AGM Information • Apr 27, 2022
AGM Information
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The annual general meeting of Elkem ASA (the "Company") was held on 27 April 2022. The meeting took place at Felix Conference Center at Bryggetorget 3 at Aker Brygge in Oslo.
The annual general meeting was held as a digital meeting with live webcast and electronic voting. It was also accommodated that shareholders could participate by physical presence at Felix Conference Center.
All documents that are subject to examination under the annual general meeting, has been made available at the following webpage: https://www.elkem.com/no/investor/debt-and-shareinformation/annual-general-meeting/amg-2022/
The following were present: Dag J. Opedal (deputy chair of the board), Helge Aasen (CEO), Morten Viga (CFO), Odd-Geir Lyngstad (IR-manager), Øyvind Skorgevik (auditor KPMG) and Sverre S. Tysland (chair of the nomination committee).
The following matters were discussed:
The general meeting was opened by the deputy chair of the board who registered the shareholders present at the general meeting, either by advance vote or by digitally logon to the virtual meeting in person or by proxy. The register of attending shareholders, including the number of shares and votes represented, is included as Appendix 1 to this minutes.
Thus, 464 489 108 of a total of 633 435 742 voting shares were represented, or around 73,33 % of the voting shares.
Hans Cappelen Arnesen was elected to chair the meeting.
Morten Viga was elected to countersign the minutes together with the chair of the meeting.
The chair of the meeting asked whether there were any objections to the notice or the agenda. No objections were raised, so the notice and the agenda were deemed approved and the chair of the meeting declared the general meeting as lawfully convened.
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The chair of the meeting referred that the Elkem's annual report – including the annual accounts, the directors' year-end report and the Environmental, Social & Governance report (ESG-report) for Elkem ASA and the group for the financial year 2021, as well as the auditor's report – had been made available on the Company's webpage.
In accordance with the proposal from the board of directors, the general meeting passed the following resolution :
"The annual accounts, the directors' year-end report and the Environmental, Social & Governance report (ESG-report) for Elkem ASA and the group for the income year 2021, including the proposed dividend of NOK 3.00 per share, are approved.'
The chair of the meeting referred that the board of directors' report on corporate governance for 2021 has been made available on the Company's webpage.
The chair of the meeting informed that the corporate governance report is not subject to voting, but the annual general meeting was invited to take notice of the report.
The general meeting took notice of the board of directors' report on corporate governance for 2021.
The chair of the meeting referred that the board of directors' guidelines on determination of salary and other remuneration for leading personnel has been made available on the Company's webpage.
In accordance with proposal from the board, the general meeting passed the following resolution:
"The general meeting approves the board of directors' guidelines on determination of salary and other remuneration for leading personnel."
The chair of the meeting referred that the board of directors' report on salary and other remuneration for leading personnel for 2021 has been made available on the Company's webpage.
In accordance with proposal from the board, the general meeting passed, by an advisory vote, the following resolution:
"The general meeting endorses the board of directors' report on salary and other remuneration for leading personnel for 2021."
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In accordance with the proposal from the board of directors, the general meeting passed the following resolution :
"The audit fee of NOK 4,976,344 to the Company's external auditor, KPMG AS, for the financial year 2021 is approved."
The chair of the meeting referred that the proposal from the nomination committee has been made available on the Company's webpage.
In accordance with the proposal from the nomination committee, the general meeting passed the following resolution:
"The following persons are elected as shareholder-elected-board-members for a term of office of two (2) years, until 2024:
* * *
The remaining shareholder-elected-board-members that have term of office until 2023, are:
The chair of the meeting referred that the proposal from the nomination committee has been made available on the Company's webpage.
In accordance with the proposal from the nomination committee, the general meeting passed the following resolution:
"The following persons are elected as members of the nomination committee for a term of office of one (1) year, until 2023:
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The chair of the meeting referred that the proposal from the nomination committee has been made available on the Company's webpage.
In accordance with the proposal from the nomination committee, the general meeting passed the following resolution:
"The remuneration payable to members of the board of directors, as proposed by the nomination committee, is approved."
The chair of the meeting referred that the proposal from the nomination committee has been made available on the Company's webpage.
