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On 2 May 2022, the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of AS Ekspress Grupp was held in Tallinn, Narva road 13.
Out of 30 304 713 votes with voting rights, 25 497 832 votes were represented at the Meeting, i.e. 84.14% of the votes.
The General Meeting of the Shareholders of AS Ekspress Grupp adopted the following resolutions.
1. The approval of the 2021 annual report of AS Ekspress Grupp
To approve the 2021 annual report of AS Ekspress Grupp for the financial year from 1st of January 2021 to 31st of December 2021.
2. The approval of the proposal for distribution of profits
To approve the Profit Distribution Proposal for 2021. To distribute total EUR 2.24 million as follows:
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to increase statutory reserve by EUR 0.11 million;
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to pay dividends 8 (eight) euro cents per share in total amount of EUR 2.42 million, of which EUR 2.13 million is distributed from the 2021 profit and EUR 0.29 million distributed from the retained earnings.
Shareholders, entered into the share register of AS Ekspress Grupp on 16 May 2022, at the close of the business of the settlement system, will be entitled to dividends. The day of change of the rights related to the shares (ex-date) is on 13 May 2022; from this date onwards, the person acquiring the shares will not have the right to receive dividends. Dividends will be paid to the shareholders on 20 May 2022 to the shareholder’s bank account, which is linked to the securities account.
3. Determining the acquisition of AS Ekspress Grupp’s own shares and laying down the terms of the share buyback program
3.1. Approve the share buyback program of AS Ekspress Grupp’s own shares under the following terms:
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AS Ekspress Grupp shall have the right to buy back a maximum of 2 500 000 own shares whereby the total amount of the nominal value of the treasury shares owned by the company may not exceed 1/10 of its share capital.
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AS Ekspress Grupp shall have the right to buy back its own shares in one or multiple transactions via buyback offer(s) targeted at all shareholders within 12 months from the date of adoption of this decision.
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The minimum amount to be paid for its own shares shall be EUR 0.60 per share and the maximum amount per share shall be the closing price on the Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange plus 20% but not more than EUR 1.90 per share at the trading day preceding the announcement of each respective buyback. The total amount payable for the shares to be bought back pursuant to this decision shall be up to EUR 1 million at most. The acquisition of the shares may not lead to a reduction in net assets below the total amount of share capital and reserves, the payment of which to the shareholders is not be permitted under law or the articles of association.
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The purpose of the share buyback is to use the attractive market conditions in order to create value for the shareholders. The shares bought back will thereafter be cancelled or used for other purposes (e.g. sale or use of shares for the option program).