AGM Information • May 24, 2022
AGM Information
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The Annual General Meeting was held in the Company's offices at Nydalsveien 28, Oslo, on Tuesday 24 May 2022 at 17.00 hours (CET).
The following matters were discussed:
The general meeting was opened by the chairman of the board, Morten Thorkildsen. The Chairman of the Board kept a record of the attending shareholders at the General Meeting, either personally or by proxy.
According to the list, a total of 53,248,795 shares and the same number of votes were represented at the general meeting, corresponding to a total of 66.15% of the voting share capital and the votes. The record of attending shareholders, including the number of shares and votes represented, is attached to the minutes.
As chairperson of the meeting, chairman Morten Thorkildsen was elected.
Olav W Pedersen was elected to co-sign the minutes of the general meeting.
Neither the shareholders nor the board members had any remarks on the notice or the agenda for the general meeting, and these were approved by the General Meeting.
The General Meeting unanimously passed the following resolution:
The Annual Accounts and Annual Report for 2021 are approved in their entirety. The Board proposes that the profit for the year of the parent company, Itera ASA of NOK 44,002k should be allocated as follows:
The General Meeting unanimously passed the following resolution:
The following remuneration structure for the Board of Directors for 2021/2022 is approved:
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50% of the expected remuneration may be paid in advance and 50% at the end of the period.
The Nomination Committee recognises that there may be a need for the Chairperson or any Board members to assume extraordinary work beyond what is included in the ordinary board work. To the extent the Board approves such agreements, the remuneration for such work will be additional to the above fixed remuneration.
The following structure for the remuneration of the members of Board Committees for 2021/2022 is hereby approved:
The General Meeting unanimously passed the following resolution for Itera ASA regarding services applicable to the statutory audit for 2021:
The auditor's fees are paid according to invoices of NOK 241,000.
Section 5-6 fifth paragraph of the Public Limited Liability Companies Act states that the general meeting shall consider the Board's report on corporate governance submitted in accordance with Section 3-3b of the Accounting Act. The statement is included in the Group's annual report (p. 21-26) for the 2021 financial year, available on the Company's website www.itera.com.
The statement is not subject to the general meeting's vote.
Item 8: To consider the Board of Directors' statement regarding the determination of salary and other remuneration of executive employees cf. Public Limited Companies Act § 6-16b.
The General Meeting unanimously passed the following advisory resolution:
The General Meeting approves the Board's statement regarding the determination of salary and other remuneration paid to executive employees.
The General Meeting passed the following resolution with 96.69% in favour, 1.59% against and 1.73% abstained:
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The General Meeting passed the following resolution with 98.27% in favour and 1.73% abstained:
The Board of Directors is authorised to acquire own shares. The authorisation shall expire on 30 June 2023 and replaces the authorisation granted at the Annual General Meeting of 25 May 2021. The highest total face value of the shares that can be acquired by the company is NOK 1,232,799, which is equivalent to 4,109,331 shares each of face value NOK 0.30. The acquisitions would be within the limits set by the Public Limited Liabilities Companies Act, Section 9-2. The price paid for each share shall be at least NOK 0.30, which is equal to the face value, and no higher than NOK 30.
The acquisition and disposal of own shares can be carried out to fully or partially pay for acquisition of businesses and to have stock holdings in preparation for such purpose, and to fulfil the company's Employee Share Purchase and Option Agreements.
Shares shall be acquired via the stock exchange or in other ways at market value and so that general principles for equal treatment of shareholders are respected. The disposal of the company's own shares shall take place in accordance with the purpose of acquiring own shares
or on a stock exchange or otherwise at a market price and in compliance with general principles for equal treatment of shareholders.
The General Meeting unanimously passed the following resolution:
The Board is granted authorisation to approve the payment of a supplementary dividend on the basis of the Company's annual financial accounts for 2021, cf. Section 8-2 (2) of the Norwegian Public Limited Companies Act. The authorisation may be used multiple times. The authorisation is valid until 30 June 2023 and replaces the authorisation granted at the Annual General Meeting on 25 May 2021.
The General Meeting passed the following resolution with 98.41% in favour and 1.59% against:
The Annual Meeting has elected the following board for the period 2022/2023:
The General Meeting unanimously passed the following resolution:
Official language (Norwegian):
§5 i Itera ASA's vedtekter endres fra:
"Selskapets styre består av fra fire til seks medlemmer. Inntil fire velges av generalforsamlingen. Styreleder og ett styremedlem i fellesskap har selskapets signatur. Selskapet skal ikke ha mer enn én daglig leder.»
$til:$
«Selskapets styre består av fra fire til syv medlemmer. Inntil fem velges av generalforsamlingen. Styreleder og ett styremedlem i fellesskap har selskapets signatur. Selskapet skal ikke ha mer enn én daglig leder.»
Office translation (English):
§5 i Itera ASA's Articles of Association is changed from:
"The Company's Board of Directors consists of four to six members. Up to four members are elected by the General Meeting. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors and one board member shall jointly have signature rights for the Company. The Company shall not have more than one general manager."
