Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Apr 3, 2023
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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Shareholders of Betsson AB (publ), Reg. No 556090-4251 ("Betsson" or the "Company"), are invited to the Annual General Meeting (or the "Meeting") on Wednesday, 10 May 2023, at 10.00 CEST a.m. at Helio GT30, Greve Turegatan 30 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Shareholders also have the opportunity to exercise their voting rights by postal voting prior to the Meeting.
Shareholders who wish to attend the Annual General Meeting venue in person or by proxy must:
When giving notice of participation, state name, date of birth or registration number, address, telephone number and number of participating assistants, if any.
If the shareholder is represented by proxy, a written and dated power of attorney signed by the shareholder shall be issued for the representative. A power of attorney issued by a legal entity must be accompanied by the entity's certificate of registration (or a corresponding document of authority). To facilitate registration at the Annual General Meeting, the power of attorney, certificate of registration and other documents of authority should be sent to the Company well in advance to the address above. Forms of power of attorney are available on Betsson's website, www.betssonab.com, under the Corporate Governance section.
Shareholders who wish to participate in the Annual General Meeting by postal voting must:
A special form must be used for the postal vote. The form for postal voting is available on Betsson's website, www.betssonab.com, under the Corporate Governance section. Completed and signed forms for postal voting can be sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Betsson AB, c/o Computershare AB, Box 5267, SE-102 46 Stockholm, Sweden. Shareholders may also cast their votes electronically through verification with BankID via Betsson's website, www.betssonab.com, under the
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Corporate Governance section. Postal votes through BankID must be received by the Company no later than Tuesday, 4 May 2023.
Shareholders may not provide special instructions or conditions in the postal vote. If so, the entire postal vote is invalid. Further instructions and conditions may be found in the postal voting form.
If the shareholder submits the postal vote by proxy, a written and dated power of attorney signed by the shareholder must be attached to the postal voting form. If the shareholder is a legal entity, the entity's certificate of registration (or a corresponding document of authority) shall also be enclosed with the form. Forms of power of attorney are available on Betsson's website, www.betssonab.com, under the Corporate Governance section.
For questions about the postal voting, please contact Computershare by phone number +46 (0)771 24 64 00.
A shareholder who has voted by post may also attend the Meeting venue, provided that a notification has been made in accordance with the instructions under the heading "Right to participate and notice of participation at the Meeting" above. This means that postal voting does not constitute a notification also to attend the Meeting at the Meeting venue.
In order to have the right to participate in the Meeting, shareholders who have their shares registered in a custody account must, in addition to giving notice of participation in accordance with the above instructions, register the shares in their own name so that the shareholders are registered in the presentation of the share register as of Tuesday, 2 May 2023. Such registration can be temporary (socalled voting rights registration) and must be requested with the custodian in advance and in accordance with the custodian's routines. Voting rights registrations made no later than Thursday, 4 May 2023, are included in the share register presented to the Annual General Meeting.
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The Nomination Committee, appointed in accordance with the instruction for the Nomination Committee as resolved by the Annual General Meeting 2022 and comprising of the Chairman of the Nomination Committee Jenny Rosberg (appointed by Hamberg Förvaltning AB, among others), Mats Axell (appointed Knutsson Holdings AB, among others) and Karin Källström (appointed by Berit Lindwall), proposes that Jörgen S. Axelsson, lawyer, Setterwalls law firm, is appointed as Chairman of the Meeting 2023.
The voting list proposed for approval is the voting list drawn up by Euroclear Sweden AB on behalf of the Company, based on the Annual General Meeting's register of shareholders, shareholders having given notice of participation and being present at the Meeting venue, and postal votes received.
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The Board of Directors suggests that Jenny Rosberg and Karin Källström, or if any or both of them are prevented from being elected, the person or persons then suggested by the Board of Directors, be elected to verify the minutes. The task of these persons also includes controlling the voting list and that the received postal votes are correctly reflected in the minutes of the Meeting.
As set out under items 17 and 18 below, the Board of Directors proposes two redemption procedures entailing a cash value transfer to the shareholders of a total of approximately EUR 59.7 million.
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves that the profits available to the Annual General Meeting shall be carried forward in a new account.
The Nomination Committee proposes that:
Information regarding the candidates nominated by the Nomination Committee for re-election as Board members is available on the Company's website, www.betssonab.com, under the Corporate Governance section.
