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Ringkjøbing Landbobank A/S
Articles of Association for Ringkjøbing Landbobank A/S, approved 25 February 2009
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Articles of Association for Ringkjøbing Landbobank A/S
Approved 25 February 2009
Name, registered office and object
Art. 1
The bank's name shall be Ringkjøbing Landbobank, Aktieselskab. The bank's
domicile shall be the municipality of Ringkøbing-Skjern.
The bank's object shall be to carry out banking business and other activities
permitted by the relevant legislation in order to create a sound and healthy
bank for its sphere of activities via solid and economical operations.
The bank shall also operate under the subsidiary names A/S Tarm Bank
(Ringkjøbing Landbobank A/S) and Egnsbank Vest (Ringkjøbing Landbobank A/S).
The bank's capital and shares
Art. 2
The bank's share capital shall be nom. DKK 25,200,000 in shares of nom. DKK 1 or
multiples thereof, but max. nom. DKK 20. The board of directors shall make a
specific decision on the size of the shares within these limits.
After consultation with the shareholders' committee, the board of directors
shall be authorised to increase the share capital by DKK nom. 14,210,980 to DKK
nom. 39,410,980 in one or more increases.
This authorisation shall continue until 25 February 2014.
The following provisions shall apply to each and every increase of the share
capital under this authorisation:
1. The bank's shareholders shall have proportionate right of pre-emption to
subscriptions for new shares, for which the board of directors and the
shareholders' committee shall determine the subscription price and set the date
and the other conditions, but shares may be issued without right of pre-emption
for the bank's current shareholders under the above authorisation as payment in
connection with the bank's takeover of existing activities or specific assets
corresponding to the value of the shares issued.
2. The new shares shall carry the right to dividend from the first financial
year following the year of subscription. The board of directors and the
shareholders' committee shall decide with respect to the date of subscription
whether the new shares shall carry the right to dividend for any part of the
year of subscription.
3. There shall be no limitation to the new shareholders' right of pre-emption in
future increases.
4. The same rules with respect to rights, redeemability and negotiability
applying to the other shares shall apply to the shares issued under this
authorisation.
5. The new shares shall be negotiable instruments and shall be recorded by
name.
The board of directors and the shareholders' committee shall be authorised
to amend these articles of association as required by the capital increase.
Art. 3
The shares shall be issued by name.
The shares shall be negotiable instruments.
No shareholder shall be obliged to permit redemption of his or her
shares in whole or in part.
There shall be no limitations to the negotiability of the shares.
No shareholder shall have special rights.
The board of directors is granted authorisation until the next annual general
meeting in 2010 to appoint an external share register operator and to ensure
that the external share register operator is specified in article 3 of the
articles of association.
Art. 4
Lost shares, interim certificates, certificates of right of pre-emption, partial
certificates, coupons and counterfoils may be cancelled by the bank without a
court order under the rules applying to shares which are negotiable instruments
(cf. Section 24 of the Danish Companies Act). The costs of cancellation shall be
payable by the person who makes the request.
The bank's management
The banks' affairs shall be managed by:
1. The general meeting
2. The shareholders' committee
3. The board of directors
4. Management
The general meeting
Art. 5
The ordinary general meeting shall be held in Ringkøbing each year before the
end of March.
Extraordinary general meetings shall be held as decided by the general meeting,
the shareholders' committee, the board of directors, auditor, or at the request
of shareholders who owns one tenth (1/10) of the share capital.
Art. 6
The general meeting shall be called by the board of directors by notice in
the official gazette Statstidende and the newspapers Børsen and Dagbladet
Ringkøbing.Skjern.
The notice of meeting, which shall include the agenda for the meeting, shall be
given at least eight (8) days and at most four (4) weeks before the meeting.
Items from shareholders for inclusion on the agenda for an ordinary general
meeting shall be received by the chairperson of the shareholders' committee by 1
January.
The agenda and all proposals intended for inclusion on the agenda at the general
meeting shall be available at the bank's offices for inspection by shareholders
not later than eight (8) days before the date of the general meeting. The annual
report with auditor's certificate and the report of the board of management and
any consolidated accounts shall also be available in the case of the ordinary
general meeting. The annual report shall be sent to each recorded shareholder
who has so requested.
The press shall be entitled to attend the general meeting.
Art. 6a
The bank's board of directors may decide that under article 6 of the articles of
association, annual reports may be sent electronically by e-mail to shareholders
who are listed by name. The board of directors may further decide that admission
cards may be ordered and proxies may be submitted via e-mail or on the bank's
website or that of the share register operator. The decision of the board of
directors on the use of electronic communication under this article 6a shall be
announced on the bank's website, www.landbobanken.dk. The bank shall request the
e-mail addresses of those shareholders who are listed by name and to whom
notices in electronic form can be sent. The shareholder shall be responsible for
ensuring that the bank is in possession of the correct e-mail-address. Further
information of a technical nature and on the procedure in connection with the
electronic communication in question will be available to shareholders on the
bank's website if the board of directors should decide to implement this.
Art. 7
The agenda for the ordinary general meeting shall include:
1. Election of chairperson.
2. The board's report on the bank's activities in the previous year.
3. Presentation of the annual report for approval.
4. Decision on allocation of profit or covering of loss under the approved
annual report.
5. Election of members to the shareholders' committee.
6. Election of one or more auditors.
7. Authorisation for the board of directors to permit the bank to acquire own
shares within current legislation until the next annual general meeting to a
total nominal value of ten percent (10%) of the bank's share capital, such that
the shares can be acquired at current market price +/- ten percent (10%).
