GOTHENBURG, Sweden,
Feb. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- By
request of Ograi BidCo AB's ("Ograi BidCo"), following Ograi
BidCo's announcement on 16 January
2020 of the acquisition of 79.4 percent of the total number
of outstanding shares and votes in Opus, Opus summoned an
extraordinary general meeting to be held on Thursday, 20 February 2020. Ograi BidCo has now submitted
their proposals regarding items 7, 8 and 9 on the agenda for the
extraordinary general meeting. The proposals follow below:
Item 7 - Determination of number of board members and deputy
board members
Ograi BidCo proposes that the number of board members elected at
the next annual general meeting shall be six and that no deputy
board members shall be appointed.
Item 8 - Determination of fees to the board of
directors
Ograi BidCo proposes that the remuneration for each elected member
of the board of directors as well as the remuneration for the
chairman of the board of directors shall remain unchanged until the
end of the next annual general meeting, and that the remuneration
shall be distributed pro rata between the resigning board members
and the new elected board members in relation to the amount of time
the position is held. The CEO of the Company shall not be entitled
to any board remuneration.
Further, Ograi BidCo proposes that the current levels of
remuneration for committee work and the additional compensation to
board members residing outside the Nordics who attend a
physical board meeting, shall remain unchanged until the end of the
next annual general meeting.
Item 9 - Election of board members and chairman of the
board
Ograi BidCo proposes that the following board members are elected
for the period until the end of the next annual general
meeting:
Re-election of each of the board members Katarina Bonde and Friedrich Hecker, and election of François
Dekker, Oliver Haarmann,
Jonathan Laloum and Lothar Geilen as new board members.
It is proposed that François Dekker is elected as chairman of
the board of directors.
Anne-Lie Lind, Ödgärd Andersson,
Håkan Erixon, Jimmy Tillotson and
Magnus Greko will resign as board
members, and the board of directors will therefore, provided that
the general meeting resolves in accordance with the proposal, be
composed of François Dekker, Oliver
Haarmann, Jonathan Laloum,
Lothar Geilen, Katarina Bonde and Friedrich Hecker until the end of the next
annual general meeting.
Presentation of the new proposed board members
François Dekker, born 1975, is a Partner at Searchlight
Capital Partners UK, LLP. ("Searchlight"). Mr. Dekker joined
Searchlight at its inception after having spent nine years at Bain
Capital in London where he worked
primarily on investments in the consumer, services and industrial
sectors. He started his career in investment banking at Morgan
Stanley in London in 1999 in the
Mergers and Acquisitions Department. Mr. Dekker is a member of the
board of directors of Ardent Hire Solutions Ltd. He received an MSc
in Business Administration and Economics from the University of St.
Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.
François Dekker is resident in the United
Kingdom.
Oliver Haarmann, born
1967, is a Founding Partner of Searchlight, and is jointly
responsible for overseeing Searchlight's activities with the two
other Founding Partners. Mr. Haarmann is a member of the board of
directors of Hunter Boot, Ltd. and
EOLO SpA. Prior to co-founding Searchlight, Mr. Haarmann was a
partner of KKR & Co L.P. ("KKR") in London. He serves as a trustee of Surgo
Foundation, IntoUniversity, and ArtAngel. He graduated from
Brown University, USA with BA degrees in International Relations
and History and received an MBA from Harvard
Business School, USA.
Oliver Haarmann is resident in the
United Kingdom.
Jonathan Laloum, born
1986, is a Principal at Searchlight. Mr. Laloum joined Searchlight
in 2014 after having spent three years at Deutsche Bank in
London, where he was part of the
Leveraged Finance team. Mr. Laloum is a member of the board of
directors of Ardent Hire Solutions Ltd. He received an MA from the
EDHEC Business School, France.
Jonathan Laloum is resident in the
United Kingdom.
Lothar Geilen, born 1961,
is the CEO of Opus Group AB (publ). Mr. Geilen has previously been
a member of the board of directors of Opus during 2008-2017. He has
also worked as President at Systech International LLC, as President
at Sensors Inc. and Managing Director at Sensors Europe. Mr. Geilen
is a member of the board of directors of BDEX LLC as well as Vice
President & Treasurer and member of CITA Bureau Permanent. He
received a Dipl.-Kfm. from Ludwig-Maximilian University,
Germany. Lothar Geilen is resident in USA.
CONTACT:
Helene Carlson
Director of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel: +46-765-25-84-93
E-mail: helene.carlson@opus.se
Katarina Bonde
Chairman of the Board
E-mail: katarina.bonde@kubicorp.com
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