Adoption of resolutions of shareholders of AS Ekspress Grupp
The Management Board of AS Ekspress Grupp proposed to the shareholders to adopt resolutions without convening an extraordinary general meeting. The notice of adoption of resolutions was published on 13 October 2021 in the stock exchange and on the company’s , as well as in the 14 October 2021 issue of newspaper Eesti Päevaleht.
On time, ie by 9.00 on 4 November 2021, the shareholders cast 25,592,384 votes and 84.51% of the voting rights. If a shareholder did not give notice of whether he is in favour of or opposed to the resolution by the aforementioned term, it was deemed that he voted against the resolution (§ 2991 (2) of the Commercial Code) and these votes are recorded as opposing votes in the record of voting.
On 4 November 2021, the shareholders of AS Ekspress Grupp adopted the following resolutions.
1. Extraordinary distribution of dividends in connection with the sale of AS Printall
To pay EUR 3,028,287, which is EUR 0.1 per share, as dividends to the shareholders.
- Shareholders, entered into the share register of AS Ekspress Grupp on 19 November 2021, at the close of the business of the settlement system, will be entitled to dividends.
- The day of change of the rights related to the shares (ex-date) is on 18 November 2021; from this date onwards, the person acquiring the shares will not have the right to receive dividends.
- Dividends will be paid to the shareholders on 23 November 2021 to the shareholder’s bank account, which is linked to the securities account.
The resolution was adopted by 84.51% votes in favour.
Additional information
Mari-Liis Rüütsalu
Chairman of the Management Board
AS Ekspress Grupp is the leading media group in the Baltic States whose key activities include web media content production and publishing of newspapers, magazines and books. The Group also manages the electronic ticket sales platform and ticket sales sites in Estonia and Latvia. Ekspress Grupp that launched its operations in 1989 employs almost 1400 people, owns leading web media portals in the Baltic States and publishes the most popular daily and weekly newspapers as well as the majority of the most popular magazines in Estonia.