In accordance with the proposal from the nomination committee, the general meeting passed the following resolution:
"The remuneration payable to the members of the nomination committee, as proposed by the nomination committee, is approved."
In accordance with the proposal from the board of directors, the general meeting passed the following resolution:
In accordance with the proposal from the board of directors, the general meeting passed the following resolution :
(i) "Pursuant to Section 10-14 of the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies Act, the board of directors is granted an authorization to increase the Company's share capital with an amount up to NOK 40,000,000.
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In accordance with the proposal from the board of directors, the annual general meeting passed the following resolution:
* * *
There were no further matters to be discussed, and the general meeting was adjourned.
Oslo, 27 April 2022
Hans Cappelen Arnesen Chairman of the general meeting
Morten Viga Co-signer
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| Registered Attendees: | 11 |
|---|---|
| Total Votes Represented: | 464 489 108 |
| Total Accounts Represented: | 186 |
| Total Voting Capital: | 633 435 742 |
| % Total Voting Capital Represented: | 73.33 % |
| Total Capital: | 639 441 378 |
|---|---|
| % Total Capital Represented: | 72,64 % |
| Company Own Shares: | 6 005 636 |
| Sub Total: | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity | Registered Attendees | |
| Shareholder (web) | 7 | |
| 3rd Party Proxy | 1 | |
| Chair of the Board WITH PROXY | 1 | |
| Chair of the Board WITH INSTRUCTIONS | 1 | |
| ADVANCE VOTES | 1 |
| 464 489 108 | 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts | Registered Votes | Registered Non-Voting Attendees |
| 7 | 18 840 | O |
| 2 | 13 650 000 | O |
| 45 | 345 136 646 | O |
| 85 | 75 537 870 | O |
| 47 | 30 145 752 | O |
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| Attendees | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholder | 7 | 18 840 | |
| 3rd Party Proxy | |||
| Chair of the Board WITH PROXY | 1 | 13 650 000 | |
| Chair of the Board WITH INSTRUCTIONS | 1 | 345 136 646 | |
| 1 | 75 537 870 | ||
| ADVANCE VOTES | 1 | 30 145 752 | |
| 11 Total |
464 489 108 | ||
| Shareholder | 7 | 18 840 | |
| DAHLBY, SVEIN ARNE | Votes 2 000 |
Representing / Accompanying DAHLBY, SVEIN ARNE |
|
| EDVARDSEN, ATLE LØKEN | 320 | EDVARDSEN, ATLE LØKEN | |
| ENERSTVEDT, LEO ALEKSANDER NGUYEN |
400 | ENERSTVEDT, LEO ALEKSANDER NGUYEN | |
| FLØLO, WENCHE | 145 | FLØLO, WENCHE | |
| GARBORG, OLE KJELDSTAD KARLSEN, ESPEN BOTTEN |
1 000 100 |
GARBORG, OLE KJELDSTAD KARLSEN, ESPEN BOTTEN |
|
| NÆSS, BJØRN | 14 875 | NÆSS, BJØRN | |
| 3rd Party Proxy | 1 | 13 650 000 | |
| Votes | Representing / Accompanying | ||
| AASEN, HELGE | 200 000 13 450 000 |
FONDSFINANS PENSJONSKASSE MUST INVEST AS |
|
| 13.650-000 | |||
| Chair of the Board WITH PROXY | 1 | 345 136 646 | |
| Votes | Representing / Accompanying | ||
