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Energy SpA AGM Information 2020

Apr 23, 2020

4100_rns_2020-04-23_4ca0a570-d466-4202-a938-7f57826067f7.pdf

AGM Information

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Dear Shareholder

The Annual General Meeting (the "2020 AGM") of BW Energy Limited (the "Company") will be held at Washington Mall Phase 2, 4th Floor, Suite 400, 22 Church Street, HM 1189, Hamilton HM EX, Bermuda, on 19 May 2020 at 1:00 p.m. (Bermuda time). The matters to be considered at the 2020 AGM are identified in the attached Notice of the 2020 AGM (the "Notice").

In accordance with Section 84 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the period ended 31 December 2019, which were approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on 17 March 2020, will be presented at the 2020 AGM. Bermuda law does not require that such statements be approved by the members of the Company (the "Members") in an annual general meeting only that they be laid before the Members at a general meeting. The Company's audited consolidated financial statements and the auditor's report are included in the Company's Annual Report which is available on the Company's website at https://www.bwenergy.no/investors.

According to the Bye-laws of the Company (the "Bye-laws"), the Directors of the Company are designated as either Group I Directors or Group II Directors for the purpose of retirement by rotation. By written resolution of the members of the Company passed on 19 February 2020, the Class I Directors were elected for a two-year term of office and the Class II Directors were elected for a oneyear term of office effective from 19 February 2020. Accordingly, the term of the Class II Directors shall expire at the 2021 annual general meeting and the Class I Directors will expire at the 2022 annual general meeting.

The Corporate Governance Policy provides that the Board shall consist of between five to eight Directors. It is recommended that the number of Directors of the Company shall be up to eight. The Bye-laws of the Company currently provide that the Members of the Company may, in a general meeting, grant authority to the Board to fill in any vacancy in the number of Directors left unfilled. However, the Board has determined that it would be in the Company's interest not to seek such authorisation from its Members at the 2020 AGM and further recommends that the Members approve an amendment to the Company's Bye-laws to remove Bye-law 38.5, which relates to the rights of the Members to grant authority to the Board to fill in any vacancy in the number of Directors left unfilled.

The Bye-laws provide that the Directors' fees shall be determined by the Members in general meeting. It is proposed that the Directors be paid the fees in respect of the services rendered by them (including work rendered by them in any sub-committees of the Board) for the period from the 2020 AGM to the 2021 AGM as detailed in the Notice.

Pursuant to the Bye-laws, the Chairman and members of the Nomination Committee shall be appointed at a general meeting of the Company. The Company proposes the appointments of the Chairman and members of the Nomination Committee of the Company as set out in the Notice and recommends that the Members at the 2020 AGM approve the appointments and the adoption of the guidelines for the Nomination Committee as set out in Appendix I of the Notice.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is charged with the responsibility to recommend the appointment of the Company's external auditors. In this connection, the Audit Committee has recommended that KPMG AS be re-appointed as the Independent Auditors of the Company. Consistent with the Bye-laws, it is proposed that the Board of Directors be authorised to determine the remuneration of KPMG AS.

Enclosed with the Notice, is a Form of Proxy for Members to be represented at the 2020 AGM by proxy.

Only those Members entered on the register of members of the Company at 5.00 p.m. (Bermuda time) on 14 May 2020 shall be entitled to attend and vote at the 2020 AGM in respect of the number of shares registered in their name at that time. Changes to entries on the register of members after 5.00 p.m. (Bermuda time) on 14 May 2020 shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend and vote at the 2020 AGM or at any adjournment thereof.

A Member entitled to attend and vote at the 2020 AGM or at any adjournment thereof is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and to vote in his stead on a show of hands or on a poll. A Member appointing a proxy must complete the Form of Proxy and submit the same to DNB ASA. Please refer to the attached Notice for detailed particulars in this regard.

The Company's Board of Directors recommends that you vote in favour of the matters to be considered at the 2020 AGM.

Singapore, 23 April 2020

On behalf of the Board of Directors

Mr. Andreas Sohmen-Pao (Chairman)

Enclosures:

    1. Notice of the 2020 AGM
    1. Form of Proxy
    1. Appendix I of the Notice Guidelines for the Nomination Committee
    1. Appendix II of the Notice Amended Bye-laws