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According to Chapter 8, 53 a §, of the Swedish Companies Act (2005:551) (Sw: aktiebolagslagen), the Board of Directors shall produce a report for paid and outstanding remuneration covered by the Company's Guidelines for Remuneration to Executive Management for each financial year. The Board of Directors suggests that the Annual General Meeting approve the remuneration report for the financial year 2022.
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting 2023 resolves of an implementation of a long-term incentive performance share plan (the "Performance Share Plan 2023"), including approximately 15 Senior Executives, consisting of the CEO, Group Management and Operational Management.
The overall purpose of the Performance Share Plan 2023 is to create engagement, commitment and motivation for the employees within the Betsson Group (the "Group") and align management's and shareholders' interests and thereby increase shareholder value and long-term value-growth in the Company. The purpose of the Performance Share Plan 2023 is further to facilitate the recruitment and retention of employees with key competences.
In light of the above, the Board of Directors assesses that the implementation of the Performance Share Plan 2023, as outlined below, will have a positive effect on the Group's future development and will, consequently, be beneficial for both the Company and the shareholders.
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting 2023 resolves on an implementation of the Performance Share Plan 2023.
It is proposed that the Performance Share Plan 2023 is open to approximately 15 Senior Executives, consisting of the CEO, Group Management and Operational Management of the Group (the "Participants") and that Performance Shares (as defined below) are allocated to the Participants on the terms and conditions set out below:
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average price paid for the series B in Betsson on Nasdaq Stockholm, during a period of ten trading days beginning immediately after the release of the Company's interim report for the fourth quarter 2022 (the "Grant Share Price").
d) The portion (if any) of an LTIP Award that will vest at the end of the Vesting Period is based on and subject to the satisfaction of the below performance conditions (the "Performance Conditions"). For each Performance Condition, the Board of Directors will set various target levels, which must be reached or exceeded in accordance with what is set out below during the time between 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2025 (the "Performance Period"). After the Vesting Period has expired, the Board of Directors shall publish the target levels and the degrees of fulfilment of the Performance Conditions.
LTIP Award granted to a Participant will be subject to the Group's actual total revenue reaching or exceeding the Group's target revenue during the Performance Period, as determined by the Board of Directors (the "Revenue Target"). Vesting related to the Revenue Target will occur, as per the below table.
| Revenue Target levels | Pay-out levels (percentage of Base Salary) |
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| Min | Level 1 | Level 2 | Max | Min | Level 1 | Level 2 | Max |
| 97% of Revenue Target |
101% of Revenue Target |
106% of Revenue Target |
112% of Revenue Target |
6.7 | 13.3 | 41.7 | 71.7 |
Vesting of Performance Shares requires a specific target level to be reached or exceeded. In the event of an outcome between two target levels no linear pro-rata vesting will occur.
LTIP Award granted to a Participant will be subject to the Group's actual total EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) reaching or exceeding the Group's target EBIT for the Performance Period as determined by the Board of Directors (the "EBIT Target"). Vesting related to the EBIT Target will occur, as per the below table.
| EBIT Target levels | Pay-out levels (percentage of Base Salary) |
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| Min | Level 1 | Level 2 | Max | Min | Level 1 | Level 2 | Max |
| 97% of EBIT Target |
101% of EBIT Target |
106% of EBIT Target |
112% of EBIT Target |
6.7 | 13.3 | 41.7 | 71.7 |
Vesting of Performance Shares requires a specific target level to be reached or exceeded. In the event of an outcome between two target levels no linear pro-rata vesting will occur.
LTIP Award granted to a Participant will be subject to the Group's actual total operating cashflow reaching or exceeding the Group's target operating cashflow for the
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Performance Period, as determined by the Board of Directors (the "OPC Target"). Vesting related to the OPC Target will occur, as per the below table.
| OPC Target levels | Base Salary) | Pay-out levels (percentage of | |||||
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101% of OPC Target |
106% of OPC Target |
112% of OPC Target |
6.7 | 13.3 | 41.7 | 71.7 |
Vesting of Performance Shares requires a specific target level to be reached or exceeded. In the event of an outcome between two target levels no linear pro-rata vesting will occur.
LTIP Award granted to a Participant will be subject to the Group maintaining its current AA rating given by MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) at the end of the Performance Period (the "ESG Target"). If the ESG Target is reached at the end of the Performance Period, pay-out related to the ESG Target will occur at 10 percent of the Base Salary.
