CARGOTEC CORPORATION: NOTICE TO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2025
CARGOTEC CORPORATION, STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE, 12
FEBRUARY 2025 AT 9:25 AM EET
CARGOTEC CORPORATION: NOTICE TO ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING 2025
Notice is given to the shareholders of Cargotec
Corporation to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday
26 March 2025 at 2:00 p.m. (EET) at Little-Finlandia,
Karamzininranta 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland. The reception of
persons who have registered for the meeting, the distribution of
voting tickets and coffee service preceding the meeting will
commence at 12:30 p.m. (EET).
Shareholders may also exercise their shareholder
rights by voting in advance. Instructions for advance voting are
provided in section C of this notice.
The Annual General Meeting may be followed via a
webcast. Instructions for following the webcast are available on
the company’s website at www.cargotec.com/agm. It is not possible
to ask questions, make counterproposals, otherwise address the
meeting or vote via the webcast, and following the meeting via
webcast is not considered as participation in the General Meeting
or as exercise of the shareholders’ rights.
Before the Annual General Meeting, the company
will arrange a discussion event with the management from 1:00 p.m.
to 1:30 p.m. (EET) at the meeting venue. The event will be open for
shareholders who have registered for the meeting and be held in
Finnish. In connection with the event, participants can present
questions to the management, but the event is not part of the
General Meeting and thus, questions presented at the event are not
questions referred to in Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Finnish
Companies Act.
A. Matters on the
agenda of the General Meeting
Information and proposals concerning the formal
organisational matters in agenda items 1 to 5 are included in a
separate organisational document published on the company's website
at www.cargotec.com/agm. This document also constitutes a part of
this notice to the General Meeting. The document may be
supplemented at the meeting with such information that is not
available before the Annual General Meeting.
The following matters will be considered at the
General Meeting:
1. Opening of the
meeting
2. Calling
the meeting to order
3. Election
of person to scrutinise the minutes and to supervise the counting
of votes
4. Recording
the legality of the meeting
5. Recording
the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the list of
votes
6.
Presentation of the financial statements, the Board of
Directors' report, the auditor's report and the assurance report on
the sustainability statement for the financial period
2024
Review by the
President and CEO.
The financial
statements, the Board of Directors’ report including the
sustainability statement, the auditor’s report and the assurance
report on the sustainability statement are available on the
company's website at www.cargotec.com/agm.
7. Adoption of the financial
statements
8. Resolution on the use of
the profit shown on the balance sheet and the payment of
dividend
The Board of
Directors proposes to the General Meeting that a dividend of EUR
1.19 per each class A share and a dividend of EUR 1.20 per each
outstanding class B share be paid for the financial period ended 31
December 2024. The dividend shall be paid to a shareholder who on
the record date of the dividend payment, 28 March 2025, is
registered in the company’s shareholder register maintained by
Euroclear Finland Ltd. The Board of Directors proposes that the
dividend be paid on 4 April 2025.
The Board of
Directors further proposes to the General Meeting that the Board of
Directors be authorised to decide on an additional dividend in the
amount of EUR 1.56 per each class A share and EUR 1.57 per each
outstanding class B share. The payment of the additional dividend
will be subject to the closing of the sale of MacGregor business to
funds managed by Triton, as announced by the company on 14 November
2024. The Board of Directors has indicated that it will exercise
the authorisation provided that the closing occurs in accordance
with the terms of the transaction. The Board of Directors intends
to resolve on the additional dividend in its meeting scheduled for
29 September 2025. The company will separately publish resolutions
of the Board of Directors on the dividend payment and confirm the
record and payment dates in connection with such resolutions.
The additional
dividend to be paid based on the authorisation would be paid to
shareholders who on the payment record date in question are
recorded in the company’s shareholders’ register maintained by
Euroclear Finland Ltd. The Board of Directors proposes that the
authorisation includes the right for the Board of Directors to
decide on all other terms and conditions related to the dividend
payment. The authorisation would be effective until 31 December
2025.
