Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Orrön Energy AB
The shareholders of Orrön Energy AB (publ),
556610-8055 (the “Company”), are hereby given
notice of the Annual General Meeting to be held on 15 May 2024 at
13.00 (CEST) at IVA Konferenscenter, Grev Turegatan 16, in
Stockholm. The entrance to the meeting will open at noon
(CEST).
Shareholders may choose to exercise their voting rights at the
Annual General Meeting by attending in person, through a proxy or
by postal voting.
Vote at the Annual General MeetingThose who
wish to exercise their voting rights at the Annual General Meeting
must:
- be entered as a shareholder in the share register kept by
Euroclear Sweden AB on 6 May 2024 or, if the shares are registered
in the name of a nominee, request that the nominee registers the
shares in their own name for voting purposes in such time that the
registration is completed by 8 May 2024.
- give notice of attendance at the Annual General Meeting to the
Company in accordance with the instructions set out in the
section “Notice of attendance for participating in person or
through a proxy” or submit a postal vote in accordance with the
instructions set out in the section “Voting by post” no later than
8 May 2024.
Notice of attendance for participating in person or
through a proxyThose who wish to participate in the Annual
General Meeting in person or through a proxy shall give notice of
attendance to the Company no later than 8 May 2024 either:
- electronically on the Company's website, www.orron.com (only
applicable to individuals).
- by email to info@computershare.se.
- by post to Computershare AB, Box 5267, SE-102 46 Stockholm
(Att. “Orrön Energy’s AGM”).
- by telephone to +46 (0)8 518 01 554 on weekdays between 09.00
a.m. and 16.00 p.m. (CEST).
The notice of attendance shall state name, date of birth or
corporate identification number, address, telephone number and,
where relevant, the number of accompanying advisors (not more than
two).
Those who do not wish to attend the Annual General Meeting in
person or exercise their voting rights by postal voting may
exercise their voting rights at the Annual General Meeting through
a proxy in possession of a written, signed and dated proxy form.
A proxy form issued by a legal entity must be accompanied by a
copy of a certificate of registration or a corresponding document
of authority for the legal entity. To facilitate the registration
at the Annual General Meeting, proxy forms, certificates of
registration and other documents of authority should be submitted
to the Company at Computershare AB, Box 5267, SE-102 46 Stockholm
(Att. “Orrön Energy’s AGM”) no later than 8 May 2024. Please note
that notice of attendance must be given even if a shareholder
wishes to exercise its rights at the meeting through a proxy. A
submitted proxy form does not count as a notice of attendance.
Template proxy forms in Swedish and English are available on the
Company’s website, www.orron.com.
Voting by postThe Board of Directors has
resolved that shareholders may exercise their voting rights by
postal voting and shareholders who wish to do so, shall use the
voting form and follow the instructions available on the Company’s
website, www.orron.com. The postal vote must be received by the
Company no later than 8 May 2024. The postal voting form shall be
sent either:
- electronically in accordance with the instructions available on
www.orron.com.
- by email to info@computershare.se.
- by post to Computershare AB, Box 5267, SE-102 46 Stockholm
(Att. “Orrön Energy AGM”).
Those who wish to withdraw a submitted postal vote and instead
exercise their voting rights by participating in the Annual General
Meeting in person or through a proxy must give notice thereof at
the registration of the Annual General Meeting prior to the opening
of the Annual General Meeting.
Proposed
agenda1. Opening of the Annual General
Meeting.2. Election of Chair of the Annual General
Meeting.3. Preparation and approval of the voting
register.4. Approval of the
agenda.5. Election of one or two persons to
approve the minutes.6. Determination as to whether
the Annual General Meeting has been duly
convened.7. Presentation by the Chief Executive
Officer.8. Presentation of the annual and
sustainability report and the auditor’s report, the consolidated
financial statements and the auditor’s Group report as well as the
remuneration report prepared by the Board of Directors and the
auditor’s statement on compliance with the policy on
remuneration.9. Resolution in respect of adoption of
the income statement and the balance sheet and the consolidated
income statement and consolidated balance sheet.10.
Resolution in respect of disposition of the Company’s result
according to the adopted balance sheet.11. Resolution in
respect of discharge from liability of members of the Board of
Directors and the Chief Executive Officer.12. Resolution in
respect of the remuneration report prepared by the Board of
Directors.13. Nomination Committee proposals:
- Proposal for the number of members of the Board of
Directors.
- Proposal for remuneration of the Chair of the Board of
Directors and other members of the Board of Directors.
- Proposal for election of Chair and other members of the Board
of Directors.
- Proposal for remuneration of the auditor.
- Proposal for election of auditor.
- Proposal for a revised Nomination Committee Process.
14. Resolution in respect of the number of
members of the Board of Directors.15. Resolution
in respect of remuneration of the Chair of the Board of Directors
and other members of the Board of
Directors.16. Resolutions in respect of Board
members:a) re-election of Grace Reksten Skaugen
as a Board member;b) re-election of Jakob
Thomasen as a Board member;c) re-election of
Peggy Bruzelius as a Board member;d) re-election
of William Lundin as a Board member;e) election
of Mike Nicholson as a Board member; andf)
re-election of Grace Reksten Skaugen as the Chair of the
Board of Directors.17. Resolution in respect of
remuneration of the auditor.18. Election of
auditor.19. Resolution in respect of a revised
Nomination Committee Process.20. Resolution in
respect of Employee LTIP 2024.21. Resolution in
respect of delivery of shares under the Employee LTIP 2024
through:a) an issue and transfer of warrants of
series 2024:1; or b) an equity swap arrangement
with a third party.22. Resolution in respect of
delivery of shares under the Employee LTIP 2023 through an issue
and transfer of warrants of series
2024:2.23. Resolution in respect of authorisation
for the Board of Directors to resolve on new issue of shares and
convertible debentures.24. Resolution in respect
of authorisation for the Board of Directors to resolve on
repurchase and sale of shares.25. Resolution in
respect of a proposal from a
shareholder.26. Closing of the Annual General
Meeting.
