Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Jul 17, 2017
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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EAM SOLAR ASA (+47) 241 15 796 Dronningen 1 N-0287 Oslo, NORWAY www.eamsolar.no
Notice is hereby served that the Extraordinary General Meeting (the "EGM") of EAM Solar ASA (the "Company") will be held on 8 August 2017 at 15:00 CET at the company's offices at Dronningen 1, Oslo.
The EGM will be opened by the chairperson of the Board of Directors, Ragnhild Wiborg, cfr. section 5-12 of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies.
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E. In accordance with section 6 of the Company's articles of association, the appendices to this notice, will not be sent by post to the shareholders. Shareholder may nonetheless demand to be sent the appendices by post free of charge. If a shareholder wishes to have the documents sent to him, such request can be addressed to the Company by email to [email protected] .
F. Shareholders who wish to attend the general meeting are requested to return the enclosed attendance form (Appendix 1) to the Company in time to be received by the Company no later than 7 August 2017.
EAM Solar ASA 17 July 2017
Ragnhild Wiborg Chairperson of the Board of Directors,
The undersigned will attend the extraordinary general meeting of EAM Solar ASA on 8 August 2017.
| I/we own: | ___ shares | |
|---|---|---|
| I/we am proxy for: | ___ shares (please attach proxy form(s)) | |
| Signature: | ______ | |
| Name of shareholder: | ______ (block letters) | |
| Place/date: | ______ | |
| Date of birth/reg. no.: | ______ |
Please send the attendance form to: EAM Solar ASA, Dronningen 1, N-0287 Oslo, Norway, email: [email protected] . If the shareholder is a legal entity, please enclose documentation evidencing the representation by the signatory. Please make sure that the company receives the attendance form no later than 7 August 2017
As the owner of ______________________________ shares in EAM Solar ASA I/we hereby appoint
The Chairperson of the Board of Directors
_________________________________________________________ (insert name)
as my/our proxy to represent and vote for my/our shares at the extraordinary general meeting of EAM Solar ASA to be held on 8 August 2017.
If none of the alternatives above has been ticked the chairman of the board will be considered appointed as proxy. If the chairman of the board has been appointed as proxy, the chairman of the board can appoint another member of the board or the management to represent and vote for the shares covered by the proxy.
If the shareholder so desires and the chairman of the board has been appointed as proxy, the voting instructions below can be filled in and returned to the Company. The shares will then be voted in accordance with the instructions.
| Resolution | Vote for |
Vote against |
Abstain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approval of notice of meeting and agenda | |||
| Acquisition of Royalty rights and share capital increase | |||
| Rights issue | |||
| Amendment of the articles of association |
If voting instructions are given the following applies:
| Signature: | ______* | |
|---|---|---|
| Name of shareholder: | ______ (block letters) | |
| Place/date: | ______ | |
| Date of birth/company no: | ______ |
Please send the proxy to: EAM Solar ASA, Dronningen 1, N-0287 Oslo, Norway, email: [email protected]
* If the proxy is given on behalf of a company or other legal entity, relevant evidence of authority must be attached so as to evidence that the person signing the proxy form is properly authorized. The receiver of the proxy is free in his/her own discretion to use or reject the proxy in case relevant evidence of authority has not been received.
Item 3. Acquisition of royalty rights and share capital increase
The Company is party to an administrative, technical and operational management agreement with EAM Solar Park Management AS (the "Management Agreement"). Pursuant to the Management Agreement, EAM Solar Park Management AS provides all administrative, technical, and operational services to the Company, its subsidiaries and its solar power plants.
Under the existing Management Agreement EAM Solar Park Management AS is entitled to revenue equal to its directly attributable costs for providing the services to the Company, without margin. In addition EAM Solar Park Management AS is entitled to 12.5 % of the annual pre-tax profit (the "Royalty") in the Company. The Company and EAM Solar Park Management AS is in agreement that the Management Agreement in its original form no longer works in the best interest of the Company, and have therefore decided to amend the Management Agreement. The board of directors of the Company has taken the view that the Company is best served by having the upside interest which the Royalty constitutes converted into ordinary share ownership, so as to ensure full alignment of interests between EAM Solar ASA and EAM Solar Park Management AS. The board of directors, with the assistance of an external financial adviser, has carried out an assessment of the appropriate exchange rate at which the Royalty can be converted into shares without being dilutive to the shareholders. Based on this process, the board of directors proposes that the Royalty is converted into 532,210 new shares in the Company.
