VNV Global AB (publ)

05/04/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/04/2021 08:19

Bulletin from the Annual General Meeting in VNV Global

Bulletin from the Annual General Meeting in VNV Global
May 4, 2021,
3:15 PM GMT
The Annual General Meeting in VNV Global AB (publ) (the "Company") was held on Tuesday, 4 May 2021.

At the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders considered a number of items, some of which were the following.

-The Annual General Meeting resolved to adopt the profit and loss statement and the consolidated profit and loss statement from the period 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 as well as the balance sheet and the consolidated balance sheet as of 31 December 2020. In accordance with the proposal by the Board of Directors, it was resolved that the additional paid in capital of the parent company SEK 834,686,043, the retained earnings of SEK 6,603,424,574 and the year's earnings of SEK -42,965,888, a total of SEK 7,395,144,729, be brought forward, and that no dividends shall be distributed.

-Lars O Grönstedt, Per Brilioth, Josh Blachman, Keith Richman, Ylva Lindquist and Victoria Grace were re-elected as directors and Lars O Grönstedt was re-appointed Chairman of the Board. All elections were made for the period until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2022. Furthermore, it was resolved that remuneration for the Board shall be a total amount of USD 575,000 of which USD 195,000 shall be allocated to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and USD 95,000 to each of the other Directors who are not employed by the Company, and that a total of USD 24,000 be awarded for work on Board Committees, of which USD 6,000 to each of two members of the Audit Committee and USD 6,000 to each of two members of the Compensation Committee. The Board in its entirety will continue to constitute the Investment Committee.

-The Annual General Meeting re-elected the registered audit company PricewaterhouseCoopers AB as the Company's auditors.

-The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the nomination committees' proposal on principles for the appointment of the nomination committee for the Annual General Meeting in 2022.

-The Annual General Meeting approved the board of directors' proposal regarding remuneration report.

-The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the board of director's proposal to introduce a long-term incentive programme, which included a resolution to adopt the new LTIP 2021, a resolution to amend the articles of association and a resolution to issue not more than 605,500 Class C 2021 shares to the participants in LTIP 2021.

-The annual general meeting resolved to authorize the board of directors to resolve to issue new shares on one or several occasions until the next annual general meeting, with or without preferential rights for the shareholders, against cash payment or against payment through set-off or in kind, or otherwise on special conditions. However, such issue of shares must never result in the company's issued share capital or the number of shares in the company at any time, being increased by more than a total of 20 per cent.

-The annual general meeting resolved to authorize the board of directors to resolve to repurchase, on one or several occasions until the next annual general meeting, as many own shares as may be purchased without the company's holding at any time exceeding 10 per cent of the total number of shares in the company.

For further information please contact:

Björn von Sivers, Investor Relations: +46 8-545 015 50

About Us

VNV Global is an investment company with the business concept of using experience, expertise and a widespread network to identify and invest in assets with considerable potential for value appreciation. The company has a special focus on online marketplaces and businesses with strong network effects. The common shares of VNV Global are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Mid Cap segment, with the ticker VNV. For more information on VNV Global, visit www.vnv.global.

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