AGM Information • Apr 20, 2021
AGM Information
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In consideration of the number of foreign shareholders of the Company, these minutes have been prepared in both Norwegian and English. In case of variation in the content of the two versions, the Norwegian version shall prevail.
The annual general meeting for 2020 was held at the company's premises at Vika Atrium in Oslo on 20 April 2021 at 11:00 hours.
The Deputy Chairman of the Board, Mr Jan Petter Collier opened the meeting.
Present at the meeting were the shareholders listed in Schedule 1 to these minutes, which details shareholders present in person and those represented by proxy. The proxies are held by the company.
Altogether 101.248.303 shares were represented, constituting 22.81% of the total voting rights as indicated in Schedule 1.
Jan Petter Collier was elected to chair the meeting. Per-Ove Breivold was elected to co-sign the minutes.
The general meeting approved the resolution with 101,245,303 shares in favour, while 3,000 shares didn't vote.
The notice of the meeting and the agenda for the meeting were approved.
The general meeting approved the resolution with 101,245,303 shares in favour, while 3,000 shares didn't vote.
The chairman of the meeting presented the 2020 annual financial statements and the Board of Directors Report. The Board of Directors has proposed a dividend payment of NOK 0.83 per share to shareholders as at 20 April 2021. Based upon the Board of Directors' proposal the general meeting resolved to approve the 2020 annual financial statements and the Board of Directors Report, including NOK 391m to be paid to the shareholders and NOK 18m will be transferred from other equity.
The general meeting approved the resolution with 101,245,303 shares in favour, while 3,000 shares didn't vote.
The general meeting approved a dividend payment of NOK 0.83 per share to shareholders as at 20 April 2021.
The general meeting approved the resolution with 101,245,303 shares in favour, while 3,000 shares didn't vote.
The general meeting approved the remuneration of the auditors in accordance with invoice.
The general meeting approved the resolution with 101,195,645 shares in favour and 49,658 votes against. 3,000 shares didn't vote.
Based on the Nomination Committees' proposal, the general meeting approved the following resolution:
"The remuneration to the members of the Board of Directors shall be NOK 270,000 and NOK 400,000 for the Chairman for the upcoming mandate period 2021-2022. The Board is given flexibility to decide the date of payment of the approved remuneration according to what is considered practical.
Members of the Audit Committee shall receive a remuneration of NOK 70,000 and the chairman NOK 90,000 for the upcoming mandate period 2021-2022.
Members of the Compensation Committee shall receive a remuneration of NOK 20,000 and the chairman NOK 25,000 for the upcoming mandate period 2021-2022.
Compensation to the chairman of the Nomination Committee shall be NOK 40,000 whereas the other members are compensated with NOK 20.000 for the upcoming mandate period 2021-2022.
The general meeting approved the resolution with 101,233,203 shares in favour, while 15,100 shares didn't vote.
The general meeting took note of the statement.
Based on the recommendation of the Board of Directors the general meeting advised the Board of Directors to apply the current principles for the Company's remuneration towards top management going forward.
The general meeting approved the resolution with 88,488,293 votes in favour, 12,757,010 votes against, while 3,000 shares didn't vote.
Based on the Nomination Committee's proposal, the general meeting re-elected Stein Aukner, Roy Myklebust and Jan Petter Collier for a period of one year. The committee consists of Stein Aukner as chairman and Roy Myklebust and Jan Petter Collier as members.
The general meeting approved the following resolutions: Stein Aukner, 101,233,203 shares in favour, while 15,100 shares didn't vote Roy Myklebust, 101,233,203 shares in favour, while 15,100 shares didn't vote Jan Petter Collier, 97,171,179 votes in favour, 4,062,024 votes against, while 15,100 shares didn't vote
Based on the Nomination Committee's proposal, the general meeting re-elected Knut Brundtland, Jan Petter Collier, Arild A. Engh, Adele Norman Pran and Martina Klingvall Holmström as board members for a period of one year. The Board of Directors will then consist of:
The Board will elect members of committees.
The general meeting approved the following resolutions:
Knut Brundtland, 88,476,193 votes in favour, 12,757,010 votes against, while 15,100 shares didn't vote Jan Petter Collier, 96,368,487 votes in favour, 4,864,716 votes against, while 15,100 shares didn't vote Arild A. Engh, 88,476,193 votes in favour, 12,757,010 votes against, while 15,100 shares didn't vote Adele Norman Pran, 101.203.664 votes in favour. 29.539 votes against, while 15.100 shares didn't vote Martina Klingvall Holmström, 101,233,203 shares in favour, while 15,100 shares didn't vote
The general meeting approved the following resolution as proposed by the Board:
"The general meeting hereby authorises the Board of Directors to acquire own shares and to acquire charges created by agreement related to its own shares, cf. the Norwegian Public Limited Companies Act sections 9-4 and 9-5.
The following shall apply for both authorisations:
This power of attorney is valid from 21 April 2021 and will from that date replace all previous power of attorneys to purchase own shares in the company."
The general meeting approved the resolution with 99,945,304 votes in favour and 1,250,341 votes against. 52,658 shares did note vote.
Based on the Board of Directors' proposal and explanation, the general meeting approved the following resolution:
"The general meeting hereby authorises the Board of Directors to increase the share capital by new subscription for shares, cf. the Norwegian Public Limited Companies Act section 10-14.
The following shall apply for the Board of Directors' authorisation:
This power of attorney is valid from 21 April 2021 and will, from that date, replace all previous power of attorneys to issue new shares."
The general meeting approved the resolution with 88,545,390 votes in favour and 12,699,913 votes against. 3,000 shares did not vote.
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No further matters were submitted for consideration. The chairman of the meeting thanked the participants for attending and adjourned the annual general meeting.
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20 April 2021
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Per-Ove Breivold
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