NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ), 556994-5792, holds an annual general meeting on Friday 16 April 2021.

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the restrictions that have been introduced in order to prevent the spread of the infection, the board has decided that the annual general meeting shall be held without physical presence of shareholders, proxies and/or external parties and that the shareholders shall have the opportunity to vote by post prior to the general meeting.

REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION

Those who wish to attend the annual general meeting must:

  • be entered as a shareholder in the share register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB on Thursday 8 April 2021 or, if the shares are registered in the name of a nominee, request from the nominee that the shares are registered for voting purposes in such time that the registration is completed no later than on Monday 12 April 2021; and
  • give notice of their intention to attend by having submitted a postal vote in accordance with the instructions under the heading “Voting by post” below in such manner that Euroclear Sweden AB has received the postal vote no later than on Thursday 15 April 2021, at the latest. Please note that the notification to the annual general meeting can only be made by postal voting.

SHAREHOLDERS WITH NOMINEE REGISTERED SHARES

Shareholders with nominee-registered shares held via a bank or other nominee must request the nominee to register them in the shareholder’s own name in the share register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB in order to participate in the general meeting. As set out above, the nominee must have performed such registration with Euroclear by Monday 12 April 2021. Therefore, the shareholder must contact its nominee well in advance of such day and re-register its shares in accordance with the nominee’s instructions. Please note that this procedure may also apply with respect to shares held on a bank’s shareholder deposit account and certain investment savings accounts.

VOTING BY POST

The board has decided that the shareholders shall have the opportunity to exercise their voting rights by a postal vote pursuant to Sections 20 and 22 of the Swedish Act (2020:198) on Temporary Exemptions to Facilitate the Execution of General Meetings in Companies and Associations. When voting by post, the shareholder shall use the voting form and follow the Company's instructions that are available on the Company's website: www.evolution.com. A completed and signed voting form should be sent by mail to Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ) “AGM”, c/o Euroclear Sweden, Box 191, SE-101 23 Stockholm, Sweden or by e-mail to GeneralMeetingService@euroclear.com. Completed forms must be received by Euroclear Sweden by Thursday 15 April 2021, at the latest. Shareholders who are natural persons may also submit their postal votes electronically with BankID through Euroclear Sweden AB’s website: https://anmalan.vpc.se/euroclearproxy. Such electronic votes must be submitted no later than 15 April 2021. If the shareholder votes by proxy, a power of attorney shall be enclosed with the voting form. Proxy forms are available upon request and on the Company’s website, www.evolution.com. The template proxy form can also be obtained from the company or be ordered via email to agm@evolution.com. If the shareholder is a legal entity, a certificate of incorporation or other authorization document shall be enclosed with the voting form.

Shareholders are not allowed to include special instructions or conditions in the postal vote. If special instructions or conditions are included, such postal vote becomes invalid. Further information and conditions can be found in the voting form.

NUMBER OF SHARES AND VOTES

At the date the notice is issued, the total number of shares in the company is 212,327,008, which corresponds to a total of 212,327,008 votes. The company holds no own shares.

SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHTS TO REQUEST INFORMATION

Shareholders attending the general meeting may request information in accordance with Chapter 7, Section 32 of the Swedish Companies Act (Sw. aktiebolagslagen (2005:551)). A request for such information should be made in writing to Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ), Attn. AGM of Evolution Gaming, Hamngatan 11, SE-111 47 Stockholm or by e-mail to agm@evolution.com at the latest on Tuesday 6 April 2021. Requested information will be made available at the Company’s offices and at www.evolution.com by Sunday 11 April 2021, at the latest. Within the same time, the information will also be sent to the shareholder that has requested it and provided an address.

PROPOSED AGENDA

  1. Opening of the meeting
  2. Election of chairman of the meeting
  3. Election of one person to verify the minutes of the meeting
  4. Preparation and approval of the voting list
  5. Approval of agenda
  6. Determination of whether the meeting has been duly convened
  7. Resolution:
  1. on adoption of the income statement and balance sheet as well as the consolidated income statement and the consolidated balance sheet
  2. on the disposition of the company’s profit or loss as shown in the adopted balance sheet
  3. on discharge from liability of members of the board and the managing director
  1. Determination of the number of members of the board of directors to be elected
  2. Determination of the fees to be paid to the board of directors
  3. Election of the board of directors
  4. Determination of fees to be paid to the auditor
  5. Election of auditor
  6. Resolution on the instruction to the nomination committee
  7. Resolution on the Remuneration Report
  8. Resolution on amendments to § 1 of the articles of association
  9. Resolution on:
  1. authorisation for the board of directors to acquire own shares
  2. authorisation for the board of directors to transfer own shares
  1. Resolution on authorisation for the board of directors to issue shares, warrants and convertible debt
  2. Resolution on authorisation for the board of directors to re-purchase warrants
  3. Closing of the meeting

Item 2: Election of chairman of the meeting

The nomination committee proposes that Fredrik Palm, member of the Swedish Bar Association active at Gernandt & Danielsson Advokatbyrå, or, in his absence, the person designated by the board of directors is elected chairman of the annual general meeting.

