Convening notice for 2016 Annual General meeting in Precise Biometrics AB (publ)
Welcome to attend the Annual General Meeting (the “AGM”) of Precise Biometrics AB, to be held at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday May 17, 2016 at Mobile Heights, Mobilvägen 10 in Lund, Sweden. Registration for the meeting will start at 3.30 p.m.
A. PARTICIPATION
Shareholders who wish to attend the AGM must:
i) be recorded in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB, on Wednesday May 11, 2016; and
ii) notify the company of their intent to attend the AGM at the address Precise Biometrics AB (publ), Mobilvägen 10, SE-223 62 LUND, Sweden or by email to arsstamma2016@precisebiometrics.com, no later than Wednesday May 11, 2016, preferably before 4.00 p.m. When giving notice of attendance, the shareholder shall state name, personal identity or corporate registration number, address and telephone number and the number of any representatives. A proxy form is available on the company website www.precisebiometrics.com and will be sent by mail to shareholders informing the company of their address. Proxies and representatives of legal entities shall submit documents of authorisation prior to the AGM.
In order to be able to vote at the AGM, shareholders with nominee-registered shares must have the shares temporarily owner-registered with Euroclear Sweden AB. Such registration must be completed on Wednesday May 11, 2016 and should be requested in due time before said date.
B. AGENDA
Proposal for agenda
1. Opening of the meeting.
2. Election of chairman of the meeting.
3. Preparation and approval of the voting list.
4. Approval of the agenda.
5. Election of one or two persons to approve the minutes.
6. Determination whether the meeting has been duly convened.
7. The Managing Director’s report.
8. Presentation of
(a) the Annual Report and the Auditor’s Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Group Auditor’s Report,
(b) the statement by the auditor on the compliance with the guidelines for remuneration to senior management applicable since the last AGM, and
(c) the Board of Directors’ proposals under items 15-16.
9. Resolutions regarding
(a) the adoption of the Statement of Income and the Balance Sheet and the Consolidated Statement of Income and the Consolidated Balance Sheet, as per December 31, 2015,
(b) the appropriation of the company’s loss according to the adopted Balance Sheet, and
(c) the discharge from liability of the Board members and the Managing Director.
10. Determination of the number of Board members.
11. Resolution regarding fees to the Board members and the auditor.
12. Election of members and chairman of the Board of Directors.
13. Election of auditor.
14. Resolution regarding principles for appointing the members of the Nomination Committee.
15. Determination of guidelines for remuneration to senior management.
16. Resolution regarding authorisation of the Board of Directors to resolve on new issue of shares and/or convertible bonds with deviation from the shareholders’ preferential right.
17. Closing of the meeting.
Proposed resolutions
Proposal for election of chairman of the meeting (item 2)
According to the principles for appointing the members of the Nomination Committee that were decided upon at the AGM 2015, the chairman of the Board of Directors shall convene a Nomination Committee consisting, in addition to the chairman of the Board, of representatives from two or three of the company’s major shareholders as per August 30.
The Nomination Committee appointed for the AGM 2016, consisting of Robert Andersson (Limhamns Förvaltning AB and affiliates) as chairman, Hans Ek (SEB Fonder AB) and the chairman of the Board Torgny Hellström, has proposed Torgny Hellström as chairman of the meeting.
Proposal for appropriation of loss (item 9b)
The Board of Directors proposes that the parent company’s funds for disposal of SEK 69,481,685, including the loss of the year of SEK 43,889,128, is carried forward. The Board of Directors proposes that no dividend is declared for the financial year.
Proposal regarding number of Board members, fees, election of members and chairman of the Board and election of auditor (items 10-13)
The Nomination Committee proposes that the number of Board members shall be six, with no deputy members, that Board members Torbjörn Clementz, Torgny Hellström, Matts Lilja and Mats Lindoff shall be re-elected, and that Synnöve Trygg and Anna Almlöf shall be elected new Board members. Torgny Hellström shall be elected as chairman of the Board.
Synnöve Trygg was born in 1959. She holds a Bachelor in Business Administration and is a member of the Board of Directors of Intrum Justitia AB, Landshypotek Bank AB and Volvo Finans Bank AB, among other companies. Previously, Synnöve was the CEO for SEB Kort AB for 20 years.
Anna Almlöf was born in 1967. She holds an Executive Master of Business Administration and is a self-employed Senior Advisor. Before that, Anna was Senior Vice President of Strategy, Marketing and Services and a member of the executive management of Gunnebo AB. Anna has also had a long career at Ericsson in various positions, including product manager at Ericsson Global Services.
The Nomination Committee proposes that the fees to the Board up to and including the AGM 2017 shall be SEK 1,495,000 (previously SEK 1,375,000). The chairman of the Board shall receive SEK 545,000 (previously SEK 500,000) and each of the other members of the Board, not employed by the company, shall receive SEK 190,000 (previously SEK 175,000). Remuneration for committee work is proposed to amount to SEK 35,000 (previously SEK 25,000) for members of the Audit Committee, SEK 70,000 for the chairman of the Audit Committee (previously SEK 25,000) and unchanged SEK 25,000 for members and chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
Last, the Nomination Committee proposes that the accounting firm EY is elected as auditor of the company for a mandate period of one year and that the auditor’s fees are to be paid as per approved invoice. In the event that EY is elected, the accounting firm has informed that the authorised public accountant Johan Thuresson will be auditor in charge.
