Welcome to this extraordinary general meeting, convened upon the request from Hartmann's majority shareholder, Thornico Holding A/S, to elect new members of the Board of Directors. Just like the annual general meeting in April, this is also fully electronic meeting. All shareholders can exercise their influence by means of postal voting or by proxy, and questions may be asked during this meeting. The Board of Directors have appointed lawyer Niels Aagaard Pedersen as chair of this meeting. I will now hand it over to Niels, please. Thank you. As Chairman of the meeting, it is my first duty to verify whether the form in which the general meeting is being held complies with the company's articles of association, and whether the general meeting has been duly convened and thus legally competent to pass valid resolutions. Hartmann's articles of association contain provisions allowing the company to hold its general meeting completely electronically and in English, without translation to or from Danish. Therefore, this general meeting is being held in compliance with the provisions. Since the general meeting is being held in English, any questions or comments must be forwarded to us in English. According to the Danish Companies Act and the articles, the notice convening a general meeting must be published, made available at the company's website, and forwarded to those registered shareholders who have requested to receive it no later than three weeks before the general meeting. The notice convening this general meeting was published and made available at the company's website, as well as forwarded to the shareholders on 20th June, 2023, which is within the applicable mandatory deadline. Hartmann has further ensured that the required information and documentation related to the general meeting have been published in a timely manner on the company's website. Based on these verifications, it is my conclusion that the general meeting is legally competent in every respect of the agenda and can pass valid resolution. 78.07% of the votes and shares, share capital in the company are represented at this general meeting, which also includes received proxies and submitted votes in advance of the general meeting. Now to the agenda. Adoption of the proposals at the agenda requires a simple majority of votes, which means more than 50% of votes in favor of a given proposal. Since the proposals in items one and two are closely related, both will be presented jointly. Once the joint presentation is finalized, a short break will be held, during which it will be possible for the shareholders to submit any questions or comments through the Q&A function. I would like to give a brief information on the technical systems for how to participate electronically. Questions can be submitted and can be only sent to us in writing through the Q&A function, which will be shown on the top of your screen on the right side. There will be a block where you can write and submit text, which, as mentioned earlier, must be in English. For good measure, please note that the Q&A function cannot be used on an anonymous basis, as we will be able to see the name of the shareholder who submits questions or comments. The name will also be shown in the subsequent general meeting minutes. The received questions or comments will be read out by me loudly, enabling the Chairman of the Board of Directors to respond. To ensure a smooth process, any texts to be submitted via the Q&A function should be as brief and precise as possible. In relation to electronic voting, I would like to note that the result of the votes, which have been received in advance, already shows that both proposals at the agenda will be adopted at this general meeting, meaning there are sufficient votes in favor of the adoption. For these reasons, to ensure an efficient process, I suggest, in line with the previous general meeting, that no actual electronic voting takes place unless a shareholder specifically request it. I take the liberty to assume that the participating shareholders agree to this. However, should voting become relevant, the electronic voting tab will be shown at the top of the screen in front of you in the right side. In case you need technical support during the process, please contact Computershare's hotline function in the following number: 45460997. We will just take a short break, because we have received information that a shareholder have difficulties joining the meeting electronically. Welcome back. We have now solved the problem, and we are able to continue. We have now come to the part where we will look at the joint presentation of item one and two of the agenda, and in this respect, I will pass the word to Chairman of the Board, Jan Henriksen. Thank you. As already mentioned, Hartmann's majority shareholders has requested election of two new members of the Board of Directors to replace three of the current four Board members elected by the general meeting. The background for this is to strengthen the majority shareholders' proximity to strategic decision-making and management in Hartmann, in line with the management model applied across other subsidiaries in the Thornico group. I will let the chair of the meeting present the formal proposal for election of the members to the Board of Directors. Back to you, Niels. Thank you. It has been proposed to elect Marianne Schelde and Henrik Marinus Pedersen as new members of the Board of Directors, and that Michael Strange Midskov will remain as member of the Board of Directors, resulting in the board to consist of three general meeting elected Board members. Consequently, Jan Klarskov Henriksen, Jan Madsen, and Pernille Fabricius will resign as members of the Board of Directors. The Board also consists of two employee-elected Board members, Palle Skade Andersen and Klaus Bysted Jensen, who will remain in the Board of Directors. A detailed overview of the individual members' background and their management positions appears from the notice available at the company's website, as well as on the slide in front of you. I will now proceed to the agenda, item number two, according to which it has been proposed to authorize the Chairman of the meeting to register resolutions adopted at the general meeting with the Danish Business Authority. The presentation of item one and two has been completed. There will be a short break in which it will be possible to forward questions or comments through the Q&A function. Welcome back. We have not received any questions or comments during this break, conclude that there are no questions or comments to the agenda and the proposal presented. Unless anyone has objections, I consider each of the agenda items one and two to have been approved. This means that Marianne Schelde and Henrik Marinus Pedersen have been elected as new Board members. The Board of Directors thus consists of Marianne Schelde, Henrik Marinus Pedersen, and Michael Strange Midskov, as well as the two employee-elected Board members, Palle Skade Andersen and Klaus Bysted Jensen. The authorization for registration of the adopted resolutions with the authority has also been granted. We have now reached the final agenda item, unless any shareholder has a comment or a question via the Q&A function, I will give the floor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Thanks. Yeah, it appears that there are no questions or comments, to this item, therefore, Jan, please. Yeah. Thank you, Niels. Thank you for chairing this meeting. To conclude, I would like to thank the shareholders for the dialogue during the past five years. It's been a pleasure to be part of Hartmann, and I will continue to follow its development. Again, Niels, thank you very much for leading the meeting today. I wish everybody a great day.
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