A. Resolutions taken by the Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting resolved that a return of capital of
The return of capital will be paid to shareholders who are registered in the Company's register of shareholders, maintained by
Adoption of the Remuneration Report for governing bodies
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting decided to adopt the Remuneration Report for the governing bodies. The resolution on adoption of the Remuneration Report is advisory.
Composition of the Board of Directors
In accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board, the number of the members of the Board of Directors was resolved to be seven (7). The General Meeting decided, in accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board, to re-elect as members of the Board of Directors the current members of the Board of Directors, Mr.
Remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors
In accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board, the General Meeting resolved that the annual fees and meeting fees of the members of the Board of Directors as well as the fees paid for Committee work remain unchanged. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is paid an annual fee of
In accordance with the proposal by the Nomination Board, the General meeting resolved that a member of the Board of Directors may, at his/her discretion, choose to receive the annual fixed remuneration partly in company shares and partly in cash so that approximately 40 % of the annual fixed remuneration is paid in
In addition, the General Meeting resolved that in accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board, meeting fees are paid for each meeting of the Board of Directors that a Member of the Board has attended, so that the Chairman of the Board is paid
In addition, the General Meeting resolved in accordance with the proposal of the Shareholders' Nomination Board that the meeting fee for the Compensation and Audit Committees remain unchanged and that all members of the Audit and Compensation Committees will be paid a meeting fee of
Auditor
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting elected the authorised public accounting firm
Authorisation to the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase as well as on the acceptance as pledge of the company's own shares
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase as well as on the acceptance as pledge of the Company's own shares in one or several tranches as follows.
The number of own shares to be repurchased or accepted as pledge shall not exceed 8,000,000 shares, which corresponds to approximately 10 per cent of all registered shares in the Company, subject to the provisions of the Finnish Companies' Act on the maximum amount of shares owned by or pledged to the company or its subsidiaries. Only the unrestricted equity of the Company can be used to repurchase own shares on the basis of the authorisation.
Own shares can be repurchased at a price formed in public trading on the date of the repurchase or at a price otherwise formed on the market.
The Board of Directors decides how own shares will be repurchased or accepted as pledge. Own shares can be repurchased otherwise than in proportion to the shareholdings of the shareholders (directed repurchase).
The authorisation is effective until
Authorisation to the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares as well as the issuance of options and other rights entitling to shares
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors to resolve on one or more issuances of shares which contain the right to issue new shares or dispose of the shares in the possession of the Company and to issue options or other rights entitling to shares pursuant to Chapter 10 of the Finnish Companies Act. The authorisation consists of up to 8,000,000 shares in the aggregate representing approximately 10 per cent of the current number of shares in the Company.
The authorisation does not exclude the Board of Directors' right to decide on a directed issue of shares. The authorisation can be used for material arrangements from the Company's point of view, such as financing or implementing business arrangements or investments or for other such purposes determined by the Board of Directors in which case a weighty financial reason for issuing shares, options or other rights and possibly directing a share issue would exist.
The Board of Directors was authorised to resolve on all terms and conditions of the issuance of shares, options and other rights entitling to shares as referred to in Chapter 10 of the Companies Act, including the payment period, grounds for the determination of the subscription price and subscription price or allocation of shares, option or other rights free of charge or that the subscription price may be paid besides in cash also by other assets either partially or entirely (contribution in kind).
The authorisation is effective until
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting
The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available on the Company's website at www.glaston.net/annual-general-meeting-2021/ at the latest on
B. Decisions of the organisation meeting of the Board of Directors
In its organisation meeting held after the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors re-elected
The Board of Directors resolved upon the composition of the Board committees as follows:
Audit Committee
Compensation Committee
The Board of Directors has assessed the independence of its members and determined that all members of the Board of Directors are independent of the Company's major shareholders, except for
President and CEO
Further information:
Iina-Mari Supperi, General Counsel (secondee), tel. +358 10 500 500
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