11.3.2021 19:00:00 CET | Andfjord Salmon | Additional regulated information required to be disclosed under the laws of a member state
11 March 2021 – Andfjord Salmon AS (the "Company" or Andfjord Salmon) calls for an extraordinary general meeting to be held on 19. March 2021 at 12:00 (CET). The agenda for the general meeting is to elect a new chairman of the Andfjord Salmon’s board of directors.
As Andfjord Salmon is moving from a development phase towards an operational phase, current chairman and co-founder of Andfjord Salmon, Roy Bernt Pettersen, requested that to be relieved of his duties as chairman of the Company. Pettersen remains committed to the Company, and will continue to serve on the Company’s board as a director. “As the largest shareholder in Andfjord Salmon, I believe both the board of directors and management of the company will benefit from a chairperson with extensive experience from production and processing of salmon. I am pleased that the nomination committee has found a candidate that possesses such experience from the business phase Andfjord Salmon is about to enter into,” says Roy Bernt Pettersen, current chairman of Andfjord Salmon.
Andfjord Salmon’s nomination committee proposes to the extraordinary general meeting that Roger Brynjulf Mosand is elected as new chairman of Andfjord Salmon’s board of directors. Mosand (born 1953) is a highly experienced CEO from the Norwegian aquaculture industry. He has been the CEO of Nordlaks Produkter AS since 2001 and has multiplied the company’s revenues by 15 during this period. He is a Norwegian citizen.
The extraordinary general meeting will be held on 19 March 2021 at 12:00 (CET) in the offices of Andfjord Salmon AS at Havnegaten 19, Sortland. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, all shareholders are urged to not meet in person, but rather to provide proxy to vote for the shares. A proxy form is attached to the notice.
Disclaimer
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements set out in section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
Contacts
Bjarne Martinsen, CFO, Andfjord Salmon AS, +4797508345, bjarne.martinsen@andfjord.no
About Andfjord Salmon
About Andfjord Salmon AS
Andfjord Salmon has developed an innovative and sustainable aquaculture concept for shore-based farming of Atlantic salmon. The company’s ambition is to build the world’s most sustainable aquaculture facility of its kind. The facility is escape-proof, lice-free and its highly filtered effluent avoids polluting marine life.
Located at Kvalnes on the island of Andøya on the Arctic Archipelago of Vesterålen, Norway, the company’s first facility is currently under construction. The company holds a license to produce 12 600 tonnes (HOG) for land-based farming of Atlantic salmon and has secured rights to land for a planned expansion of an additional 77,400 tonnes (HOG) production capacity. Further expansion is subject to the zoning of the land and granting of licenses.
Andfjord Salmon AS is listed on Euronext Growth under the ticker ANDF. www.andfjordsalmon.com
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Attachments
innkalling til ekstraordinaer generalforsamling Andfjord Salmon AS.pdf
