The shareholders of
In order to prevent the spread of the virus causing covid-19, the board of directors has decided that the Extraordinary General Meeting will be held without the physical presence of shareholders, proxies or external parties and that the shareholders shall have the opportunity to exercise their voting rights only by postal voting prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting.
RIGTH TO PARTICIPATE AND NOTICE OF ATTENDANCE
Shareholders who wish to participate at the Extraordinary General Meeting must:
- be entered as a shareholder in the share register kept by
Euroclear Sweden AB on the record date which is24 September 2021 or, if the shares are registered in the name of a nominee, request that the nominee registers the shares in the shareholder’s own name for voting purposes in such time that the registration is completed by28 September 2021 ; and - notify their intention to participate by having submitting a postal vote in accordance with the instructions set out in the section “Postal voting” by way of mail to
Stillfront Group AB (publ) ”EGM”, Sveavägen 9, SE-111 57 Stockholm or electronically via the web link provided on the Company’s website, in such time so that the Company receives the postal vote no later than1 October 2021 . Please note that the notification to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting can only be made by postal voting.
POSTAL VOTING
The board of directors has decided that shareholders shall have the opportunity exercise their voting rights only by postal voting pursuant to sections 20 and 22 of the Swedish Act (2020:198) on Temporary Exemptions of General Meetings in Companies and Associations. A shareholder who wishes to exercise its voting rights shall use a special form for postal voting. The form for postal voting will be made available via a web link on the Company’s website https://www.stillfront.com/en/section/corporate-governance/general-meetings/. Complete forms must be received by the Company no later than
The shareholder cannot give any instructions other than by marking one of the stated alternatives for each item of the form. If the shareholder has added special instructions or conditions in the form, or amended or added to the pre-printed text, the vote will be invalid.
Only one form per shareholder will be taken into consideration. If more than one form is submitted, only the most recently dated form will be taken into consideration. If two or more forms have the same date, only the form received last by
For questions about the Extraordinary General Meeting or to receive a postal voting form or proxy form by post, please contact:
SHAREHOLDERS WITH NOMINEE REGISTERED SHARES
To be entitled to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting by submitting a postal vote, those having their shares registered in the name of a nominee must have their shares registered in their own name so that he or she is registered as a shareholder in the share register kept by
PROXIES AND PROXY FORMS
Shareholders can vote by post at the Extraordinary General Meeting through proxies with a written, signed and dated power of attorney. If the shareholder is a legal entity, a registration certificate or equivalent authorisation document shall be attached. The power of attorney shall be attached to the postal voting form.
A proxy form is available at the Company’s website, https://www.stillfront.com/en/section/corporate-governance/general-meetings/.
SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHT TO REQUEST INFORMATION
Shareholders are reminded of their right pursuant to Chapter 7, Section 32 of the Swedish Companies Act to request that the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer provide information at the Extraordinary General Meeting in respect of any circumstances which may affect the assessment of a matter on the agenda or any circumstances which may affect the assessment of the Company's or a group company's financial position. The obligation to provide information also applies to the Company's relationship to other group companies. Information must be provided if possible to provide such information without significant harm to the Company.
Requests for such information must be submitted in writing to the Company at its address
PROPOSED AGENDA
- Opening of the meeting
- Appointment of the chairman for the meeting
- Election of one or two persons to approve the minutes
- Preparation and approval of the voting register
- Approval of the agenda
- Determination of whether the meeting has been duly convened
- Approval of the resolution by the board of directors on directed share issue
- Resolution on authorisation for the board of directors to issue shares, warrants and convertible debt
- Closing of the meeting
PRINCIPAL PROPOSALS FOR RESOLUTIONS
Appointment of the chairman for the meeting (item 2)
It is proposed that the chairman of the board,
Election of one or two persons to approve the minutes (item 3)
The board of directors proposes that Caroline Sjösten (
Preparation and approval of the voting register (item 4)
The voting register that is proposed to be approved is the voting register that poströsta.se has prepared on behalf of the Company, based on the shareholders register and received postal votes and which has been verified and approved by the person approving the minutes.
