News

23 maj, 2019

Approval of written procedure and amendments to the terms and conditions of the bonds

Catella AB (publ) (the ”Company”) today announces the successful completion of the written procedure that was initiated 25 April 2019 in relation to the Company’s outstanding up to SEK 750,000,000 senior unsecured bonds with ISIN SE0009994718 (the ”Bonds”), regarding certain amendments to the terms and conditions of the Bonds (the ”Proposal”).
A sufficient number of bondholders participated in the written procedure in order to form a quorum, and a requisite majority of the bondholders voted in favour to approve the Proposal.
The amendments shall be effective as per 23 May 2019 and the amended terms and conditions will be available on the Company’s website (www.catella.com).
ABG Sundal Collier AB and Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Sverige have been retained as financial advisor in connection with the written procedure.

For more information, please contact:
Marcus Holmstrand, CFO
Telephone: +46 8 463 32 52
Email: marcus.holmstrand@catella.se
Niklas Bommelin, IR
Telephone: +46 8 463 34 26
Email: niklas.bommelin@catella.se

This is information that Catella AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 3:30 p.m. CET on 23 May 2019.
Catella is a leading specialist in property investments and fund management, with operations in 15 countries. The group has assets under management of approximately SEK 200 billion. Catella is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in the Mid Cap segment. Read more online at catella.com.

21 maj, 2019

IPM fokuserar på Systematic Macro och avvecklar Systematic Equity

Catellas direkta och indirekta ägande uppgår till 60,6 procent, har beslutat att fokusera på sin flaggskeppsprodukt Systematic Macro och därmed avveckla produkten Systematic Equity. Efter den starka tillväxten i makrostrategin ger Systematic Equity endast ett marginellt bidrag till verksamheten.
”Vi har sett en kraftig tillväxt i vår systematiska makrostrategi, medan marknaden för vår aktiestrategi, Systematic Equity, har varit utmanande under en tid”, säger Lars Ericsson, VD för IPM. ”Mot den bakgrunden har vi tagit det strategiska beslutet att avveckla Systematic Equity.”
IPM Systematic Equity lanserades för 13 år sedan och har erbjudit institutionella investerare tillgång till en fundamental- och systematiskt baserad aktiestrategi. Förvaltat kapital uppgick i slutet av mars 2019 till 28 miljarder kronor i Systematic Equity.
Aktiestrategin har främst varit värdebaserad, ett område som inte har utvecklats väl under en period då inflöden till passiva förvaltningsstrategier har fortsatt allokera kapital till redan dyra aktier. Hårt pressade avgifter färgat av de i marknaden närliggande helt passivt förvaltade strategierna har även lett till att produkten nu bara representerar en mycket liten del av Systematic Funds intäkter och resultat.
”Systematic Equity har tagit resurser i anspråk utan att bidra mer än marginellt till de fasta intäkterna. Eftersom vi inte inom en nära framtid ser att efterfrågan kommer att öka, anser vi att det ligger i både kunders och verksamhetens intresse att vi fokuserar på vår mer framgångsrika och lönsamma kärnprodukt, Systematic Macro. Vi kommer parallellt med detta fortsatt att utvärdera andra mer konkurrenskraftiga strategier som framtida tänkbara komplement.”
Systematic Macro har under de senaste åren haft en mycket stark tillväxt och förvaltat kapital uppgår per sista mars 2019 till cirka 50 miljarder kronor fördelat på kunder över hela världen. IPM har också öppnat kontor i London och New York samt lanserat Systematic Macro på sin egen UCITS-plattform.
IPM har nära kontakt med de kunder som investerat i de olika aktiestrategierna inom Systematic Equity för att möjliggöra en optimal tidplan för avveckling av de olika strategierna.

För ytterligare information, vänligen kontakta:
Niklas Bommelin
Investor Relations
08-463 34 26, 0768-91 12 40
niklas.bommelin@catella.se

Catella är en ledande specialist inom fastighetsinvesteringar och fondförvaltning, med verksamhet i 15 länder. Koncernen förvaltar kapital om cirka 200 miljarder kronor. Catella är noterat på Nasdaq Stockholm inom segmentet Mid Cap. Läs mer på catella.com.
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8 maj, 2019

Press release from the Annual General Meeting in Arise AB (publ) on 8 May, 2019

At the Annual General Meeting on 8 May, 2019 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,
not to distribute any dividends for the financial year 2018,
that remuneration to the Board of Directors and its Committees will be paid with SEK 1,425,000 in total and the remuneration to the auditor was resolved to be paid in accordance with customary standards and approved invoice,
to re-elect the Board members Jon Brandsar, Joachim Gahm and Maud Olofsson,
to re-elect Joachim Gahm as Chairman of the Board of Directors,
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 AGM held after 2019 whereby Öhrlings Pricewaterhousecoopers AB has informed that Magnus Willfors will continue to be appointed as the responsible auditor,
to adopt instructions and rules of procedure for the next Nomination Committee,
to adopt a Remuneration Policy for the group management,
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 and disposal of own shares.