| Chair of the Board WITH PROXY | 80 | HOFF, MARIUS | |
| 13 180 | VENOLD, METTE BJØRN | ||
| દર્ | JARNES, PER ARNE | ||
| 50 30 |
HEFTE, ARVID HOVDE, KNUT OLAV |
||
| 11 000 | FRØNSDAL, JOHAN FREDRIK | ||
| 10 | NORDENG, PER OLAV | ||
| 322 540 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET EIKA BALANSERT | ||
| 1 400 900 |
MIDTGARDEN, RUTH LOUISE TOMREN, NILS KRISTIAN |
||
| 7 000 | ANDERSEN, HAKON CHRISTIAN | ||
| 240 000 | CARPE DIEM AFSETH AS | ||
| 6 600 | RANDEBERG, EDMUND | ||
| 377 580 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET EIKA ALPHA | ||
| 5 000 3 268 969 |
NILSEN, MARIUS KJELL VERDIPAPIRFONDET EIKA SPAR |
||
| 4 200 | ALME, KARE INGVARD | ||
| 6 720 | OMLAND, ERLEND AUSTAD | ||
| 4 000 | HARBEK, OLE FINGAL | ||
| 4 000 338 338 536 |
HOLEN, GEIR HARALD Bluestar Elkem Int.Co.Ltd S.A |
||
| 2 459 216 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET EIKA NORGE | ||
| 2 500 | EINAR WESTBY AS | ||
| 2 109 | STAHLBRAND, PER ERIC HJALMAR | ||
| 2 000 2 000 |
MYHRVOLD, PER CHRISTIAN OLOMANI, FATON |
||
| 1 550 | FØNSTELIEN, RAGNHILD | ||
| 1 500 | NILSEN, KARI ØIE | ||
| 1 500 | WESTBY, EINAR | ||
| 1 300 | DJUPVIK, SVEIN MAGNUS | ||
| 1 789 1 000 |
DRØNEN, KJELL INGE HJØRNEVIK, ARNE |
||
| 1 000 | BEIER, REIDUNN MYSTER | ||
| 24 320 | WIGGEN, RUNE | ||
| 715 | BERGH, ULRIK HIS | ||
| 700 | ANDERSEN, STEPHEN |
Chica
75 537 870
165
Chair of the Board WITH PROXY
Chair of the Board WITH INSTRUCTIONS
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Votes Representing / Accompanying 12 550 BJØRKELUND, KAI OVE 8 833 ABU DHABI PENSION FUND 285 ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORP 225 862 ALFRED BERG NORDIC SMALL CAP ESG 256 464 ARCTIC FUNDS PLC 8 643 695 ARCTIC FUNDS PLC 394 075 BNP PARIBAS FUN - NORDIC SMALL CAP 71 479 CAUSEWAY INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP 13 506 COLLEGE RETIREMENT EQUITIES FUND 2 678 DETROIT EDISON QUAL NUC DECOM TR 8 416 FIRST TRUST DEVELOPED MARKETS EX 5 778 FIRST TRUST IPOX EUROPE EQUIT 16 880 FIRST TRUST IPOX EUROPE EQUITY 770 000 HANDELSBANKEN EUROPA SMABOLAG 12 000 HANDELSBANKEN GLO SMABO IND CRIT 100 000 HANDELSBANKEN NORGE INDEX 952 523 HANDELSBANKEN NORGE TEMA 31 506 IAM NATIONAL PENSION FUND 49 568 IBM 401(K) JNL MULTI-MANAGER INTERNATIONAL 333 018 21 288 KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS 26 215 KAISER PERMANENTE GROUP TRUST 9 962 LEGAL & GENERAL ICAV 150 381 LGSS PTY LIM AS TUR F LOC GOV SUP 225 000 LKCM FU - LKCM INTERNAT EQU FU 65 500 LKCM INTERNATIONAL EQUITY L.P. 24 059 MARYLAND STATE RETIREMENT + PENSIO 15 385 MAS BAN JAP 400045887 11-3 63 248 MAS BAN OF JAP FO MTBJ400045828 11 44 465 MERCER QIF CCF 22 366 MERCER QIF FUND PLC 24 037 NFS LIMITED 13 588 Nordic Small Cap 131 182 SEB VARLDENFOND 5 487 SPDR PORTFOLIO EUROPE ETF 35 712 SSGA SPDR ETFS EUROPE II PUBLIC LI 32 759 STATE OF WISCONSIN INVEST BOARD 579 110 STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST 184 083 STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST 56 997 STATE STREET GLOBAL ALL CAP 4 927 STATE