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Today, on May 7, 2025, 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 May 7, 2025 in Arise AB (publ) it was resolved:
The members of the Board of Directors and the CEO were discharged from liability for the financial year 2024.
In accordance with the proposal from the Nomination Committee, six ordinary Board members were elected: Johan Damne (re- election), Joachim Gahm (re-election), Mikael Schoultz (re-election), P-G Persson (re-election), Erik Rune (new election) and Mia Bodin (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 2,844,000 (SEK 2,372,500 previous year). SEK 795,000 is remuneration to the Chairman of the Board and SEK 325,000 is remuneration to every other member of the Board who is not employed by the company. SEK 309,000 in total is to be paid in remuneration for work in the Audit Committee (of which the Chairman receives SEK 125,000 and every other member SEK 92,000), and SEK 115,000 in total is to be paid for work in the Remuneration Committee (of which the Chairman receives SEK 65,000 and every other member SEK 50,000).
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 2024.
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 1,542,178 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 128,518.337356. The purpose of the reduction is allocation to unrestricted equity. The Annual General Meeting further resolved to increase the share capital by SEK 128,518.337356 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 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 repurchase 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 deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights. If the repurchase takes place on Nasdaq Stockholm, the price shall be within the registered price interval, at any given time. It shall be possible to repurchase 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 transfer of a maximum of 1/10 of all ordinary shares. The authorization includes the right to decide on deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights, the conditions therefore and the way in which the transfer shall take place. It should be possible to transfer the shares in connection with possible acquisitions or other transactions or by sale on the open market. Upon sale on Nasdaq Stockholm, the transfer shall be made at the current quotation.
The CEO's presentation on today's Annual General Meeting is available at the company's website, www.arise.se.
Halmstad, May 7, 2025
Arise AB (publ)
For further information, please contact
Per-Erik Eriksson, CEO Arise AB (publ), +46 702 409 902
This information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 14:30 CEST on May 7, 2025.
About Arise
Arise is a leading independent company that realises new green energy. The company develops, builds, sells and manages renewable electricity production. The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
Arise AB (publ), Linjegatan 7, SE-302 50 Halmstad, Sweden, telephone 46 (0)10 450 71 00, corporate id .no. 556274-6726. E-mail [email protected], www.arise.se