Report from the Annual General Meeting of Proact IT Group AB (publ)

As per the notice to attend, the Annual General Meeting of Proact IT Group AB (publ) took place on May 7th 2024.

The following decisions were made at the Annual General Meeting:

• The income statement and balance sheet, and the consolidated income statement and consolidated balance sheet were approved and adopted.
• The Board’s proposal of a dividend of SEK 2,00 per share for the financial year 2023 was approved. The record date for the dividend will be May 10th 2024, and the expected disbursement date through Euroclear Sweden AB is May 15th 2024.
• The members of the Board of Directors and the CEO were discharged from liability for the financial year 2023.
• It was decided that the Board of Directors will consist of five board members and no deputies.
• Remuneration payable to the Board of Directors was set at a total of SEK 2 180 000, of which SEK 625 000 to the Chairperson, and SEK 285 000 each to other members. A total of SEK 415 000 will be payable for committee work.
• Remuneration to the auditors will be paid in accordance with approved invoices.
• The following board members were re-elected
  • Anna Söderblom (chairperson)
  • Martin Gren
  • Annikki Schaeferdiek
  • Thomas Thuresson
  • Erik Malmberg
• PricewaterhouseCoopers AB was elected as auditors until the end of the 2025 Annual General Meeting.
• The Board’s remuneration report according to Chapter 8 53a § ABL was approved and adopted.
• It was decided to approve the Board’s proposal on principles for remuneration, and other employment conditions, for senior executives. These shall apply until the 2028 Annual General Meeting.
• It was decided, by requisite majority, to implement the performance share plan in accordance with the Board’s proposal. The plan is designed to drive profitability and growth, and comprises approximately 20 persons consisting of the CEO, the Group Management and additional key employees of the company. To participate in the plan, a personal investment in Proact shares is required. The performance share plan follows the same structure as the performance share plan adopted at the Annual General Meeting 2023. After the vesting period, the participants will be allocated shares in Proact free of charge, provided that the performance targets related to earnings per share, revenues and return on capital employed, as well as certain other conditions are met. It was also decided, with requisite majority, that in the case of share allocation to the participants in the plan, a maximum of 242 000 shares held by Proact will be transferred to the participants. 
• Principles for the appointment of a nomination committee for the 2025 Annual General Meeting were established.
• It was decided, with requisite majority, to authorize the Board to issue new shares in accordance with the Board's proposal. It was noted that payment by set-off shall only be made in connection with acquisitions.
• It was decided, with requisite majority, to authorize the Board to acquire and transfer the company's own shares in accordance with the Board's proposal. Furthermore, the Board can only buy back shares in such numbers that the repurchased shares together with any new shares issued under the authority decided, shall not total more than 10 percent of the currently outstanding number of shares. It was noted that payment by set-off shall only be made in connection with acquisitions and that the company cannot sell its own shares on Nasdaq Stockholm
• It was decided, with requisite majority, to authorize the Board to reduce the share capital (cancellation) and to increase of share capital by way of bonus issue in accordance with the Board's proposal.

The company’s chairperson Anna Söderblom, functioned as chairperson of the meeting.
 

This disclosure contains information that Proact IT Group AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 07-05-2024 19:30 CET.

For further information, please contact: 
Jonas Hasselberg, CEO, Proact IT Group AB, +46 722 13 55 56, jonas.hasselberg@proact.eu
Åsa Regen Jansson, Interim CFO & IR, Proact IT Group AB, +46 73 511 22 55, asa.regen.jansson@proact.eu

About Proact
Proact is Europe’s leading specialist in data and information management with focus on cloud services and data centre solutions. We help our customers to store, connect, protect, secure and drive value through their data whilst increasing agility, productivity and efficiency. We’ve completed thousands of successful projects around the world, have more than 4,000 customers and currently manage hundreds of petabytes of information in the cloud. We employ over 1,200 people in 12 countries across Europe and North America. Founded in 1994, our parent company, Proact IT Group AB (publ), was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in 1999 (under the symbol PACT). For further information about Proact’s activities please visit us at www.proact.eu

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