Stockholm, May 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
At the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders considered a number of items, some of which were the following.
- The Annual General Meeting resolved to adopt the profit and loss statement and the consolidated profit and loss statement from the period from the 1st January up to and including the 31st December 2017 as well as the balance sheet and the consolidated balance sheet as of the 31st December 2017. In accordance with the proposal by the board of directors, that the retained earnings of USD 733,850 thousand and the additional paid in capital of the parent company USD 246,064 thousand, which include the year’s profit of USD 3,417 thousand, be brought forward, and that no dividends shall be distributed.
- Lars O Grönstedt, Per Brilioth, Josh Blachman, Keith Richman, Ylva Lindquist and Victoria Grace were re-elected as directors and Lars O Grönstedt was re-appointed Chairman of the Board. All elections were made for the period until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2019. Furthermore, it was resolved that remuneration for the Board (including remuneration for the work within the committees of the Board) shall be a total amount of USD 479,000 of which USD 155,000 shall be allocated to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and USD 75,000 to each of the other Directors who are not employed by the Company, and that a total of USD 24,000 be awarded for work on Board Committees, of which USD 6,000 to each of two members of the Audit Committee and USD 6,000 to each of two members of the Compensation Committee. The Board in its entirety will continue to constitute the Investment Committee.
- The Annual General Meeting re-elected the registered audit company PricewaterhouseCoopers AB as the Company’s auditors.
- The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the nomination committees proposal on principles for the appointment of the nomination committee for the Annual General Meeting in 2019.
- The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the board of director’s proposal for principles for remuneration to the senior management.
- The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the board of director’s proposal to introduce a long term incentive programme.
For further information please contact:
Björn von Sivers, Investor Relations: +46 (0)8-545 015 50
Vostok New Ventures Ltd, formerly Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd, is an investment company with the business concept of using experience, expertise and a widespread network to identify and invest in assets with considerable potential for value appreciation. The company has a special focus on online marketplaces and businesses with strong network effects. The Swedish Depository Receipts (SDRs) of Vostok New Ventures are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Mid Cap segment, with the ticker VNV SDB. For more information on Vostok New Ventures, visit www.vostoknewventures.com.
This information is information that Vostok New Ventures Ltd is required to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 14.00 CEST on May 16, 2018.
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