Notice to the Annual General Meeting of Detection Technology Plc

Detection Technology Plc company announcement 6 March 2024 at 10:00 (EET)

Notice to the Annual General Meeting of Detection Technology Plc

Notice is given to the shareholders of Detection Technology Plc to the Annual General Meeting to be held at Aalto University's campus in Otaniemi, Finland, Undergraduate Centre, meeting room H304, address Otakaari 1, Espoo on Wednesday 27 March 2024 at 15:00 (EET). The language of the Annual General Meeting shall be Finnish.

The reception of persons who have registered for the meeting and distribution of voting tickets will commence at the meeting venue at 14:00 (EET).

A. Matters on the Agenda of the General Meeting

The following matters will be considered at the General Meeting:

1. Opening of the meeting

2. Calling the meeting to order

3. Election of persons to scrutinize the minutes and to supervise the counting of votes

4. Recording the legality of the meeting

5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the list of votes

6. Presentation of the Financial Statements, the Report of the Board of Directors and the Auditor’s Report for the year 2023

Review by the President and CEO

7. Adoption of the Financial Statements, including the adoption of the Consolidated Financial Statements

8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the distribution of funds:

The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that, based on the adopted financial statements for 2023, a dividend of EUR 0.23 per share be paid.

The dividend shall be paid to a shareholder who is registered in the company’s register of shareholders, maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd, on the record date for payment, 2 April 2024.

The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the dividend be paid on 9 April 2024.

9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability

10. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and the Auditor

The Shareholders’ Nomination Board of Detection Technology Plc (The Nomination Board) proposes that the annual fixed remuneration of the Board of Directors would be as follows: annual fee of EUR 69,000 (2023: EUR 65,000) to be paid to the Chair, EUR 51,000 (2023: EUR 49,000) to the Vice Chair, and EUR 39,000 (2023: EUR 37,000) to other members of the Board of Directors.

An elected 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 Detection Technology Plc’s shares. The number of shares forming the above remuneration portion, which would be payable in shares, will be determined based on the share value in the stock exchange trading maintained by Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd, calculated as the trade volume weighted average quotation of the share during the one-month period immediately following the date on which the interim report of January-March 2024 of the company is published.

The Nomination Board proposes that the meeting-specific fees payable for each board meeting remain unchanged and would be as follows: for each meeting held in the home country of the respective member, EUR 1,000 to the Chair of the Board of Directors and EUR 500 to other members of the Board of Directors and for each meeting held elsewhere than in the home country of the respective member, EUR 1,500 to the Chair of the Board of Directors and EUR 1,000 to other members of the Board of Directors.

In addition, the Nomination Board proposes that the members of the audit committee and the remuneration committee would be paid a meeting-specific fee of EUR 500 per meeting.

The travel expenses of the members of the Board of Directors are compensated in accordance with the company’s travel policy.

The Board of Directors proposes, upon the proposal by the Audit Committee, that the remuneration and travel expenses for the Auditor to be elected be paid according to the Auditor's reasonable invoice.

11. Resolution on the number of members of the Board of Directors

The Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the number of members of the Board of Directors would be six (6).

12. Election of members of the Board of Directors

The Nomination Board proposes that Marion Björkstén, Richard Ingram, Henrik Roos and Hannu Syrjälä would be re-elected members of the Board of Directors. Out of the current members of the Board of Directors, Carina Andersson and Pasi Koota have informed that they are not available for re-election to the Board of Directors. The Nomination Board proposes that Amy Chen and Jyrki Vainionpää would be elected as new members of the Board of Directors.

Amy Chen (born 1978, MBA) currently works as Senior Vice President — Chief Innovation Officer at KONE. Prior to that, she has held positions such as Head of Strategy & Business Development at CARIAD China, a Volkswagen Group company, General Manager of Mobility Business Unit at Li AUTO, CEO at car2go China, a Mercedes-Benz Group company, Director, Business Development and M&A, at AES Corporation, and Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. She is a Chinese citizen.