The members of the Board of Directors and the CEO were discharged from liability for the financial year 2018.

In accordance with the proposal from the Nomination Committee, three ordinary Board members were elected: Jon Brandsar (re-election), Joachim Gahm (re-election) and Maud Olofsson (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 be unchanged from previous year and amount to a total of SEK 1,425,000, which means that the remuneration per board member is unchanged since previous year but that the total remuneration decreases with SEK 250,000 since the Board of Directors is reduced by one board member. SEK 625,000 is remuneration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and SEK 250,000 is remuneration to every other board member who is not employed by the Company. SEK 250,000 in total shall be paid in remuneration for work in the Audit Committee (of which the Chairman receives SEK 100,000 and every other member SEK 75,000). SEK 50,000 in total shall be paid for the work in the Remuneration Committee (of which the Chairman receives SEK 50,000). Board members shall be able to invoice his or her remuneration through a company, if taxable conditions allow for invoicing and if invoicing is cost-neutral for Arise. If a board member invoices board remuneration through a company, the remuneration shall be adjusted for social security contributions and value added tax according to law, so that cost neutrality for Arise is achieved.

Furthermore, the Annual General Meeting resolved 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 of Directors.

The Annual General Meeting also resolved to adopt a Remuneration Policy for the group management including fixed salary and, from time to time, variable payments. Variable payments shall mainly be based on the Company’s results.

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to, until the next Annual General Meeting, on one or more 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 authorized the Board of Directors to decide, until the next Annual General Meeting, 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 shareholder’s preferential right. 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, to finance acquisitions or other transactions, or otherwise for disposal or redemption.

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide, until the next Annual General Meeting, to dispose of a maximum of 1/10 of all ordinary shares. The authorization includes the right to decide on exception from the shareholder’s preferential right, 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 transaction or by sale on the open market. When disposing of the shares on Nasdaq Stockholm the price shall correspond to the current quotation.

All resolutions by the Annual General Meeting were adopted with the required majority.

Halmstad, 8 May, 2019
ARISE AB (publ)

For further information, please contact
Daniel Johansson, CEO Arise AB, +46 702 244 133
Linus Hägg, CFO Arise AB, +46 702 448 916

The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 15.15 CET on 8 May, 2019.

About Arise
Arise is one of Sweden’s leading wind power companies, with the business concept to develop, build and manage onshore wind farms for its own account and on behalf of investors. The company is listed on NASDAQ Stockholm.

Arise AB (publ), P.O. Box 808, SE-301 18 Halmstad, Sweden, telephone +46 (0)10 450 71 00, corporate id .no. 556274-6726
E-mail info@arise.se, www.arise.se

30 april, 2019

Change in number of shares and votes in Catella AB (publ)

The number of shares and votes in Catella AB (publ) has changed consequent upon the issue of 2,166,667 new Class B shares in April upon exercise of warrants in the incentive programme adopted by the extraordinary general meeting held 13 February 2014.

Subsequent to the exercise of warrants, the total number of shares in Catella AB (publ) at 30 April 2019 was 86,281,905 and the total number of votes was 96,404,125, of which 2,530,555 ordinary shares in Class A (carrying a total of 12,652,775 votes) and 83,751,350 ordinary shares in Class B (carrying a total of 83,751,350 votes).

For more information, please contact:

Niklas Bommelin
Investor Relations
+46 8 463 34 26, +46 768 91 12 40
niklas.bommelin@catella.se

Press contact:

Jonas Burvall
Head of Group Communications
+46 8 463 33 05, +46 76 627 97 55
jonas.burvall@catella.se

This information is information that Catella AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 07:00 CET on 30 April 2019.

About Catella: Catella is a leading specialist in property investments and fund management, with operations in 15 countries. The group has assets under management of approximately SEK 190 billion. Catella is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in the Mid Cap segment. Read more online at catella.com.

25 april, 2019

Notice of the annual general meeting of Catella AB (publ)

The annual general meeting of Catella AB (publ) (“the Company”) will be held on 27 May 2019 at 14:00 CET at Summit/GT30, Grev Turegatan 30, Stockholm, Sweden. Entrance and registration will begin at 13:30 CET.

Right to participate in the meeting

Shareholders who wish to participate in the meeting must:

Be recorded in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB on the record date, Tuesday 21 May 2019, and
Submit written notice of attendance to Catella AB (publ) by postal letter to Catella AB (publ), FAO: Investor Relations, Catella AB, Box 5894, 102 40 Stockholm, Sweden, or by email bolagsstamma@catella.se not later than Tuesday 21 May 2019. Notices must include the name of the shareholder, personal or corporate identity number, address, telephone number, the number of shares held and, where applicable, the particulars of proxies or agents (maximum of two).