Proposals for resolutions to be
presented at the Annual General Meeting of Orrön Energy AB on
15 May 2024
Items 2 and 14–18: Resolutions in
respect of Chair of the Annual General Meeting, number of Board
members, remuneration of the Chair of the Board of Directors and
other members of the Board of Directors, election of Chair of the
Board of Directors and of other members of the Board of Directors,
and remuneration of the auditor and election of the
auditorOrrön Energy AB’s Nomination Committee for the 2024
Annual General Meeting consists of William Lundin (Chair, Nemesia
S.à.r.l.), Sussi Kvart (Handelsbanken Fonder) and Erik Durhan
(Öhman Fonder). The Nomination Committee for the 2024 Annual
General Meeting, appointed by shareholders jointly holding
approximately 36.4 per cent of the shares and voting rights in
Orrön Energy AB as per 1 August 2023, proposes the following:
- Advokat Klaes Edhall to be appointed as Chair of the Annual
General Meeting or, if he is absent, any other person appointed by
the Nomination Committee.
- Five members of the Board of Directors to be appointed without
deputy members.
- Remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and the
Chair of the Board of Directors, including in respect of Committee
membership, to be as follows: (i) annual fees for the members of
the Board of Directors of EUR 60,000 (excluding the Chair of the
Board of Directors); (ii) annual fees for the Chair of the Board of
Directors of EUR 120,000; (iii) annual fees for Committee members
of EUR 5,000 per Committee assignment (other than Committee
Chairs); and (iv) annual fees for Committee Chairs of EUR 10,000;
with the total fees for Committee work (including fees for Chairs
of Committees) not to exceed EUR 50,000.
- Re-election Grace Reksten Skaugen, Jakob Thomasen, Peggy
Bruzelius and William Lundin as members of the Board of Directors
and election of Mike Nicholson for a period until the end of the
2025 Annual General Meeting. Mr. Nicholson was born in Scotland in
1971, and graduated from Aberdeen University where he obtained a
degree in Economics and Management Studies. Between 1994 and 1996,
Mr. Nicholson worked as a consulting economist for AUPEC Ltd in
Aberdeen. From 1996 to 2004, he worked in various economics,
financial and banking roles with Veba Oel, Canadian Imperial Bank
of Commerce and Marathon Oil in London. Mr. Nicholson joined Lundin
Petroleum (now Orrön Energy) in 2005 as Group Economics and
Commercial Manager, and became General Manager of the Malaysia
business in 2008 and Managing Director of the South East Asia
business in 2012. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer of
Lundin Petroleum in 2013. Mr. Nicholson was President and CEO of
International Petroleum Corporation from its inception in April
2017 to December 2023, and is currently a Board member of
International Petroleum Corporation.
- Re-election of Grace Reksten Skaugen as Chair of the Board of
Directors for a period until the end of the 2025 Annual General
Meeting.
- The auditor’s fees shall be payable upon approval of their
invoice.
- Re-election of the registered accounting firm Ernst & Young
AB as the auditor of the Company, which intends to appoint
authorised public accountant Anders Kriström as the auditor in
charge, for a period until the end of the 2025 Annual General
Meeting.
- Adoption of a revised Nomination Committee Process in
accordance with the proposal set out under item 19 below.
Item 3: Preparation and approval of the
voting registerThe Board of Directors proposes that the
register prepared by Computershare AB (on behalf of the Company)
based on the Company’s share register, shareholders attending in
person or through proxy and postal votes received by the Company is
approved as voting register for the Annual General Meeting.
Item 10: Resolution in respect of
disposition of the Company’s result according to the adopted
balance sheet The Board of Directors proposes that no
dividend is distributed and that all distributable funds are
brought forward.
Item 19: Resolution in respect of a
revised Nomination Committee Process The Nomination
Committee proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves to
adopt the following Nomination Committee Process, to replace the
current Nomination Committee Process that was adopted at the Annual
General Meeting 2023, with a change that the Chair of the Board of
Directors may be co-opted to the Nomination Committee without
voting rights, and that other Board members may be members of the
Nomination Committee, if they also represent a larger shareholder,
and to apply until a General Meeting of Shareholders resolves
otherwise.
NOMINATION COMMITTEE PROCESS
1. General1.1 As
per the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance (Code of Governance),
the Company shall each year appoint a Nomination Committee which
shall have as its sole task to propose decisions to the Annual
General Meeting (AGM) on electoral and remuneration issues, and
procedural issue for the appointment of the Nomination Committee
for the following year.1.2 The
AGM shall either appoint the members of the Nomination Committee or
specify how they are to be appointed. This Nomination Committee
Process shall apply as the Company’s nomination procedure generally
for all AGMs, until recommended to be amended or replaced by a
future Nomination Committee, to specify how the Nomination
Committee is to be appointed and to instruct the Nomination
Committee on how it is to conduct its
work.1.3 References herein to
AGMs shall apply mutatis mutandis to Extraordinary General Meetings
where elections of the Board of Directors and/or the auditor are to
take
place.2. Appointment
of the Nomination Committee2.1 The
Chair of the Board of Directors shall invite three of the larger
shareholders of the Company based on shareholdings as per 1 August
of each year, provided such larger shareholders agree to
participate, to form a Nomination Committee for the AGM of the
following year. The Chair of the Board of Directors may be co-opted
to the Nomination Committee without voting rights. Other Board
members may be members of the Nomination Committee, if they
represent a larger shareholder. External members not appointed by a
larger shareholder may also be invited to join the Nomination
Committee to assist in and facilitate the work of the Nomination
Committee.