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The costs for the Performance Share Plan 2023, which are charged in the profit and loss account, are calculated according to the accounting standard IFRS 2 and distributed on a linear basis over the Vesting Period. The calculation has been made based on the following assumptions: (i) a market price of the Betsson Share of SEK 96.66, (ii) an assessment of future volatility in respect of the Share of 32.5 percent, and (iii) full vesting of Performance Shares related to the fulfillment of the Performance Conditions will occur. In total, this can lead to maximum costs for the Performance Share Plan 2023 of approximately SEK 87.2 million, excluding social security costs. The costs for social security charges are calculated to approximately SEK 14.6 million assuming an annual share price increase of 10 percent during the Vesting Period. In addition to what is set forth above, the maximum costs for the Performance Share Plan 2023 have been based on a share price of SEK 96.66 at the time of the commencement of the Vesting Period, that the Performance Share Plan 2023 comprise approximately 15 participants in total, and based on historical employee turnover for the Betsson Group of 0 percent. Based on the assumptions above, the annual costs for the Performance Share Plan 2023, including social security charges, corresponds to approximately 2.6 percent of Betsson's total annual employee costs. Final costs will depend on (inter alia) the actual price of the Share at the beginning of the Vesting Period.
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If the Performance Share Plan 2023 had been implemented in 2022, if the Company had costs in accordance with the example in the preceding paragraph, and if the Performance Shares had been allocated in 2022 in accordance with the assumptions in the sample calculation, which among other things assumes an annual share price increase of 10 percent during the Vesting Period, the earnings per share for the financial year 2022 had decreased by SEK 0.25 to SEK 9.47 and the shareholders' equity per share for the financial year 2022 had decreased by SEK 0.25 to SEK 52.55.
Upon full allocation of Performance Shares, the number of shares under the Performance Share Plan 2023 amounts to 1,100,379 shares of series B in Betsson, corresponding to a dilution effect of approximately 0.8 percent of the share capital and the votes. If all outstanding long-term incentive programs are included in the calculation, then the corresponding maximum level of dilution amounts to approximately 4.6 percent.
The Board of Directors has considered different methods for transfer of shares under the Performance Share Plan 2023 in order to implement the Performance Share Plan 2023 in the most cost-effective and
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flexible manner. Therefore, the Board of Directors proposes to resolve on the transfers of own shares of series B free of charge to the participants of the Plan in accordance with item 16 b) below.
The Company's Remuneration Committee has drafted the incentive schemes in consultation with external advisors and major shareholders. The incentive schemes have been reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors during the Board meetings held in the first quarter of 2023. The proposed incentive schemes are supported by the Company's major shareholders.
Performance Share Plan 2023 has been prepared in accordance with the Group's high requirement on low risk-appetite and sustainability. Based on performed analyses, the Board assesses that the Performance Share Plan 2023 does not contribute to increased short-term risk-taking in the business.
The Board of Directors has established shareholding guidelines which recommend that Senior Executives, being the CEO, Group Management and Operational Management (thus affecting all Participants) accumulate personal holdings in Betsson shares representing a value of an annual gross base salary amounting to 100 percent of the annual base salary for the respective employee. It is recommended that the personal holding of shares is established within five years and it is recommended that the Senior Executives maintain shares of such a value for the duration of their employment with the Group.
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As of the date of this notice, the Company holds 519,710 series B shares and 5,247,433 series C shares. As per the articles of association of the Company, the series C shares may, through a resolution by the Board of Directors of the Company, be converted into series B shares.
The Board of Directors proposes that transfers of Betsson's own series B shares (which may include either series B shares held by the Company, series B shares acquired by the Company based on authorization according to item 19 (or similar future authorizations), and/or series B shares held by the Company after conversion from series C shares) to the Participants may be made on the following terms:
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d) The number of series B shares in Betsson that may be transferred under the Performance Share Plan 2023 will be subject to recalculation as a result of intervening bonus issues, splits, rights issues and/or other similar corporate events in accordance with the terms of the Performance Share Plan 2023.
The Annual General Meeting's resolution on the implementation of the Performance Share Plan 2023 according to item 16 a) above is conditional upon the Annual General Meeting resolving in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal under item 16 b) above.
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Each of the Annual General Meeting's resolutions according to item 16 a) above requires a simple majority of the votes cast. A valid resolution under item 16 b) above requires that shareholders representing not less than nine-tenths of the votes cast as well as of the shares represented at the Annual General Meeting approve the resolution.