9. Resolution on the
discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the
President and CEO from liability
10. Presentation of the
remuneration report for governing bodies
The remuneration
report for governing bodies is available on the company's website
at www.cargotec.com/agm.
11.
Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of
Directors
The Board of
Directors, based on the recommendation of the Nomination and
Compensation Committee, proposes the following yearly remuneration
for Board members for the term ending at the Annual General Meeting
in 2026:
Board annual
fees:
-
- EUR 160,000 to the Chair of the
Board (2024: 160,000)
- EUR 95,000 to
the Vice Chair of the Board (2024: 95,000)
- EUR 80,000 to
each member of the Board (2024: 80,000)
Committee annual
fees:
-
- EUR 20,000 to the Chair of the Audit
and Risk Management Committee (2024: 20,000)
- EUR 10,000 to each member of the
Audit and Risk Management Committee (2024: 10,000)
- EUR 15,000 to the Chair of any other
committee constituted by the Board (2024: maximum 15,000)
- EUR 5,000 to
each member of any other committee constituted by the Board (2024:
5,000)
In addition to the
annual fees, meeting fees for attending Board or Committee meetings
are proposed as follows:
-
- EUR 1,000 for meetings held in the
Member’s country of residence or attended remotely (2024: -)
- EUR 2,000 for meetings held in a
different country from the Member’s residence (2024: -)
- EUR 3,000 for meetings held on a
different continent from the Member’s residence (2024: 3,000)
The Board further
proposes that the annual Board and Committee fees are to be paid in
company shares and cash so that 40% (2024: 50%) is to be paid in
company’s class B shares to be purchased on the Board members’
behalf from the market at a price determined in public trading, and
the rest in cash.
The shares will be
purchased within two weeks of the publication of the interim report
for the period 1 January 2025–31 March 2025 or as soon as possible
thereafter in accordance with applicable legislation. The company
will pay any costs and transfer tax related to the purchase of
company shares.
Expenses related to
travel and accommodation, as well as other costs directly related
to Board and Committee work shall be reimbursed in accordance with
company policy.
If the term of a
member of the Board of Directors terminates before the Annual
General Meeting of 2026, the Board has a right to decide upon
potential reclaim of the term fees as it deems appropriate.
12. Resolution on the number
of members of the Board of Directors
The Board of
Directors proposes, in accordance with the recommendation of the
Nomination and Compensation Committee, that the number of Board
members elected is eight (8). However, should any number of the
candidates proposed by the Board of Directors for any reason not be
available at the General Meeting for election to the Board of
Directors, the proposed number of Board members shall be decreased
accordingly.
13. Election of the members
of the Board of Directors
The Board of
Directors proposes, in accordance with the recommendation of the
Nomination and Compensation Committee that Eric Alström,
Raija-Leena Hankonen-Nybom, Ilkka Herlin, Jukka Moisio, Tuija
Pohjolainen-Hiltunen, Ritva Sotamaa and Luca Sra, current members
of the Board of Directors, are re-elected as Board members, and
that Casimir Lindholm is elected as new Board member.
The term of office of
the Board member candidates will commence at the end of the 2025
Annual General Meeting, with the exception of Casimir Lindholm,
whose term of office will commence as of 1 April 2025, in
accordance with his wish. Should any of the candidates presented
above for any reason not be available at the General Meeting for
election to the Board of Directors, the remaining available
candidates are proposed to be elected in accordance with the
proposal by the Board of Directors.
As regards the
selection procedure for the members of the Board of Directors, the
Nomination and Compensation Committee recommends that shareholders
take a position on the proposal as a whole at the General Meeting.
In addition to ensuring that individual candidates for membership
of the Board of Directors possess the required competences, the
Nomination and Compensation Committee has evaluated that the
proposed Board of Directors as a whole has the best possible
expertise and experience for the company and that the composition
of the Board of Directors also meets other requirements of the
Finnish Corporate Governance Code for listed
companies.