8. Any proposals from the board, the shareholders' committee or shareholders.
Art. 8
The general meeting shall elect a chairperson by simple majority vote. The
chairperson shall conduct the business of the meeting and rule on all questions
of procedure, voting and the results of voting. Voting shall be in writing
unless the meeting adopts a different procedure.
Art. 9
Each shareholder shall have the right to attend the general meeting if he or she
has obtained an admission card not later than five (5) days before the meeting.
Each shareholding up to and including nom. DKK 500 shall carry one (1) vote.
Shareholdings above this amount shall carry two (2) votes, which shall be the
highest number of votes which a shareholder may cast when the shares are
recorded in the company's register of shareholders or when the shareholder has
reported and documented his or her right.
Apart from his or her own votes, no shareholder may cast more than a total of
two (2) votes as proxy for others. No voting rights at a general meeting shall
attach to shares acquired by transfer until the shares have been recorded in the
register of shareholders or a request for recording has been made with
documentation for the acquisition.
Art. 10
All matters shall be decided at the general meeting by simple majority vote
unless otherwise provided by law or these articles of association.
A decision to amend the articles of association or to dissolve the company shall
only be valid if approved by at least two thirds (2/3) of both votes cast and
the share capital represented at the meeting and entitled to vote.
The shareholders' committee
Art. 11
The bank's shareholders' committee shall be elected at the general meeting by
and from among the shareholders.
The size of the shareholders' committee shall be determined jointly by the
committee and the board of directors within the limits minimum twentyfive (25)
and maximum thirty (30) members.
The members of the shareholders' committee shall be elected for four (4)-year
terms. Re-election shall be permitted.
The shareholders' committee shall elect its chairperson and deputy chairperson
each year.
Shareholders who have reached the age of sixtyseven (67) may not be elected, and
members of the shareholders' committee shall retire from their positions at the
first ordinary general meeting following their sixtyseventh birthday.
If a member of the shareholders' committee resigns or retires before the end of
the term for which he or she was elected, a new member may be elected at the
next ordinary general meeting for the remainder of the departed member's term of
office.
Art. 12
The shareholders' committee shall normally meet at least twice a year and
otherwise as often as the chairperson considers necessary or half of the members
or the board of directors so request. Meetings of the shareholders' committee
shall be called by the chairperson on at least eight (8) days' notice.
A quorum shall not exist unless over half of the members are present. Decisions
shall then be taken by simple majority vote.
Meetings of the shareholders' committee shall be presided over by the
chairperson or, in the latter's absence, by the deputy chairperson. Members of
the bank's board of directors who are not also members of the shareholders'
committee shall be entitled to participate in meetings of the committee but
shall not be entitled to vote.
Art. 13
A report on the bank's activities in the preceding period shall be presented at
meetings of the shareholders' committee, and the latest quarterly report sheet
shall be reviewed.
The shareholders' committee shall work to ensure the bank's prosperity and shall
assist the board of directors and management to the best of its ability by
procuring any information which the board and management may require. The
committee shall fix the board's payment and shall decide on the establishment of
branches as recommended by the board.
The shareholders' committee shall not check the accuracy of the annual report.
The board of directors
Art. 14
The board of directors shall consist of at least four (4) and at most six (6)
members who shall be elected by and from among the members of the shareholders'
committee.
The board shall also include the members who may be prescribed by law.
Board members shall be elected for four (4)-year terms. Re-election shall be
permitted.
The board shall elect its chairperson and deputy chairperson each year. A board
member's membership of the board shall cease if he or she resigns or retires
from the shareholders' committee.
A new board member may be elected for the remainder of the departed member's
term of office as decided by the shareholders' committee in the event of a
resignation or retirement.
Board members elected by the shareholders' committee shall retire from the board
at the first ordinary general meeting following the date on which the member
reaches the age of sixtyseven (67).
Art. 15
The board of directors shall specify procedures containing rules for the
carrying out of its activities. A quorum shall not exist unless over half of the
members are present.
Minutes of the board's proceedings shall be kept and signed by all members
present.
The board shall specify the extent to which management may make loans without
the board's prior participation.
The board may grant collective power to bind the company.
Management
Art. 16
Management shall consist of one or more general managers appointed by the board
after consultation with the shareholders' committee.
Management shall participate - but without the right to vote - in meetings of
the board and the shareholders' committee.
Power to bind the company
Art. 17
The bank shall be bound by the signatures of
1. Two (2) members of the board of directors in conjunction.
2. One (1) member of the board of directors in conjunction with one general
manager.
3. Two (2) general managers in conjunction.
Auditing
Art. 18
The audit shall be carried out by one or more auditors elected by the general
meeting, but the number shall not be less than the number required under the
Danish Financial Business Act, and the auditors shall comply with the
requirements specified in the Act.
The auditors' remuneration shall be set by the board of directors.
The annual report
Art. 19
The bank's financial year shall be the calendar year.
After any loss from previous years has been covered, the net profit shall be
allocated as follows:
The remaining sum plus amounts carried forward shall be used as decided by the
general meeting. The meeting may not, however, decide upon a higher dividend
than that proposed or approved by the board of directors (cf. Section 112 of the
Danish Companies Act).
Art. 20
Amendments and additions which may be required by the authorities under the law
as a precondition for ratification or registration of changes to the articles of
association may be made by the board without consulting the general meeting.
Ringkøbing, 25 February 2009
Board of directors:
Jens L. Kjeldsen Gravers Kjærgaard
Gert Asmussen Keld Hansen
Bo Bennedsgård Søren Nielsen
News Source: NASDAQ OMX
03.03.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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