2.2 The names of the
members of the Nomination Committee shall be published on the
Company’s website no later than six months prior to the AGM of the
following year. The names of the shareholders that the members were
appointed by, if applicable, shall be included in the announcement,
as well as information on how shareholders may submit
recommendations to the Nomination Committee.
2.3 The mandate period
of a Nomination Committee commences on the date its composition has
been published as per article 2.2 and continues until the
publication of the composition of the Nomination Committee for the
following AGM.
2.4 The Chair of the
Board of Directors shall convene the first meeting of each
Nomination Committee, which is to be held in good time before the
announcement of the composition of the Nomination Committee as per
article 2.2. The Nomination Committee shall appoint a Chair at the
first meeting.
2.5 If the
shareholding in the Company changes significantly before the
Nomination Committee’s work has been completed, or if a member
leaves the Nomination Committee before its work has been completed,
a change in the composition of the Nomination Committee may take
place. If the Nomination Committee then consists of appointees of
less than three of the larger shareholders of the Company, the
Chair of the Board shall, with the aim to increase the number of
members to three, invite another larger shareholder to join the
Nomination Committee. If a member ceases to be connected to a
larger shareholder, due to termination of employment or similar,
that larger shareholder may appoint another person to replace such
member of the Nomination Committee. Information about changes to
the composition of the Nomination Committee, as well as information
about new members and the larger shareholders that they were
appointed by, if applicable, shall be published on the Company’s
website as soon as possible after a change has occurred.
3. Duties
of the Nomination Committee3.1
The Nomination Committee shall prepare proposals for the
following resolutions to the AGM:
(i) Chair of the AGM;
(ii) number of members of the Board of
Directors; (iii) members of the Board of Directors;
(iv) Chair of the Board of Directors;
(v) remuneration of the members of the
Board of Directors, distinguishing between the Chair and other
members and remuneration for Board Committee work; (vi)
election of auditor of the Company; (vii)
remuneration of the Company’s auditor; and (viii)
Nomination Committee Process (in case of amendment).
3.2 The proposals of
the Nomination Committee shall be presented to the Company in a
written report in general at least eight weeks before the AGM to
ensure the proposals can be duly included in the notice of the AGM.
The Nomination Committee report shall in addition be posted on the
Company's website at the same time as the notice of the AGM is
issued.
3.3 As a basis for
its proposals regarding the members of the Board of Directors, the
Nomination Committee shall consider the requirements set forth in
the Code of Governance to ensure that the Company’s Board of
Directors has a size and composition that enables it to manage the
Company’s affairs efficiently and with integrity.
3.4 In its written
report, the Nomination Committee shall include a description of its
work and considerations, as well as explanations regarding its
proposals, in particular in respect of the following requirements
regarding the composition of the Board of Directors:
(i) candidates’ age,
principal education and work
experience;(ii) any work performed by the
candidates for the Company and other significant professional
commitments;(iii) candidates’ holdings of shares and
other financial instruments in the Company and any such holdings
owned by candidates’ related natural or legal persons;(iv)
whether the Nomination Committee deems the candidates to be
independent of the Company and Group Management, as well as of
major shareholders of the Company; (v) in
case of re-election, the year that the candidates were first
elected to the Board of Directors; and(vi) other
information that could be of importance to shareholders to assess
the candidates’ expertise and independence.
3.5 If an election
for auditor shall take place at the AGM, the proposal of the
Nomination Committee shall be based on a report to be prepared by
the Company’s Audit Committee, which report shall include an
assessment of the independence and impartiality of the proposed
auditor, as well as of the implications of services provided to the
Company by the proposed auditor outside the scope of general audit
work, if applicable.
3.6 The Nomination
Committee shall at each AGM give an account of its work and present
its proposals for resolutions at the AGM. All members of the
Nomination Committee shall endeavour to be present at each AGM.
4. Meetings
of the Nomination Committee4.1
The Nomination
Committee shall meet as often as is required for the performance of
its duties. A notice of a meeting shall be circulated by the Chair
of the Nomination Committee in good time before each meeting,
except as provided in article 2.4 in respect of the first meeting
of each Nomination Committee. Any member of the Nomination
Committee may reasonably request at any time during the mandate
period that a meeting be convened and the Chair shall comply with
such reasonable requests.
4.2
The Nomination
Committee shall be quorate if more than half of the members are
present.
4.3 The Nomination
Committee shall endeavour to reach unanimous decisions in all
matters to be proposed to the AGM. If a unanimous decision cannot
be reached, the Nomination Committee shall present to the AGM the
proposals approved by a majority of the members of the Nomination
Committee and dissenting members may present their own proposals
individually or jointly with other members of the Committee.
4.4 Meetings of the
Nomination Committee shall be minuted and the minutes shall be
signed by the person keeping the minutes and shall be attested by
the Chair and another member appointed by the Nomination Committee.
If the Chair has been assigned to keep the minutes, the minutes
shall be attested by two other members appointed by the Nomination
Committee.