Item 3: Election of one or two persons to verify the minutes of the meeting

Ossian Ekdahl, Chief Active Ownership Officer at AP1 or, in his absence, the person designated by the board of directors, is, in addition to the chairman, proposed as person to verify the minutes. Also, such assignment includes verifying the voting list and that the received postal votes are correctly reflected in the minutes.

Item 4: Preparation and approval of the voting list

The voting list that is proposed to be approved under item 4 on the agenda is the voting list that Euroclear Sweden AB has prepared, on behalf of the company, based on the shareholders register and received postal votes and which has been verified and approved by the persons to verify the minutes.

Item 7 b): Resolution on the disposition of the company’s profit or loss as shown in the adopted balance sheet

The board of directors proposes a dividend of EUR 0.68 per share and that Tuesday 20 April 2021 is the record date for receiving the dividend.

If the annual general meeting resolves in accordance with the board of directors’ proposal, payment of the dividend is expected to be made on Tuesday 27 April 2021 through Euroclear Sweden AB.

Item 8: Determination of the number of members of the board of directors to be elected

The nomination committee proposes that five board members be elected.

Item 9: Determination of the fees to be paid to the board of directors

The nomination committee proposes that the total fees to the board members for the period until the next annual general meeting, shall amount to a total of EUR 120,000, of which EUR 30,000 shall be paid to each of the board members elected by the annual general meeting that are not employed by the company. The proposed fees are considered to be in line with market board fees.

Item 10: Election of the board of directors

The nomination committee proposes that Jens von Bahr, Joel Citron, Jonas Engwall, Ian Livingstone and Fredrik Österberg be re-elected as members of the board of directors for the period until the close of the annual general meeting 2022 and that Jens von Bahr be re-elected as chairman of the board of directors for the period until the close of the annual general meeting 2022.

A presentation of the proposed board members, including an assessment of their independence in relation to the company, the company management and major shareholders, is available on the company's website, www.evolution.com.

Item 11: Determination of fees to be paid to the auditor

The nomination committee proposes that the fees to the auditor be paid as per approved invoice.

Item 12: Election of auditor

The nomination committee proposes, in accordance with the audit committee’s recommendation, that the registered accounting firm Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB be re-elected as auditor for the period until the close of the annual general meeting 2022. Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB has informed the nomination committee that the authorised public accountant Johan Engstam will be appointed as auditor-in-charge if Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB is re-elected as auditor.

Item 13: Resolution on the instruction to the nomination committee

The nomination committee proposes that the principles setting out how members of the nomination committee are appointed that were adopted at the annual general meeting 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 continue to be applied as the instruction to the nomination committee and that such principles shall continue to apply indefinitely.

The instruction to the nomination committee adopted at the annual general meeting 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 are available on the Company’s website, www.evolution.com.

Item 14: Resolution on Remuneration Report

The board of directors proposes no amendments in the guidelines for remuneration to the senior management (the “Guidelines”) adopted by the annual general meeting on 17 June 2020.

The board of directors’ remuneration report for 2020 (the “Remuneration Report”) provides an outline of how the Guidelines have been implemented in 2020. The Report also provides information on the remuneration of the company’s CEO and a summary of the company’s outstanding incentive programmes. The Report has been prepared in accordance with Chapter 8, Sections 53 a and 53 b of the Swedish Companies Act (2005:551) and the remuneration rules issued by the Swedish Corporate Governance Board. There have been no deviations from the procedure for the implementation of the Guidelines and no derogations from the application of the Guidelines in 2020. The Remuneration Report is available at the company’s website, www.evolution.com.

The board of directors proposes that the annual general meeting approves the Remuneration Report.

Item 15: Resolution on amendments to § 1 of the articles of association

The board of directors proposes that § 1 of the articles of association be amended so that the registered name of the company is changed to Evolution AB (publ).

Current wording:
§ 1 Firma
§ 1 Registered name
Bolagets firma är Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ).
The registered name of the company is Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ).
Proposed wording:
§ 1 Företagsnamn
§ 1 Registered name
Bolagets företagsnamn är Evolution AB (publ).
The registered name of the company is Evolution AB (publ).

Item 16 a): Resolution on authorisation for the board of directors to acquire own shares

The board of directors proposes that the annual general meeting resolves to authorise the board of directors to resolve on acquisitions of Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ)’s own shares, in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

  1. Acquisitions of shares may be made on Nasdaq Stockholm.
  2. The authorisation may be exercised on one or more occasions before the annual general meeting 2022.
  3. A maximum number of own shares may be acquired so that the company’s holding of own shares at any given time does not exceed 10 per cent of all the shares in the company.
  4. Acquisitions of the company’s own shares on Nasdaq Stockholm may only be made within the price interval registered at any given time, i.e. the interval between the highest bid price and the lowest selling price.