The proposed
candidates, with the exception of Casimir Lindholm, are independent
of the company and, with the exception of Ilkka Herlin, independent
of its significant shareholders. Further information on proposed
Board member candidates is available on the company’s website at
www.cargotec.com/agm.
14. Resolution on the
remuneration of the auditors and sustainability reporting assurance
provider
The Board of
Directors proposes, in accordance with the recommendation of the
Audit and Risk Management Committee, that the auditors and
sustainability reporting assurance provider’s fees be paid
according to an invoice approved by the company.
15. Resolution on the number
of auditors
The Board of
Directors proposes, in accordance with the recommendation of the
Audit and Risk Management Committee, that one (1) auditor be
elected for the company.
16. Election of the auditors
and sustainability reporting assurance provider
The Board of
Directors proposes, in accordance with the recommendation of the
Audit and Risk Management Committee, that audit firm Ernst &
Young Oy be re-elected as the company’s auditor. Ernst & Young
Oy has notified that Heikki Ilkka, Authorised Public Accountant,
would act as the responsible auditor.
The Board of
Directors further proposes, in accordance with the recommendation
of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, that authorised
sustainability assurance audit firm Ernst & Young Oy be elected
as the sustainability reporting assurance provider. Ernst &
Young Oy has notified that Heikki Ilkka, Authorised Sustainability
Auditor, would act as the responsible sustainability reporting
assurance provider.
17. Change of company
name
The Board of
Directors proposes that Article 1 of the Articles of Association is
amended so that the company’s new name is Hiab Oyj and Hiab
Corporation in English. In its amended form, said provision of the
Articles of Association would read as follows (unofficial
translation in English below for informational purposes only):
1 § Company name and
domicile
The name of the company is Hiab Oyj and Hiab Corporation in
English. The company is domiciled in Helsinki.
18. Amendment of the Articles
of Association
The Board of
Directors proposes that Article 2 of the Articles of Association is
amended to include certain digital services into the line of
business of the company, in addition to the current description of
the company’s line of business.
The Board of
Directors proposes that Article 5 of the Articles of Association is
amended to state that the company’s Board of Directors comprises a
minimum of five (5) and maximum of ten (10) members. Additionally,
it is proposed that Article 5 is amended to exclude that the Board
of Directors elects the Chair and the Vice Chair from among its
members.
The Board of
Directors proposes that Article 9 of the Articles of Association is
amended to state that the company has one (1) auditor, to clarify
the term of office of the auditor, and to include appointment and
term of office of the sustainability reporting assurance
provider.
The Board of
Directors proposes that Article 12 of the Articles of Association
is amended to include handling of the remuneration policy, approval
of the remuneration report, and resolving upon the election of the
sustainability reporting assurance provider and their remuneration,
in addition to the items currently included in Article 12.
Additionally, it is proposed that Article 12 is amended to
correspond with the abovementioned amendment to Article 9 whereby
the company only has one (1) auditor.
It is proposed that
the Articles of Association will otherwise remain unchanged.
The aforementioned
provisions of the Articles of Association in their current and
proposed new form are available on the company's website at
www.cargotec.com/agm.
19. Authorising the Board of
Directors to decide on the repurchase and/or on the acceptance as
pledge of the company's own shares
The Board of
Directors proposes to the General Meeting that the General Meeting
authorise the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase and/or
on the acceptance as pledge of the company's own shares as
follows:
A maximum of
6,400,000 shares in the company may be repurchased and/or accepted
as pledge on the basis of the authorisation, of which no more than
952,000 are class A shares and 5,448,000 are class B shares,
corresponding to approximately 9.89 per cent of the total number of
shares in the company. The shares acquired on the basis of the
authorisation may only be purchased with unrestricted equity of the
company.