Proxy

If attendance is by proxy, the proxy form should be appended to the notice of attendance. Representatives of legal persons should also bring a certified copy of a registration certificate or similar document granting authority. Copies of these documents should also be submitted to the Company along with the notice of attendance. Proxy forms are available on the Company’s website at www.catella.se. Proxy forms can be requested from the postal address and email address above. The validity of the proxy may not be more than five years from issue.

Registration

To be entitled to vote at the general meeting, shareholders with nominee-registered shares with a securities institution or equivalent foreign institution must temporarily re-register their shares in their own name. Shareholders who wish to re-register in this way should instruct their nominee thereof in ample time prior to 21 May 2019, when such registration shall have been effected.

Proposed agenda

Opening of the meeting.
Election of the chairman of the meeting
Preparation and approval of the voting list.
Approval of the agenda.
Election of two persons to verify the minutes.
Determination of whether the meeting was duly convened.
Chief executive officer’s statement.
Presentation of the annual accounts and audit report, and the consolidated accounts and consolidated audit report, and of the auditor’s opinion on whether the guidelines in force since the previous AGM for remuneration to senior executives have been complied with.
Resolution on adopting the income statement and balance sheet, and the consolidated income statement and consolidated balance sheet.
Resolution on appropriation of the Company’s profit or loss in accordance with the adopted balance sheet.
Resolution on discharging the directors and chief executive officer from liability.
Determination of the number of directors and deputy directors, and the number of auditors and deputy auditors.
Determination of the directors’ and auditor’s fees.
Election of the board of directors and board chairman.
auditor.
Resolution on the nomination committee for the 2020 AGM.
Resolution on guidelines for remuneration to senior executives.
Closing of the meeting.

Proposed resolutions

Proposals for resolution under Items 2 and 12-16 below have been presented by the nomination committee comprising Thomas Andersson Borstam (chairman of the nomination committee), Johan Claesson and Kenneth Andersen.

Item 2. Election of the chairman of the meeting

The nomination committee proposes the chairman of the board of directors, Johan Claesson, as chairman of the meeting.

Item 10. Resolution on appropriation of the Company’s profit or loss in accordance with the adopted balance sheet.

The board of directors proposes a dividend of SEK 1.20 per share to the shareholders. The board of directors’ dividend proposal is conditional on bondholders in the Company’s senior unsecured bond loan of SEK 750,000,000 (ISIN SE0009994718) voting in favour of amendments to the bond terms and conditions in the Written Procedure commenced on 25 April 2019 whose purposes include making the proposed dividend permissible. The Written Procedure is expected to be completed by 23 May 2019. If bondholders vote against amending the bond terms and conditions as above, the board of directors proposes a dividend to shareholders of SEK 0.93 per share, which is in accordance with the current bond terms and conditions.

The board of directors proposes 29 May 2019 as the record date for dividends. If the AGM adopts the proposal, it is estimated that dividends will be distributed by Euroclear Sweden AB on Tuesday, 4 June 2019.

Item 12. Determination of the number of directors and deputy directors, and the number of auditors and deputy auditors.

The nomination committee proposes that the number of directors shall be five and that no deputy directors be elected, and that one auditor be elected.

Item 13. Determination of the directors’ and auditor’s fees.

The nomination committee proposes the payment of directors’ fees of SEK 570,000 (570,000) to the chairman of the board and SEK 350,000 (350,000) to each director. The nomination committee further proposes a fee to the chairman of the board audit committee of SEK 130,000 (130,000) and to the other two committee members of SEK 100,000 (100,000) each, as well as a fee to the chairman of the board remuneration committee of SEK 40,000 (40,000) and to the other committee member of SEK 30,000 (30,000). If the AGM adopts the nomination committee’s proposed board composition and fees, including remuneration for committee work, the total remuneration will amount to SEK 2,370,000 (2,370,000).

Note that scope to bill directors’ fees will full effect under tax law is very limited, but if the tax-related prerequisites for billing exist and provided that such is tax-neutral for Catella, it is proposed that directors shall be allowed to bill their fees as business operators via companies. If a director bills for directors’ fees via a company, the fee must be adjusted for social insurance contributions and VAT as required by law so that the transaction is cost-neutral for Catella.

The nomination committee further proposes that the auditor’s fee shall be paid in accordance with approved invoice.

Item 14. Election of the board of directors and board chairman.

The nomination committee proposes the following board of directors: Re-election of all current directors: Johan Claesson, Johan Damne, Joachim Gahm, Anna Ramel and Jan Roxendal. Johan Claesson is proposed for re-election as chairman of the board.

Item 15. Election of the auditor.

