It was resolved to approve the Consolidated Financial Statements of the company, the Director’s Report and the Auditor’s Report for the financial year ending 31 December 2018. The meeting resolved to not pay any dividends for the financial year 2018 in accordance with the directors’ recommendation as set forth in the Directors’ Report.
Christian Lundberg, Annika Billberg, Fredrik Svederman, Erik Skarp and Johan Svensson were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors for the period until the end of the next annual general meeting in accordance with the Nomination Committee’s proposal. Further, Christian Lundberg was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the period until the end of the next annual general meeting. The meeting resolved that the fees to be paid to the members of the Board of Directors shall be allocated as follows: EUR 50,000 to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and EUR 30,000 to each of the other members of the Board of Directors. The meeting further resolved that the remuneration to the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, respectively, shall be paid in accordance with the following: (i) Audit Committee Chairman: EUR 10,000; and (ii) Remuneration Committee Chairman: EUR 5,000.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Malta was re-elected as the company’s auditor for the time until the end of the next annual general meeting in accordance with the Nomination Committee’s proposal and Audit Committe’s recommendation. The meeting resolved that the auditor’s fees shall be payable in accordance with any invoice approved by the Remuneration Committee.
The meeting resolved to approve the Nomination Committee’s proposal on the principles for appointing the Nomination Committee of the company for the annual general meeting of 2020.
The meeting resolved to adopt the Board of Director’s proposal for guidelines for remuneration to senior management.
The meeting further resolved to adopt an incentive program in accordance with the proposal from the Board of Directors. The program comprises of share options which the participants are entitled to exercise for shares in Raketech after a three-year vesting period. The program comprises not more than 25 participants and in total 758,012 share options.
The meeting resolved to authorise the company to acquire not more than 3,790,063 of its own shares, where repurchases of shares shall be made on Nasdaq First North, on one or more occasions before the next annual general meeting, under certain conditions.
The meeting further resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal, to amend articles 4(b), 4(c) and 4(d) of the company’s Articles of Association, whereby Raketech’s Board of Directors is provided with greater flexibility in terms of issues of shares and other instruments, in order to continue to incentivise key employees, finance and further facilitate expansion, organically as well as through acquisitions, or to broaden the shareholders base further to enable better access to the capital market. The resolution also included a resolution to amend the company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association to, inter alia, reflect the amendments of the aforementioned articles in the company’s Articles of Association.
Complete information regarding the meeting’s resolutions has been made available at the company’s website, www.raketech.com.
For more information, please contact Andreas Kovacs, CFO: [email protected].
The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the contact persons set out above on 8 May 2019 at 10.45 CEST.
About Raketech Group
Raketech is a leading online affiliate and content marketing company, with expertise in delivering comparison services for sports and gaming, online guides, communities and social media products in primarily the Nordic region and the UK. Through some 20 flagship brands, Raketech guides sports and gaming enthusiasts to the best possible services, while also delivering high-quality traffic and leads to its partners. Raketech grows both organically and via acquisitions and operates its business in accordance with a clear framework for responsible affiliate marketing services. The company’s shares are listed in Nasdaq First North Premier with ticker RAKE. Erik Penser Bank AB is the company’s Certified Adviser ([email protected] / +46 8 463 83 00). For more information, visit www.raketech.com.