5.
Other5.1 All
information which is provided to the members of the Nomination
Committee by the Company and/or candidates, or which information
the Nomination Committee members otherwise receive within the scope
of their duties as Nomination Committee members, shall be treated
as confidential and may not be disclosed to third parties without
the prior approval of the Company.
5.2 No
remuneration shall be paid to the members of the Nomination
Committee. The Company may however cover reasonable out of pocket
expenses that the members may occur in relation to work performed
for the Nomination
Committee.5.3 The Nomination
Committee shall yearly assess this Nomination Committee Process and
shall propose changes to it to the AGM, as appropriate.
Item 20: Resolution in respect of Employee LTIP
2024The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual
General Meeting resolves to establish a long-term share-related
incentive plan in the form of a share option plan for members of
Group Management and other employees of the Company on the terms
and conditions set out below (the “Employee
LTIP 2024”).
Background and purposeThe reason for
establishing the Employee LTIP 2024 is to align the interests of
the members of Group Management and other employees with the
interests of the shareholders as well as to provide market
appropriate reward for a new business reflecting continuity,
commitment and share price appreciation. The Board of Directors
believes that the Employee LTIP 2024 will provide the Company with
a crucial component to a competitive total compensation package to
attract and retain employees who are critical to the Company’s
future success.
The Employee LTIP 2024 follows the same principles as the
long-term incentive plans resolved upon by the Extraordinary
General Meeting 2022 and the Annual General Meeting 2023 (together,
the “Employee LTIPs”). The Employee LTIP 2024 is
offered as a complement to base salaries to create an overall
remuneration approach that further emphasises the long-term
sustainable growth and strategic success of the Company.
The Employee LTIPs were introduced as part of a new holistic
remuneration approach within the updated Policy on Remuneration for
Group Management, where base salaries and annual bonus
opportunities were set below the market average, and in return, the
long-term incentives were designed to strongly emphasise Group
Management’s delivery of material shareholder returns, which is
appropriate for a newly formed entrepreneurial organisation focused
on growth. The Employee LTIPs are designed to promote business
decisions that support long-term value creation and share price
appreciation, rather than delivering scale and size without clear
shareholder return. As the Company operates in a business
environment where renewable energy projects take a long time to
mature and ultimately crystallise value, the Employee LTIPs have
been designed to incentivise decision making in support of this
long-term value creation, which is being reflected in the length of
the exercise and vesting periods. The Employee LTIPs are further
fully aligned with the interest of shareholders as any pay-out will
require a share price increase, which is considered to be an
appropriate performance criterion given the Company’s current phase
of development. The share price is the best measure to determine
shareholder value creation, and the Employee LTIPs will only
deliver value to the extent that Group Management are able to
increase the Company’s valuation. It is also challenging to find a
suitable peer group at this phase of the Company’s development, or
other performance conditions, which would adequately assess the
Company’s performance against market. A performance condition
focused on growth targets may not lead to share price appreciation
and could in essence reward outcomes, which are not aligned with
value appreciation for shareholders, in particular under current
market conditions. The Board of Directors therefore believes that
the Employee LTIPs are the best way to ensure a clear alignment
between performance outcomes for both shareholders and Group
Management.
It is also considered that the Employee LTIPs are best financed
through delivery of shares allowing the Company to allocate all
available capital towards growth. To minimise dilution and impact
on shareholders, the net equity settlement method has been chosen
to ensure that only the value created over and above the market
price of the share at award is delivered, leading to a
significantly lower dilution than the headline amount of options
issued. As an example, assuming a scenario with an average share
price growth of 10 percent per annum over seven years, the dilution
to shareholders would reduce by 50 percent compared to the headline
dilution shown.
Terms and conditionsSubject to the terms and
conditions of the Employee LTIP 2024, the Company will grant
options (“Employee Options”) free of charge to
members of Group Management and other employees as allocated by the
Board of Directors, or the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors, pursuant to the following principles.
1. The maximum number of Employee Options that
may be granted is 5,300,000. Each Employee Option shall entitle the
holder to purchase one share in the Company subject to continued
employment within the Group. Accordingly, the maximum number
of shares available for the participants under the Employee LTIP
2024 shall be 5,300,000.2. The Board of Directors
shall at its discretion be entitled to grant Employee Options to
any employees. The Chief Executive Officer may be granted up to
1,850,000 Employee Options and other employees may be granted up to
870,000 Employee Options each (subject to the cap of 5,300,000
Employee Options in total).3. The purchase price
per share in the Company upon exercise of an Employee Option (the
“Exercise Price”) shall correspond to the volume
weighted average price for the Company’s share on Nasdaq Stockholm
during 20–24 May 2024, or a later period of five trading days as
determined by the Board of Directors in the event the volume
weighted average price during 20–24 May 2024 is not deemed to be an
appropriate Exercise Price due to intervening changes in the Group,
the market or otherwise in the industry.4. Instead
of participants purchasing shares by paying the Exercise Price at
exercise of the Employee Options, the primary settlement method
shall be to “net equity settle” the Employee Options, meaning that
the purchase price for each share shall be equal to the quotient
value of the share (currently approximately SEK 0.01 per share) and
that the number of shares that may be purchased shall be reduced by
applying the following
formula: Adjusted number of
shares = ((A minus B) multiplied by D) divided by (A minus C),
where:
- A = the volume weighted average price for the Company’s share
on Nasdaq Stockholm during the five trading days immediately
preceding the date of exercise of the Employee Option
- B = the Exercise Price
- C = the quotient value of the Company’s share
- D = the number of Employee Options exercised by the
participant
Only whole shares (no fractions) may be delivered and the number
of shares delivered at net equity settlement shall thus be rounded
down to the nearest number of whole shares.