The Company and EAM Solar Park Management AS have, therefore, entered into an addendum to the Management Agreement pursuant to which the Company shall buy back EAM Solar Park Management AS's right to the Royalty, following which the Royalty will be cancelled.
In consideration of to the buy-back of the Royalty, EAM Solar Park Management AS shall, technically, receive a claim equal to NOK 17,436,385. This claim will then immediately be converted into 532,210 shares in the Company (the "Consideration Shares"). The addendum to the Management Agreement and the issuance of the Consideration Shares are subject to the approval of the genereal meeting.
The board of directors proposes that the general meeting pass the following resolution in connection with the Management Agreement:
The Company's auditor RSM, (State authorised public accountant) has issued two statements in accordance with sections 10-2 and 3-8 cfr section 2-6 of the Public Limited Liability Companies Act in relation to the proposed conversion. These statements are included as appendices to this notice.
The board of directors proposes that the general meeting resolves to carry out an offering of new shares in the Company to existing shareholders of the Company (the "Rights Issue") with gross proceeds of NOK 30.6 million in order to fund the ongoing lawsuits and and strengthen the Company's working capital. According to the proposed Rights Issue, shareholders of the Company will be granted transferable subscription rights that provide preferential rights to subscribe for and be allocated shares in the Company.
In connection with the Rights Issue, the Company has entered into an underwriting agreement with the largest shareholders (the "Underwriters"), who upon and subject to certain conditions underwrite the subscription of all the shares to be offered in the Rights Issue.
In accordance with the proposal of the board of directors, the general meeting passed the following resolution:
(xi) Section 4 of the articles of association shall be amended so as to reflect the share capital and the number of shares after the share capital increase.
In the view of the board of directors, nothing has occurred which is of significant importance to the Company since the last balance sheet date, apart from what has been disclosed in the Company's stock exchange notices and financial reports published through the Oslo Stock Exchange's information system.
The Company's latest financial statements, directors' report and audit opinion are available at the Company's registered office at Dronningen 1, Oslo, Norway and at the Company's website www.eamsolar.no.
In order to reflect the changes that have taken place in the Company's activities the board of directors proposes that Article 3 of the Company's articles of association is amended from:
"The company's business activities include identification, analysis, financing, operating, purchase and sale of sun parks outside Norway, and naturally related activities, such as ownership in similar companies."
"Selskapets virksomhet består i å identifisere, analysere, finansiere, drifte, kjøpe og selge solparker utenfor Norge, og virksomhet som står i naturlig sammenheng med dette, herunder eierskap i tilsvarende selskaper."
"The company's business activities include identification, analysis, financing, operating, purchase and sale of Solar power plants outside Norway, and naturally related activities, such as ownership in similar companies. In addition, the Company's business is lawsuits in relation Solar power plants."
"Selskapets virksomhet består i å identifisere, analysere, finansiere, drifte, kjøpe og selge solparker utenfor Norge, og virksomhet som står i naturlig sammenheng med dette, herunder eierskap i tilsvarende selskaper. I tillegg, er selskapets virksomhet søksmål i forbindelse med solkraftverk."
EAM Solar ASA
RSM Norge AS
Filipstad Brygge 1, 0252 Oslo Pb. 1312 Vika, 0112 Oslo Org.nr: 982 316 588 MVA T+4723114200 F+47 23 11 42 01
www.rsmnorge.no
At the request of the Board of Directors of EAM Solar ASA we, as independent experts, issue this statement in compliance with The Public Limited Liability Companies Act section 10-2, refer section $2 - 6$
The Board of Director's responsibility
The Board of Directors is responsible for the valuations performed.
The independent experts' responsibility Our responsibility is to prepare a statement relating to the General Meeting's decision to allow EAM Solar Park Management AS ("SPM") to convert debt against consideration in shares in EAM Solar ASA ("EAM"), and express an opinion that the value of the debt to be converted to cover the value of the new shares issued, is at least equivalent to the agreed consideration.
