The annual general meeting and first control meeting of EKOBOT AB (publ) (the "Company") took place today, 18 June 2024 at Eversheds Sutherland Advokatbyrå's premises at Sveavägen 20 in Stockholm. The meeting resolved with the required majority in accordance with the proposals in the notice as follows:
Adoption of the income statement and balance sheet
The meeting resolved to adopt the income statement and balance sheet as included in the annual report for 2023 and to resolve on an allocation of profits in accordance with the board's proposal.
Dividend
The meeting resolved that no dividend will be paid for the financial year 2023.
Discharge from liability
The directors and managing director were discharged from liability for the 2023 financial year.
Board of directors and auditor
The meeting resolved in accordance with the nomination committee's proposal that the number of ordinary members of the board of directors shall be four (4) and resolved to re-elect the board members Thomas Lindgren, Mattias Jansson, Tord Cederlund and Magnus Edman as ordinary members of the board. It was resolved to re-elect Thomas Lindgren as Chairman of the Board.
Grant Thornton Sweden AB was re-elected as the Company's auditor until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, with Michael Palm continuing as auditor in charge.
Board and auditor fees
The meeting resolved that fees of SEK 76,200 shall be paid to the members of the board of directors and SEK 152,400 per year to be paid to the chairman of the board. The auditor shall receive remuneration to be paid according to approved invoice.
Resolution on continued operations
The meeting resolved in favour of the Board's proposal on continued operations. The decision means that a general meeting must be convened within eight months of the first control meeting to reconsider the question of whether the Company should go into liquidation (second control meeting). Prior to the second control meeting, the Board of Directors will prepare a new control balance sheet and have it reviewed by the Company's auditor. If this control balance sheet does not show that the equity has been restored and amounts to at least the registered share capital, the Company is obliged to go into liquidation.
Resolution to amend the Articles of Association regarding the Company's name and the number of Board members
The meeting resolved to amend the Articles of Association as set out below. The amendment means that the Company's company name is changed from EKOBOT AB (publ) to Newlist AB (publ) and that the minimum number of board members is changed from four to three.
Resolution to amend the Artices of Association regarding the limits of the share capital and number of shares
The meeting resolved to amend the Articles of Association as set out below. The amendment entails that the limits of the share capital and the number of shares in the Articles of Association are adjusted in order to enable the decision to reduce the share capital without cancellation of shares for allocation to non-restricted equity and to reflect the number of shares that can be issued in the Articles of Association.
Resolution on reduction of share capital without cancellation of shares for allocation to unrestricted equity
The meeting resolved in accordance with the proposal from the Board to reduce the Company's share capital by SEK 7,599,268.984 for allocation to non-restricted equity. The reduction shall be carried out without cancellation of shares by changing the quota value of the share from approximately SEK 0.35 per share to SEK 0.022 per share. The reduction is carried out in order to reduce the quota value of the shares and increase the Company's unrestricted equity. Following the reduction in accordance with the proposal, the Company's share capital will amount to SEK 509,707.066, divided into 23,168,503 shares, each share with a quota value of SEK 0.022.
Resolution to authorize the Board of Directors to decide on new issue of shares, warrants and convertibles
The meeting resolved to authorise the board of directors to authorise the Board of Directors to - on one or more occasions and at the latest until the next Annual General Meeting - resolve to increase the Company's share capital by issuing new shares, warrants and convertibles within the limits permitted by the Articles of Association from time to time.
New issues of shares, as well as issues of warrants and convertibles, may be made with or without deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights against payment in cash, in kind, by set-off or otherwise subject to the conditions set out in Chapter 2, Section 5 of the Swedish Companies Act. 5 of the Companies Act. According to Chapter 16 of the Swedish Companies Act, the Board of Directors may not, by virtue of this authorisation, decide on issues to members of the Board of Directors and/or employees of the Company.
The purpose of the authorisation and the reasons for any deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights is to enable new issues of shares, warrants and convertibles to be made in order to increase the Company's financial flexibility and/or the Board of Directors' room for manoeuvre.
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Jonas Eklind
CEO Ekobot AB (publ) - The evolution of agriculture
jonas.eklind@ekobot.se
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About Ekobot
Ekobot AB (publ), based in Västerås, conducts business based on the business concept of developing, manufacturing and selling autonomous agricultural robots that enable efficient precision cultivation where weed management takes place completely without or with minimal use of herbicides. The company's vision is to provide the agricultural sector with a long-term sustainable alternative for reducing or completely eliminating chemical spraying in crops of crops for human consumption. The company is listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market.
For more information, see Ekobot's website www.ekobot.se
Augment Partners AB, tel. +46 8 604 22 55, e-mail: info@augment.se is the Company's Certified Adviser.