The purchase price of
class A and class B shares shall be based on the market price of
class B share formed in public trading on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd on
the date of purchase: the lowest market price of the company’s
class B share quoted in public trading during the authorisation
period shall be the minimum consideration and the highest market
price quoted during the authorisation period shall be the maximum
consideration. The shares may be repurchased and/or accepted as
pledge through a directed purchase as defined in Chapter 15,
Section 6 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act.
The authorisation
cancels the authorisation given by the Annual General Meeting on 30
May 2024 to decide on the repurchase and/or acceptance as pledge of
the company’s own shares. The authorisation is effective until the
end of the next Annual General Meeting, however no longer than 18
months.
20. Authorising the Board of
Directors to decide on the issuance of shares as well as the
issuance of option rights and other special rights entitling to
shares
The Board of
Directors proposes to the General Meeting that the General Meeting
authorise the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of
shares as well as the issuance of option rights and other special
rights entitling to shares, as referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1
of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, as follows: the
number of shares to be issued based on this authorisation in one or
more instalments shall not exceed 952,000 class A shares and
5,448,000 class B shares, corresponding to approximately 9.89 per
cent of the total number of shares in the company. The
authorisation covers both the issuance of new shares as well as the
transfer of treasury shares. The issuance of shares and of special
rights entitling to shares may be carried out in deviation from the
shareholders’ pre-emptive rights provided that the issuance is
based on weighty financial reasons. The Board of Directors is
authorised to decide on all conditions of the issuance of shares
and of special rights entitling to shares.
The authorisation
cancels the authorisation given by the Annual General Meeting on 30
May 2024 to decide on the issuance of shares as well as special
rights entitling to shares. The authorisation is effective until
the end of the next Annual General Meeting, however no longer than
18 months.
21. The establishment of the
Shareholders’ Nomination Board
The Board of
Directors proposes to the General Meeting that a Shareholders’
Nomination Board be established for the company and that its
Charter is adopted.
The Shareholders’
Nomination Board would be responsible for preparing proposals to
the Annual General Meeting, and if necessary, to the Extraordinary
General Meeting, on the number, election, and remuneration of the
members of the Board of Directors. The Shareholders’ Nomination
Board is established until further notice until otherwise decided
by the General Meeting.
The Shareholders’
Nomination Board would consist of four (4) members. The members of
the Nomination Board would be appointed as follows: two largest
shareholders of A shares are entitled to appoint one (1) member
each, and two largest shareholders of B shares, who do not own any
A shares, are entitled to appoint one (1) member each. The number
of votes held by each shareholder of all shares in the company are
determined based on the shareholders’ register of Cargotec
Corporation (to be renamed Hiab Corporation) as per the situation
on the first banking day of June each year.
The composition,
tasks and activities of the Shareholders’ Nomination Board are
defined in more detail in its proposed Charter that is appended to
this notice and available on the company’s website at
www.cargotec.com/agm.
22. Presentation of the
remuneration policy for governing bodies
The Board of
Directors proposes to the General Meeting that certain technical
amendments are made to the current remuneration policy to reflect
that the Shareholders’ Nomination Board of the company, proposed to
be established in agenda item 21, will be preparing a proposal for
the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors.
The remuneration
policy for governing bodies is available on the company's website
at www.cargotec.com/agm.
23. Authorising the Board of
Directors to decide on donations
The Board of
Directors proposes to the General Meeting that the General Meeting
authorise the Board of Directors to decide on donations to science,
research and/or charity in the maximum amount of EUR 100,000.
Donations may be made in one or more instalments. The Board of
Directors may decide on the recipients and amounts of donations.
The authorisation is valid until the end of the next Annual General
Meeting.
24. Closing of the
meeting
B. Documents of the
General Meeting
The aforementioned
proposals for resolutions on the matters on the agenda of the
General Meeting and this notice are available on Cargotec
Corporation’s website at www.cargotec.com/agm. Cargotec
Corporation’s financial statements, the Board of Directors’ report
including the sustainability statement, the auditor’s report and
the assurance report on the sustainability statement, as well as
the organisational document, the remuneration report and
remuneration policy and proposal for the Charter of Shareholders’
Nomination Board are also available on the abovementioned website
on 5 March 2025 at the latest. The proposals for resolutions and
the other abovementioned documents will also be available at the
General Meeting. A copy of these documents will be sent to
shareholders upon request. The minutes of the General meeting will
be available on the company’s website no later than on 9 April
2025.
