AGM Information • Mar 25, 2024
AGM Information
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To the shareholders in
Pryme N.V.

Rotterdam, March 25th. 2024
The shareholders and other persons entitled to attend the meeting are hereby notified that an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of Pryme N.V. (the "Company") will be held on
at the Company's offices in
Shareholders who wish to attend the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders ("EGM") in person or with a representative are required to show proof of shareholding upon entering the venue of the meeting. Only shareholders registered in the VPS share register as of April 3 rd , 2024 (the "Record Date") are entitled to exercise their right to attend and/or vote at the EGM in Rotterdam on April 9 th, 2024.
The shareholders have the right to speak at the EGM, the right to be accompanied by an advisor, to give such advisor the right to speak, and the right to present alternatives to the supervisory board's proposals in respect of matters on the agenda at the EGM.
It will not be possible to attend the meeting electronically. Shareholders are encouraged to vote in advance or by proxy. Prior to the EGM, it will also be possible to ask questions to the Company's supervisory board and managing directors via [email protected].
Registration for admission to the EGM will take place at the venue of the EGM on April 9 th , 2024 between 8:00 and 10:00 CET before the start of the meeting. Registration will not be possible after this time.
Shareholders attending the EGM will have the opportunity to vote on voting items.
Shareholders not attending the EGM can give a proxy and voting instructions. These shareholders must ensure the duly completed and signed proxy including, if applicable, voting instructions, will be received pursuant to the instructions contained in the proxy form attached as Appendix 1.
The Company has issued 48,386,416 shares each carrying one vote. All shares have equal rights. At the date of this notification, the Company owned zero treasury shares for which voting rights may not be exercised.
The EGM also serves as a forum for shareholders to engage with the Company's management board and supervisory board. The shareholders attending the EGM have the right to raise questions and to speak at the meeting, the right to be accompanied by an advisor, to give such advisor the right to speak, and the right to present alternatives to the supervisory board's proposals in respect of matters on the EGM agenda.
The EGM documentation consists of the following:
Rotterdam, March 25th, 2024
The supervisory board of Pryme N.V.
Henning E. Jensen (Chair) Michiel Kool (Vice Chair) Boudewijn van Vliet (Member of the Board) Jan Willem Muller (Member of the Board)
It is proposed to amend the articles of association to enable the appointment of a third non-independent supervisory board member under agenda item 6 without the need to appoint a third independent supervisory board member to preserve the independence of the supervisory board. The articles of association are proposed amended by removing the requirement that at least half of the supervisory board members must be independent. Furthermore, it is proposed that the articles of association will assign the chair of the supervisory board a double vote in respect of voting items of the supervisory board. The casting vote of the chair of the supervisory board in the case of a tie vote is proposed to remain unchanged in the articles of association. These amendments will, if approved by the EGM, preserve and fortify the independent supervisory board members' voting majority in decisions of the supervisory board without the need to expand the number of independent members on the supervisory board.
It is proposed to partially amend and change the articles of association in accordance with the draft notarial deed of amendment of the articles of association (the "New Articles of Association") drawn up by Houthoff Coöperatief U.A. ("Houthoff"), as made available for inspection on March 25th, 2024 at the offices of the Company at Fascinatio Boulevard 220, NL-3065 WB Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and as published on the Company's website (www.pryme-cleantech.com). The English translation of the New Articles of Association contains the unofficial English translations. The Dutch text of the New Articles of Association prevails.
For information purposes only, a brief overview in marked up form of the proposed amendments and changes to the articles of association has been included in Appendix 2.
The proposal to amend the articles of association has been approved by the supervisory board, pursuant to the current articles of association.
This agenda item 2 includes the proposal to authorize of each member of the supervisory board and the management board as well as each of the employees of the law firm Houthoff, to execute and sign the notarial deed of the amendment of the articles of association in which the proposed amendments will be laid down and further to sign any documents, notices, acknowledgements and statements and to perform any and all other acts as may be necessary, expedient or useful to implement the foregoing (including a deed of rectification of the aforementioned deed of amendment of the articles of association).
Upon approval from the EGM, the amendments to the articles of association will be implemented by the execution of a notarial deed of amendment of the articles of association as soon as possible following the EGM. The revised articles of association will be made available on the Company's website www.prymecleantech.com.
It is proposed that the EGM adopts the following resolutions:
The Company has earlier indicated that it has a liquidity need of around EUR 11-12 million in order to fund activities related to 1) optimize the Pryme One plant operation, 2) define and execute the Company's growth strategy and 3) ensure adequate funding for Pryme's growth strategy. The Company has also indicated that such liquidity is expected to be raised through a combination of equity and debt. Furthermore, due to strong incoming investor interest from sector investors, it does not believe that such funding needs to be in the form of a public offering as the Company believes that funding at attractive terms is available from such interested sector investors.
Thus, the Company has decided to execute a capital increase through a private placement of new shares with gross proceeds in the aggregate amount of EUR 12 million (the "Private Placement"). Taking into account regulatory limitations regarding public offers and to facilitate a speedy and efficient process, the Private Placement was privately negotiated and offered only to the Company's largest shareholders and certain other interested large investors, with a minimum subscription amount of EUR 100,000. The Company has offered all current shareholders holding more than 5% of the Company's issued share capital the possibility to participate in the Private Placement.
