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Optomed Oyj — AGM Information 2021
Mar 30, 2021
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Amended Proposal of Optomed’s Nomination Board
Amended Proposal of Optomed’s Nomination Board
Optomed Plc Stock Exchange Release 30 March 2021 at 9:30, Helsinki
Amended Proposal of Optomed’s Nomination Board
Optomed’s Nomination Board amends its proposal to the next Annual General
Meeting. Haohao Zhang has informed that she is no longer available for Optomed
Board membership. Consequently, the Nomination Board proposes Xisi Guo as a new
Board member. The original proposal remains unchanged in all other respects.
Complete amended proposal:
Number of Board members
The Nomination Board proposes that the number of members of the Board of
Directors for the term expiring at the end of the Annual General Meeting 2022 is
five.
Composition of the Board of Directors
The Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that:
· Seppo Mäkinen, Petri Salonen, Reijo Tauriainen, and Anna Tenstam are re
-elected as Board members
· Xisi Guo is elected as a new Board member
Mr. Xisi Guo (born 1982 BSc, Economics and Business; Master of Business
Administration) serves as an executive director of Cenova Capital. He joined
Cenova in 2020 with more than 10 years of investment experience in healthcare
industry. Prior to Cenova, Simon was the VP at CICC Jiacheng and a core member
of the fund’s healthcare investment team. His investments and successful exits
included Shanghai MicroPort Endovascular MedTech, Beijing Chemclin Biotech,
Distinct HealthCare, SonoScape Medical Corp and Beijing MD Joint Hospital etc.
Prior to CICC, he was an associate with Cummins’ global M&A team. In his early
career, he was a senior associate with Deloitte financial advisory services. He
is independent of Optomed and dependent of a major shareholder.
Proposal for the remuneration of the Board of Directors
The Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the annual
remuneration payable to the members of the Board of Directors to be elected at
the Annual General Meeting for the term expiring at the end of Annual General
Meeting in 2022 to be as follows:
· EUR 36,000 for the Chairman of the Board
· EUR 18,000 for each Board member
In addition, the Nomination Board proposes that a meeting fee in the amount of
EUR 500 is paid to the Audit Committee chairman for each Audit Committee
meeting. The Nomination Board proposes that 40 % of the Board remuneration is
paid in Optomed shares and 60 % in cash. The remuneration will be paid once a
year in August, after Optomed’s H1 report has been announced.
Nomination Board
Optomed’s Nomination Board consists of the following individuals:
· Hai Wu (appointed by Cenova Capital (China))
· Jarmo Malin (appointed by Aura Capital Oy)
· Ingo Ramesohl (appointed by Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH)
Petri Salonen (chairman of Optomed Board of Directors) serves as the Nomination
Board's expert member and Jarmo Malin acts as the chairman of the Nomination
Board.
Optomed Plc
Further enquiries
Jarmo Malin, Chairman of the Nomination Board, [email protected]
Sakari Knuutti, secretary of the Nomination Board, Optomed Plc,
[email protected]
Optomed in Brief
Optomed is a Finnish medical technology company and one of the leading providers
of handheld fundus cameras. Optomed combines handheld cameras with software and
artificial intelligence with the aim to transform the diagnostic process of
blinding eye-diseases such as rapidly increasing diabetic retinopathy. In its
business Optomed focuses on eye-screening devices and software solutions related
R&D in Finland and sales through different channels in over 60 countries. The
company has an extensive portfolio of 55 international patents protecting the
technology.