C. Instructions for the
participants of the General Meeting
1. Shareholders registered in
the shareholders’ register
Each shareholder who,
on the record date of the General Meeting 14 March 2025, is
registered in the shareholders’ register of the company held by
Euroclear Finland Ltd has the right to participate in the General
Meeting. A shareholder whose shares are registered on their
personal Finnish book-entry account is registered in the
shareholders’ register of the company. Changes in shareholding
after the record date of the General Meeting do not have any impact
on the right to participate in the General Meeting nor on the
number of votes.
Registration for the
General Meeting will commence on 13 February 2025 at 12:00 noon
(EET). A shareholder who is registered in the shareholders’
register of the company and who wishes to participate in the
General Meeting shall register for the meeting no later than by 19
March 2025 at 4:00 p.m. (EET), by which time the registration must
be received. Registration for the meeting may be made:
a) on the company’s
website at www.cargotec.com/agm;
Electronic
registration requires strong authentication of the shareholder or
their legal representative or proxy representative with Finnish,
Swedish or Danish bank ID or mobile certificate.
b) by e-mail to
agm@innovatics.fi; or
c) by mail to
Innovatics Ltd, Annual General Meeting / Cargotec Corporation,
Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland.
Shareholders
registering by mail shall submit the registration form and possible
advance voting form available on the company's website at
www.cargotec.com/agm or corresponding information in their
notice.
In connection with
the registration, a shareholder is required to provide the
requested information such as their name, birth date or business
identity code, contact details, the name of a proxy representative
or assistant, if any, and the birth date of a proxy representative.
The personal data given to Cargotec Corporation by shareholders is
only used in connection with the General Meeting and with the
processing of related necessary registrations. For further
information on the handling of personal data, please visit the
company’s website at www.cargotec.com/agm.
A shareholder, and
their authorised representative or proxy representative, if any,
shall be able to prove their identity and/or right of
representation at the General Meeting upon request.
Further information
on registration and advance voting is available by telephone during
the registration period of the General Meeting by calling
Innovatics Ltd at +358 10 2818 909 on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon (EET) and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EET).
2. Holders of
nominee-registered shares
A holder of
nominee-registered shares has the right to participate in the
General Meeting by virtue of such shares, based on which the
shareholder would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders’
register of the company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record
date of the General Meeting 14 March 2025. In addition, the right
to participate in the General Meeting requires that the
shareholder, on the basis of such shares, has been temporarily
registered into the shareholders’ register held by Euroclear
Finland Ltd at the latest by 21 March 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (EET).
With regard to nominee-registered shares, this constitutes due
registration for the General Meeting. Changes in shareholding after
the record date of the General Meeting do not have any impact on
the right to participate in the General Meeting nor on the number
of votes.
A holder of
nominee-registered shares is advised to request necessary
instructions regarding the temporary registration in the
shareholders’ register of the company, the issuing of proxy
documents and voting instructions, registration for the General
Meeting and, if needed, the advance voting from their custodian
bank without delay. The account management organisation of the
custodian bank shall temporarily register the holder of
nominee-registered shares, who wishes to participate in the General
Meeting, in the shareholders’ register of the company by the
abovementioned date at the latest, and, if needed, take care of the
advance voting on behalf of the holder of nominee-registered shares
within the registration period applicable to nominee-registered
shareholders.
Further information
will also be available on the company’s website
at www.cargotec.com/agm.
3. Proxy representatives and
powers of attorney
A shareholder may
participate in the General Meeting and exercise its rights at the
meeting by way of proxy representation. A shareholder’s proxy
representative may also vote in advance in the manner described in
this notice.
