NOTICE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF DOVRE GROUP PLC
Dovre Group
Plc Stock
Exchange
Release November
22, 2024, at 5 p.m.
NOTICE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF DOVRE
GROUP PLC
Notice is given to the shareholders of Dovre Group Plc (“Dovre”
or the “Company”) to the Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) to
be held on Monday, December 16, 2024, at 2.30 p.m. at Dovre
headquarters, address Ahventie 4 B, 02170 Espoo. The reception of
the persons who have registered for the meeting and the
distribution of voting tickets will commence at 2 p.m. at the
meeting venue.
Shareholders representing over 40% of the outstanding shares of
Dovre have indicated that they will vote in favor of all proposals
presented in this notice to the EGM.
A. MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING
At the EGM, the following matters will be considered:
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Calling the meeting to order
3. Election of persons to scrutinize the minutes and to verify the
counting of votes
4. Recording the legality of the meeting
5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the
voting list
6. Proposal of the Board of Directors to confirm and approve the
sale of Dovre’s Project Personnel and Norwegian consulting
businesses and related amendment of Dovre’s Articles of
Association
As announced on November 20, 2024, the Company has on November
20, 2024, signed a conditional agreement with Swedish NYAB AB
whereby Dovre sells its entire Project Personnel business and
Norwegian Consulting business for an estimated EUR 34 million in
cash consideration. The closing of the transaction is expected to
take place on or about January 2, 2025.
The total consideration is estimated to be approximately EUR 34
million. This is based on a preliminary enterprise value determined
as the estimated FY2024 EBIT of the sold businesses (EUR 4.3
million) multiplied by 7 plus compensation for estimated net cash
and adjustment for the estimated working capital position as of
December 31, 2024. Of the preliminary purchase price payable on
closing, Dovre will receive 80% in cash, while 20% will be
deposited to an escrow account as security for the buyer’s benefit
to satisfy any potential repayment obligation of Dovre in respect
of the final purchase price. The final purchase price will be
determined after closing based on actual adjusted EBIT for the
financial year 2024 and actual net cash and net working capital
positions as of December 31, 2024.
More information on the transaction is available in the Stock
Exchange Release issued on November 20, 2024, and on Dovre’s
website www.dovregroup.com.
Since upon completion of the transaction, Dovre will no longer
carry out project personnel business, the Company should amend its
Articles of Association accordingly. The Board of Directors
proposes to the general meeting that the Section 3 § of the
Articles of Association is amended to read as follows (amendment
underlined):
3 § Field of business
The company may provide project personnel and carry out
assignments for management consulting, project management and other
professional services, primarily in the energy, renewable energy,
circular economy and infrastructure sectors. The company's
consultants may be either in-house employees, subcontractors or
third party employees. The company develops, markets and sells
software products and consulting services related to project
management, enterprise resource management and augmented reality.
In addition, the company may own and operate factories and
construction companies engaged in business primarily in the energy,
renewable energy and circular economy sectors. The company may
produce and sell management services. The company may engage in
securities trading and own shares in other companies and real
estate.
The above-described transaction is conditional upon the approval
by the extraordinary general meeting and the amendment of Dovre’s
Articles of Association. The Board of Directors proposes and
unanimously recommends that the general meeting confirms and
approves, as a whole, the sale of the Company’s entire Project
Personnel business and Norwegian consulting business and resolves
to amend the Articles of Association.
7. Closing of the meeting.
B. DOCUMENTS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
Proposals of the Board of Directors, the stock exchange release
concerning the transaction as well as this notice are available on
the Company’s website www.dovregroup.com. The proposals of the
Board of Directors are also available at the EGM. Copies of these
documents and of this notice will be sent to shareholders upon
request.
C. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING
1. Shareholder registered in the shareholders’ register
A shareholder who is registered in the shareholders’ register of
the Company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd, on the record date
December 3, 2024, has the right to participate the EGM. A
shareholder, whose shares are registered on his/her personal
Finnish book-entry account, is registered in the shareholder
register of the Company.
The registration period for the EGM commences on November 22,
2024. A shareholder, who is registered in the shareholder register
of the Company and who wants to participate in the EGM, must
register no later than on December 11, 2024, 10:00 a.m., by which
time the registration must be received.
Registration for the EGM can be made:
a) on Dovre Group Plc’s website at www.dovregroup.com
b) by email to marja.saukkonen@dovregroup.com
c) by telephone to Dovre Group Plc/Marja Saukkonen, tel. +358 50
385 4296
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 Dovre Group Plc is
used only in connection with the EGM and with the processing of
related necessary registrations.
2. Holders of nominee registered shares
A holder of nominee registered shares has the right to
participate in the EGM by virtue of such shares, based on which
he/she would be entitled to be registered in the shareholder
register of the Company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the
record date of the EGM on December 3, 2024. The right to
participate requires, in addition, that the shareholder has, on the
basis of such shares, been registered into the temporary
shareholder register maintained by Euroclear Finland Oy at the
latest by December 11, 2024, by 10:00 a.m. In regard to nominee
registered shares this constitutes due registration for the EGM.
Changes in shareholding after the record date of the EGM do not
affect the right to participate in the EGM or the number of votes
of the shareholder.
A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request
without delay necessary instructions regarding the registration in
the temporary shareholder register of the Company, the issuing of
proxy documents and registration for the EGM from his/her custodian
bank. The account management organization of the custodian bank has
to register a holder of nominee registered shares, who wants to
participate in the EGM, into the temporary shareholder register of
the Company at the latest by December 11, 2024 by 10:00 a.m.
3. Proxy representative and powers of attorney
A shareholder may participate in the EGM and exercise his/her
rights at the meeting through a proxy representative. A proxy
representative shall produce a duly dated proxy document or
otherwise in a reliable manner demonstrate his/her right to
represent the shareholder at the EGM. When a shareholder
participates in the EGM 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 EGM.
Any proxy documents should be delivered in original to Dovre
Group Plc/Marja Saukkonen, Ahventie 4 B, 02170 Espoo, Finland, or
as a scanned copy by email
to marja.saukkonen@dovregroup.com by the last date of
registration. In addition to the delivery of the proxy documents
the shareholder or the proxy representative shall register for the
EGM as described in this notice.
4. Other information
Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Companies Act, a
shareholder who is present at the EGM has the right to request
information with respect to the matters to be considered at the
meeting.
On the date of this notice, the total number of shares and votes
in Dovre Group Plc is 105,956,494.
Espoo, November 22, 2024
Dovre Group Plc
Board of Directors
For further information please contact Mr Arve Jensen, CEO, tel.
+47 90 60 78 11 or Mr Hans Sten, CFO, tel. +358 20 436 2000.
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