The statement consists of two parts. The first part is a description of the debt to be converted. The second part is our opinion regarding whether the debt to be converted has a value which is at least equivalent to the agreed consideration.
EAM entered 23 May 2017 into an agreement with SPM to terminate the profit share clause in the management agreement dated 17 March 2011
against SPM receiving a consideration of NOK 17,436,385.
In Compliance with The Public Limited Liability Companies Act section 3-8, refer section 2-6 RSM Norge AS has 4 July 2017 given an independent
statement which describes the principles of the
Til generalforsamlingen i/ To the General Meeting in
Redegjørelse ved kapitalforhøyelse ved oppgjør av aksjeinnskudd ved motregning i ASA
På oppdrag fra styret i EAM Solar ASA avgir vi som ua oppunag na stylet i EAM Solar ASA avgir vis
uavhengig sakkyndig en redegjørelse i samsvar
med allmennaksjeloven § 10-2, jf. § 2-6.
Styrets ansvar for redegjørelsen Styret er ansvarlige for de verdsettelser som ligger til grunn for vederlaget.
Uavhengig sakkyndiges oppgaver og plikter Vår oppgave er å utarbeide redegjørelsen i
forbindelse med generalforsamlingens beslutning For at EAM Solar Park Management AS («SPM»)
skal kunne gjøre opp innskuddsforpliktelsen for
aksjer i EAM Solar ASA («EAM») ved motregning, og avgi en uttalelse om at gjeldsposten som skal kunne motregnes, har en verdi som minst svarer til vederlaget.
Den videre redegjørelsen består av to deler. Den første delen beskriver gjeldsposten som skal kunne
motregnes. Den andre delen er vår uttalelse om at gjeldsposten som skal kunne motregnes, har en verdi som minst svarer til vederlaget.
EAM innoikk den 23. mai 2017 en avtale med SPM om å terminere overskuddsfordelingselementet i managementavtalen datert 17. mars 2011 mot at
SPM mottar et vederlag på NOK 17 436 385.
I samsvar med ASAL § 3-8, if. § 2-6 har RSM Norge AS den 4. juli 2017 avgitt en uavhengig sakkyndig redegjørelse som beskriver prinsippene i avtalen og avgitt en uttalelse om at
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RSM Norge AS is a member of the RSM network and trades as RSM. RSM is the trading name used by the members of the RSM network. Each member of the RSM network is an independent
accounting and consulting firm which practices
overskuddsfordelingselementet som skal termineres er verdsatt i overenstemmelse med de beskrevne prinsipper og at det er rimelig samsvar mellom verdien av det vederlaget EAM skal yte på NOK 17 436 385 og det vederlaget SPM skal motta.
Av avtalen datert 23. mai 2017 skal vederlaget i sin
helhet benyttes til motregning ved å tegne 532 210
nye aksjer i EAM til tegningskurs NOK 32,762228 og pålydende NOK 1 per aksje.
Del 2: Den uavhengig sakkyndiges uttalelse
Vi har utført vår kontroll og avgir vår uttalelse i samsvar med standard for attestasjonsoppdrag SA 3802-1 "Revisors uttalelser og redegjørelser etter
aksjelovgivningen". Standarden krever at vi planlegger og utfører kontroller for å oppnå
betryggende sikkerhet for at gjelden som skal motregnes, minst svarer til det avtalte vederlaget. Arbeidet omfatter kontroll av at gjelden er en reell
betalingsforpliktelse.
Etter vår oppfatning er innhentet bevis tilstrekkelig og hensiktsmessig som grunnlag for vår konklusjon.
agreement and has given an opinion that the profit share clause has been valued in compliance with the described principles and that there is
reasonable harmony between the consideration of NOK 17,436,385 and the consideration that SPM shall receive
Of the agreement dated 23 May 2017 the
consideration shall be set off to issue 532,210 new shares in EAM at a subscription rate NOK 32.762228, each with a face value of NOK 1 per share.