$to$ :
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"The Company's Board of Directors consists of four to seven members. Up to five members are elected by the General Meeting. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors and one board member shall jointly have signature rights for the Company. The Company shall not have more than one general manager."
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There were no further matters to be discussed.
The general meeting was adjourned at 17.30 hours (CET).
Oslo, 24 May 2022
Morten Thorkildsen (chair of meeting)
Olav W Pedersen (co-signer)
| ISIN: | NO0010001118 |
|---|---|
| General meeting date | 24.05.2022 |
| Today: | 24.05.2022 |
Number of persons with voting rights represented/attended:
| Number of shares | %sc | |
|---|---|---|
| Total shares | 82 186 624 | |
| -own shares of the company | 1692006 | |
| Total shares with voting rights | 80 494 618 | |
| Represented by own shares | 36 227 366 | 45.01% |
| Sum own shares | 36 227 366 | 45.01% |
| Represented by proxy | 14 433 319 | 17.93% |
| Represented by voting instruction | 2 5 8 8 1 1 0 | 3.22% |
| Sum proxy shares | 17 021 429 | 21.15% |
| Total represented with voting rights | 53 248 795 | 66.15% |
| Total represented by share capital | 53 248 795 | 64.79% |
Morten Thorkildsen (chair of meeting)
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Olav W Pedersen (co-signer)
Appendix 2
| VOTING RESULTS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ----------------------- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| VOTING RESULTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ISIN: | NO0010001118 | ||
| General meeting date | 24.05.2022 | ||
| Today: | 24.05.2022 | ||
| Shares class | FOR | Against | Abstain |
| Item 2: Election of a chairperson to preside over the meeting and at least one additional person | |||
| to countersign the minutes together with the chairperson | |||
| Ordinary | 53 248 795 | $\mathbf 0$ | |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | $0.00\%$ | 0.00% |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| total sc in% | 64.79% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Total | 53 248 795 | $\bf{0}$ | $\bf{0}$ |
| Item 3: Approval of the Notice of the meeting and the agenda | |||
| Ordinary | 53 248 795 | 0 | 0 |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| total sc in% | 64.79% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Total | 53 248 795 | 0 | 0 |
| Item 4: Approval of the Annual Accounts and Annual Report | |||
| Ordinary | 53 248 795 | 0 | 0 |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| total sc in% | 64.79% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Total | 53 248 795 | 0 | $\bf{0}$ |
| Item 5: Approval of the remuneration of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, | |||
| Compensation Committee and Nomination Committee | |||
| 53 248 795 | $\mathbf 0$ | 0 |
| Total | 53 248 795 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| total sc in% | 64.79% | $0.00\%$ | $0.00\%$ | |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | $0.00\%$ | |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | $0.00\%$ | $0.00\%$ | |
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Total
| Total | 53 248 795 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| total sc in% | 64.79% | $0.00\%$ | $0.00\%$ | |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | $0.00\%$ | 0.00% | |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | $0.00\%$ | 0.00% | |
| Ordinary | 53 248 795 | 0 | ||
| Item 8: To consider the Board of Directors' statement regarding the determination of salary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| and other remuneration of executive employees cf. Public Limited Companies Act § 6-16b. | |||||
| Ordinary | 53 248 795 | 0 | |||
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | $0.00\%$ | $0.00\%$ | ||
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | $0.00\%$ | ||
| total sc in% | 64.79% | $0.00\%$ | $0.00\%$ |
53 248 795
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Item 9: Adoption of the Board of Directors' proposal to authorise the Board of Directors to increase the company's share capital. The proposal includes the option to waive the preemptive rights of shareholders to subscribe for shares in the event of an increase in share capital.
| Ordinary | 53 248 795 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| votes cast in% | 96.69% | 1.59% | 1.73% | |
| representation of sc in % | 96.69% | 1.59% | 1.73% | |
| total sc in% | 64.79% | 0.00% | $0.00\%$ | |
| Total | 53 248 795 |
| Total | 53 248 795 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| total sc in% | 64.79% | 0.00% | $0.00\%$ | |
| representation of sc in % | 98.27% | $0.00\%$ | 1.73% | |
| votes cast in% | 98.27% | $0.00\%$ | 1.73% | |
| Ordinary | 53 248 795 |
| Ordinary | 53 248 795 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| total sc in% | 64.79% | $0.00\%$ | $0.00\%$ | |
| Total | 53 248 795 |
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| Total | 53 248 795 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| total sc in% | 64.79% | 0.00% | $0.00\%$ | |
| representation of sc in % | 98.41% | 1.59% | 0.00% | |
| votes cast in% | 98.41% | 1.59% | 0.00% | |
| Ordinary | 53 248 795 | 0 | ||
| Item 13: Adoption of the Board of Directors' proposal to change §5 of the Articles of | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary | 53 248 795 | $\Omega$ | |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | $0.00\%$ | 0.00% |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | $0.00\%$ | 0.00% |
| total sc in% | 64.79% | $0.00\%$ | 0.00% |
| Total | 53 248 795 | 0 |
Morten Thorkildsen Chair of meeting
Olav W Pedersen co-signer
Requires majority of the casted votes
Requires acceptance from at least two thirds of the casted votes as well as the share capital represented at the general meeting
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