Catella has today appointed Michel Fischier as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Michel Fischier has been a member of Group Management since 2021 as Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications, and since February 2023 served as acting CFO.

”I am pleased that Michel accepted the role as our new CFO. We have conducted a solid recruitment process and are pleased that we have found the best candidate internally. His broad experience and expertise both meet the professional and personal qualities we sought after for our continued growth journey,” says Catella’s President and CEO Christoffer Abramson.

Michel Fischier has held the position as Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications and member of Group Management since 2021. Before joining Catella, he served as Vice President Investor Relations at SAS and has previously held leading roles in IR and communications at Hoist Finance and Skandia, among others.

In connection with Michel Fischier’s appointment as CFO, Veronica Hjelte has been appointed acting Head of Group Communications. Veronica Hjelte has worked at Catella since 2019, most recently in the role of Communications Specialist.

For more information, please contact:

Christoffer Abramson
President and CEO
+46 8 463 33 25
christoffer.abramson@catella.se

Michel Fischier
CFO
+46 8 463 33 86
michel.fishier@catella.se

Today, on 4 May, 2023, the Annual General Meeting was held in Arise AB (publ). A summary of the adopted resolutions follows below. All resolutions were adopted with the required majority of votes.

At the Annual General Meeting on 4 May, 2023 in Arise AB (publ) it was resolved:

• to adopt the profit and loss statement and balance sheet as well as the consolidated profit and loss statement and consolidated balance sheet,
• that dividend of SEK 1 per share shall be paid for the financial year 2022, resulting in a total dividend of SEK 44,494,235, whereby the remaining funds of SEK 719,519,302 is carried forward,
• that remuneration to the Board of Directors and its Committees will be paid with SEK 2,280,000 in total and the remuneration to the auditor was resolved to be paid in accordance with customary norms and approved invoice,
• to re-elect the Board members Johan Damne, Joachim Gahm, Eva Vitell and Mikael Schoultz and to elect P-G Persson as new Board member,
• to re-elect Joachim Gahm as Chairman of the Board,

• to re-elect the registered public accounting firm Öhrlings Pricewaterhousecoopers AB as the company’s auditor for the period until the end of the first Annual General Meeting held after 2023 whereby Öhrlings Pricewaterhousecoopers AB has informed that Ulrika Ramsvik will continue to be the responsible auditor,
• to approve the Board of Directors’ remuneration report for the financial year 2022,
• to adopt instructions and rules of procedure for the next Nomination Committee,

• to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on issues of ordinary shares and/or preference shares and issues of convertibles convertible to ordinary shares and/or preference shares,
• to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on acquisition of own shares,
• to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on divestment of own shares.

The members of the Board of Directors and the CEO were discharged from liability for the financial year 2022.

In accordance with the proposal from the Nomination Committee, five ordinary Board members were elected: Johan Damne (re- election), Joachim Gahm (re-election), Eva Vitell (re-election), Mikael Schoultz (re-election) and P-G Persson (new election). Joachim Gahm was re-elected as the Chairman of the Board.

The remuneration for members of the Board of Directors and its Committees shall amount to a total of SEK 2,280,000 (SEK 1,892,000 previous year). SEK 735,000 is remuneration to the Chairman and SEK 300,000 is remuneration to every other member of the Board who is not employed by the company. SEK 285,000 in total is to be paid in remuneration for work in the Audit Committee (of which the Chairman receives SEK 115,000 and every other member SEK 85,000), and SEK 60,000 in total is to be paid for work in the Remuneration Committee (of which the Chairman receives SEK 60,000).

The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal from the Nomination Committee, that a Nomination Committee shall be appointed before coming elections and remunerations. It shall be comprised of five members who shall be appointed by the four largest shareholders at the beginning of October together with the Chairman of the Board.

The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal from the Board of Directors, to approve the Board of Directors’ remuneration report for the financial year 2022.

The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal from the Board of Directors, to authorize the Board of Directors to, until the next Annual General Meeting, on one or several occasions, resolve on (1) issues of ordinary shares and/or preference shares and (2) issues of convertible bonds transferable to ordinary shares and/or preference shares, with or without deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights. The authorization for the Board of Directors also includes the right to decide on issue in kind or right of set-off. Upon a resolution pursuant to the authorization and with deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights, the total number of shares to be issued through the issue of ordinary shares and/or preference shares and/or convertible bonds transferable to ordinary shares and/or preference shares shall not exceed 10 percent of the outstanding shares in the company at the time of when the authorization is exercised for the first time (this shall not prevent convertible bonds from being combined with conversion terms which, if applied, may result in a different number of shares). The issue price shall, as a starting point, be the share’s market value at each time of issue.

