AGM Information • Mar 25, 2015
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Download Source FileNotice convening the Annual General Meeting.
Pursuant to Article 10 of the Articles of Association, shareholders are hereby
invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of
Spar Nord Bank A/S
on Wednesday, 22 April 2015, at 3.30 p.m. at the address, Europahallen, Aalborg
Kongres & Kultur Center, Europaplads 4, DK-9000 Aalborg.
Agenda
The Board of Directors nominates Laurits Toft, Attorney.
The Board of Directors' report regarding the Company's activities during the
past year.
The presentation of the audited Parent Company financial statements and the
consolidated financial statements, together with a resolution for their
adoption.
A resolution regarding the application of the profits or the covering of any
loss according to the financial statements as adopted.
The Board of Directors recommends the distribution of a dividend of DKK 1.60
per share.
The Board of Directors recommends that – with reference to section 182 of the
Danish Companies Act – DKK 2.00 be distributed by way of extraordinary
dividend.
Presentation of the Company’s remuneration policy for approval pursuant to
the Danish Financial Business Act.
Approval of the Board of Directors’ fees for 2014 and the level of fees for
A resolution to authorize the Board of Directors to buy treasury shares.
With reference to section 198 of the Danish Companies Act, the Board of
Directors recommends that the Board of Directors be authorized to permit the
Company, in the period until the next Annual General Meeting, to acquire
treasury shares having a nominal value of up to 10% of the share capital at the
market price prevailing at the time of acquisition, subject to a deviation of
max. 10%.
The Board of Directors recommends the re-election of Per Nikolaj Bukh and Kaj
Christiansen.
Hans Østergaard does not wish to stand for re-election, and in addition, it has
been decided that Fritz Dahl Pedersen will retire from the Board of Directors.
Fritz Dahl Pedersen joined the Board of Directors in connection with the merger
between Spar Nord and Sparbank in 2012 when the Board of Directors was
temporarily increased from six to seven shareholder-elected Directors.
This decision should be seen in light of the integration of Spar Nord and
Sparbank being considered to have been completed in a highly satisfactory way,
and a unanimous Board of Directors has therefore decided to once more reduce
the number of Directors elected by the shareholders at the General Meeting to
six.
Reference is made to Spar Nord Bank’s Annual Report for 2014 regarding
information about each of the incumbent board members.
The Board of Directors nominates John Sørensen, Agency Director, for election
to the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors recommends Ernst & Young (CVR no. 30700228) for
re-election as the Company’s auditors.
Proposals moved by the Board of Directors:
The Board of Directors moves to cancel Article 3a of the Articles of
Association regarding special authorization for the Board of Directors to
increase the Company’s share capital.
The Board of Directors moves to cancel Article 3b of the Articles of
Association regarding authorization for the Board of Directors to float a loan
as hybrid core capital.
The Board of Directors proposes an amendment to section 6 (1) of the
Articles of Association regarding the time limit for holding an election to the
bank committee.
Accordingly, Article 6(1) shall be worded as follows:
The shareholders shall elect a Bank Committee in each shareholder region. Such
Bank Committee shall have eight members.
The members of the Bank Committee shall be elected for a term of two years,
with half of them coming up for election each year.
The election shall be held before 1 April and no later than three weeks before
the Annual General Meeting of the Company, and the electoral term shall
commence as from the time of election. Retiring members shall be eligible for
re-election.
When combining the Company’s shareholder regions, all Bank Committee members
from the combined shareholder regions shall come up for re-election at the next
Shareholders’ Meeting. The Company’s internal auditors shall draw lots to
determine which members of the Bank Committee shall come up for re-election the
following year.
The agenda and the complete wording of the proposals intended to be submitted
at the Annual General Meeting will be available for inspection by the
shareholders at the Company’s address and at www.sparnord.dk as from 26 March
2015.
The cut-off date is Wednesday, 15 April 2015.
Rights to attend and vote
Any shareholder who has been registered as of the cut-off date or has requested
that his shares be registered in the Register of Shareholders, and who has
ordered an admission card by Wednesday, 15 April 2015, is entitled to attend
the General Meeting.
The shareholder is entitled to invite an adviser to the General Meeting. If the
shareholder wants to invite an adviser, the person in question must also
request an admission card by Wednesday, 15 April 2015.
Admission cards are obtainable upon application at the Company’s address,
Skelagervej 15, DK-9000 Aalborg, or can be ordered by telephone at +45 9634
4017 (the Management Secretariat).
A proxy form and a document for use when voting by post may be downloaded from
www.sparnord.dk and may be sent to VP Investor Services A/S, Weidekampsgade 14
- P.O. Box 4040, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, before the General Meeting.
Any instruments of proxy must reach VP Investor Services A/S by 15 April 2015,
and postal ballots must reach VP Investor Services A/S by 21 April 2015 at
noon.
The provisions of the Articles of Association regarding voting rights are as
follows:
Article 9 (1). A shareholder who owns at least 20,000 shares (a major
shareholder) on the cut-off date one week before the General Meeting shall be
entitled to exercise his voting rights at the General Meeting.
Article 10(4). The right of shareholders to exercise their voting rights at a
General Meeting shall be exercisable through the delegates. But this shall not
apply to the shareholders referred to in Article 9 (1).
Article 15(1). Delegates, who are also members of the Bank Committee, represent
the share capital that has been registered as belonging to the relevant
shareholder region on the cut-off date one week before the relevant General
Meeting is held. Each delegate represents equal fractions of the share capital,
calculated based on the number of delegates immediately prior to the General
Meeting.
Article 15(2). A major shareholder, see Article 9(1), represents the share
capital that has been registered as of the cut-off date one week before the
General Meeting, or regarding which a request for registration has been made as
of the same date.
Article 15(3). In order to be entitled to vote at the General Meeting, a
delegate or the major shareholder shall have requested an admission card no
later than three days before the relevant General Meeting.
Spar Nord Bank's share capital amounts to DKK 1,255,299,180, divided into
shares in the denomination of DKK 10.
Sincerely yours,
Spar Nord Bank A/S
Torben Fristrup
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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