CapMan Plc Stock Exchange Release / Notice to convene AGM
3 February 2022 at 8:05 a.m. EET
CapMan Plc’s Notice to the Annual General Meeting
Notice is given to the shareholders of CapMan Plc (“CapMan” or the “Company”) to the Annual General Meeting (the “General Meeting”) to be held on Wednesday, 16 March 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (EET) at the CapMan Group Head Office at the address Ludviginkatu 6, 4 fl. 00130 Helsinki.
The Company’s Board of Directors has resolved on exceptional meeting procedures based on the temporary legislation (375/2021) approved by the Finnish Parliament on 7 May 2021. In order to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the General Meeting will be organized without shareholders’ and their proxy representatives’ presence at the General Meeting venue. Shareholders can participate in the General Meeting and exercise their shareholder rights only by voting in advance either by post, telecommunications, or other technical means (either personally or through a proxy representative), by submitting counterproposals in advance and by asking questions in advance in the manner described below. Proxy representatives must also vote in advance in the manner described below. For further instructions, please refer to Section C “Instructions for the participants of the General Meeting” of this notice.
The Company’s Board of Directors, Management Group and Auditor will not attend the General Meeting and they will not give any addresses at the General Meeting. Furthermore, no webcast of the General Meeting will be provided. A pre-recorded speech by the Company’s CEO Joakim Frimodig will be published prior to the General Meeting on the Company’s website at www.capman.com/shareholders/general-meetings/.
A. Matters on the Agenda of the General Meeting
At the General Meeting, the following matters will be considered:
1. Opening of the General Meeting
2. Calling the General Meeting to order
Attorney-at-law Johan Aalto will act as Chairman of the General Meeting. Should attorney-at-law Johan Aalto for a weighty reason not be able to act as Chairman of the General Meeting, the Company’s Board of Directors will appoint another person that it deems most suitable to act as Chairman.
3. Election of the person to scrutinise the minutes and to supervise the counting of votes
The Company’s Senior Legal Counsel Pasi Erlin will scrutinise the minutes and supervise the counting of votes at the General Meeting. Should Pasi Erlin for a weighty reason not be able to attend these tasks, the Company’s Board of Directors will appoint another person that it deems most suitable to scrutinise the minutes and supervise the counting of votes.
4. Recording the legality of the General Meeting
5. Recording the attendance and adoption of the list of votes
Shareholders who have voted in advance in accordance with the instructions set out in this notice and who have the right to attend the General Meeting in accordance with Chapter 5, Sections 6 and 6 a of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act (624/2006) (the “Companies Act”) will be recorded to have attended the General Meeting. The list of votes will be adopted according to the information provided by Euroclear Finland Oy to Innovatics Oy.
6. Presentation of the Annual Accounts, the Report of the Board of Directors and the Auditor’s Report for the year 2021
As shareholders can only participate in the General Meeting by voting in advance, the Company’s Annual Report 2021, which is to be published by a stock exchange release on 22 February 2022, will be deemed to have been presented to the General Meeting. The Company’s Annual Report 2021 will include the Company’s Annual Accounts, the Report of the Board of Directors and the Auditor’s Report, and it will also be made available on the Company’s website at www.capman.com/shareholders/general-meetings/ on 22 February 2022.
7. Adoption of the Annual Accounts
8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the payment of dividend and the repayment of equity
According to the Annual Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2021, CapMan Plc’s distributable funds amounted to approximately EUR 56.9 million.
The Board of Directors proposes that a dividend and equity repayment in the total amount of EUR 0.15 per share would be paid for the financial period that ended on 31 December 2021 based on the balance sheet adopted for 2021. The dividend and equity repayment would consist of a dividend portion that would equal EUR 0.04 per share and an equity repayment portion that would equal EUR 0.11 per share. The equity repayment would be made from the Company’s invested unrestricted equity fund.
The dividend and equity repayment would be paid in two instalments.
The first instalment would be EUR 0.08 per share and would consist of a dividend portion that would equal EUR 0.02 per share and an equity repayment portion that would equal EUR 0.06 per share. The first instalment would be paid to a shareholder who on the record date of the payment, 18 March 2022, is registered as a shareholder in the shareholders’ register of the Company maintained by Euroclear Finland Oy. The first instalment would be paid on 25 March 2022.
The second instalment would be EUR 0.07 per share and would consist of a dividend portion that would equal EUR 0.02 per share and an equity repayment portion that would equal EUR 0.05 per share. The second instalment would be paid in September 2022 to a shareholder who on the record date of the payment is registered as a shareholder in the shareholders’ register of the Company maintained by Euroclear Finland Oy. The Board of Directors would resolve on the payment separately and would confirm the record and payment dates for the second instalment in its meeting scheduled for 14 September 2022. The preliminary record date for the second instalment would be 16 September 2022 and the preliminary payment date 23 September 2022.
It is noted that the dividend component of the Board of Directors proposal exceeds the minority dividend referred to in Chapter 13, Section 7 of the Companies Act. Therefore, shareholders will not be able to demand and vote for a minority dividend.
9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors and the CEO from liability for the financial period 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021
10. Presentation of the Company’s Remuneration Report
The Board of Directors proposes to the General Meeting that it adopts, through an advisory resolution, the Company’s Remuneration Report.
As shareholders can only participate in the General Meeting by voting in advance, the Company’s Remuneration Report for the financial year 2021, which will be published by a stock exchange release on 22 February 2022, will be deemed to have been presented to the General Meeting. The Company’s Remuneration Report for the financial year 2021 will also be made available on the Company’s website www.capman.com/shareholders/general-meetings/ on 22 February 2022.
11. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes to the General Meeting that the monthly fees payable to the Board members in cash for the term ending at the end of the next Annual General Meeting are as follows:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors: EUR 5,000/month (2021: EUR 5,000)
- Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors: EUR 4,000/month (2021: EUR 4,000)
- Chairman of the Audit Committee: EUR 4,000/month (2021: EUR 4,000), if he/she is not simultaneously acting as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Board members: EUR 3,250/month (2021: EUR 3,250)
- Johan Bygge
- Catarina Fagerholm
- Johan Hammarén
- Mammu Kaario
- Olli Liitola
- Andreas Tallberg