The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal from the Board of Directors, to authorize the Board of Directors to decide, until the next Annual General Meeting, on one or several occasions, on acquisition of no more than 1/10 of all outstanding ordinary shares from time to time with funds that can be used for appropriation of profits. The authorization includes the right to decide on exemption from the shareholders’ preferential rights. If the acquisition takes place at Nasdaq Stockholm the price shall be within the, at each time, registered price interval. It shall be possible to acquire shares in order to enable changes of the capital structure of the company, to finance acquisitions or other transactions, or otherwise for disposal or redemption.

The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal from the Board of Directors, to authorize the Board of Directors to decide, until the next Annual General Meeting, on one or several occasions, on disposal of a maximum of 1/10 of all ordinary shares. The authorization includes the right to decide on exemption from the shareholders’ preferential rights, the conditions therefore and the way which the disposal takes place. It should be possible to dispose of the shares in connection with possible acquisitions or other transactions or by sale on the open market. When disposing of the shares on Nasdaq Stockholm, the price shall correspond to the current quotation.

The CEO’s presentation on today’s Annual General Meeting is available at the company’s website, www.arise.se.

Halmstad, 4 May, 2023

Arise AB (publ)

For further information, please contact

Per-Erik Eriksson, CEO Arise AB (publ), +46 702 409 902

FIRST QUARTER (1 JANUARY–31 MARCH 2023)

• Net sales for the quarter amounted to MSEK 107 (88).
• Operating profit before depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) totalled MSEK 76 (61).
• Operating profit (EBIT) was MSEK 61 (46).
• Profit after tax totalled MSEK 52 (37), corresponding to SEK 1.16 (0.90) per share.
• Operating cash flow was MSEK 30 (67) and cash flow after investments amounted to MSEK -41 (47).
• Production generated 87 GWh (100) of green electricity with an average income of SEK 936 per MWh (756).
• In January 2023, Arise signed an agreement with Persson Invest, one of Sweden’s largest private landowners. The agreement pertains to development rights for potential wind power projects on a large portion of Persson Invest’s land, for which the company sees good potential to realise new wind power. According to the assessment from the company, the potential amounts to approximately 500 MW.
• In March 2023, Arise signed an agreement to acquire approximately 51% of the Finnish company Pohjan Voima Oy. Pohjan Voima Oy has developed a well-diversified portfolio of onshore wind and solar projects across Finland, with a project portfolio that at the time of the signing was approximately 1.7 GW.
• Including Pohjan Voima, the project portfolio increased by approximately 2.4 GW.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AFTER THE END OF THE REPORTING PERIOD

• In April 2023, Arise completed the previously announced acquisition of approximately 51% of the shares in Pohjan Voima Oy.

Halmstad, 4 May 2023
Arise AB (publ)

• Hyresintäkterna ökade med 8,8 % och uppgick till 203 (187) Mkr.
• Driftsöverskottet ökade med 12,1 % och uppgick till 125 (112) Mkr, vilket ger en överskottsgrad på 61,2 (59,9) %.
• Förvaltningsresultatet ökade med 44,7 % och uppgick till 80 (55) Mkr. Ökningen beror främst på ökat driftsöverskott och ökade intäkter från finansförvaltningen.
• Resultat från projektverksamhet uppgick till 23 (8) Mkr.
• Fastigheternas marknadsvärde uppgick till 15 191 (14 610) Mkr. CA Fastigheter marknadsvärderar inte fastigheterna löpande under året, ökat värde från bokslut avser investeringar och valutakursförändringar.
• Resultat efter skatt uppgick till 48 (181) Mkr. Minskningen beror främst på värdeförändringar på derivat.

Väsentliga händelser under året:

-Under första kvartalet 2023 genomförde CA Fastigheter ett större förvärv innefattande fem fastigheter i Norrköping; Kraften 9, Kraften 10, Rapsfjärilen 9, Höfjärilen 1 och Fotogenen 7. Dessutom har en fastighet i Borås, Källbäcksryd 1:408 förvärvats. Samtliga förvärvade fastigheter är av typen lager och lättindustri.

-BRF Kompassen bestående av 18 lägenheter på Varvsholmen i Kalmar har under perioden färdigställts och frånträtts. Pågående projekt på Varvsholmen i Kalmar är i nuläget BRF Bojen med ytterligare 32 lägenheter, som är den sista etappen av detta projekt och beräknas färdigställas under fjärde kvartalet av 2023.

-Cedervall Arkitekter har sedan tidigare tecknat ett avtal om ca 1 600 kvm i fastigheten Tobaksmonopolet 14 i Stockholm. Fastigheten har det senaste året genomgått en omfattande renovering och under första kvartalet flyttade Cedervall Arkitekter in i den färdigrenoverade lokalen.

För ytterligare information, var god kontakta:

Andreas von Hedenberg, VD

+4673-965 58 19, andreas.von.hedenberg@cafastigheter.se

Caroline Menninge, CFO

+4670-534 25 86, caroline.menninge@cafastigheter.se

CA Fastigheter har erhållit ny rating från NCR (Nordic Credit Rating) där vi fortsatt bedöms ha kreditbetyget BBB- i likhet med de två föregående årens bedömning.