The proxy
representative must use their personal strong electronic
authentication when registering through the electronic registration
service, after which they will be able to register and vote in
advance on behalf of the represented shareholder. A proxy
representative shall present a dated proxy document or otherwise in
a reliable manner demonstrate their right to represent the
shareholder at the General Meeting. Statutory right of
representation may be demonstrated by using the Suomi.fi
e-Authorisations service which is in use in the electronic
registration service.
Proxy and voting
instruction templates are available on the company’s website at
www.cargotec.com/agm. If a shareholder participates in the General
Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the
shareholder with shares in different book-entry accounts, separate
proxy documents for each book-entry account shall be provided and
the shares by which each proxy representative represents the
shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration
for the General Meeting.
Possible proxy
documents should be delivered primarily as an attachment in
connection with the electronic registration, or by mail to
Innovatics Ltd, Annual General Meeting / Cargotec Corporation,
Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland or by e-mail to
agm@innovatics.fi before the expiry of the registration period. In
addition to delivering the proxy documents, the shareholder or its
proxy representative shall also register for the General Meeting in
the manner set out above in this notice.
4. Voting in
advance
Shareholders with a
Finnish book-entry account may vote in advance on certain matters
on the agenda of the General Meeting during the period from 13
February 2025 at 12:00 noon (EET) until on 19 March 2025 at 4:00
p.m. (EET) in the following ways:
a) on the company’s
website at www.cargotec.com/agm; or
Advance voting
requires that the shareholder or their statutory representative or
proxy representative uses strong electronic authentication with
Finnish, Swedish or Danish bank ID or mobile certificate.
b) by submitting the
advance voting form available on the company’s website or
corresponding information to Innovatics Ltd by e-mail to
agm@innovatics.fi or by mail to Innovatics Ltd, Annual General
Meeting / Cargotec Corporation, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, FI-00520
Helsinki, Finland.
The advance votes
must be received by Innovatics Ltd before the expiry of the advance
voting period. Submission of the votes before the expiry of the
registration and advance voting period in this manner constitutes
due registration for the General Meeting, provided that they
contain the abovementioned information required for the
registration.
A shareholder who has
voted in advance cannot request information under the Finnish
Limited Liability Companies Act or request a vote at the General
Meeting if they or their proxy representative is not present at the
General Meeting venue.
With regard to
holders of nominee-registered shares, the advance voting is
performed via the account management organisation. The account
management organisation may vote in advance on behalf of the
holders of nominee-registered shares it represents, in accordance
with the voting instructions provided by them, during the advance
voting period for holders of nominee-registered shares.
A proposal subject to
advance voting is considered to have been presented unchanged at
the General Meeting.
5. Other instructions and
information
The General Meeting
is conducted in Finnish. The meeting will be simultaneously
interpreted into English.
Pursuant to Chapter
5, Section 25 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, a
shareholder who is present at the General Meeting has the right to
request information with respect to the matters to be considered at
the General Meeting.
On the date of this
notice 12 February 2025, the total number of Cargotec Corporation’s
class A shares is 9,526,089 and the total number of class B shares
is 55,182,079. Pursuant to the Articles of Association, each class
A share represents one vote and each full set of ten class B shares
represents one vote, however, each shareholder has a minimum of one
vote. On the date of this notice, the company holds a total of
784,550 of its own class B shares that do not carry a right to
participate in the Annual General Meeting. Changes in shareholding
after the record date of the General Meeting do not have any impact
on the right to participate in the General Meeting nor on the
number of votes.
In Helsinki, 12
February 2025
Cargotec
Corporation
Board of
Directors
Cargotec’s (Nasdaq Helsinki: CGCBV) Hiab business is a leading
provider of smart and sustainable on road load-handling solutions,
committed to delivering the best customer experience every day with
the most engaged people and partners. The company's continuing
operations sales in 2024 totalled approximately EUR 1.6 billion and
it employs over 4,000 people. www.cargotec.com
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