Decisions of the Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors
Optomed Plc Stock Exchange Release 10 May 2023 at 15.00, Helsinki
Decisions of the Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors
Decisions of the Annual General Meeting:
The Annual General Meeting held on 10 May 2023 adopted the financial statements for the financial period ended on 31 December 2022 and discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability for the financial period ended on 31 December 2022. The Annual General Meeting decided to reject the remuneration report for governing bodies. The decision made is advisory.
The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors that no dividend will be paid for the year 2022.
The number of members of the Board of Directors was confirmed as six. Seppo Mäkinen, Petri Salonen, Reijo Tauriainen and Anna Tenstam were re-elected as members of the Board and Catherine Calarco and Ty Lee were elected as new members of the Board.
The Annual General Meeting confirmed the annual Board remuneration as follows:
- Chairman of the Board EUR 36,000
- members of the Board EUR 18,000.
In addition, a meeting fee in the amount of EUR 300 is paid to the Chairpersons and EUR 200 to members of the Committees for each Committee meeting. 40 percent of the Board remuneration is paid in Optomed shares and 60 percent in cash. The remuneration will be paid once a year in August, after Optomed’s H1 report has been announced.
The Annual General Meeting decided to re-elect KPMG Oy Ab, a firm of authorized public accountants, as the Company’s auditor. KPMG Oy Ab has informed the Company that Authorized Public Accountant Heidi Hyry acts as the auditor with principal responsibility. Auditor’s remuneration will be paid in accordance with an invoice approved by the Company.
The Annual General Meeting approved the authorization for the Board of Directors to repurchase Optomed’s own shares and to accept them as pledge. Altogether no more than 1,654,135 shares may be repurchased or accepted as pledge. The authorization will be valid until the earlier of the end of the next Annual General Meeting or 18 months from the resolution of the Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares and other special rights entitling to shares referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Companies Act. The number of shares to be issued based on this authorization may not exceed 1,654,135. The Board of Directors is authorized to resolve on all terms and conditions of the issuance of shares and special rights entitling to shares, including the right to derogate from the pre-emptive right of the shareholders. The authorization will be valid until the earlier of the end of the next Annual General Meeting or 18 months from the resolution of the Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting decided to amend the Articles of Association so that the minimum number of the members of the Board of Directors was reduced from five members to four.
Decisions of the Board of Directors:
At its meeting held after the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors elected from among its members Petri Salonen as its Chairman. The committee members were elected as follows:
Audit Committee:
- Reijo Tauriainen (Chairman)
- Catherine Calarco
- Anna Tenstam
Remuneration Committee:
- Seppo Mäkinen (Chairman)
- Catherine Calarco
- Ty Lee
Optomed Plc
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Optomed in Brief
Optomed is a Finnish medical technology company and one of the leading providers of handheld fundus cameras. Optomed combines handheld screening devices with software and artificial intelligence with the aim to transform the diagnostic process of blinding eye-diseases such as rapidly increasing diabetic retinopathy. In its business Optomed focuses on eye-screening devices and software solutions related R&D in Finland and sales through different channels in over 60 countries.
