Notice to attend the Annual General Meeting of Addtech AB (publ)
The shareholders of Addtech AB (publ) (the “Company” or “Addtech”), reg. no. 556302-9726, are hereby given notice to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held at 4.00 p.m. CEST on Thursday 22 August 2024, at IVA’s Konferenscenter, Grev Turegatan 16, Stockholm. Registration for the meeting commences at 3.15 p.m. CEST.
The Board of Directors of the Company has decided to allow the shareholders to also attend the Annual General Meeting by postal voting in accordance with the regulations in Addtech’s Articles of Association as further described below.
NOTICE OF PARTICIPATION
Shareholders who wish to attend the Annual General Meeting in person must:
- be entered in the share register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB, as of 14 August 2024; and
- give notice of attendance digitally via https://anmalan.vpc.se/euroclearproxy, by e-mail to [email protected].com, by post to the address: Addtech AB (publ), "Annual General Meeting", c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, 101 23 Stockholm, Sweden, or by telephone +46 (0)8-402 91 33 (weekdays between 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. CEST), no later than by 16 August 2024. Such notice must contain the shareholder’s name, personal identification number (organisation number), address, telephone number, the number of shares as well as any attending counsel, maximum two.
Shareholders who whish to attend the Annual General Meeting by postal voting must:
- be entered in the share register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB, as of 14 August 2024; and
- no later than 16 August 2024 give their notice of attendance by submitting their postal vote in accordance with the instructions under heading “Pre-voting by postal-voting” below in order for the postal vote to be received by Euroclear Sweden AB no later than that day.
NOMINEE-REGISTERED SHARES
To be entitled to participate in the Meeting a shareholder whose shares are registered in the name of a nominee must, in addition to providing notification of participation, register its shares in its own name so that the shareholder is recorded in the share register on 14 August 2024. Such registration may be temporary (so-called voting right registration) and is requested from the nominee in accordance with the nominee’s procedures and such time in advance as the nominee determines. Voting right registrations completed no later than 16 August 2024 are taken into account when preparing the share register.
OPPORTUNITY FOR SHAREHOLDERS TO EXERCISE THEIR VOTING RIGHTS THROUGH PROXY
Shareholders participating in person or by postal voting represented by proxy must issue a written, signed and dated power of attorney. The power of attorney may not be more than one year old, unless a longer period of validity is stated, although maximum five years.
For shareholders participating in person represented by proxy, a power of attorney in original should submitted by post to Addtech AB (publ), “Annual General Meeting 2024”, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, 101 23 Stockholm, Sweden, in due time before the Meeting.
For shareholders participating by postal voting represented by proxy, a power of attorney should be attached to the postal voting form by post or by e-mail if postal voting is made by sending the postal voting form or be attached to the digital postal vote if postal voting is made via Euroclear Sweden’s portal.
A proxy form is available at the Company’s website, https://www.addtech.com/investors-and-media/corporate-governance/general-meeting.
Representatives of a legal entity shall attach a certified copy of the certificate of registration or similar document of authorisation and provide this in the same way as the proxy is provided.
ADVANCE VOTING BY POSTAL VOTING
The shareholders may exercise their rights to vote by postal voting before the Meeting. Participation by way of postal voting does not require a separate notice of attendance for the Meeting.
Postal voting can be made in two ways (either in accordance with alternative 1 or 2 below):
- by completing and submitting a specific postal voting form (for postal voting and serving as notification of attendance). The postal voting form is available on the Company’s website, https://www.addtech.com/investors-and-media/corporate-governance/general-meeting.
Postal voting by using the postal voting form can be made by:
- submitting the original of the completed and signed postal voting form to Addtech AB (publ), “Annual General Meeting 2024”, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, 101 23 Stockholm, Sweden, or
- submitting a scanned copy of the completed and signed postal voting form by email to [email protected] (type in “Addtech AB – postal voting” in the subject matter box).
- by giving notification of attendance and submitting its postal vote digitally through BankID verification via the link that is available on the Company’s website, https://www.addtech.com/investors-and-media/corporate-governance/general-meeting, and https://anmalan.vpc.se/EuroclearProxy/.
If the shareholder is a legal entity, a copy of a certificate of registration or a corresponding document for the legal entity shall be enclosed together with the postal voting form and if the shareholder is represented by proxy, a power of attorney shall be enclosed to the postal voting form/digital postal vote in accordance with what is described under the heading “Opportunity for shareholders to exercise their voting rights through proxy” above. The completed postal voting form shall be received by Addtech via Euroclear Sweden AB no later than 16 August 2024. Electronic postal voting has to be made within the same time. The shareholder may not provide the postal voting form with any specific instructions or conditions. If made, the vote (in its entirety) will be deemed invalid. Further instructions and conditions are stated in the postal voting form.
PROPOSAL FOR AGENDA
- Opening of the Meeting.
- Election of Chairman to preside over the Meeting.
- Preparation and approval of Electoral Register.
- Approval of the agenda proposed by the Board.
- Election of one or two persons to approve the Minutes.
- Determination of whether the Meeting has been properly convened.
- Presentation of the Annual Report and the Audit Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Consolidated Audit Report.
- Presentation by the CEO.
- Resolutions
- regarding adoption of the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet and the Consolidated Income Statement and the Consolidated Balance Sheet,
- regarding allocation of the Company’s profit in accordance with the duly adopted Balance Sheet, and
- regarding discharge from liability for the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO.
- Report on the work of the Nomination Committee.
- Determination of the number of Board members.
- Determination of fees for the Board of Directors and the Auditor.
- Election of Board members and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
- Election of Auditor.
- Resolution on remuneration report.
- Resolution on guidelines for remuneration to senior executives.
- Resolution regarding issuing call options for repurchased shares and the transfer of repurchased shares to management personnel (the “2024 Share-Related Incentive Scheme”).
- Resolution regarding authorisation for the Board of Directors to decide on the purchase and transfer of own shares.
- Resolution regarding authorisation for the Board of Directors to resolve on a new issue of up to 5 percent of the number of B-shares as means of payment during acquisitions.
- Resolution to amend the Articles of Association.
- Closing of the Meeting.
Stockholm, July 2024
The Board of Directors
AddtechAB (publ)
For further information, please contact:
Niklas Stenberg, CEO, +46 8 470 49 00
Malin Enarson, CFO, +46 705 97 94 73
Addtech is a technical solutions group that provides technological and economic value added in the link between manufacturers and customers. Addtech operates in selected niches in the market for advanced technology products and solutions. Its customers primarily operate in the manufacturing industry and infrastructure. Addtech has about 4,000 employees in more than 150 subsidiaries that operate under their own brands. The Group has annual sales of more than SEK 20 billion. Addtech is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
This information is information that Addtech AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to Nasdaq Stockholm´s Rulebook for Issuers. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, on 17 July 2024 at 09:00 a.m. (CEST).