The process resulted in the announcement of completion of the Private Placement on March 25th , 2024. The subscription share price for a new share in the Private Placement is EUR 0.9469, being the equivalent of NOK 11.00. The applied exchange rate is the official exchange rate from the Norwegian Central Bank (Norges Bank) for the last workday prior to the day of the submission of the subscriptions (NOK:EUR = 11.6170). The total number of shares proposed allocated to the investors in the Private Placement by the Company (the "Offer Shares") is 12,672,933 . Subject to EGM approval, the date for payment of the Private Placement is expected to be on or about April 11th , 2024 (the "Payment Date") and the Offer Shares are expected to be delivered to the investors' VPS accounts on or about April 16th , 2024.
Certain close associate[s] of primary insiders have been allocated Offer Shares in the Private Placement subject to EGM approval. Details around such primary insider subscriptions and provisional allocation of shares have been disclosed in separate disclosures.
The Company has considered the Private Placement in light of applicable rules on equal treatment both from a company law and Norwegian Securities Trading Act perspective and pursuant to the obligations set out in the Euronext Growth Rule Book II and the Oslo Stock Exchange's Guidelines on the rule of equal treatment, applicable for companies listed on the Euronext Growth Oslo. Following careful consideration, the Board has concluded that the Private Placement is in compliance with these rules, and that the Company's shareholders who did not participate in the Private Placement are not disadvantaged by the structure of the Private Placement. In reaching its conclusion, the Board of Directors took into consideration that the Company had the opportunity to raise significant funds quickly, from investors willing to pay a premium to the current trading price of the share on Euronext Growth Oslo, while structuring the fundraising as a rights issue directed towards all shareholders would have entailed significant costs and taken several months to complete, likely at a significant discount to the trading price in line with market practice for rights offerings. As a broader and public fundraising process on a private placement basis would also have taken more time and could potentially have jeopardized the opportunity available to the Company to raise funds quickly and at a premium. The fact that the Private Placement is done at a premium of 14.3% to the prevailing market price should also make or have made it possible for shareholders who wish to uphold their relative ownership in the Company by purchasing shares in the open market, without suffering a dilutive effect from the Private Placement. Consequently, the Company does not intend to carry out a subsequent offering of shares to shareholders who did not participate in the Private Placement and proposes to exclude the pre-emptive rights of shareholders to participate in the Private Placement.
The Company's costs associated with the Private Placement are estimated at up to approximately EUR 100,000.
It is proposed that the EGM adopts the following resolutions to increase the Company's share capital in connection with the Private Placement:
It is proposed that the EGM authorizes, pursuant to article 5 paragraph 1 of the Company's articles of association, the supervisory board to issue shares and to grant the right to subscribe for shares (stock options) until the annual general meeting of 2025 or until and including June 30th, 2025 or until this authorization has been fully consummated, whichever is earlier, for a maximum number of 10% of the shares outstanding at the time of this EGM held on April 9th, 2024.
Such authorization shall also cover the obligation of the Company to issue and deliver 300,000 shares, free of payment, to the lender upon repayment or prepayment of a loan to be procured by the Company from them for the amount of EUR 4,000,000, or at the Company's option 5,000,000, under a term loan facility agreement at a 10% per annum interest rate for a minimum term of 3 years and a maximum term of 4 years.
It is proposed that the EGM adopts the following resolutions:
the Company proposes that the general meeting passes the following resolution relating to the remuneration of the supervisory board members:
The options will vest with 15,000 options on each of the dates of the AGMs following one full AGM period of service time. The strike price of the options is NOK 11.00. In the event that a supervisory board member leaves before the end of his or hers elected term, the options will vest on a pro-rata basis. The options can only be exercised after the end of the term (appointment)of the respective supervisory board member.
The supervisory board submits its binding nomination for appointment of Emmanuel Colombel as a member of the Company's supervisory board and for him to serve as a non-independent supervisory board member for a period until the end of the annual general meeting ("AGM") to be held in 2027. Emmanuel Colombel will join the supervisory board as a representative of Taranis Investment Limited, the subscriber to 10,620,777 Offer Shares in the proposed Private Placement, subject to EGM approval under agenda item 3 above.
Born in 1973, Emmanuel Colombel earned a BS in Applied Mathematics and Social Sciences from Paris Dauphine University (France), a Master in Economics from Anahuac University (Mexico) and an MBA from INSEAD Business School (France).
He started working for Renault as a Financial Controller, first in Colombia and then in Mexico. In 2005 after his MBA, he joined Perenco´s Guatemalan subsidiary as a Finance Manager. In 2007 he was transferred to Colombia as a Finance Manager where he spent three years. In 2010, he moved to London to work as a Finance Manager of Perenco's African region and in February 2013, was appointed the General Manager for Perenco Guatemala and Perenco Belize subsidiaries. In March 2016 he was appointed CFO of Perenco, a position he held during eight years.