5. In the event a participant cannot exercise
its Employee Options to purchase shares in the Company under
applicable laws or regulations or at reasonable cost or with
reasonable administrative effort by the participant or the Company,
the Board of Directors shall have the right to decide to wholly or
partly settle the Employee Options in cash. The Board of Directors
shall also have the right to in its own discretion decide that
shares and/or cash shall be withheld by the Company in order to
cover or facilitate the payment of applicable taxes and social
security charges.6. The intention is that the
Board of Directors shall grant Employee Options on 1 June 2024, but
the Board of Directors shall be authorised to in its own discretion
finally determine the date of grant taking into account any
potential restrictions under applicable laws or regulations. The
Employee Options shall vest on 31 May 2027 (the “Vesting
Date”). The three-year period from 1 June 2024 to the
Vesting Date is referred to as the “Vesting
Period”. After the end of the Vesting Period, participants
shall be entitled to exercise all or part of the Employee Options
until 31 May 2031.7. In the event of a change of
control of the Company or a direct or indirect sale, transfer or
other disposal of all or substantially all of the business and
assets, the Vesting Period shall be deemed to have completed and
the participants shall be entitled to exercise the Employee Options
as of the date when the transaction becomes
unconditional.8. Continued employment within the
Group during the entire Vesting Period shall be a condition for the
Employee Options to vest. If the participant resigns after the
expiry of the Vesting Period, the participant shall only be
entitled to exercise Employee Options during a period of three
months following the last day of employment, which may be
reasonably extended taking into account any potential restrictions
under applicable laws or regulations. The Board of Directors shall
be authorised to waive and alter these conditions according to
circumstances deemed reasonable.9. The Board of
Directors shall be entitled to recalculate the maximum number of
shares (per Employee Option and in total) and the Exercise Price in
the event of intervening rights issues, bonus issues, share splits,
reverse share splits, dividends or similar
events.10. In order to further align the interests
of the members of Group Management with the interests of the
shareholders, each member of Group Management shall be required to
undertake to retain a minimum of 50 per cent of the shares received
when exercising the Employee Options (net after taxes) until the
participant has built a personal ownership of shares in the Company
equal to 100 per cent of the participant’s annual gross base salary
(200 per cent for the Chief Executive Officer). As of the date
of this notice, the Chief Executive Officer holds 500,000 shares in
the Company and the remainder of Group Management hold 160,000
shares in aggregate. 11. The Board of Directors,
or the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, shall be
responsible for the detailed terms and the administration of the
Employee LTIP 2024 within the scope and framework of this proposal.
In connection therewith, the Board of Directors shall be entitled
to adopt different terms and conditions e.g. due to new
recruitment, illness, disability, death, redundancy, contractual
retirement and other exceptional circumstances determined by the
Board of Directors.Delivery of shares and hedging of
costsIn order to secure the delivery of shares to the
participants and cover potential costs (including taxes and social
security charges) at exercise of Employee Options under the
Employee LTIP 2024, the Board of Directors proposes that the Annual
General Meeting resolves to issue up to 5,300,000 warrants of
series 2024:1 (see item 21 a) of the proposed agenda).
In the event the nine-tenth (9/10) majority requirement
applicable to the Board of Directors’ proposal to issue and
transfer warrants of series 2024:1 under item 21 a) of the proposed
agenda is not satisfied, the Board of Directors proposes that the
Annual General Meeting resolves to approve that the Company may
hedge its obligations under the Employee LTIP 2024 by entering into
(or maintaining) an equity swap arrangement with a third party,
whereby the third party in its own name shall be entitled to
acquire and transfer shares (including to the participants) in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Employee LTIP 2024
(see item 21 b) of the proposed agenda).
Estimated costsThe Employee LTIP 2024 grants
participants the right on vesting to purchase shares in the Company
for a price equivalent to the Exercise Price. The Employee LTIP
2024 will be accounted for in accordance with the accounting
standard IFRS 2 and the costs will be charged to the income
statement over the period the Employee Options are earned.
The maximum cost for granting Employee Options under the
Employee LTIP 2024 (assuming 100 per cent vesting), excluding costs
related to delivery of shares and social security charges, is
approximately SEK 15.3 million. Under a scenario where the share
price grows by 10 per cent per annum, the maximum cost for social
security charges is estimated to be approximately SEK 1.5 million
if Employee Options are exercised on the Vesting Date.
Effects on key figuresThe effects on key
figures depend on the share price development. Assuming a share
price and Exercise Price of approximately SEK 7.0; a volatility of
35 per cent; a risk-free rate of 2.40 per cent; a 0 per cent
dividend yield; and exercise after seven years, the number of
shares required under the Employee LTIP 2024 amounts to
approximately 5.3 million shares in the Company (subject to final
determination of the Exercise Price), corresponding to
approximately 1.85 per cent of the total number of shares and votes
in the Company. The maximum headline dilution of the Employee LTIP
2024 is approximately 1.85 per cent of outstanding shares. As such,
the number of Employee Options awarded to each participant will not
increase if the share price decreases, and the number of Employee
Options awarded to participants would decrease if the Exercise
Price is set above SEK 14.0. The costs for the program will remain
constant unless the Exercise Price is set above SEK 14.0, where
both the number of Employee Options and expected costs will
decrease. The Employee LTIP 2024 is expected to have only marginal
effects on the Company’s key figures.