Part 2: The independent expert's opinion
We have performed procedures and issue our We have performed procedures and issue our
opinion in accordance with the Norwegian
standard NSAE 3802 "The auditor's assurance
reports and statements required by Norwegian
Company legislation" issued by the Norwegian
Inst requires that we plan and perform procedures to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the value of the debt to be converted is at least equivalent to the agreed consideration. Our procedures include an assessment of the reality of the debt.
We believe that the evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Normanion
Etter vår mening svarer den gjeld som skal kunne
motregnes minst til det avtalte vederlaget i aksjer i
EAM Solar ASA pålydende NOK 532 210 samt
overkurs NOK 16 904 175.
In our opinion, the value of the debt to be converted is at least equivalent to the agreed converted is at least equivalent to the agreed
consideration in EAM Solar ASA shares, with
nominal value NOK 532,210 and share premium NOK 16,904,175.
Note: The English language version of this
document is an office translation of the original sociation is an oncourage and construction in the original
Norwegian text shall prevail. The English
translation is intentionally not
Oslo, 11. juli 2017
RSM Norge AS
Lars Løyning
Statsautorisert revisor/State authorized public accountant (Norway)
Filipstad Brygge 1, 0252 Oslo Pb. 1312 Vika, 0112 Oslo Org.nr: 982 316 588 MVA T+4723114200 $F + 4723114201$
www.rsmnorge.no
Til generalforsamlingen i/ To the General Meeting in FAM Solar ASA
På oppdrag fra styret avgir vi som uavhengig
sakkyndig en redegjørelse i samsvar med ASAL § 3- $8,$ jf. § 2-6.
Styrets ansvar for redegjørelsen Styret er ansvarlige for de verdsettelser som er giort.
Uavhengig sakkyndiges oppgaver og plikter
Vår oppgave er å utarbeide en redegjørelse om avtalen om terminering av
overskuddsfordelingslementet i managementavtalen
datert 17. mars 2011 (heretter «Managementavtalen») mellom EAM Solar Park
Management AS (heretter «SPM») og EAM Solar
Management Ave (inclusive Management Avenue National ASA (herefter «EAM» eller «Selskapet») (i fellesskap
benenvt «Partene») mot vederlag til SPM og uttale
oss om det er rimelig samsvar mellom verdien av det vederlaget Selskapet skal yte, og det vederlaget Selskapet skal motta.
Den videre redegjørelsen består av to deler. Den
første delen er en presentasjon av opplysninger i overensstemmelse med de krav som stilles i
allmennaksjeloven § 2–6 første ledd nr. 1 til 4. Den
andre delen er vår uttalelse om det er rimelig samsvar mellom verdien av det vederlaget Selskapet skal yte,
og det vederlaget Selskapet skal motta.
Managementavtalen innholder en bestemmelse om et overskuddsfordelingselement, der SPM har rett til 12,5% av årlig resultat før skatt i EAM. Partene har 12,5% av anig resultat før skatt i EAM. Partene hal
kommet til enighet om at det ikke lenger er i EAMs
interesse å videreføre dette overskuddsfordelingselementet, og det er derfor
inngått en avtale mellom Partene datert 23. mai 2017 om å terminere denne delen av avtalen, mot at SPM
mottar et vederlag på NOK 17 436 385 som skal
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RSM Norge AS is a member of the RSM network and trades as RSM. RSM is the trading name used by the members of the RSM network. Each member of the RSM network is an independent
accounting and consulting firm which practices
Statement regarding agreement with shareholder, group companies etc.
At the Board of Directors' request we, as independent exercise board of Briedch's Tequest we, as independent
experts, issue this statement in compliance with The
Public Limited Liability Companies Act section 3-8, refer section 2-6.
The Board of Director's responsibility The company's board of directors is responsible for the valuations performed.
The independent experts' responsibility Our responsibility is to prepare a statement relating to
the termination of the profit share clause in the management agreement dated 17 March 2011 (the "Management Agreement") between EAM Solar Park
"Management Agreement") between EAM Solar Park
Management AS ("SPM") and EAM Solar ASA ("EAM" or the "Company") (SPM and EAM together, the
"Parties") against a consideration to SPM, and express an opinion whether there is reasonable harmony between the consideration the Company
shall provide and the consideration the Company shall receive
The statement consists of two parts. The first part is a presentation of information in compliance with the
requirements in The Public Limited Liability Companies Act section 2-6 first subsection No 1-4. The second part is our opinion regarding whether
there is reasonable harmony between the consideration the Company shall provide and the consideration the Company shall receive.
