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Download source fileNasdaq Copenhagen A/S
Nikolaj Plads 6
1067 Copenhagen K, Denmark
01.04.2016
Announcement no. 02/2016
Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S
CVR no. 24 93 28 18
Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Topsil Semiconductor
Materials A/S will be held on Monday, 25 April 2016 at 10:00 am at Topsil,
Siliciumvej 1, DK-3600 Frederikssund. The agenda is as follows:
1.
Report by the Board of Directors and the Management Board on the activities of
the Company during the past financial year
2.
Presentation of the audited annual report for approval
3.
The Board of Directors’ proposal for appropriation of profit or treatment of
loss according to the approved annual report.
4.
Approval of the remuneration to the Board of Directors for the current
financial year
The Board of Directors proposes a basic remuneration to each ordinary board
member of DKK 180,000 for the current year 2016. The chairman will receive 2.5
times, and the deputy chairman will receive 1.75 times the basic remuneration.
The chairman of the Audit Committee will receive 1.5 times the basic
remuneration, and the other members of the Audit Committee will receive 1.25
times the basic remuneration.
5.
Election of members to the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors proposes re-election of:
Jens Borelli-Kjær, Chairman, 56
MSc Engineering (Mathematics/Physics), BCom (International Trade), MBA (INSEAD)
Elected Chairman in 2006
Directorships and managerial positions: Chairman of the board of directors of
Vitral A/S,
Chairman of the board of directors of UAB Vitral, Lithuania,
CEO of CCMA ApS,
Chairman of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee
Independent of special interests
Special qualifications: Management experience from international industrial
companies (electronics, building materials, and medical equipment). Special
focus on production, product development and commercialisation.
Eivind Dam Jensen, Deputy Chairman, 64
State-authorised estate agent
Elected Deputy Chairman in 2005
Directorships and managerial positions: Owner of Statsaut. Ejendomsmæglerfirma
E. Dam Jensen
Member of the Nomination Committee
Not independent of special interests (majority shareholder)
Special qualifications: Purchase, sale, valuation and letting of commercial and
investment properties and property management
Jørgen Frost, 61
MSc Engineering, BCom (Marketing)
Elected to the Board of Directors in 2006
Member of the Audit Committee
Directorships and managerial positions: CEO of M.J. Grønbech & Sønner Holding
A/S and chairman of its subsidiaries
Founder, CEO and member of the board of directors of Frost Invest A/S
Member of the board of directors of Fischer Holding A/S, and chairman of its
subsidiary Blendex A/S
Member of the board of directors of Vestergaard Holding A/S and its subsidiaries
Member of the board of directors of Rich. Müller Fonden and RM Rich. Müller A/S
Member of the board of directors of Focus Lighting A/S
Independent of special interests
Special qualifications: Industrial management experience from listed industrial
companies
Michael Hedegaard Lyng, 46
MSc (Business Administration and Auditing), MBA (IMD)
Elected to the Board of Directors in 2010
Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee
Directorships and managerial positions: CFO and member of the executive board
of NKT Holding A/S and in that capacity member of the boards of directors of
the 100% owned companies Nilfisk A/S, NKT Cables Group A/S and NKT Photonics
A/S.
Member of the board of directors of Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor
A/S.
Member of the board of Investeringsselskabet Luxor A/S.
Independent of special interests
Special qualifications: Traditional CFO disciplines in global, international
listed industrial companies
6.
Appointment of auditors
The Board of Directors proposes that Deloitte Statsautoriseret
Revisionspartnerselskab be re-appointed.
7.
Authorisation to the Board of Directors pursuant to section 198 of the Danish
Companies Act to allow the Company, during a period of 18 months from the date
of the Annual General Meeting, to acquire own shares of up to 10% of the
Company's share capital from time to time against payment of between DKK 0 and
up to 10% above the official selling price quoted from time to time on Nasdaq
Copenhagen A/S.
8.