The Company plans to “net equity settle” the Employee LTIP 2024,
where the number of shares delivered to participants is
significantly reduced compared to the headline number of Employee
Options granted. If the warrant settlement method proposed under
item 21 a) of the proposed agenda is approved with the requisite
majority and the Company’s obligations to deliver shares to the
participants under Employee LTIP 2024 are settled by way of a
transfer and exercise of warrants, and assuming a scenario where
the share price grows by 10 per cent per annum, the number of
shares issued, if all Employee Options were exercised on vesting
just after the end of the Vesting Period, would decrease from a
maximum of 1.85 per cent to approximately 0.46 per cent and if all
Employee Options were exercised just before the end of the exercise
period on 31 May 2031, to approximately 0.90 per cent.
If the warrant settlement method proposed under item 21 a) of
the proposed agenda is not approved with the requisite majority and
the Company’s obligations under the Employee LTIP 2024 are settled
by way of an equity swap arrangement with a third party, no
dilution effect will arise.
Other long-term incentive plansFor a
description of the Company’s other outstanding long-term incentive
plans (Board LTIP 2022, Employee LTIP 2022 and Employee LTIP 2023),
please see the Company’s annual and sustainability report for 2022
(note 22) and for 2023 (note 23) and the Company’s website,
www.orron.com.
Preparation of the proposalThe Employee LTIP
2024 proposal has been prepared by the Compensation Committee and
has been approved by the Board of Directors in consultation with
external advisers.
Majority requirementA resolution in accordance
with the Board of Directors’ proposal regarding the establishment
of the Employee LTIP 2024 requires support from shareholders
representing more than half (1/2) of the votes cast at the Annual
General Meeting.
A resolution in accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal
regarding the issue and transfer of warrants of series 2024:1 under
item 21 a) of the proposed agenda requires support from
shareholders representing not less than nine-tenth (9/10) of both
the votes cast and the shares represented at the Annual General
Meeting. A resolution in accordance with the Board of Directors’
proposal regarding the equity swap arrangement under item 21 b) of
the proposed agenda requires support from shareholders representing
more than half (1/2) of the votes cast at the Annual General
Meeting.
Item 21: Resolution in respect of delivery of shares
under the Employee LTIP 2024 through (a) an issue and transfer of
warrants of series 2024:1 or (b) an equity swap arrangement with a
third party
BackgroundUnder the Employee LTIP 2024 proposed
by the Board of Directors under item 20 of the proposed agenda, the
Company has an obligation, subject to certain conditions, to
deliver shares in the Company to the participants in the Employee
LTIP 2024.
In order to secure the Company’s obligation to deliver shares
and to cover a portion of the costs (including taxes and social
security charges), the Board of Directors proposes that the Annual
General Meeting resolves to issue and transfer up to 5,300,000
warrants of series 2024:1 on the terms and conditions set out in
item 21 a) below. In the event the nine-tenth (9/10) majority
requirement applicable to the proposed warrant settlement method is
not satisfied, the Board of Directors proposes that the Annual
General Meeting resolves to approve that the Company hedges its
obligations under the Employee LTIP 2024 by entering into an equity
swap arrangement with a third party, whereby the third party in its
own name shall be entitled to acquire and transfer shares
(including to the participants) on the terms and conditions set out
in item 21 b) below.
The Board of Directors considers the warrant settlement method
to be the preferred alternative since the costs for an equity swap
arrangement are significantly higher than the costs for issuing and
transferring warrants. If the Annual General Meeting resolves to
approve the proposed warrant settlement method under item 21 a)
below with the requisite majority, the Board of Directors intends
to withdraw its equity swap arrangement proposal under item 21 b)
below.
Item 21 a): Resolution in respect of delivery of shares
under the Employee LTIP 2024 through an issue and transfer of
warrants of series 2024:1In order to secure the Company’s
obligation to deliver shares under the Employee LTIP 2024, the
Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meetings
resolves to issue and transfer warrants of series 2024:1 in the
Company on the following terms and conditions:
- A maximum of 5,300,000 warrants shall be issued.
- The right to subscribe for warrants shall, with deviation of
the shareholders’ preferential rights, rest with the Company
itself.
- The reason for deviating from the shareholders’ preferential
rights is to secure the Company’s obligations to deliver shares and
to cover any costs (including taxes and social security charges)
under the Employee LTIP 2024.
- Subscription for the warrants shall take place on a separate
subscription list not later than 1 November 2024.
- The warrants shall be issued free of charge.
- Each warrant shall entitle the holder to subscribe for one new
share in the Company. The subscription price for each new share
shall be equal to the quotient value of the Company’s share.
- The warrants may be exercised during the period from and
including 1 June 2024 up to and including 1 June 2032.
- The new shares shall carry rights to dividends for the first
time on the record date for dividends that occurs after
subscription has been effected.
- The subscription price and the number of shares for which each
warrant entitles subscription may be re-calculated under certain
circumstances as set forth in the complete terms and conditions for
the warrants.
- Upon exercise of all 5,300,000 warrants, the Company’s share
capital will increase by SEK 64,482.66 (based on a quotient value
of approximately SEK 0.01). If the subscription price exceeds the
quotient value of the shares, the excess amount shall be allotted
to the non-restricted statutory reserve (Sw. den fria
överkursfonden).
