DRLCO Drilling Company of 1972

Results of the Annual General Meeting of Maersk Drilling

Results of the Annual General Meeting of Maersk Drilling

Today, The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S (“Maersk Drilling”) adopted the following resolutions at its Annual General Meeting:

Financial year 2020

  • Annual Report for 2020 was adopted
  • Loss for 2020 will be carried forward and no ordinary dividend will be paid for 2020
  • Board of Directors and Executive Management were discharged of liability

Remuneration

  • Annual Remuneration Report for 2020 was adopted
  • Remuneration level of the Board of Directors for 2021 was approved

Composition of the Board of Directors

  • Claus V. Hemmingsen was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Alastair Maxwell, Ann-Christin G. Andersen, Kristin H. Holth, Martin Larsen and Robert M. Uggla were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors. Kathleen McAllister did not stand for re-election

Amendments to the Articles of Association

  • A new authorisation for the Board of Directors to increase the share capital without pre-emption rights for existing shareholders was approved
  • An option for the Board of Directors to decide to conduct general meetings by electronic means only was approved

Other

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab was re-elected as auditor

More detailed minutes of the Annual General Meeting will be published in due course on Maersk Drilling’s website, .

Following the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors held a meeting to elect a Vice Chairman and appoint members of the board committees. Accordingly, the Board of Directors and its committees are composed as follows:

Board of DirectorsChairmanshipAudit & Risk CommitteeRemuneration CommitteeNomination CommitteeSafety & Sustainability Committee
Claus V. HemmingsenChairman ChairMemberChair
Robert M. UgglaVice Chairman MemberChair 
Alastair Maxwell ChairMember  
Ann-Christin G. Andersen    Member
Kristin H. Holth Member  Member
Martin Larsen Member   
Caroline Alting     
Glenn Gormsen     



For further information, please contact:

Michael Harboe-Jørgensen

Head of Investor Relations



Kristoffer Apollo

Head of Media Relations



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