For a description of the Company's other long-term incentive programs, reference is made to the Annual and Sustainability Report for 2022, note 30.
The Board of Directors proposes two separate automatic redemption procedures. The proposal under this item relates to the first of these two procedures (the "First Redemption Procedure"). The proposals for the second redemption procedure can be found under item 18 (the "Second Redemption Procedure").
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting, regarding the First Redemption Procedure, resolves in accordance with the proposal below.
It is proposed that the resolutions under items 17 a) to 17 c) are passed together as one resolution. For the resolution to be valid, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal as above, the resolution must be represented by shareholders with at least two-thirds of both the votes cast and the shares represented at the Annual General Meeting.
The Board of Directors, or such person that the Board of Directors may appoint, shall be authorized to make the minor adjustments in the resolution as may be required in connection with registration at the Swedish Companies Registration Office and Euroclear Sweden and to perform such other measures required to execute the resolution.
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves on a share split, where an existing share in Betsson (regardless of share type) is split into two shares. One of these shares will be a redemption share. The Board of Directors proposes that the record date for the share split is 22 May 2023.
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The Board of Directors proposes that the share capital be reduced by EUR 4,710,084.654 by withdrawing 15,911,000 series A shares, 121,571,405 series B shares and 5,247,433 series C shares for repayment to the shareholders. The shares which are to be withdrawn comprise the shares which, after shares have been split as set out under item 17 a) above, are called redemption shares. Where the Board of Directors utilises an existing authorisation to issue shares, the number of shares covered by redemption can increase. Where such a subscription for new shares takes place before the record date for a share split as set out under item 17 a) above, the proposed resolution on a reduction in the share capital shall be considered adjusted such that the reduction amount shall increase by EUR 0.033 for each new share in the Company. Furthermore, the number of shares subject to withdrawal shall be increased by a corresponding number of new shares. Where utilisation takes place according to existing incentive schemes before the record date for a share split, the number of series B shares will increase, and the number of series C shares will decrease as a result of the Board of Directors' resolution to convert series C shares to series B shares. In the event of such a conversion, the number of series B shares subject to redemption as above shall increase by the number of shares that the Board of Directors resolves to convert. Correspondingly, the number of series C shares as set out above shall decrease.
The payment for each redemption share shall be EUR 0.218, which, after a completed redemption of shares means that the payment exceeds the share's par value by EUR 0.185. Further, the Board of Directors suggests that the dividend payment to the shareholders is to be done in SEK and that the conversion from EUR to SEK is to take place on 17 May 2023.
Any withdrawn redemption shares of series A, series B, and series C held by the Company shall be withdrawn without payment, whereby the share capital is reduced for allocation as non-restricted equity. If at the time of redemption, the Company is still the holder of the number of shares that the Company currently holds, i.e., 519,710 series B shares and 5,247,433 series C shares, the redemption proceeds will amount to approximately EUR 29.9 million. The Board of Directors proposes that trading in redemption shares take place during the period from 24 May 2023 to 7 June 2023 inclusive. The Board of Directors furthermore proposes that the record date for withdrawing the redemption shares should be 12 June 2023. Payment is calculated to be made through Euroclear Sweden AB around 15 June 2023.
To achieve a timely redemption procedure without requiring permission from the Swedish Companies Registration Office or ordinary court, the Board of Directors proposes that the Company's share capital be restored to at least its original amount by increasing the Company's share capital by EUR 4,710,084.654 through a bonus issue without issuing new shares but by instead transferring from the Company's non-restricted equity to the Company's share capital. If the Board of Directors utilises existing authorisation to issue shares, entailing a subscription for new shares before the record date for a share split as set out under item 17 a) above, the proposed resolution on an increase in the share capital through a bonus issue shall be considered adjusted such that the issue amount shall increase by EUR 0.066 for each new share in the Company.
The Board of Directors proposes, in addition to the First Redemption Procedure proposal under item 17, that the Annual General Meeting decides on the Second Redemption Procedure in accordance with the below. The Annual General Meeting's decision on an automatic redemption procedure in accordance with items 18 a) to c) is dependent on the Annual General Meeting's approval and
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registration of the Board of Directors' proposal on the First Redemption Procedure under item 17 a) to c).
It is proposed that the resolutions under items 18 a) to c) are passed together as one resolution. For the resolution to be valid, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal as above, the resolution must be represented by shareholders with at least two-thirds of both the votes cast and the shares represented at the Annual General Meeting.