The nomination committee proposes, in accordance with the recommendation of the board audit committee, re-election of PricewaterhouseCoopers AB as auditor for the period from the end of the 2019 AGM until the end of the 2020 AGM. PricewaterhouseCoopers AB intends to appoint Daniel Algotsson as auditor in charge. Neither the nomination committee’s proposal nor the audit committee’s recommendation concerning the auditor has been subject to influence by a third party or compelled by contractual terms and conditions that would have restricted freedom of choice in the election of the auditor.

Item 16. Resolution on the nomination committee for the 2020 AGM.

The nomination committee proposes that the members of the nomination committee be appointed by the chairman of the board contacting the three largest shareholders in terms of voting rights or the ownership groups in Euroclear Sweden AB’s printout of the shareholder register at 30 September 2019, which shall each appoint a representative who, alongside the chairman of the board, shall comprise the nomination committee for a term ending at the close of the following AGM or, where applicable, until a new nomination committee has been appointed. If the chairman of the board, directly or through a company, should be one of the three aforementioned largest shareholders, the nomination committee shall be composed of only two members and the chairman of the board. If any of the three largest shareholders in terms of voting rights chooses not to exercise its right to appoint a representative, such right shall transfer to the shareholder that, after the aforementioned shareholders, has the largest shareholding until the nomination committee is complete. If a member leaves the nomination committee before its work has been completed a replacement shall be appointed, if deemed necessary, by the shareholder that appointed the leaving member or, if such shareholder is no longer one of the three largest shareholders in terms of voting rights, by such new shareholder that is among this group.

The majority of the members of the nomination committee shall be independent in relation to the Company and the Company’s management. At least one member of the nomination committee shall be independent in relation to the largest shareholder in the Company in terms of voting rights or group of shareholders that act in concert with regard to administration of the Company. The chief executive officer or another person from the Company’s management shall not be a member of the nomination committee. Directors may be members of the nomination committee, but shall not constitute a majority of its members. If more than one director is included in the nomination committee, no more than one of these directors may be non-independent in relation to major shareholders in the Company. The nomination committee appoints its chairman from among its members. The chairman of the board or another director shall not be the chairman of the nomination committee.

The composition of the nomination Committee must be publicly announced immediately upon appointment and no later than six months before the AGM. In the event of changes to the ownership structure after the nomination committee has been appointed, such that one or more of the shareholders that appointed members of the nomination committee are no longer among the three largest shareholders in terms of voting rights, the composition of the nomination committee may be changed using the above principles, if the nomination committee deems this necessary. Changes to the composition of the nomination committee shall be immediately announced.

The duties of the nomination committee shall be to prepare proposals prior to the AGM regarding the chairman of the AGM, the number of directors, directors’ fees and auditor’s fees, composition of the board, chairman of the board, principles for appointment of the nomination committee in preparation for the 2019 AGM and election of the auditor.

Item 17. Resolution on guidelines for remuneration to senior executives.

The board of directors proposes the following guidelines for remuneration to senior executives. Remuneration to the CEO and other members of the group management shall comprise fixed salary, variable pay and other benefits, and pension. Total compensation shall be market-based, competitive and proportionate to the employee’s duties and powers. Variable compensation is based on performance in relation to individually defined qualitative and quantitative targets and shall not exceed 24 months’ fixed salary for the chief executive officer. And 12 months’ salary for other senior management. On termination of employment by the Company, the total of pay during the period of notice and severance pay shall not exceed 12 months’ salary. Pension benefits shall be defined-contribution. The board of directors is permitted to depart from these guidelines only if justified by special circumstances in individual cases.

Available documentation

Documentation for the AGM will be available no later than 6 May 2019 at the Company’s offices and on the Company’s website at www.catella.se and can be ordered in print form free of charge by shareholders by telephone on +46 8 463 34 26, or by email to bolagsstamma@catella.se.

Right to request information

In accordance with Chapter 7, Sections 32 and 57 of the Swedish Companies Act (SFS 2005:551), shareholders have the right to request information from the board of directors and chief executive officer at the meeting regarding circumstances that may influence their evaluation of an item on the agenda and circumstances that may influence evaluation of the Company’s or a subsidiary’s economic situation and the Company’s relationship with other group companies.

Number of shares and votes

As of the date of this notice, the total number of shares in the Company was 86,281,905 and the total number of votes was 96,404,125, of which 2,530,555 ordinary shares in Class A (carrying a total of 12,652,775 votes) and 83,751,350 ordinary shares in Class B (carrying a total of 83,751,350 votes).

Personal data processing

Information about how your personal data is processed is provided on Catella’s website: www.catella.com

Stockholm, April 2019

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

For more information, please contact:
Johan Claesson
Chairman of the Board
+46 70 547 16 36

About Catella: Catella is a leading specialist in property