Jyrki Vainionpää (born 1976, M.Sc. Econ., CFA) currently works as a President and CEO at A. Ahlström Oy. Prior to that, he has held positions such as the Group CEO at Koiviston Auto, CEO at Adven, and Deputy CEO, COO and CFO at Vapo. In addition, he has approximately ten years of experience in strategy and M&As while working for Nokia, Dresdner Kleinwort, and McKinsey. He is a member of the Board of Terrafame. He is a Finnish citizen.

All candidates have given their consent to the election. All candidates are independent of the company. The candidates are also independent of Detection Technology Plc’s significant shareholders, apart from Marion Björkstén, who acts as a Chair of the Supervisory Board of A. Ahlström Oy, and Jyrki Vainionpää, who acts as a President and CEO of A. Ahlström Oy. The largest shareholder of Detection Technology Plc, Ahlstrom Capital BV is a group company of A. Ahlström Oy.

The Nomination Board recommends that Hannu Syrjälä is re-elected Chair of the Board of Directors.

The presentation of the persons nominated for the Board of Directors is available at Detection Technology Plc’s website.

13. Election of the Auditor

The Board of Directors proposes, as recommended by the Board of Directors’ Audit Committee, that Authorized Public Accounting firm KPMG Oy Ab is elected as the Auditor of the company for the following term of office ending at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting. KPMG Oy Ab has informed if elected as the Auditor of the company, Authorized Public Accountant Petri Kettunen will act as the Responsible Auditor.

14. Authorization to the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of own shares

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting authorizes the Board of Directors to resolve on the repurchase of a maximum of 732,795 shares in the company in one or several tranches by using funds in the unrestricted shareholders' equity. The own shares can be repurchased otherwise than in proportion to the shareholdings of the shareholders, if the Board of Directors deems that there are weighty financial reasons for such directed repurchase, in public trading arranged by Nasdaq Finland Ltd for the market price formed at the moment of purchase.

It is proposed that the authorization be valid until the closing of the next Annual General Meeting, however, no longer than until 30 June 2025. If this authorization is granted, it will revoke all previous unused authorizations to resolve on the repurchase of own shares.

15. Authorization of the Board of Directors to resolve on a share issue and an issue of special rights entitling to shares

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting authorizes the Board of Directors to resolve on the issuance of shares and the issuance of special rights entitling to shares as referred to in Chapter 10 Section 1 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act in one or several parts, either against payment or without payment. The aggregate number of shares to be issued, including the shares to be received based on special rights, shall not exceed 1,465,593 shares, which corresponds to approximately 10% of the current number of all shares in the company. The Board of Directors may resolve to issue either new shares or to transfer treasury shares potentially held by the company.

The new shares and the special rights referred to in Chapter 10 Section 1 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act may be issued and transferred to the shareholders in proportion to their current shareholdings in the company or in deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive rights by way of a directed issue if there is a weighty financial reason for the company to do so. The deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive rights may be carried out for example in order to develop the company’s capital structure, to finance or carry out acquisitions, investments or other business transactions, or to use the shares for an incentive scheme. A directed share issue may be executed without consideration only if there is an especially weighty financial reason for the company to do so, taking the interests of all its shareholders into account.

The Board of Directors is also authorized to decide on a share issue to the company itself without consideration so that the own shares held by the company after the issue does not exceed 10% of all shares in the company. The own shares held by the company and its subsidiaries shall be included in the number of shares as set out in Chapter 15 Section 11 Subsection 1 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act.

The Board of Directors is authorized to decide on all other matters related to the issuance of shares and special rights.

It is proposed that the authorization be valid until the closing of the next Annual General Meeting, however, no longer than until 30 June 2025. If this authorization is granted, it will revoke all previous unused authorizations of the Board of Directors to resolve on the issuance of shares and issuance of special rights entitling to shares.

16. Closing of the meeting
 

B. Documents of the Annual General Meeting

The proposals for the resolutions on the matters on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting set out above as well as this notice are available on Detection Technology Plc’s website at www.deetee.com. The Financial Statements, the Report of the Board of Directors and the Auditor’s Report of Detection Technology Plc are available on the above-mentioned website no later than Wednesday, 6 March 2024. The proposals for the resolutions and the other above-mentioned documents are also on view at the Annual General Meeting.

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be available on the above-mentioned website no later than 10 April 2024.
 