The Board of Directors, or such person that the Board of Directors may appoint, shall be authorized to make the minor adjustments in the resolution as may be required in connection with registration at the Swedish Companies Registration Office and Euroclear Sweden and to perform such other measures required to execute the resolution.
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves on a share split, where an existing share in Betsson (regardless of share type) is split into two shares. One of these shares will be a redemption share. The Board of Directors proposes that the record date for a share split is 8 September 2023.
The Board of Directors proposes that the share capital be reduced by EUR 4,710,084.654 by withdrawing 15,911,000 series A shares, 121,571,405 series B shares and 5,247,433 series C shares for repayment to the shareholders. The shares which are to be withdrawn comprise the shares which, after shares have been split as set out under item 18 a) above, are called redemption shares. Where the Board of Directors utilises an existing authorisation to issue shares, the number of shares covered by redemption can increase. Where such a subscription for new shares takes place before the record date for a share split as set out under item 18 a) above, the proposed resolution on a reduction in the share capital shall be considered adjusted such that the reduction amount shall increase by EUR 0.033 for each new share in the Company. Furthermore, the number of shares subject to withdrawal shall be increased by a corresponding number of new shares. Where utilisation takes place according to existing incentive schemes before the record date for a share split, the number of series B shares will increase and the number of series C shares will decrease as a result of the Board of Directors' resolution to convert series C shares to series B shares. In the event of such a conversion, the number of series B shares subject to redemption as above shall increase by the number of shares that the Board of Directors resolves to convert. Correspondingly, the number of series C shares as set out above shall decrease.
The payment for each redemption share shall be EUR 0.218, which, after a completed redemption of shares means that the payment exceeds the share's par value by EUR 0.185. Further, the Board of Directors suggests that the dividend payment to the shareholders is to be done in SEK and that the conversion from EUR to SEK is to be done on 6 September 2023.
Any withdrawn redemption shares of series A, series B, and series C held by the Company shall be withdrawn without payment, whereby the share capital is reduced for allocation as non-restricted equity. If at the time of redemption, the Company is still the holder of the number of shares that the Company currently holds, i.e., 519,710 series B shares and 5,247,433 series C shares, the redemption proceeds will amount to approximately EUR 29.9 million. The Board of Directors proposes that trading in redemption shares take place during the period from 12 September 2023 to 25 September 2023 inclusive. The Board of Directors furthermore proposes that the record date for withdrawing the
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redemption shares shall be 28 September 2023. Payment is calculated to be made through Euroclear Sweden AB around 3 October 2023.
To achieve a timely redemption procedure without requiring permission from the Swedish Companies Registration Office or ordinary court, the Board of Directors proposes that the Company's share capital be restored to at least its original amount by increasing the Company's share capital by EUR 4,710,084.654 through a bonus issue without issuing new shares but by instead transferring from the Company's non-restricted equity to the Company's share capital. If the Board of Directors utilises existing authorisation to issue shares, entailing a subscription for new shares before the record date for a share split as set out under item 18 a) above, the proposed resolution on an increase in the share capital through a bonus issue shall be considered adjusted such that the issue amount shall increase by EUR 0.066 for each new share in the Company.
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting pass a resolution authorising the Board of Directors to purchase shares up until the next Annual General Meeting, on one or more occasions, to a total amount such that the Company's holding at no time exceeds 10 percent of all shares in the Company. Purchases shall be made on a regulated market where shares in the Company are listed and may only take place at a price within the price range registered at any given time, where the range is considered to be between the highest buy price and lowest sell price, or through a purchase offer aimed at all shareholders, where the purchase shall be made at a price which, at the time of the resolution, is equivalent to at least the applicable market value and at most 150 percent of the applicable market value.
It is furthermore proposed that the Board of Directors be authorised, in a deviation from the shareholders' preferential right, to pass a resolution to transfer the Company's own shares as settlement for the acquisition of a company or business at a price equivalent to the market value at the time of transfer.
The authorisation to transfer own shares shall be limited such that the Board of Directors may not resolve to transfer more than 14.3 million series B shares, where any new shares the Board of Directors has resolved to issue based on authorisation as set out under item 20 below are taken into consideration.
The authorisations aim at giving the Board of Directors more room to manoeuvre in its work with the Company's capital structure, and at creating flexibility in the Company's opportunities to acquire companies or businesses.
For a resolution to be valid in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal as above, the resolution must be represented by shareholders with at least two-thirds of both the votes cast and the shares represented at the Annual General Meeting.
