Terms and Conditions of Valoe’s Stock Option Plan 2023A and
Subscription of the Stock Options
Valoe
Corporation Stock
Exchange Release 20 July 2023 at 15.30 Finnish time.
The Board of Directors of Valoe Corporation (“Valoe” or
“Company”) has, in accordance with the resolution of and
authorisation given by the general meeting held on 26 May 2023,
resolved the terms and conditions of a stock option plan for the
Board members according to which stock options, in the amounts
decided by the general meeting of 26 May 2023, will be issued to
Valoe’s Board members. The Company has a weighty financial reason
for the issue of the stock options, since the stock options are
intended to form part of the remuneration, incentive, and
commitment program for the Company’s Board of Directors.
The stock options may be exercised, i.e., the shares may be
subscribed for, only if the Company's operating cash flow in the
fourth quarter of the financial year 2023 is positive.
The maximum total number of stock options issued is 30,000,000
and they entitle their owners to subscribe for a maximum total of
30,000,000 new shares or treasury shares in the Company. The amount
of the shares to be subscribed for, pursuant to the option rights,
equals to a maximum total of 5.5 percent of the current registered
shares in the Company. The stock options will be issued without
consideration and are marked with the symbol 2023A.
A total of 15,000,000 stock options shall be issued without
consideration to the Chairman of the Board of Directors elected on
26 May 2023, and 15,000,000 stock options shall be issued to the
members of the Board of Directors elected on 26 May 2023, 7,500,000
options per Board member. The aforesaid stock options to be issued
to the Board members without consideration were decided at Valoe’s
general meeting held on 26 May 2023, and the stock options shall be
issued based on the authorisation resolution on options to the
Board members adopted at the said general meeting. Iikka Savisalo,
CEO and member of the Board of Directors, is not covered by the
2023A stock option plan. The option rights to be given to the CEO
and other key employees of the Company will be defined in a
separate stock option plan pursuant to the separate authorization
decided by the annual general meeting held on 26 May 2023.
The share subscription period of the shares to be subscribed for
under this stock option plan shall be for stock options 2023A from
1 January 2024 to 31 December 2025.
The share subscription price shall be EUR 0.03 per share. The
subscription price of the Shares may decrease in certain special
cases. The Share subscription price, nevertheless, always amounts
to at least EUR 0.01.
On 20 July 2023, the eligible recipients of the stock options
subscribed for all the stock options offered to them in accordance
with the resolution of the general meeting and the terms of the
2023A Stock Option Plan, and the Board of Directors approved all
the subscriptions made.
The full terms and conditions of the stock option plan 2023A are
attached to this release as attachment 1.
In Mikkeli 20 July 2023
Valoe Corporation Board of Directors
For more information:Iikka SavisaloPresident and CEO, Valoe
Corporation Tel. +358 40 521 6082,Email:
iikka.savisalo@valoe.com
Distribution:NASDAQ OMX, Helsinki Main media www.valoe.com
Valoe Corporation specializes in the clean energy, especially in
photovoltaic solutions. Valoe provides PV technology based on its
own back contact technology and related projects, project design
and technology consulting. Valoe also provides manufacturing
technology for PV modules, module manufacturing lines, modules and
key components for modules, as well as IBC solar cells manufactured
at the Company’s factory in Lithuania. Valoe is headquartered in
Mikkeli, Finland, with production facilities in Juva, Finland, and
Vilnius, Lithuania.
ATTACHMENT 1:
VALOE STOCK OPTION PLAN 2023A / BOARD MEMBERS
I Terms and Conditions of Stock Options
1. Number of Stock OptionsThe maximum total number of
stock options issued is 30,000,000 and they entitle their owners to
subscribe for a maximum total of 30,000,000 new or treasury shares
(“Share”) in Valoe Corporation (“Company” or “Valoe”).
2. Stock OptionsThe stock options are marked with the
symbol 2023A.
3. Right to Stock Option A total of 15,000,000 stock
options shall be issued without consideration to the Chairman of
the Board of Directors elected on 26 May 2023, and 15,000,000 stock
options shall be issued to the members of the Board of Directors
elected on 26 May 2023, 7,500,000 options per Board member. Valoe’s
annual general meeting held on 26 May 2023 resolved on the stock
options to be issued without consideration to the Board members.
The stock options shall be issued based on the authorization,
decided at the said general meeting, regarding the option rights to
be given to the Board members. The option rights to be given to the
CEO and other key employees of the Company will be defined in a
separate stock option scheme pursuant to the separate authorization
decided by the annual general meeting held on 26 May 2023.
