Change in number of Arise shares and votes

During May, the number of shares and votes in Arise AB (publ) has decreased due to the cancellation of own ordinary shares repurchased within the framework of the company’s buyback program which was resolved by the Annual General Meeting on 7 May, 2024. As of 31 May, 2024, the number of shares and votes in Arise AB (publ) amounts to 42,713,301.

Halmstad, 31 May 2024

Arise AB (publ)

For further information, please contact

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

Bulletin from the annual general meeting of Catella AB

The annual general meeting of Catella AB was held today on Wednesday 22 May 2024. The annual general meeting resolved in accordance with all proposals presented by the board of directors and the nomination committee.

The annual general meeting resolved to re-elect the board members Tobias Alsborger, Johan Damne, Anneli Jansson, Samir Kamal and Sofia Watt and to elect Pernilla Claesson as new board member. Sofia Watt was elected as new chairman of the board of directors.

The annual general meeting adopted the income statements and balance sheets for the parent company and the group and resolved to discharge the board members and the chief executive officer from liability for the preceding financial year.

The annual general meeting further resolved to distribute dividend of SEK 0.90 per share, corresponding to a total of SEK 79,513,714.80, and that the remaining profit shall be carried forward. The record date for the dividend was set to Friday 24 May 2024. Payment to the shareholders is expected to be made from Euroclear Sweden AB on Wednesday 29 May 2024.

The annual general meeting also resolved to:

  • determine the remuneration to the board members to SEK 635,000 to the chairman of the board of directors and SEK 390,000 to each of the other board members and, for work in the committees, SEK 145,000 to the chairman of the board of directors’ audit committee and SEK 112,000 to each of the other two members and SEK 55,000 to the chairman of the board of directors’ remuneration committee and SEK 40,000 to the other member;
  • elect KPMG AB as auditor for the period until the end of the next annual general meeting, with the authorized public accountant Johanna Hagström Jerkeryd as auditor-in-charge;
  • determine that remuneration to the auditor shall be paid in accordance with approved invoices;
  • approve the board of directors’ remuneration report for the preceding financial year;
  • adopt an instruction for the nomination committee that, save for certain editorial changes, corresponds to the previous instruction;
  • amend the eighth paragraph of § 4 in the articles of association regarding reclassification provision;
  • authorize the board of directors to, on one or more occasions during the period until the end of the next annual general meeting, with or without deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights, resolve on a new issue of shares of Class A and/or Class B, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the board of directors’ proposal; and
  • authorize the board of directors to, on one or more occasions during the period until the end of the next annual general meeting, resolve on repurchase and transfer of the company’s own shares of Class A and/or Class B, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the board of directors’ proposal.

At the annual general meeting, the company’s largest shareholder Claesson & Anderzén informed that its proposal for a long-term warrant-based incentive programme for members of the board of directors had been withdrawn.

For further information, please contact:

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

CA Fastigheter publishes prospectus and applies for admission to trading at Nasdaq Stockholm

CA Fastigheter Aktiebolag (publ) (“CA Fastigheter”) has on 28 March 2024 issued senior unsecured green bonds in an amount of SEK 500 million within a framework of SEK 1 billion (the“ Bonds”).

In accordance with the terms of the Bonds, CA Fastigheter has undertaken to apply for admission of the Bonds at Nasdaq Stockholm. Accordingly, CA Fastigheter has prepared a listing prospectus which has been approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority today. The prospectus is available on CA Fastighter’s website www.cafastigheter.se and the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s website www.fi.se. The application for admission to trading has been submitted and the first day of trading in the Bonds on the sustainable bond list of Nasdaq Stockholm is expected to be on or around 15 May 2024.

 

For further information, please contact:

Malin Claesson Stenström, CEO

+4673-923 97 59, malin.claesson@cafastigheter.se

Caroline Menninge, CFO

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

Director of the Board resigns at own request

The Director Eva Vitell has today, at her own request, resigned from the Board of Arise AB (publ).  The reason is that Eva Vitell has accepted a position with Svenska kraftnät.

According to the Articles of Association, the Board shall consist of no less than three and no more than nine directors. Following Eva Vitell’s resignation, the Board consists of four directors. The requirements in the Articles of Association are thereby fulfilled and the Board is still in quorum.

Halmstad, 8 May 2024

Arise AB (publ)

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

Bulletin from Arise’s AGM

Today, on 7 May, 2024, 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 7 May, 2024 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 1.20 per share shall be paid for the financial year 2023, resulting in a total dividend of SEK 53,393,082, whereby the remaining funds of SEK 1,457,802,629 is carried forward,
  • that remuneration to the Board of Directors and its Committees will be paid with SEK 2,372,500 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, Mikael Schoultz and P-G Persson,
  • 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 2024 whereby Öhrlings Pricewaterhousecoopers AB has informed that Ulrika Ramsvik will continue to be the responsible auditor,
  • to adopt instructions and rules of procedure for the next Nomination Committee,
  • to approve the Board of Directors’ remuneration report for the financial year 2023,
  • to adopt guidelines for remuneration to senior executives,
  • to reduce the share capital by way of cancellation of own shares repurchased within the framework of the company’s buyback program and to increase of the share capital by way of a bonus issue,
  • 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 2023.

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 (re-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 2,372,500 (SEK 2,280,000 previous year). SEK 765,000 is remuneration to the Chairman and SEK 312,000 is remuneration to every other member of the Board who is not employed by the company. SEK 297,000 in total is to be paid in remuneration for work in the Audit Committee (of which the Chairman receives SEK 120,000 and every other member SEK 88,500), and SEK 62,500 in total is to be paid for work in the Remuneration Committee (of which the Chairman receives SEK 62,500).

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 2023.

The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal from the Board of Directors, to adopt guidelines for remuneration to senior executives.

The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal from the Board of Directors, to reduce the share capital by way of cancellation of 1,780,934 own ordinary shares repurchased within the framework of the company’s buyback program. As a result of the reduction, the share capital will decrease by SEK 142,474.72. The purpose of the reduction is allocation to unrestricted equity. The Annual General Meeting further resolved to increase the share capital by SEK 142,474.72 through a bonus issue, by transferring the same amount from the company’s unrestricted equity without the issuance of new shares, to restore the share capital after the reduction of the share capital in accordance with the above.

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, 7 May, 2024

Arise AB (publ)

For further information, please contact

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