Proposals by Anora’s Shareholders’ Nomination Board to the Annual General Meeting 2024
Anora Group Plc Stock Exchange Release 7 December 2023 at 11:00 a.m. EET
Proposals by Anora’s Shareholders’ Nomination Board to the Annual General Meeting 2024
Anora’s Shareholders' Nomination Board has submitted its proposals to the Annual General Meeting, which is planned to be held on 17 April 2024. Anora’s Board of Directors will summon the Annual General Meeting later.
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the number of members of the Board of Directors would be seven (7), and that the current members Kirsten Ægidius, Michael Holm Johansen, Christer Kjos, Annareetta Lumme-Timonen, Jyrki Mäki-Kala, Florence Rollet and Torsten Steenholt would be re-elected as members of the Board of Directors. The Board members’ term of office lasts until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.
Further, the Nomination Board proposes that Michael Holm Johansen would be re-elected as Chairperson and Jyrki Mäki-Kala elected as Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors.
With regard to the election procedure for the proposed composition of the Board of Directors, the Shareholders' Nomination Board recommends that shareholders take a position on the proposal as a whole at the Annual General Meeting. At Anora, the Shareholders' Nomination Board established by the General Meeting of Shareholder is, in line with good corporate governance, separate from the Board of Directors. The Shareholders’ Nomination Board shall, in addition to ensuring that individual nominees for membership of the Board of Directors possess the required level of expertise, knowledge and competence, also pay attention to that the proposed Board of Directors as a whole has a good and balanced diversity and the required competences and that the composition of the Board of Directors also meets other requirements of the Finnish Corporate Governance Code for listed companies.
In addition to the Board members elected by the Annual General Meeting, Anora’s employees have, in accordance with the agreement on employee participation between Anora and the special negotiating body of the employees, elected two members and their deputies to the Board of Directors. As announced earlier, Arne Larsen (deputy Bjørn Oulie) and Jussi Mikkola (deputy Laura Koivisto) were elected in September 2021 and their term of office lasts until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2024. The Board members elected by Anora’s employees receive a meeting fee, as determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with said agreement on employee participation.
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the remuneration to be paid to the Board members elected by the Annual General Meeting will be an annual fee as follows:
- EUR 70,000, Chairperson (current EUR 65,000)
- EUR 48,000, Vice Chairperson (current EUR 46,500)
- EUR 32,000, member (current EUR 31,000)
In addition to these fees, the following annual fees are proposed to Board members elected by the Annual General Meeting who are appointed by the Board as members of the Board’s permanent Committees:
Audit Committee:
- EUR 10,000, Chairperson (current EUR 10,000)
- EUR 5,000, member (current EUR 5,000)
Human Resources Committee:
- EUR 8,000, Chairperson (current EUR 8,000)
- EUR 4,000, member (current EUR 4,000)
In addition to the annual fees, the Board members elected by the Annual General Meeting would receive a meeting fee for the Board of Directors and Board Committee meetings of EUR 650 (current EUR 600) per meeting and EUR 1,300 (current EUR 1,200) per meeting for members travelling to a meeting outside her/his country of residence. Travel expenses would be reimbursed in accordance with the company’s travel policy.
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board is of the opinion that shareholding by the Board members in Anora benefit all shareholders. Therefore, the Shareholders’ Nomination Board recommends that the Board members elected by the Annual General Meeting accumulate a shareholding in Anora that exceeds his/her one-time annual remuneration.
As announced on 23 October 2023, the members of Anora’s Shareholders’ Nomination Board are:
- Stein Erik Hagen, Canica AS, Chairman of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board
- Petter Söderström, Solidium Oy
- Anne Lise E. Gryte, Geveran Trading Co. Limited
In addition, Michael Holm Johansen and Jyrki Mäki-Kala, Chairman and Vice Chairman of Anora’s Board of Directors act as expert members in the Nomination Board.
For more information on the Shareholders’ Nomination Board, please refer to https://anora.com/en/investors/governance/shareholders-nomination-board
ANORA GROUP PLC
Further information: Stein Erik Hagen, Chairman of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board
Contacts: Milena Hæggström, Director, Investor Relations, milena.haeggstrom@anora.com, tel. +358-40 5581 328
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Anora is a leading wine and spirits brand house in the Nordic region and a global industry forerunner in sustainability. Our market-leading portfolio consists of our own iconic Nordic brands and a wide range of prominent international partner wines and spirits. We export to over 30 markets globally. Anora Group also includes Anora Industrial and logistics company Vectura. In 2022, Anora’s net sales were EUR 703 million and the company employs about 1,200 professionals. Anora’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.