and Leif Teksum are elected for 2 years, whilst Oddvar Skjegstad, Siren M. Grønhaug and Inga Lise L. Moldestad are elected for 1 year.
The Chair quoted the nominations from the Nomination Committee:
8.1 e) Siren M. Grønhaug was proposed for election. No other proposals came forth. Siren M. Grønhaug was elected for 1 year with 124,310,055 votes against 495,854 votes.
8.1 f) Lill Maren Møgster was proposed for re-election. No other proposals came forth. Lill Maren Møgster was re-elected for 2 years with 124,310,055 votes against 495,854 votes.
The Chair announced that all members of the Nomination Committee are up for election at this General Meeting.
These are: Harald Eikesdal, Anne Sofie Utne and Nils Petter Hollekim.
The Nomination Committee proposed to the General Meeting that Harald Eikesdal, Anne Sofie Utne and Nils Petter Hollekim be re-elected to the Nomination Committee. No other proposals were set forth.
The Board put forward the following proposal for power of attorney:
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.
The Board's proposal was thereafter adopted with 124,805,909 votes.
The Board of Directors presented the following proposal to the General Meeting regarding authorisation for purchase of the company's own shares:
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 124,783,749 votes against 22,160 votes.
The Chair read the declaration from the Board of Directors. The declaration was submitted for an advisory vote. The declaration was approved with 123,088,425 votes against 1,717,484 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, 23 May, 2014
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Helge Singelstad Gunnar Vågen Jan Arne Svenningsbøen
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