The Management Agreement includes a clause under which SPM is entitled to 12.5% of EAM's annual pre-
tax profit. The Parties have reached an agreement that it is no longer in the best interest of EAM to retain the profit share clause, and therefore the Parties have
entered into an agreement dated 23 May 2017 which terminates the profit share clause in the Management Agreement, against a consideration of NOK 17,436,385, which shall be used to issue 532,210
benyttes til å tegne 532 210 nye aksier i EAM. Aksjene som skal tegnes for vederlaget vil være underlagt visse vilkår knyttet til bindingstid.
Verdien av overskuddsfordelingselementet Managementaytalen er fremforhandlet mellom Partene, og har blitt utledet av EAMs markedsverdi, som et volumvektet gjennomsnitt av aksjehandler i
selskapet i perioden 27. mars 2017 til 25. april 2017, og det verdireduserende elementet i markedsverdien som følger av at SPM har rett til 12,5% av årlig resultat før skatt (beregnet til 9,5% etter skatt med en
skattesats på 24%) i EAM.
Vi har utført vår kontroll og avgir vår uttalelse i samsvar med standard for attestasjonsoppdrag SA 3802 "Revisors uttalelser og redegjørelser etter
selskapslovgivningen". Standarden krever at vi planlegger og utfører kontrollen for å oppnå
betryggende sikkerhet for at det er rimelig samsvar mellom verdien av det vederlaget Selskapet skal yte og det vederlaget Selskapet skal motta. Arbeidet omfatter kontroll av verdsettelsen av både vederlaget. som består av en gjeld til SPM på NOK 17 436 385 som skal konverteres til aksjer, og
overskuddsfordelingselementet som skal termineres. Videre har vi vurdert de verdsettelsesmetoder som er
benyttet, og de forutsetninger som ligger til grunn for verdsettelsen.
Etter vår oppfatning er innhentet bevis tilstrekkelig og hensiktsmessig som grunnlag for vår konklusjon.
Etter vår mening er overskuddsfordelingselementet Euer var menning er overskadtsjondelingselemelise
som skal termineres verdsatt i overensstemmelse
med de beskrevne prinsipper og etter vår mening er
det rimelig samsvar mellom verdien av det vederlaget
Selskapet skal yte p new shares in EAM. The new shares will be subject to certain lock-up clauses.
The value of the profit share clause of the Management Agreement has been subject to
negotiations between the Parties, and is derived from the marked value of EAM, calculated as the volume weighted average share price in the period 27 March
2017 to 25 April 2017, and the value reducing element which SPM's entitlement to 12.5% of the annual pre-tax profit (estimated to 9.5% after tax, with a tax rate of 24%) represents to the market value of FAM
We have performed procedures and issue our opinion in accordance with the Norwegian standard SA 3802 "The auditor's assurance reports and statements
required by Norwegian Company legislation ". This standard requires that we plan and perform procedures to obtain reasonable assurance about whether there is reasonable harmony between the consideration the Company shall provide and the
consideration the Company shall provide and the
consideration the Company shall receive. Our
procedures include an assessment of the valuation of the consideration, which consists of a debt to SPM of NOK 17,436,385 to be converted to shares, and the profit share clause subject to termination. We have also assessed the valuation methods that have been applied and the assumptions that form the basis for the valuation.
In our opinion, the evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
In our opinion the profit share clause has been valued in compliance with the described principles and in our
opinion there is reasonable harmony between the
consideration of NOK 17,436,385 the Company shall provide and the consideration the Company shall receive
Note: The English language version of this document
is an office translation of the original Norwegian text. In case of discrepancies, the Norwegian text shall prevail
Oslo: 4. juli/July 2017 RSM Norge AS
Vidar Haugen Statsautorisert revisor/State authorized public accountant (Norway)
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