Approval of the resolution by the board of directors on directed share issue (item 7)
The board of directors has, on
- The Company’s share capital shall be increased with a maximum of
SEK 135,069.69 through an issue of a maximum of 1,929,567 new shares. - The right to subscribe for the shares shall, with deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights, be given to
Laureus Capital GmbH (“Laureus”). The reason for deviating from the shareholders’ preferential rights by conducting a directed issue of new shares is to raise capital in a time efficient manner in order to finance the acquisition ofJawaker FZ LLC and further strengthen the Company’s future financial flexibility in line with the Company’s communicated financial targets. Laureus has, in the accelerated book building procedure, expressed an interest and committed to participate in the directed share issue, and it has been determined that Laureus’ participation and commitment has had a positive effect on the accelerated book building procedure. - The new shares shall be issued at a subscription price of
SEK 63.60 per share. The price ofSEK 63.60 per share has been determined through the accelerated book building procedure, conducted by Carnegie andJoh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG , which, according to the board of directors’ assessment, corresponds to the market value of the shares. The share premium shall be transferred to the free share premium reserve. - The new shares shall be subscribed for on a separate subscription list no later than
5 October 2021 . - Payment for the subscribed shares shall occur no later than on
5 October 2021 . - The board of directors shall be entitled to extend the subscription period and the time for payment.
- The new shares shall be entitled to dividends from the first record date for dividends that takes place after the shares have been registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office.
- Each of
Johanna Lundberg , General Counsel, andJörgen Larsson , the CEO of the Company, or whomever appointed by any of them, is authorised to make those minor changes to the resolution that may prove to be necessary in connection with registration of the resolution with the Swedish Companies Registration Office orEuroclear Sweden AB .
The board of directors proposes that the general meeting approves the resolution as described above.
Resolution on authorisation for the board of directors to issue shares, warrants and convertible debt (item 8)
The board of directors proposes that the Extraordinary General Meeting authorise the board of directors to, within the scope of the articles of association, with or without deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights, on one or several occasions during the period until the next annual general meeting, resolve to increase the company’s share capital by issuing new shares, warrants or convertible debt in the company. The authorisation shall be limited whereby the board of directors may not resolve to issue shares, warrants or convertible debt that involve the issue of, or conversion into shares corresponding to, more than ten (10) per cent of the shares in the company at the time when the board of directors first utilises the authorisation. The issues shall be made on market terms and payment may, apart from payment in cash, be made in kind or by set-off or otherwise with conditions. The purpose of the authorisation and the reasons for any deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights is to be able to carry out and finance acquisitions of businesses and assets.
The board of directors notes, provided that the extraordinary general meeting votes in favour of this item 8, that the authorisation adopted at the annual general meeting on
DETAILS ON NUMBER OF SHARES, VOTES AND HOLDING OF OWN SHARES
The total amount of shares and votes in the Company at the time of issue of this notice was 376,656,399. All shares carry equal voting rights. The Company does not hold any own shares.
MAJORITY REQUIREMENTS
A resolution in accordance with item 7 on the agenda is valid only where supported by shareholders holding not less than nine-tenths of both the votes cast and the shares represented at the Extraordinary General Meeting. A resolution in accordance with item 8 on the agenda is valid only where supported by shareholders holding not less than two-thirds of both the votes cast and the shares represented at the annual general meeting.
DOCUMENTS
The complete proposals and other documents that shall be made available prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting pursuant to the Swedish Companies Act and the Swedish Corporate Governance Code will be made available at the Company (address above) and on the Company’s website, https://www.stillfront.com/en/section/corporate-governance/general-meetings/, not less than three weeks before the Extraordinary General Meeting. The aforementioned documents will be sent to those shareholders who so request and submit their postal address or e-mail address.
PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
For information on how personal data is processed in connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting, see the privacy policy available on Euroclear Sweden AB’s website at www.euroclear.com/dam/ESw/Legal/Privacy-notice-bolagsstammor-engelska.pdf.
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