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The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting pass a resolution authorising the Board of Directors, on one or more occasions, up until the next Annual General Meeting, with or without departure from the shareholders' preferential right, against cash payment, capital contributed in kind or by set-off, to issue shares and/or convertibles, which means the issue or conversion of a maximum total of 14.3 million series B shares, corresponding to a dilution of approximately 10 percent of the capital and approximately 5 percent of the votes.
The authorisation as set out above shall be limited such that the Board of Directors may not resolve to issue shares and/or convertibles, which means the issue or conversion of a maximum total of 14.3 million series B shares, where any shares the Board of Directors has resolved to transfer based on authorisation as set out under item 19 above shall also be taken into consideration.
The aim of the authorisation is to increase the Company's financial flexibility and to be able to make payments with own shares and/or convertibles in connection with any acquisitions of companies or businesses that the Company may make, and to regulate any supplementary purchase prices in connection with such acquisitions. Cash issues, in deviation from the shareholders' preferential right, may only be made to finance purchase prices to be paid in cash in connection with an acquisition of a company or business. Set-off issues, in deviation from the shareholders' preferential right, may only be made in connection with the regulation of supplementary purchase prices because of acquiring a company or business. For issues where deviation is made from the shareholders' preferential right, the basis for establishing the issue price shall be the prevailing market conditions at the time when shares and/or convertibles are issued.
For a resolution to be valid in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal as above, the resolution must be represented by shareholders with at least two-thirds of both the votes cast and the shares represented at the Annual General Meeting.
The Board of Directors, or such person that the Board of Directors may appoint, shall be authorised to make the minor adjustments in the resolution as may be required in connection with registration at the Swedish Companies Registration Office and Euroclear Sweden and to perform such other measures required to execute the resolution.
The Nomination Committee's proposal and motivated statement including information on the Board members proposed to the Board of Directors, as well as power of attorney and postal voting forms are available on the Company's website, www.betssonab.com, under the Corporate Governance section. The annual report, the audit report, and other documents that shall be held available for the shareholders pursuant to the Swedish Companies Act will be available at the Company on the address Regeringsgatan 28, Stockholm, Sweden, and on the Company's website, www.betssonab.com, under the Corporate Governance section, no later than three weeks before the Meeting. Copies of the documents will also be sent to those shareholders who so request and state their postal or email address.
| POSTAL AND VISIT ADDRESS |
TELEPHONE | REGISTERED OFFICE | E-MAIL WEB |
CO. REG. NO. VAT REG. NO. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGERINGSGATAN 28 SE-111 53 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN |
+46 (0)8 506 403 00 | STOCKHOLM | INFO@BETSSONAB. COM WWW.BETSSONAB.COM |
556090-4251 SE556090425101 |
The Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer shall provide information, if any shareholder so requests and if the Board of Directors believes that this can be done without significant damage to the Company, about circumstances that may affect the assessment of a matter on the agenda, circumstances that may affect the assessment of the Company's or a subsidiary's financial situation or concern the Company's relation to another Group company or consolidated accounts. Anyone wishing to submit questions in advance can do so by emailing [email protected].
At the time of the issuance of this notice, there were a total of 142,729,838 shares in the Company, representing in total 285,928,838 votes, split into 15,911,000 series A shares (representing 159,110,000 votes), 121,571,405 series B shares (representing 121,571,405 votes), and 5,247,433 series C shares (representing 5,247,433 votes). As of the same date, the Company holds 519,710 series B shares and 5,247,433 series C shares, which may not be represented at the Annual General Meeting.
Information on how your personal data is processed is available at https://www.euroclear.com/dam/ESw/Legal/Privacy\_notice\_BOSS\_final\_30112020.pdf.
Stockholm, April 2023 Betsson AB The Board of Directors
For further information, contact:
Johan Lundberg, Chairman of the Board, phone number +46 (0)8 506 403 00
Fanny Mannheimer, Legal Counsel, phone number +46 (0)763 28 83 82 and email [email protected]
| POSTAL AND VISIT ADDRESS |
TELEPHONE | REGISTERED OFFICE | E-MAIL WEB |
CO. REG. NO. VAT REG. NO. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGERINGSGATAN 28 SE-111 53 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN |
+46 (0)8 506 403 00 | STOCKHOLM | INFO@BETSSONAB. COM WWW.BETSSONAB.COM |
556090-4251 SE556090425101 |
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