Proposals from Directors or shareholders, if any
8.a
The Board of Directors proposes that the first sentence of article 4.2 of the
Articles of Association be amended to read as follows:
“The shares shall be issued as registered shares and registered in the
Company’s register of shareholders.”
It is proposed that the wording ”the shares shall be issued to bearer but may
be registered in the name of the holder” in articles 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 be
amended to read “the shares shall be issued as registered shares and be
registered in the Company’s register of shareholders”.
8.b
The Board of Directors proposes that the following new article 3.7 be inserted
to the effect that the former article 3.7 becomes article 3.8.
“The Board of Directors has been authorised to issue, in one or more stages,
prior to 25 April 2021, warrants in the Company to managerial employees of the
Group, including to the Management Board, entitling the holders to subscribe
for shares of a nominal value of up to DKK 10,000,000.00 in the Company,
corresponding to 40 million shares of DKK 0.25 each. The shareholders of the
Company shall have no pre-emptive rights in the event that the Board of
Directors exercises this authorisation. The exercise price and other terms and
conditions applying to the warrants will be determined by the Board of
Directors.
Pursuant to the rules of the Danish Companies Act applicable from time to time,
the Board of Directors may reuse or reissue any lapsed unexercised warrants
provided that such reuse or reissue is effected under the terms and conditions
and within the time limitations set out in this authorisation. Reuse means the
Board of Directors' right to let another party enter into an existing agreement
on warrants. Reissue means the Board of Directors' option to reissue new
warrants, under the same authorisation, if previously issued warrants have
lapsed.
The rules that apply to the existing shares in the Company shall in each and
every respect apply to the new shares, cf. this article 3.7. It should be noted
in particular that the new shares shall be negotiable instruments and be freely
transferable, and that the shares shall be issued to named holders and be
registered in the Company’s register of shareholders. The rights of the new
shares in the Company shall apply from the time when the shares are fully paid
up, and the shares are fully eligible for dividends distributed for the
financial year in which they are fully paid up. If changes have been made in
general to the rights of the shares before the exercise of the warrants in
accordance with this article 3.7, the new shares issued in connection with
exercise of these warrants shall, however, carry the same rights as the other
shares in the Company at the time of exercise. The new shares shall be issued
through VP Securities A/S and shall be listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen.
Furthermore, the Board of Directors has been authorised to increase, in one or
more stages, the share capital by a nominal amount of up to DKK 10,000,000.00
corresponding to 40 million shares of DKK 0.25 each against cash payment in
connection with the exercise of warrants pursuant to this article 3.7. The
Company’s shareholders shall have no pre-emptive rights to shares issued upon
exercise of issued warrants. Furthermore, the Board of Directors shall
determine the terms and conditions of any capital increases effected under the
authorisation. If the terms of the issued warrants entail an adjustment of the
number of warrants, the Board is authorised to effect a similar increase of the
related capital increase.”
8.c
Authorisation to the chairman of the general meeting:
Authorisation to the chairman of the general meeting to make relevant changes
to the numbering of the provisions of the Articles of Association as a
consequence of the amendments to the Articles of Association that may have been
adopted at the Annual General Meeting. Furthermore, the chairman of the general
meeting is authorised to make such changes in and supplements to the
resolutions approved at the general meeting and the notification to the Danish
Business Authority as may be required by the Danish Business Authority in order
to register the amendments adopted.
9.
Any other business
General information
The share capital of Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S amounts to DKK
132,028,539.25 nominal value divided into 528,114,157.00 shares of DKK 0.25
each. Each share amount of DKK 0.25 entitles the holder to one vote.
Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S has entered into a participation agreement
with VP Securities A/S. Accordingly, the shareholders’ financial rights may be
exercised through VP Securities A/S.
Rules on adoption
Resolutions put to the vote at general meetings under items 2-7 are passed by a
simple majority of votes. Adoption of the proposals in items 8 a) and 8 b)
requires a majority vote of not less than two thirds of the votes cast as well
as of the voting share capital represented at the general meeting, cf. article
10.1 of the Articles of Association and section 106(1) of the Danish Companies
Act.