STREET MSCI ACWI EX USA IMI 132 401 STATE STREET MSCI EAFE SMALL CAP 259 067 STICHTING BLUE SKY LIQUID ASSET FU 8 768 STICHTING PENSIOENFONDS VOOR HUISA 88 256 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF C 186 220 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF C 43 006 THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT ACT 224 273 TRIUM UCITS PLATFORM PLC 80 806 WASHINGTON STATE INVESTMENT BOARD 51 487 WASHINGTON STATE INVESTMENT BOARD 14 500 CBNY-CHARLES SCHWAB FBO CUSTOMERS 24 820 LEGAL AND GENERAL ASSURANCE/PMC FT 175 134 CBLDN-LEGAL AND GENERAL ASSURIPEN LEGAL AND GENERAL ASSURANCE/FTSE G 109 825 3 731 796 VERDIPAPIRFONDET ALFRED BERG AKTIV 3 572 930 VERDIPAPIRFONDET ALFRED BERG NORGE 160 000 VERDIPAPIRFONDET SR-BANK NORGE 203 981 EQUINOR INSURANCE AS 2 975 894 VERDIPAPIRFONDET NORDEA NORGE VERD 2 668 724 VERDIPAPIRFONDET NORDEA KAPITAL 2 843 791 VPF DNB AM NORSKE AKSJER
2 992 374 VERDIPAPIRFONDET KLP AKSJENORGE IN
| 2 572 611 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET NORDEA AVKASTNING |
|---|---|
| 2 217 000 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET ALFRED BERG NORGE |
| 1 855 053 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET DNB NORGE |
| 1 702 128 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET NORDEA NORGE PLUS |
| 53 560 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET KLP AKSJEGLOBAL S |
| 43 089 | ELO MUTUAL PENSION INSURANCE COMP |
| 1 627 464 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET STOREBRAND INDEKS |
| 1 617 321 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET KLP AKSJENORGE |
| 2 000 | CAPPELEN. ULRIK WILLIAM |
| 1 632 024 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET DNB NORGE INDEKS |
| 1 392 388 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET STOREBRAND VERDI |
| 1 271 428 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET STOREBRAND NORGE |
| 34 000 | KALLIN, ERIK OLOV MIKAEL |
| 1 100 925 | KOMMUNAL LANDSPENSJONSKASSE GJENSI |
| 11 946 530 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET ALFRED BERG GAMBA |
| 726 508 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET STOREBRAND NORGE |
| 749 000 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET ALFRED BERG INDEK |
| 612 259 | NÆRINGSLIVETS HOVEDORGANISASJON |
| 825 372 | EQUINOR PENSJON |
| 7 649 029 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET STOREBRAND NORGE |
| 652 200 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET EQUINOR AKSJER NO |
| 548 562 | VERDIPAPIRFONDET STOREBRAND AKSJE |
| 514 499 | ALFRED BERG NORDIC GAMBAK |
| 75 537 870 |
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ADVANCE VOTE
| Votes | Representing / Accompanying |
|---|---|
| 100 | NIELSEN, JONAS |
| P | NORDHØY, ALLAN |
| 60 | SØFTELAND, FREDRIK ALEXANDER |
| 15 | FOLDNES, JAN ØYVIND |
| 330 000 | HJELLEGJERDE INVEST AS |
| 637 | BRATLAND, SVEIN RUNAR |
| 4 189 | BRUØYGARD, TERJE |
| 3 000 | SPERNES, MORTEN TRYGVE |
| 10 000 | VIKSE, ARILD LUDVIG |
| 10 000 | CULPA CAPITAL AS |
| 6 950 | OLSEN, RUNE |
