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Nordnet Bank — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2021
Nov 16, 2021
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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Nordnet
Notice to Extraordinary General Meeting in Nordnet AB (publ)
Shareholders of Nordnet AB (publ), reg. nr 559073-6681, (the "Company" or "Nordnet") are hereby invited to attend an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on Tuesday 14 December 2021.
With the purpose of preventing spread of the Corona virus, the Board has decided to conduct the Extraordinary General Meeting as a meeting with only postal voting in accordance with Section 20 of the Act (2020:198) on temporary exceptions to facilitate the execution of general meetings in companies and other associations. This means that the meeting is conducted without the physical presence of shareholders, proxies and third parties and that shareholders can exercise their voting rights only through postal voting as specified under the heading Postal voting below.
Right to attend and notice
Anyone wishing to participate in the meeting shall be registered in the shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB on 6 December 2021, and shall notify the Company of their intention to attend the meeting by casting their postal vote, in accordance with the instructions under the heading Postal voting below, in such time that the postal vote is received by Euroclear Sweden AB no later than on 13 December 2021.
Nominee-registered shares
In order to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting, shareholders whose shares are nominee-registered must, in addition to casting their postal vote, ensure that they are entered in the share register in their own name as of 6 December 2021. This is done through temporary re-registration of the shares in one's own name, so called voting registration. Voting registrations must be requested from the nominee well in advance and in accordance with the nominee's routines. Voting registrations that has been requested at such time that the registration has been completed no later than 8 December 2021 will be taken into account in the presentation of the share register.
Postal voting
Euroclear Sweden AB administers the postal voting procedure.
Postal votes are cast on a designated form. The form is available on Euroclear Sweden AB's website, https://anmalan.vpc.se/euroclearproxy, and on the Company's website,
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www.nordnetab.com. The postal voting form is also valid as notification to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting.
The completed form must be received by Euroclear Sweden AB no later than Monday 13 December 2021. The form may be submitted electronically or by mail. The form may be submitted electronically either through BankID signing as per instructions on Euroclear Sweden AB's website as referred to above, or through sending the form by e-mail to [email protected]. The form can be submitted by post by sending the form to Nordnet AB (publ), "Extraordinary General Meeting", c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, P.O. Box 191, SE-101 23, Stockholm, Sweden.
Shareholders who wish to vote by proxy must use the proxy form available on the Company's website stated above. The shareholder must sign and date the proxy form and send it by post or e-mail to Euroclear Sweden AB, see the addresses stated above. If the shareholder is a legal entity, a registration certificate or other authorisation documents must be attached to the form.
The postal vote may not be provided with special instructions or conditions. If so, the postal vote is invalid. Further instructions and conditions are included in the form for postal voting.
Items and proposed agenda
- Election of a chairman of the meeting
- Preparation and approval of the voting list
- Election of person to verify the minutes of the meeting
- Determination of whether the meeting was duly convened
- Approval of the agenda
- Resolution on dividends
Proposed resolutions
Election of a chairman of the meeting (item 1)
The Board proposes lawyer Fredrik Lundén, Advokatfirman Cederquist, to be the chairman of the meeting or, if he is unable to attend the meeting, the person appointed by the Board.
Preparation and approval of the voting list (item 2)
As voting list, the Board proposes the voting list that will be drawn up by Euroclear Sweden AB on behalf of the Company based on the meeting's share register and postal votes received.
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Election of person to verify the minutes of the meeting (item 3)
The Board proposes the shareholder Catharina Versteegh or, in her absence, the person appointed by the Board to verify the minutes of the meeting. Catharina Versteegh is neither an employee nor a board member of the Company. In addition to verifying the minutes, the assignment also includes to control the voting list and that received postal votes are correctly reflected in the minutes.
Resolution on dividends (item 6)
On 29 April 2021, the Annual General Meeting of Nordnet AB (publ) resolved on dividends amounting to SEK 1,51 per share, and that the remaining net result would be carried forward.
The Board now proposes that the Extraordinary General Meeting resolves on dividends amounting to SEK 1,77 per share, which, together with the dividends resolved upon by the Annual General Meeting, equals 70 percent of the net result of year 2020.
As of 31 December 2020, the company's unrestricted equity amounted to SEK 2 368 771 000. In accordance with the Annual General Meeting's decision, SEK 377 500 000 has been paid out as dividends. No other value transfers have been carried out since 31 December 2020. Hence, the amount available for distribution according to Chapter 17, Section 3 first Paragraph of the Swedish Companies' Act (2005:551) amounts to SEK 1 991 271 000.
The Board proposes Thursday 16 December 2021 as record day. If the meeting resolves in accordance with this proposal, the dividend is expected to be distributed by Euroclear Sweden AB on 21 December 2021.
Number of shares and votes
As of the date of this notice, the total number of shares and votes in the Company amounts to 250 000 000. The Company does not hold any of its own shares.
Documentation etc.
The Board's proposal and other documents that according to the Swedish Companies' Act shall be held available to the shareholders will be made available no later than 23 November 2021 on the Company's website www.nordnetab.com, and at the Company's visiting address Alströmergatan 39, SE-104 25 Stockholm, Sweden. The documents will also be sent, free of charge, to the shareholders who so request and provide their address. A request for such information shall be made by post to Nordnet AB (publ), "Extraordinary General Meeting", c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, P.O Box 191, SE-101 23, Stockholm, Sweden, or by e-mail to [email protected].
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Shareholder's right to request information
The shareholders have the right to receive information from the Board and the CEO regarding circumstances that may affect the assessment of an item on the agenda if the Board believes that such information can be provided without causing material damage to the Company. A request for such information shall be made in writing to Nordnet AB (publ), Att. Legal, P.O. Box 300 99, SE-104 25 Stockholm, Sweden, or by e-mail at [email protected], no later than 4 December 2021. The information is provided by being kept available at the Company and on the Company's website, www.nordnetab.com, no later than 9 December 2021. Within the same period of time, the information will also be sent to shareholders who so request and provide their postal or e-mail address.
Personal data processing
For information on how your personal data is processed, please see https://www.euroclear.com/dam/ESw/Legal/Privacy-notice-bolagsstammor-engelska.pdf.
Stockholm, November 2021
The Board, Nordnet AB (publ)