AGM Information • May 24, 2023
AGM Information
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The Annual General Meeting was held in the Company's offices at Nydalsveien 28, Oslo, on 24 May 2023 at 17.00 hours (CET).
According to the notice of the Annual General Meeting from the Board of Directors as of 4 May 2023, the following matters were discussed:
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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 50,758,824 shares and the same number of votes were represented at the general meeting, corresponding to a total of 62.50% 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 2022 are approved in their entirety. The Board proposes that the profit for the year of the parent company, Itera ASA of NOK 45,873k should be allocated as follows:
The General Meeting unanimously passed the following resolution:
The following remuneration structure for the Board of Directors for 2022/2023 is approved:
50% of the expected remuneration may be paid in advance and 50% at the end of the period.
The Nomination Committee is aware that the chairman of the board or senior board members may undertake increased amounts beyond what can be considered ordinary board work. Any such additional tasks are clarified with other board members before start-up. Remuneration for any additional work will be in addition to ordinary board remuneration and is accounted for in the company's executive remuneration report.
The following structure for the remuneration of the members of Board Committees for 2022/2023 is hereby approved:
The following structure for the remuneration of the members of the Nomination Committee for 2022/2023 is hereby approved:
▪ Chair NOK 42,000 (NOK 40,000)
▪ Member NOK 26,000 (NOK 25,000)
The General Meeting unanimously passed the following resolution for Itera ASA regarding services applicable to the statutory audit for 2022:
The auditor's fees are paid according to invoices of NOK 506,000.
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. 27-32) for the 2022 financial year, available on the Company's website www.itera.com.
The statement is not subject to the general meeting's vote.
The General Meeting passed the following resolution with 98.27% in favour and 1.73% abstained:
The General Meeting endorses the Board's statement regarding the determination of salary and other remuneration paid to executive employees.
The General Meeting passed the following resolution with 98.26% in favour, 0.003% against and 1.73% abstained:
The General Meeting unanimously passed the following resolution:
The Board of Directors is authorised to acquire own shares. The authorisation shall expire on 30 June 2024 and replaces the authorisation granted at the Annual General Meeting of 24 May 2022. The highest total face value of the shares that can be acquired by the company is NOK 1,232,799, which is equivalent to 4,109,330 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, except with respect to the share and option programmes referred to in item 9.
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 2022, 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 2024 and replaces the authorisation granted at the Annual General Meeting on 24 May 2022.
The General Meeting passed the following resolution with 99.72% in favour and 0.28% against:
The shareholder-elected members of the board for Itera ASA in 2023/2024 will be as following:
For the period 2023-2025 the following composition of the Nomination Committee is elected:
The Nomination Committee elects its own chair according to the Company's Articles of Association.
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There were no further matters to be discussed.
The general meeting was adjourned at 17.50 hours (CET).
Oslo, 24 May 2023
Morten Thorkildsen Olav W Pedersen (chair of meeting) (co-signer)
_(sign.)_______________________ _(sign.)_______________________
Appendix 1
| ISIN: | NO0010001118 |
|---|---|
| General meeting date | 24.05.2023 |
| Today: | 24.05.2023 |
Number of persons with voting rights represented/attended: 6
| Number of shares | %sc | |
|---|---|---|
| Total shares | 82,186,624 | |
| -own shares of the company | 971,393 | |
| Total shares with voting rights | 81,215,231 | |
| Represented by own shares | 41,463,932 | 51.05% |
| Sum own shares | 41,463,932 | 51.05% |
| Represented by proxy | 981,563 | 1.21% |
| Represented by voting instruction | 8,313,329 | 10.24% |
| Sum proxy shares | 9,294,892 | 11.44% |
| Total represented with voting rights | 50,758,824 | 62.50% |
| Total represented by share capital | 50,758,824 | 61.76% |
Morten Thorkildsen Olav W Pedersen (chair of meeting) (co-signer)
___(sign)_____________________ __(sign)______________________
Appendix 2
| ISIN: | NO0010001118 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| General meeting date | 24.05.2023 | ||
| Today: | 24.05.2023 | ||
| 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 | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| total sc in% | 61.76% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Total | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 |
| Item 3: Approval of the Notice of the meeting and the agenda | |||
| Ordinary | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| total sc in% | 61.76% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Total | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 |
| Item 4: Approval of the Annual Accounts and Annual Report | |||
| Ordinary | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| total sc in% | 61.76% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Total | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 |
| Item 5: Approval of the remuneration of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, |
| Total | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| total sc in% | 61.76% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 |
| Shares class | FOR | Against | Abstain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item 6: Determination of the fees payable to the Auditor | |||
| Ordinary | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| total sc in% | 61.76% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Total | 50,758,824 | 0 | 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.
| Total | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| total sc in% | 61.76% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| representation of sc in % | 98.27% | 0.00% | 1.73% | |
| votes cast in% | 98.27% | 0.00% | 1.73% | |
| Ordinary | 50,758,824 | 0 | 880,000 |
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.
| Total | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| total sc in% | 61.76% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| representation of sc in % | 98.26% | 0.00% | 1.73% | |
| votes cast in% | 98.26% | 0.00% | 1.73% | |
| Ordinary | 50,758,824 | 1,415 | 880,000 |
| Total | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| total sc in% | 61.76% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Ordinary | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| total sc in% | 61.76% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| representation of sc in % | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| votes cast in% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| Ordinary | 50,758,824 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shares class | FOR | Against | Abstain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item 12: Election of the members of the Board of Directors | |||
| Ordinary | 50,758,824 141,261 |
0 | |
| votes cast in% | 99.72% | 0.28% 0.00% |
|
| representation of sc in % | 99.72% | 0.28% 0.00% |
|
| total sc in% | 61.76% | 0.00% 0.00% |
|
| Total | 50,758,824 | 0 0 |
Morten Thorkildsen Olav W Pedersen Chair of meeting co-signer
__(sign)______________________ _(sign)_______________________
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