Proposal for resolution regarding principles for appointing the members of the Nomination Committee (item 14)
The Nomination Committee proposes the following principles for appointment of members of the Nomination Committee, which are consistent with the principles adopted at the AGM 2015, with the difference that the principles are proposed to apply until further notice.
The Chairman of the Board shall convene a Nomination Committee which, in addition to the Chairman, shall consist of representatives from two or three of the company’s largest shareholders in accordance with Euroclear Sweden AB’s list of registered shareholders as of August 31. If any of these shareholders should wish to abstain from the possibility to appoint a representative, the right shall be transferred to the shareholder who after such shareholders has the largest holding in the company.
The commission for the Nomination Committee shall continue until a new Nomination Committee has been appointed.
A member shall retire from the Nomination Committee if the shareholder who appointed such member no longer represents one of the three largest shareholders or has sold its entire holding. Next shareholder in terms of size of holdings shall thereafter be offered to appoint a new member, if that is required in order to fulfil that at least two shareholders will be represented in the Nomination Committee. In the event that two shareholders are already represented, the Nomination Committee may decline to offer a new shareholder to appoint a representative in the Nomination Committee.
The duties of the Nomination Committee are to prepare, ahead of the AGM, proposals for the election of a Chairman at the AGM, the election of the Chairman and other members of the Board of Directors, principles for appointing the members of the Nomination Committee and, as applicable, the election of auditors and determination of fees, and other related issues.
The Nomination Committee is able to charge the company with necessary costs that may be required for the Nomination Committee to fulfil its commission. The members of the Nomination Committee are not entitled to any remuneration.
These principles shall apply until further notice.
Proposal for guidelines for remuneration to management (item 15)
The Board of Directors proposes that the levels of remuneration and other employment terms for management shall be in accordance with the market and provide both short-term and long-term incentives.
The short-term incentives shall consist of both a fixed salary and a variable salary. The variable salary shall be based on the company’s result and on individual goals. The variable part of the salary may amount to a maximum of 75 per cent of the fixed salary for the Managing Director and 50 per cent of the fixed salary for the other members of management.
Long-term incentives may consist of options or other share-based compensation programs.
For the Managing Director, a mutual notice period of 6 months shall apply, and 3-6 months for the other management members. In addition, the Managing Director may be entitled to redundancy payment amounting to a maximum of 6 month salary, if the employment is terminated by Precise Biometrics. Other members of management shall not be entitled to redundancy payment.
The retirement age for all members of management shall be 65 years. Pension premiums are calculated in accordance with the company’s pension scheme, which imitates the ITP2 pension scheme, and may amount to maximum 25 per cent of the fixed salary.
Proposal for authorisation of the Board of Directors to resolve on new issue of shares and/or convertible bonds (item 16)
The Board of Directors proposes the AGM to authorise the Board to resolve, on one or several occasions before the next AGM, on an issue of shares and/or convertible bonds. Such issue may entail a deviation from the shareholders’ preferential right to subscribe for new shares and/or convertible bonds and also entail that payment of the new shares and/or convertible bonds may be made in cash or by consideration in kind or by right of set-off. The issue may result in an aggregate increase in the share capital corresponding to the issue of a maximum of 34,530,609 shares and/or convertible bonds to be converted into a maximum of 34,530,609 shares.
Full exercise of the authorisation, and where applicable full conversion, is equivalent to a dilution of approximately 10 per cent of the current share capital and votes. The Board shall be entitled to establish remaining conditions of the issue, including the issue price. The issue price shall be established based on the prevailing conditions on the market.
The purpose of the authorisation and the reason for the deviation from the shareholders’ preferential right is to enable the company, by way of issues of new shares/convertible bonds for payment in cash, in kind or through set-off, to effect company acquisitions, other strategic investments or to obtain capital contributions from new owners that are considered strategically important from an operational, financial, structural or other perspective.
C. AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS
The Nomination Committee’s reasoned statement on its proposal for members of the Board of Directors is available on the company’s website, www.precisebiometrics.com. The Annual Report and the Auditor’s Report, the statement by the auditor on the compliance with the guidelines for remuneration to senior management applicable since the last AGM and the complete proposals of the Board of Directors according to items 15-16 will be available at the company and on its website no later than on April 26, 2016. Copies of the documents will also be sent to shareholders who so request and state their address, and will be available at the meeting.
D. NUMBER OF SHARES AND VOTES IN THE COMPANY
As per the date of this notice, the total number of shares and votes in the company amounts to 345,306,094. All shares are of the same class.
E. INFORMATION AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the AGM, the Board of Directors and the Managing Director shall, if a shareholder so requests and the Board considers that this can be done without significant harm for the company, give information on circumstances that can affect the judgement of an item on the agenda, circumstances that can affect the assessment of the financial situation of the company or its subsidiaries and the company’s relationship with another group company.
Lund in April 2016
The Board of Directors
PRECISE BIOMETRICS AB (publ)
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
Håkan Persson, CEO, Precise Biometrics AB
Tel. 46 46 31 11 05 or 46 734 35 11 05
E-mail hakan.persson@precisebiometrics.com
ABOUT PRECISE BIOMETRICS
Precise Biometrics is a market-leading provider of solutions that prove people's identities through smart cards and fingerprint recognition. The company´s products can be used for ID, enterprise and bank cards as well as access to mobile solutions, computers and networks. Precise Biometrics serves business and government organizations throughout the world and its products are licensed to close to 160 million users. For more information, please visit www.precisebiometrics.com
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