C. Instructions for the Participants in the Annual General Meeting

1. Shareholders registered in the shareholders’ register

Each shareholder, who is registered on 15 March 2024 (the record date of the Annual General Meeting) in the shareholders’ register of the company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd, has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting. A shareholder, whose shares are registered on his/her personal Finnish book-entry account, is registered in the shareholders’ register of the company.

Changes in shareholdings occurring after the record date of the Annual General Meeting shall not affect the right to attend the Annual General Meeting or the number of votes of the shareholder.

A shareholder, who is registered in the shareholders’ register of the company and who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, shall register for the meeting at the latest by 10:00 (EET) on Friday, 22 March 2024 by giving a prior notice of participation, which shall be received by the company no later than the above-mentioned time.

Such notice can be given:

a) through the notice link on the company’s website www.deetee.com/ir-highlights;

b) through email to [email protected]; or

c) by regular mail to Detection Technology Plc, A Grid, Otakaari 5A, 02150 Espoo, Finland.

In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall notify his/her name, personal identification number or Business ID, address, telephone number and the name of a possible assistant or proxy representative and the personal identification number of a proxy representative. The personal data given to Detection Technology Plc is used only in connection with the Annual General Meeting and with the processing of related registrations.

The shareholder, his/her authorized representative or proxy representative shall, where necessary, be able to prove his/her identity and/or right of representation at the meeting.

2. Holders of Nominee Registered Shares

A holder of nominee registered shares has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting by virtue of such shares based on which he/she would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders’ register of the company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd on 15 March 2024 (the record date of the Annual General Meeting). The right to participate in the Annual General Meeting requires, in addition, that the shareholder has been registered into the temporary shareholders’ register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the basis of such shares at the latest by 10:00 (EET) on Friday, 22 March 2024. As regards nominee registered shares, this constitutes due registration for the Annual General Meeting.

A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request all necessary instructions regarding the registration in the temporary shareholders’ register of the company, the issuing of proxy documents and registration for the Annual General Meeting from his/her custodian bank without delay. The account management organization of the custodian bank has to register a holder of nominee registered shares, who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting, into the temporary shareholders’ register of the company at the latest by the time stated above.

3. Proxy representatives and powers of attorney

The shareholders may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise their rights at the meeting by way of proxy representation.

A proxy representative shall produce a dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable manner demonstrate their right to represent the shareholder at the Annual General Meeting. When a shareholder participates in the Annual General Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares at different securities accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the Annual General Meeting.

Any proxy documents should be delivered either as a scanned copy to [email protected] or by mail to Detection Technology Plc, A Grid, Otakaari 5A, 02150 Espoo, Finland before the end of the registration period on 22 March 2024 at 10:00 (EET). In addition to providing the proxy documents, shareholders or their proxy representatives are also required to register to the Annual General Meeting in the manner instructed in this notice.

As an alternative to a traditional proxy document, a shareholder may authorise a proxy representative by using the Suomi.fi e-authorisation service. The proxy representative is authorised via the Suomi.fi service at www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations (authorisation for ‘Representation at the General Meeting’). In the General Meeting registration service, the proxy representative must identify themselves by using strong electronic identification, after which they can register on behalf of the shareholder they represent. Strong electronic identification requires Finnish online banking credentials or a mobile certificate. For more information on e-authorisation, please see www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations.

4. Other instructions and information

Pursuant to Chapter 5 Section 25 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, a shareholder or their representative who is present at the Annual General Meeting has the right to request information with respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting.

On the date of this notice to the Annual General Meeting, 6 March 2024, the total number of shares and votes in Detection Technology Plc is 14,655,930.

Detection Technology Plc

Board of Directors
 

Further information

Hannu Martola, President and CEO
+358 500 449 475, [email protected]

Nordea is the company’s Certified Advisor under the Nasdaq First North GM rules, +358 9 5300 6774

Detection Technology is a global provider of X-ray detector solutions and services for medical, security, and industrial applications. The company’s solutions range from sensor components to optimized detector subsystems with ASICs, electronics, mechanics, software, and algorithms. It has sites in Finland, China, France, and the US. The company’s shares are listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland under the ticker symbol DETEC.

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