ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2009
24/04/2009 9:04am
UK Regulatory
TIDMSTPS
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2009
StepStone ASA
24 April 2009
The Annual General Meeting of StepStone ASA was held on 22 April 2009 in Oslo.
All of the Board proposals on the agenda were adopted cf. the notice of the
Annual General Meeting that was sent to the Oslo Stock Exchange on 31 March
2009. The proposals proposed by minority shareholders and which were not
endorsed by the board were either withdrawn or rejected by the General Meeting.
The Board had resolved to amend its original proposal set out in the notice, so
that the following sentence from the proposals for proxies numbered 1 and 3
would be deleted: "The authorisation may be used in the events described in the
Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 6-17 (2)." The General Meeting approved
the four Board proxies to issue shares as set out in the notice with such
adjustment.
After the General Meeting, the following persons are members and deputy members
of the Board: Jan Gustaf Stenberg (Chairman), Colin Tenwick (Director), Lawrence
Lepard (Director), Pat Chapman-Pincher (Director), Grete Tveit (Director), Dr.
Jens Müffelmann (Director), Alexandra Rullen (Director), Julian Deutz (alternate
Director), Donata Hopfen (alternate Director), Bjørn Stray (alternate Director).
The Nomination Committee had amended its original proposal, to add one proposed
member, Mr Ralph Büchi, to the Nomination Committee. The amended proposal was
approved by the General Meeting. After the General Meeting, the following
persons constitute the members of the Nomination Committee: Jan Gustaf Stenberg,
Thomas Aanmoen, Birger Nergaard og Ralph Büchi.
The General Meeting adopted the following amendments to the Articles of
Association: New sentences 5 through 7 of Article 6 of the by-laws shall be:
"The Company shall have a Nomination Committee consisting of minimum 2 members,
and be subject to election by the Shareholders' Meeting. The Nomination
Committee shall make recommendations to the Shareholders' Meeting regarding the
election of shareholder-appointed Board Members, deputy Board Members,
nomination committee members and corporate assembly members and propose the fees
to be paid to members of those bodies. The Shareholders' Meeting may adopt
instructions for the Nomination Committee's tasks."
Enquiries : Ian Clapp, Director of Investor Relations.
Tel : + 44 7850 128094
e-mail : ian.clapp@stepstone.com
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)