The Sobi AGM was convened today on
Adoption of the profit and loss statements and balance sheet and discharge of liability
The AGM adopted the income statements and the balance sheets and approved the proposal to carry forward the retained profits.
The Board members and the chief executive officer were discharged from liability for the financial year 2021.
Election of Board of Directors, remuneration to the Directors, election of Auditor and remuneration to the Auditor
The ordinary Board members Håkan Björklund,
The AGM approved the remuneration to the Board of Directors and the Auditor in accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal.
Report for remuneration for senior executives, long-term incentive programmes, authorisation for the Board of Directors to resolve on the issuance of new shares and/or convertible bonds and/or warrants, and transfer of own shares
The AGM resolved to approve the Board of Directors' report for remuneration for senior executives.
The AGM also approved the Board of Directors' proposal regarding the implementation of long-term incentive programmes, and hedging arrangements in respect of the programmes including a directed issue of no more than 2,690,287 series C shares, authorisation for the Board of Directors to decide on a repurchase of all issued series C shares and transfers of no more than 2,225,247 own common shares to program participants. The so-called Management Programme is open to no more than 336 employees and includes the possibility to receive Sobi shares after a three-year vesting period, subject to satisfaction of performance conditions regarding total shareholder return and annual revenues. Approximately 31 employees are also awarded employee stock options entitling the employees to, during a period of three to five years after the award date, acquire Sobi shares at a strike price equivalent to 105% of the volume-weighted average price during a period of ten trading days in connection with the commencement of the vesting period, subject to the
The AGM also approved the Board of Directors' proposal regarding the approval to authorise the Board of Directors to resolve on the issuance of new shares and/or convertible bonds and/or warrants. The number of shares that may be issued, the number of shares that convertible bonds may be converted into and the number of shares that may be subscribed for by the exercise of warrants, may not exceed 34,125,000 shares in total.
The Board of Directors' proposal regarding transfer of no more than 593,859 own common shares on the stock exchange for the purpose of covering certain payments, mainly social security contributions, that may occur in relation to the Incentive Programme 2019, was also approved by the AGM.
For full details on each proposal adopted by the AGM, please refer to sobi.com.
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