| 125 000 | SPECTATIO INVEST AS |
| 4 000 | MOCK, ALEXANDER |
| 4 000 | LERUM, ATLE |
| 90 000 | KRISTIAN FALNES AS |
| 3 000 | CLEM, TERJE |
| 3 000 | KIELLAND, PREBEN CHRISTOPHER |
| 60 000 | EXCESSION AS |
| 2 600 | MUNKEBYE, MAGNUS BRUHN |
| 29 376 511 | FOLKETRYGDFONDET |
| 50 000 | WALLCROSS AS |
| 2 000 | HAHJEM, JAN MAGNUS RØNES |
| 3 200 | HAVRE, ANDREAS FORBECH |
| 1 665 | SAURE, DAN BØRGE |
| 1 600 | CANDIR, MUHSIN |
| 1 030 | HUNN, SINDRE VASKINN |
| 1 000 | BORGEDAL, BJØRN |
| 1 000 | LOMSDALEN, JENS PEDER |
| વે છે. રેણવાડી તેમ જ દૂધની ડેરી જેવી સવલતો પ્રાપ્ય થયેલી છે. આ ગામનાં લોકોનો મુખ્ય વ્યવસાય ખેતી, ખેતમજૂરી તેમ જ પશુપાલન છે. આ ગામનાં લોકોનો મુખ્ય વ્યવસાય ખેતી, ખેતમજૂરી તેમ | GUTFINSZKY AS |
| 930 | BERG, HENRIK GULLAKSEN |
| 23 000 | KOB INVEST AS |
| 617 | FORFANG, ANDREAS |
| 610 | REE, KNUT CHRISTIAN HANNESTAD |
| 600 | MIETLE, HANS-PETTER |
| 556 | LUND, HAVARD |
| 540 | GREGER, STEIN |
| 529 | MELAND, TOR ERIK |
| 495 | STORESUND, SINDRE |
| 465 | MÄKELÄ, JANNE SAKARI |
| 463 | IMS, GUNVALD ANDREAS AXNER |
| 20 000 | FALNES, OLAV KRISTIAN |
| 392 | HAGEN, MAGNUS |
| 350 | BEDIN, KJELL |
| 184 | OLSEN, MATHIAS HELLAND |
| 150 | KJØNNERØD, HENRIK |
| 147 | NANDA, VARUN |
| 132 | JULIUSSEN. TOM RUNE ANGELL-STORØ |
JULIUSSEN, TOM RUNE ANGELL-STORØ
30 145 752
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As scrutineer appointed for the purpose of the Poll taken at the General Meeting of the Members of the Company held on 27 April 2022, I HEREBY CERTIFY that the result of the Poll is correctly set out as follows:-
| VOTES | % | VOTES | 0/0 | VOTES | Issued voling Shares. 055 455 435 742 VOTES |
% ISSUED | NO VOTES | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOTING | IN | |||||||
| FOR / FOR | MOT / | AVSTAR | TOTAL | |||||
| AGAINST | ABSTAIN | SHARES | MEETING | |||||
| VOTED | ||||||||
| 2 | 464 470 418 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 495 | 464 472 913 | 73,33 % | 16 195 |
| 3 | 464 485 5531 | 100,001 | O | 0,001 | 2 555 | 464 488 1081 | 73,33 % | 1 000 |
| 4 | 464 227 981 | 99,94 | 259 067 | 0,06 | 1 060 | 464 488 108 | 73.33 % | 1 000 |
| 6 | 409 265 613 | 88,11 | 55 216 384 | 11,89 | 6 111 | 464 488 108 | 73,33 % | 1 000 |
| 7 | 399 308 846 | 85.98 | 65 135 201 | 14,021 | 44 061 | 464 488 108 | 73,33 % | 1 000 |
| 8 | 464 485 0201 | 100.00 | 1 533 | 0,001 | 1 555 | 464 488 108 | 73,33 % | 1 000 |
| 9 | 410 000 413 | 88.28 | 54 446 127 | 11.72 | 41 568 | 464 488 108 | 73.33 % | 1 000 |
| 10 | 464 414 9641 | 100.00 | 70 | 0,001 | 73 074 | 464 488 108 | 73.33 % | 1 000 |
| 11 | 464 437 3791 | 99,99 | 42 618 | 0.01 | 8111 | 464 488 108 | 73.33 % | 1 000 |
| 12 | 464 443 423 | 100.00 | 4 068 | 0,001 | 40 617 | 464 488 108 | 73.33 % | 1 000 |
| 13 | 464 026 780 | 99.90 | 460 310 | 0.10 | 1 018 | 464 488 108 | 73.33 % | 1 000 |
| 14 | 407 966 510 | 87.83 | 56 514 887 | 12,17 | 6 711 | 464 488 108 | 73.33 % | 1 000 |
| 15 | 463 794 643 | 99,86 | 657 404 | 0,14 | 36 061 | 464 488 108 | 73,33 % | 1 000 |
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