(Información remitida por la empresa firmante)
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The shareholders of Concordia Maritime AB (publ), 556068-5819, are hereby invited to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday, 4 May 2023 at 1.00 p.m. CEST at Elite Park Avenue Hotel, Gothenburg. Registration for the Annual General Meeting begins at 12.15 p.m. CEST.
The Board of Directors has decided that shareholders shall be able to exercise their voting rights at the Annual General Meeting also by postal voting in accordance with the regulations in Concordia Maritime’s Articles of Association.
Right to participate and registration
Attending the meeting venue
A) A person who wishes to attend the meeting venue in person or by proxy must
be recorded as a shareholder in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB concerning the circumstances on Tuesday, 25 April 2023, and
give notice of participation in the Annual General Meeting no later than Thursday, 27 April 2023. Notification of participation at the Annual General Meeting can be made by post to Computershare AB “Concordia Maritime Aktiebolag’s Annual General Meeting”, P.O. Box 5267, SE-102 46 Stockholm, Sweden, by email proxy@computershare.se, by telephone +46 771-24 64 00 or on the company’s website www.concordiamaritime.com (only for natural persons). The notification must state name, social security- or company registration number, address, telephone number and the number of possible assistants (maximum two).
If shareholders are represented by proxy, a written and dated power of attorney signed by the shareholder must be attached to the notification and presented at the meeting. If the shareholder is a legal entity, a registration certificate or other authorization document must be attached. Form of proxy is available at the company’s head office and on the company’s website, www.concordiamaritime.com.
Participation by postal voting
B) A person who wishes to participate in the Annual General Meeting by postal voting must
be recorded as a shareholder in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB concerning the circumstances on Tuesday, 25 April 2023, and
give notice of participation in the Annual General Meeting no later than Thursday, 27 April 2023, by having submitted a postal voting form in accordance with the instructions below, so that the postal vote is received by Computershare AB no later than that day.
A shareholder who wishes to attend the meeting venue in person or by proxy, must give notice in accordance with the instructions stated under A) above. Hence, a notice of participation only through postal voting is not sufficient for a person who wishes to attend the meeting venue.
A special form shall be used for postal voting. The form is available on Concordia Maritime’s website, www.concordiamaritime.com. The completed and signed form must be received by Computershare AB no later than Thursday, 27 April 2023. The completed and signed form shall be sent to Computershare AB “Concordia Maritime Aktiebolag’s Annual General Meeting”, P.O. Box 5267, SE-102 46 Stockholm, Sweden. The completed form may alternatively be submitted by email and is then to be sent to proxy@computershare.se (state “Concordia Maritime – postal voting” in the subject line). Shareholders can also choose to cast their postal vote electronically through verification with BankID. A link to electronic postal voting can be found on the company’s website, www.concordiamaritime.com. Such electronic votes must be submitted no later than Thursday, 27 April 2023.
The shareholder may not provide special instructions or conditions in the voting form. If so, the vote (in its entirety) is invalid. Further instructions and conditions are included in the form for postal voting.
If the shareholder postal votes by proxy, a written and dated power of attorney signed by the shareholder must be attached to the postal voting form. If the shareholder is a legal entity, a registration certificate or other authorization document must be attached to the form. Form of proxy is available at the company’s head office and on the company’s website, www.concordiamaritime.com.
Nominee-registered shares
In order to be entitled to participate in the Annual General Meeting, shareholders who have registered their shares in the name of a nominee must, in addition to giving notice of participation in the Annual General Meeting, request that their shares be registered in their own name so that the shareholder is entered into the share register on Tuesday, 25 April 2023. This registration may be temporary (so-called voting right registration) and is requested with the nominee in accordance with the nominee’s procedures and in advance as determined by the nominee. Voting right registrations completed no later than Thursday, 27 April 2023, are considered when preparing the share register.
Items and proposed agenda
Election of a Chairman for the meeting (item 2)
The Nomination Committee proposes that the attorney Aleksander Ivarsson is elected as Chairman of the meeting.
Preparation and approval of the voting list (item 4)
The voting list proposed for approval is the voting list drawn up by Computershare AB on behalf of the Company, based on the Annual General Meeting’s register of shareholders, shareholders having given notice of participation and being present at the meeting venue, and postal votes received.
Proposal of profit allocation (item 10b)
The Board of Directors does not propose any distribution of dividend.
Resolution regarding the number of members and deputy members of the Board of Directors and the number of auditors and deputy auditors (item 11)
The Nomination Committee proposes that the number of Board members elected by the shareholders shall be four and that no deputies should be appointed. The number of auditors is proposed to be one.
Resolution regarding the remuneration to the Board of Directors and the auditors (item 12)
The Nomination Committee proposes that remuneration to the Board members is to be paid with SEK 400,000 (400,000) to the Chairman and SEK 300,000 (225,000) to each of the other Board members elected by the shareholders.
The remuneration to the auditors shall be paid according to invoice approved by the company.
Election of members of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board (item 13)
The Nomination Committee proposes that Stefan Brocker, Henrik Hallin, Mats Jansson and Ulrika Laurin shall be re-elected as Board members. Stefan Brocker is proposed to be elected as Chairman of the Board. Carl-Johan Hagman has declined re-election to the Board of Directors.
Election of auditor (item 14)
In accordance with the Board of Director’s recommendation, the Nomination Committee proposes that Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB is re-elected as auditor of the company for a period of one year until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2024. Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB has notified that the authorised public accountant Fredrik Göransson will be principally responsible auditor, if Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB is elected as auditor by the Annual General Meeting.
Resolution regarding guidelines for remuneration to the executive management (item 16)
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves to adopt guidelines for remuneration to the executive management in accordance with below.
Scope of the guidelines, etc.
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