- The Company may transfer up to 5,300,000 warrants (a) free of
charge to participants (and/or a designated third party) for the
purpose of enabling the delivery of shares in the Company at
exercise of Employee Options under the Employee LTIP 2024 and (b)
at a price equal to the fair market value of the warrants as
determined using a customary valuation method to a designated third
party for the purpose of covering any costs (including taxes and
social security charges) at exercise of Employee Options under the
Employee LTIP 2024.
The complete terms and conditions for the warrants of series
2024:1 will be available at the Company and on the Company’
website, www.orron.com, not later than three weeks prior to the
Annual General Meeting.
The resolution shall be conditional upon that the Annual General
Meeting resolves to establish the Employee LTIP 2024 in accordance
with the Board of Directors’ proposal under item 20 of the proposed
agenda.
A resolution in accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal
requires support from shareholders representing not less than
nine-tenth (9/10) of both the votes cast and the shares represented
at the Annual General Meeting.
Item 21 b): Resolution in respect of delivery of shares
under the Employee LTIP 2024 through an equity swap arrangement
with a third partyThe Board of Directors proposes that the
Annual General Meeting resolves to approve that the Company may
hedge its obligations under the Employee LTIP 2024 by entering into
(or maintaining) an equity swap arrangement with a third party,
whereby the third party in its own name shall be entitled to
acquire and transfer shares (including to the participants) in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Employee LTIP
2024.
The resolution shall be conditional upon that the Annual General
Meeting resolves to establish the Employee LTIP 2024 in accordance
with the Board of Directors’ proposal under item 20 of the proposed
agenda.
A resolution in accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal
requires support from shareholders representing more than half
(1/2) of the votes cast at the Annual General Meeting.
Item 22: Resolution in respect of delivery of shares
under the Employee LTIP 2023 through an issue and transfer of
warrants of series 2024:2.At the Annual General Meeting
2023 it was resolved in accordance with the Board of Directors’
proposal to establish the Employee LTIP 2023 and to approve that
the Company hedges its obligations under the Employee LTIP 2023 by
entering into an equity swap with a third party, whereby the third
party in its own name shall be entitled to acquire and transfer
shares (including to the participants) in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Employee LTIP 2023. The Company has hedged
its obligations under the Employee LTIP 2023 with Pareto Securities
AB.
The Board of Directors considers that a warrant settlement
method for share delivery to participants of the Employee LTIP 2023
remains the preferred alternative since the costs for an equity
swap arrangement are significantly higher than the costs for
issuing and transferring warrants. The Board of Directors therefore
proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves to issue and
transfer warrants of series 2024:2 in the Company to participants
of the Employee LTIP 2023 on the following terms and
conditions:
- A maximum of 6,300,000 warrants shall be issued, of which
300,000 are aimed to be used to cover any costs (including taxes
and social security charges) at exercise of Employee Options under
the Employee LTIP 2023.
- The right to subscribe for warrants shall, with deviation of
the shareholders’ preferential rights, rest with the Company
itself.
- The reason for deviating from the shareholders’ preferential
rights is to secure the Company’s obligations to deliver shares and
to cover any costs (including taxes and social security charges)
under the Employee LTIP 2023.
- Subscription for the warrants shall take place on a separate
subscription list not later than 1 November 2024.
- The warrants shall be issued free of charge.
- Each warrant shall entitle the holder to subscribe for one new
share in the Company. The subscription price for each new share
shall be equal to the quotient value of the Company’s share.
- The warrants may be exercised during the period from and
including 1 June 2024 up to and including 1 June 2031.
- The new shares shall carry rights to dividends for the first
time on the record date for dividends that occurs after
subscription has been effected.
- The subscription price and the number of shares for which each
warrant entitles subscription may be re-calculated under certain
circumstances as set forth in the complete terms and conditions for
the warrants.
- Upon exercise of all 6,300,000 warrants, the Company’s share
capital will increase by SEK 76,649.20 (based on a quotient value
of approximately SEK 0.01). If the subscription price exceeds the
quotient value of the shares, the excess amount shall be allotted
to the non-restricted statutory reserve (Sw. den fria
överkursfonden).
- The Company may transfer up to 6,300,000 warrants (a) free of
charge to participants (and/or a designated third party) for the
purpose of enabling the delivery of shares in the Company at
exercise of Employee Options under the Employee LTIP 2023 and (b)
at a price equal to the fair market value of the warrants as
determined using a customary valuation method to a designated third
party for the purpose of covering any costs (including taxes and
social security charges) at exercise of Employee Options under the
Employee LTIP 2023.
The complete terms and conditions for the warrants of series
2024:2 will be available at the Company and on the Company’
website, www.orron.com, not later than three weeks prior to the
Annual General Meeting.
A resolution in accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal
requires support from shareholders representing not less than
nine-tenth (9/10) of both the votes cast and the shares represented
at the Annual General Meeting.
Item 23: Resolution in respect of authorisation for the
Board of Directors to resolve on new issue of shares and
convertible debenturesThe Board of Directors proposes that
the Annual General Meeting resolves to authorise the Board of
Directors to decide, at one or more occasions until the next Annual
General Meeting:
(i) to issue no more than 28,500,000 new
shares with consideration in cash or in kind or by set-off;
and(ii) to issue convertible debentures with
consideration in cash or in kind or by set-off, where the number of
shares that may be issued after conversion shall not exceed
28,500,000.The Board of Directors may resolve to deviate from the
shareholders’ preferential rights. If the Board of Directors
resolves to deviate from the shareholders’ preferential rights, the
reason shall be to enable or facilitate acquisitions of companies
or businesses or other major investments.
