Stockholm, 2015-05-07 15:14 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Lundin Petroleum AB (publ) (the "Company") was held today Thursday 7 May 2015 in Stockholm.
The Company's and the Group's income statements and balance sheets for the financial year 2014 were adopted and the members of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company were discharged from liability for the financial year 2014.
The Meeting resolved that no dividends should be paid for the financial year 2014.
Peggy Bruzelius, C. Ashley Heppenstall, Ian H. Lundin, Lukas H. Lundin, William A. Rand, Magnus Unger and Cecilia Vieweg were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors and Grace Reksten Skaugen was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. Asbjørn Larsen had declined re-election.
Ian H. Lundin was re-elected as chairman of the Board of Directors.
The Meeting resolved to remunerate the members of the Board of Directors as follows: (i) annual fees of the members of the Board of Directors of SEK 500,000 (excluding the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer); (ii) annual fees of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SEK 1,050,000; (iii) annual fees for Committee members of SEK 100,000 per Committee assignment (excluding the Committee Chairmen); and (iv) annual fees for Committee Chairmen of SEK 150,000; with the total fees for Committee work, including Committee Chairmen fees, not to exceed SEK 900,000. In addition, an amount of SEK 1,500,000 shall be paid to the Chairman of the Board of Directors for special assignments outside the directorship.
PricewaterhouseCoopers AB was re-elected as the auditor of the Company for a period until the 2016 Annual General Meeting. The Meeting resolved that auditors' fees shall be paid upon approval of their invoice.
Further, the Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposals:
| - | to approve the Company's 2015 Policy on Remuneration for Lundin Petroleum's Group Management, which includes four key elements of remuneration: a) base salary; b) yearly variable salary; c) Long-term Incentive Plan (LTIP); and d) other benefits; |
| - | to approve the LTIP 2015 for members of Group Management and a number of key employees, which gives the participants the possibility to receive shares in Lundin Petroleum subject to uninterrupted employment and to the fulfilment of a performance condition over a three year performance period. The performance condition is based on the share price growth and dividends ("Total Shareholder Return") of the Lundin Petroleum share compared to the Total Shareholder Return of a peer group of companies. The total number of performance shares under LTIP 2015 as at the date of award may not exceed 900,000 and the maximum cost for granting awards under LTIP 2015, excluding costs related to delivery of the performance shares, is approximately USD 11.1 million (approximately SEK 96.0 million), excluding social security charges. |
| - | to authorise the Board of Directors to issue new shares and/or convertible debentures corresponding to in total not more than 34,000,000 new shares, with or without the application of the shareholders pre-emption rights, in order to enable the Company to make business acquisitions or other major investments; and |
| - | to authorize the Board of Directors to decide on repurchases and sales by the Company of its shares on NASDAQ Stockholm, where the number of shares so repurchased shall be limited so that shares held in treasury from time to time do not exceed five per cent of all outstanding shares of the Company. |
Lundin Petroleum is a Swedish independent oil and gas exploration and production company with a well balanced portfolio of world-class assets primarily located in Europe and South East Asia. The Company is listed on NASDAQ Stockholm (ticker "LUPE"). Lundin Petroleum has proven and probable reserves of 187.5 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe).
For further information, please contact:
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Maria Hamilton Head of Corporate Communications E-mail: maria.hamilton@lundin.ch Tel: +41 22 595 10 00 Tel: +46 8 440 54 50 |
Teitur Poulsen VP Corporate Planning & Investor Relations Tel: + 41 22 595 10 00 |
This information has been made public in accordance with the Securities Market Act (SFS 2007:528) and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act (SFS 1991:980).
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made and information contained herein constitute "forward-looking information" (within the meaning of applicable securities legislation). Such statements and information (together, "forward-looking statements") relate to future events, including the Company's future performance, business prospects or opportunities. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to estimates of reserves and/or resources, future production levels, future capital expenditures and their allocation to exploration and development activities, future drilling and other exploration and development activities. Ultimate recovery of reserves or resources are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management.
All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements. Statements concerning proven and probable reserves and resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements and reflect conclusions that are based on certain assumptions that the reserves and resources can be economically exploited. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "project", "predict", "potential", "targeting", "intend", "could", "might", "should", "believe" and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that these expectations and assumptions will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements should not be relied upon. These statements speak only as on the date of the information and the Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable laws. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties relating to, among other things, operational risks (including exploration and development risks), productions costs, availability of drilling equipment, reliance on key personnel, reserve estimates, health, safety and environmental issues, legal risks and regulatory changes, competition, geopolitical risk, and financial risks. These risks and uncertainties are described in more detail under the heading "Risks and Risk Management" and elsewhere in the Company's annual report. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of risk factors should not be construed as exhaustive. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