The Company's website
This notice, including the agenda and the complete proposals to be submitted
and considered at the general meeting, information about the total number of
shares and voting rights at the date of this notice, forms for appointing
proxies, for voting by correspondence and for requesting admission cards as
well as any other documents to be presented at the Annual General Meeting,
including the annual report for 2014, including the auditors' report and the
signatures of the members of the Management Board and the Board of Directors
will be available to the shareholders on the Company’s website www.topsil.com
under ”Investors/Events and presentations” as from 1 April 2016 at 2 p.m.
This notice convening the Annual General Meeting has also been published
through Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S, the IT system of the Danish Business Authority,
the Company's website and by e-mail to shareholders having requested to receive
notices of general meetings by e-mail by providing their e-mail address.
Record date
A shareholder’s right to vote at the Company's general meetings, or to vote by
correspondence, on the shareholder's shares, is determined based on the shares
held by the shareholders on the record date, which is one week before the
general meeting.
The record date is Monday, 18 April 2016.
The shares held by each shareholder are calculated on expiry of the record date
on the basis of registration of the shareholder’s shares in the register of
shareholders and notifications about ownership received by the Company for
entry into the register of shareholders, but which have not yet been recorded
in the register of shareholders. Notifications on shareholdings must be
provided in the form of a custody account statement from VP Securities A/S or
similar documentation for the shareholders to be registered in the register of
shareholders and for the shares to be included in the calculation. The Company
must receive such documentation before expiry of the record date.
Only persons registered as shareholders of the Company on the record date are
entitled to attend and vote at general meetings. See, however, the information
below on the deadline for shareholders to request admission cards.
Shareholders who have acquired shares through transfer or otherwise thus cannot
exercise the voting rights of those shares at general meetings, unless the
shareholders have been registered in the register of shareholders or have given
notice of and documented their acquisition on or before the record date, which
is Monday, 18 April 2016.
Admission cards
In order to attend the Annual General Meeting, shareholders must request an
admission card on or before Thursday, 21 April 2016. Until Thursday, 21 April
2016 at 11:59 pm, admission cards may be requested online at www.topsil.com
using NemID or custody account number and password at the Company's shareholder
portal. If you submit your request for an admission card online, you will
receive an electronic confirmation of your registration instantly. Requests for
admission cards may also be made by sending a completed registration form to
the Company's registrar, Computershare A/S, Kongevejen 418, DK-2840 Holte,
Denmark, to be received no later than on Thursday, 21 April 2016 at 11:59 pm.
The registration form may also be downloaded at www.topsil.com.
Proxy
Shareholders may be represented by a proxy at the Annual General Meeting. Until
Thursday, 21 April 2016 at 11:59 pm, proxies may also be appointed
electronically via the shareholder portal. If you submit a proxy form, the
completed proxy form must be received by the Company's registrar,
Computershare, no later than on Thursday, 21 April 2016 at 11:59 pm. The proxy
form may also be downloaded at www.topsil.com.
Voting by correspondence
Shareholders may choose to vote by correspondence, i.e. to cast their votes in
writing before the Annual General Meeting is held instead of voting at the
Annual General Meeting. Shareholders who choose to vote by correspondence may
do so online via the shareholder portal or send their vote to Computershare
A/S, to be received no later than on Monday, 25 April 2016 at 10:00 am. Votes
by correspondence received are irrevocable. Please note that it may
occasionally take several days before a letter reaches the addressee.
Questions
Shareholders may ask questions concerning the agenda and the other material to
be used at the general meeting both before and at the general meeting.
Please direct any questions concerning this stock exchange announcement to
Susanne Hesselkjær, tel. +4529 26 6752 or [email protected].
Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S
Jens Borelli-Kjær Kalle
Hvidt Nielsen
Chairman of the Board CEO
This announcement has been prepared in a Danish-language and an
English-language version. In case of doubt, the Danish version will prevail.