The purpose of the authorisation to acquire own shares is to enable the board of directors to optimise and improve the capital structure of the company, thereby creating added shareholder value, and/or to enable the company to use acquired own shares as payment for, or financing of, acquisitions of companies or businesses or to hedge or facilitate the settlement of the company’s incentive programmes.

The board of directors shall have the right to decide on other terms and conditions for acquisitions of own shares in accordance with the authorisation.

Item 16 b): Resolution on authorisation for the board of directors to transfer own shares

The board of directors proposes that the annual general meeting resolves to authorise the board of directors to resolve on transfers of Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ)’s own shares, with or without deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights, in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

  1. The transfer may be made on or outside of Nasdaq Stockholm.
  2. The authorisation may be exercised on one or more occasions before the annual general meeting 2022.
  3. Transfer of own shares may be made of up to the number of shares that, at any given time, are held by the company.
  4. Transfer of own shares on Nasdaq Stockholm may only be made within the price interval registered at any given time, i.e. the interval between the highest bid price and the lowest selling price. Transfers of own shares outside of Nasdaq Stockholm may be made against payment in cash, in kind or by way of set-off, and the price shall be established so that the transfer is made on terms corresponding to the terms for the relevant incentive programme or otherwise on market terms.

The purpose of the authorisation to transfer own shares is to enable the board of directors to optimise and improve the capital structure of the company, thereby creating added shareholder value, and/or to enable the company to use acquired own shares as payment for, or financing of, acquisitions of companies or businesses or to hedge or facilitate the settlement of the company’s incentive programmes.

The board of directors shall have the right to decide on other terms and conditions for transfers of own shares in accordance with the authorisation.

Item 17: Resolution on authorisation for the board of directors to issue shares, warrants and convertible debt

The board of directors proposes that the annual general meeting authorise the board of directors to, within the scope of the articles of association, with or without deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights, on one or several occasions during the period until the next annual general meeting, resolve to increase the company’s share capital by issuing new shares, warrants or convertible debt in the company. The authorisation shall be limited whereby the board of directors may not resolve to issue shares, warrants or convertible debt that involve the issue of, or conversion into shares corresponding to, more than ten (10) per cent of the shares in the company at the time of the annual general meeting. The issues shall be made on market terms and payment may, apart from payment in cash, be made in kind or by set-off or otherwise with conditions. The purpose of the authorisation and the reasons for any deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights is to be able to carry out and finance acquisitions of businesses and assets.

Item 18: Resolution on authorisation for the board of directors re-purchase warrants

The board of directors proposes that the annual general meeting authorise the board of directors, during the period until the next annual general meeting, on one or more occasions, to resolve to repurchase, at the market price (which shall be based on the volume weighted average price of the company share for a period close to the period for repurchase), of the 352,256 warrants issued by the annual general meeting 2018 which have been transferred to holders and not repurchased (which entitle the holders to subscribe for 1,761,280 new shares). The warrants that are subject to the resolution, entitles its holder to subscribe for new shares in the Company for SEK 141.06 per share during the period from the day after the publication of the interim report for the second quarter of 2021 until the date that follows 30 calendar days after the publication of the interim report for the second quarter 2021 (however not later than on 30 September 2021).

The board of directors shall be authorised to resolve on the terms of implementation and the administrative measures that may be required to implement this resolution.

The purpose of the repurchase is to limit the dilution of the company's shares while the warrant holders are offered an opportunity to receive the value of the warrant without the need for additional financing and/or to be able to use such value to exercise warrants which are not repurchased. Repurchased warrants are to be held in the Company's custody and cancelled without being transferred or exercised.

MAJORITY REQUIREMENTS

Resolutions in accordance with items 15, 16 a) and b) and 17 are only valid where supported by shareholders holding not less than two-thirds of both the votes cast and the shares represented at the general meeting.

DOCUMENTS

The complete 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 will be made available at the company and on the company’s website, www.evolution.com, not later than three weeks prior to the annual general meeting as well as be sent free of charge to shareholders who so request and provide their name and address. The share register will also be made available at the company.

PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

For information on how personal data is processed in connection with the annual general meeting, see the privacy note available on Euroclear Sweden AB’s website, www.euroclear.com/dam/ESw/Legal/Privacy-notice-bolagsstammor-engelska.pdf

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Stockholm in March 2021

Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ)

The board of directors

Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ) (”Evolution”) develops, produces, markets and licenses fully-integrated B2B Live Casino solutions to gaming operators. Since its inception in 2006, Evolution has developed into a leading B2B provider with 300+ operators among its customers. The group currently employs about 9,500 people in studios across Europe and in North America. The parent company is based in Sweden and listed on Nasdaq Stockholm with the ticker EVO. Visit www.evolution.com for more information.

Evolution is licensed and regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority under license MGA/B2B/187/2010. Evolution is also licensed and regulated in many other jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Romania, South Africa, and others.

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