In 2023 Emmanuel led the structuration of Taranis, the investment and asset management arm of Perenco, and became its CEO in 2024.
He continues to serve as a board member of several companies within the Perenco group, including Perenco SA and Dixstone Holdings.
Emmanuel Colombel is the father of four children and a passionate mountain climber, in both work and play.
Upon approval of this agenda item, the supervisory board will consist of Henning E. Jensen (independent, chair), Willem Michiel Kool (independent, vice-chair), Emmanuel Colombel (non-independent, member), Jan Willem Muller (non-independent, member) and Boudewijn van Vliet (non-independent, member). All the supervisory board members serve terms until the end of the 2026 AGM, except Emmanuel Colombel who will serve a term until the end of the 2027 AGM subject to EGM approval.
It is proposed that the EGM adopts the following resolutions:
(i) "Emmanuel Colombel is appointed as a member of the supervisory board for the period until the end of the 2027 AGM."

You are encouraged to specify your votes by marking the appropriate boxes on the enclosed proxy form. When properly executed, the proxy will be voted in the manner directed therein.
Your proxy is to be received by DNB Bank ASA, Registrars Department, Oslo, not later than April 5 th , 2024, 12:00 hours (noon) CET. The P.O. Box address of DNB Bank ASA is: DNB Bank ASA, Registrars Dept., P.O. Box 1600 Sentrum, 0021 Oslo, Norway. Alternatively, send your proxy as PDF e-mail attachment to [email protected] within the aforementioned date and time.
Only shareholders registered in the VPS share register on the Record Date are entitled to exercise their voting right by proxy to the Extraordinary General Meeting in Rotterdam on April 9 th, 2024.
The undersigned shareholder in Pryme N.V. hereby authorizes:
| Shareholders complete name: | _________ | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| and address: | _________ | ||
| Number of shares held: | _________ | ||
| Chairman Mr. Henning Jensen (or a person authorized by him) | |||
| Other person (name) …………………………………… |
to attend and vote for my/our shares in Pryme N.V's Extraordinary General Meeting on April 9 th , 2024.
If none of the alternatives above has been ticked, the chairman will be considered appointed as proxy. If the chairman has been appointed as proxy, the chairman can appoint any member of the management board, the corporate secretary or any senior management member to represent and vote for the shares covered by this proxy.
In the event that proxy is given to the Chairman, instructions regarding the exercise of voting rights according to proxy may, if desirable, be given by filling in of the form below
| In favor | Against | Abstain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item 2 | Amendment (partial) of the Company's articles of association and authorization to execute the deed of amendment |
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| Item 3 | Increase of share capital by way of a Private Placement and exclusion of pre-emptive rights |
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| Item 4 | Authorization to the supervisory board to issue shares and to exclude pre-emptive rights |
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| Item 5 | Remuneration of the Supervisory Board members | |||
| Item 6 | Appointment of Emmanuel Colombel as supervisory board member |
If voting instructions are given, the following applies:
If the box "In favor" has been ticked, the proxy is instructed to vote for the proposal in the notice, with any changes suggested by the management board or the chairman of the supervisory board.
If the box "Against" has been checked, this implies that the proxy is instructed to vote against the proposal in the notice.
If the box "Abstain" has been ticked, the proxy is instructed to abstain from voting the shares.
If none of the boxes have been ticked for an item on the agenda, this is interpreted as a blank vote and consequently as a vote not cast.
In respect of a vote over matters that are not included on the agenda and which may validly come before the meeting the proxy holder is free to decide how the shares shall be voted. The same applies for votes over matters of formal nature, such as election of the chairperson of the meeting, voting order or voting procedure.
If a shareholder has inserted another person than the chairman as proxy, and wants to give such person instructions on voting, this is a matter between the shareholder and the proxy holder. In such a situation the company does not undertake any responsibility to verify that the proxy votes in accordance with the instructions.
Place Date Shareholder's signature*
___________ ___________ _________________________
*If the proxy is given on behalf of a company or other legal entity, relevant evidence of authority must be attached so as to evidence that the person signing the proxy form is properly authorized. The receiver of the proxy is free in his/her own discretion to use or reject the proxy in case relevant evidence of authority has not been received.
17.1 The supervisory board shall consist of at least three (3) members. Supervisory board members will be appointed and can be suspended or removed by the general meeting. At least half of the of the supervisory board members must be independent.
A supervisory board member is not independent if the supervisory board member, his spouse, registered partner or life companion, foster child or relative by blood or marriage up to the second degree:
Unless the bylaws or these articles of association prescribe a greater majority, all resolutions shall be adopted by the supervisory board by an absolute majority of the votes cast.
With due observance of the provisions of paragraph 7, in a meeting of the supervisory board the following shall apply regarding the casting of votes:
If the voting for and against a proposal not requiring a larger majority is equally divided and two (2) supervisory board members are in function, the proposal shall be rejected. If the voting for and against a proposal not requiring a larger majority is equally divided and more than two (2) supervisory board members are in function, the chair of the supervisory board has a casting vote, provided that if the votes are divided while the chair of the supervisory board has a conflict of interest in this matter as described in paragraph 7, the proposal shall be rejected as well.
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