The total number of shares that can be issued based on the
proposed authorisations under (i) and (ii) may not together exceed
28,500,000. If the authorisation is exercised in full for issues
with deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights, the
dilution effect is approximately ten per cent.
A resolution in accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal
requires the support of shareholders representing at least two
thirds (2/3) of the votes cast and of the shares represented at the
Annual General Meeting.
Item 24: Resolution in respect of authorisation for the
Board of Directors to resolve on repurchase and sale of
sharesThe Board of Directors proposes that the Board of
Directors is authorised, during the period until the next Annual
General Meeting, to decide on repurchases and sales of the
Company’s shares on Nasdaq Stockholm. The maximum number of shares
repurchased shall be such that shares held in treasury from time to
time do not exceed ten percent of all shares of the Company. The
maximum number of shares that may be sold is the number of shares
that the Company at such time holds in treasury. Repurchase and
sale of shares on Nasdaq Stockholm may take place only at a price
within the spread between the highest bid price and lowest ask
price prevailing and disseminated by Nasdaq Stockholm from time to
time. The repurchases and sales shall be made in accordance with
the provisions concerning the purchase and sale of a company’s own
shares under applicable stock exchange rules and other applicable
rules and regulations.
The purpose of the authorisation is to provide the Board of
Directors with an instrument to optimise the Company’s capital
structure and to enable the use of own shares as consideration for
or as financing of acquisitions of companies or businesses, to
secure obligations under incentive plans and to cover costs,
including social security charges, that may arise as a result of
incentive plans.
The Board of Directors’ reasoned statement pursuant to pursuant
to Chapter 19, Section 22 of the Swedish Companies Act will be
available at the Company and on the Company’ website,
www.orron.com, not later than three weeks prior to the Annual
General Meeting.
A resolution in accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal
requires the support of shareholders representing at least two
thirds (2/3) of the votes cast and of the shares represented at the
Annual General Meeting.
Item 25: Resolution in respect of a proposal from a
shareholderA shareholder proposes to bar Anders Kriström
and his company Ernst & Young AB from serving as the company’s
auditor due to his failure to identify false and misleading entries
in the Company’s reports regarding the probability of the claim of
the Swedish Prosecution Authority that a corporate fine of MSEK 3.0
and forfeiture of economic benefits of MSEK 2,381 will be
imposed.
Shareholder proposals in relation to the Company’s past
activities in Sudan were brought by the same shareholder to the
2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 Annual General
Meetings, where they were rejected by the shareholders. The Board
of Directors finds the proposal set out in item 25 of the proposed
agenda is not in the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders, and recommends voting against the proposal.
The proposal, as well as the Board of Directors’ recommendation
to vote against the proposal and the reasons for the
recommendation, are available on the Company’s website,
www.orron.com.
Number of shares and votes in the CompanyOrrön
Energy AB’s share capital amounts to SEK 3,478,713.38, represented
by 285,924,614 shares. Each share carries one vote. Orrön Energy AB
holds, as of the date of this notice, no treasury shares.
Shareholders’ right to request informationThe
Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer shall, if a
shareholder so requests and the Board of Directors considers that
it may do so without significant damage to the Company, give
information at the Annual General Meeting regarding circumstances
that could affect the assessment of an item on the agenda and
circumstances that could affect the assessment of the Company’s or
a subsidiary’s financial situation. The duty to give information
also applies to the Company’s relationship with another Group
company and the consolidated financial statements.
Additional documentationComplete proposals and
other documents that shall be made available prior to the Annual
General Meeting pursuant to the Swedish Companies Act and the
Swedish Corporate Governance Code are available at Orrön Energy’s
office (Hovslagargatan 5 in Stockholm) and on www.orron.com. The
documents will be sent to shareholders free of charge upon request
if their postal address is provided.
Handling of personal data and external
participantsFor information on how personal data is
processed in connection with the Annual General Meeting, see the
privacy notices of Euroclear Sweden AB and Computershare AB
available at their respective websites,
www.euroclear.com/dam/ESw/Legal/Privacy-notice-bolagsstammor-engelska.pdf.
and www.computershare.com/se/gm-gdpr.
Stockholm in April 2024ORRÖN ENERGY AB (PUBL)The
Board of Directors
For further information, please contact:
Robert ErikssonDirector Corporate Affairs and
Investor RelationsTel: +46 701 11 26
15robert.eriksson@orron.com
Jenny Sandström Communications LeadTel: +41 79
431 63 68jenny.sandstrom@orron.com
Orrön Energy is an independent, publicly listed
(Nasdaq Stockholm: “ORRON”) renewable energy company within the
Lundin Group of Companies. Orrön Energy’s core portfolio consists
of high quality, cash flow generating assets in the Nordics,
coupled with greenfield growth opportunities in the Nordics, the
UK, Germany and France. With significant financial capacity to fund
further growth and acquisitions, and backed by a major shareholder,
management and Board with a proven track record of investing into,
leading and growing highly successful businesses, Orrön Energy is
in a unique position to create shareholder value through the energy
transition.
Forward-looking statements
Statements in this press release relating to any future status or
circumstances, including statements regarding future performance,
growth and other trend projections, are forward-looking statements.
These statements may generally, but not always, be identified by
the use of words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”,
“intend”, “plan”, “seek”, “will”, “would” or similar expressions.
By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and
uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on
circumstances that could occur in the future. There can be no
assurance that actual results will not differ materially from those
expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements due to
several factors, many of which are outside the company’s control.
Any forward-looking statements in this press release speak only
as of the date on which the statements are made and the
company has no obligation (and undertakes no obligation)
to update or revise any of them, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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