The Company has a weighty financial reason for the issue of the
stock options, since the stock options are intended to form part of
the remuneration, incentive and commitment program for the
Company’s Board of Directors.
4. Allocation and Subscription of Stock OptionsIf any
of the eligible recipients of stock options do not subscribe all
the offered stock options, the un-subscribed stock options will
remain unexercised. Other eligible recipients of stock options do
not have a secondary right to subscribe the unexercised stock
options. The Board of Directors shall later decide later on the
possible re-allocation of any unexercised stock options or those
that are otherwise returned to the Company under this stock option
plan.
The Board of Directors shall send a written notice of the
offering of the stock options ("Offering Notice") to the recipients
of the stock options.
The Board of Directors shall approve the subscriptions of the
stock options. The issuance of the stock option always is subject
to the stock option recipient's written acceptance of the Offering
Notice made by the Board of Directors ("Option Subscription").
When the stock option receiver makes the Option Subscription,
i.e., subscribes the stock options as per the Offering Notice, the
option receiver accepts these terms and conditions and agrees to
comply to them. Confirmation of approved Option Subscriptions will
be provided to the subscriber in writing. The stock options are
granted without consideration.
A stock option recipient is responsible for all taxes, tax-like
fees and other tax and public and private law fees and consequences
related to receiving or exercising the stock options.
5. Transfer and Forfeiture of Stock OptionsThe
Company holds the stock options on behalf of the stock option owner
until the commencement of the Share subscription period. The stock
options may freely be transferred and pledged after the Share
subscription period of the stock options has commenced. The Board
may, however, permit the transfer or pledge of stock options before
such date. If the stock option owner transfers or pledges their
stock options, they will be obliged to inform the Company about the
transfer or pledge in writing, without delay.
If the Board membership of an owner of a stock option under this
stock option plan terminates for any reason other than the death or
permanent disability of the holder of the stock option, such stock
option owner will, without delay, forfeit to the Company or its
designee, without compensation, such stock options for which the
Share subscription period specified in Section II.2. has not
commenced on the day on which the Board membership terminated. As
an exception to the above, the Board may, at its discretion,
resolve that the stock option owner may keep such stock options, or
a part of them.
If the Board membership of a stock option owner terminates in
such a way that the stock option owner resigns from the Board, the
termination date of the Board membership, in these stock option
terms, refers to the day when the Board has received the member's
resignation notice. However, as an exception to the above, the
Board may, at its discretion, resolve that the stock option owner
may keep such stock options, or a part of them.
The Board of Directors decides on the procedures and measures to
be taken when the Board membership of a stock option owner
terminates.
Upon the decease of a stock option owner, the stock options
subscribed according to the Option Subscription are transferred to
the stock option owner’s beneficiary (“Beneficiary”) at the time of
the stock option owner’s decease. The Beneficiary is entitled to
use the stock options in accordance with these terms. The
Beneficiary is obligated to provide the Company with an acceptable
report on their right to the deceased stock option owner’s stock
options upon the request of the Company, and at the latest when the
Beneficiary exercises the stock options. The Company may refuse to
accept a Share subscription made with the stock options until the
Company has been provided with a report that the Company
accepts.
6. Incorporation of Stock Options into Book-Entry
SystemThe Board may resolve on incorporation of the stock options
as set out in these terms into the book-entry system. The stock
option owners undertake to take all the technical measures
indicated by the Company which are necessary for the stock options
to be incorporated into the book-entry system. By acceptance of the
stock options, the stock option owner authorizes the Company or a
party designated by the Company to register the stock options in
the book-entry account of the stock option owner.If the stock
options have been incorporated into the book-entry system, the
Company is entitled to request and get transferred all forfeited
stock options from the stock option owner’s book-entry account to
an account appointed by the Company, without a separate consent of
the stock option owner, and to which transfer the stock option
owner is deemed to have given their consent by accepting these
terms. In addition, the Company is entitled to register
restrictions regarding transfer and pledge of the stock options and
other corresponding restrictions on the stock option owner’s
book-entry account, without a separate consent of the stock option
owner, until the commencement of the Share subscription period of
the stock options, and to which registration the stock option owner
is deemed to have given their consent by accepting these terms.
II SHARE SUBSCRIPTION TERMS AND
CONDITIONS1. Right to subscribe for SharesEach stock
option entitles its owner to subscribe for one (1) new share or
treasury share in the Company. The share subscription price shall
be credited to the reserve for the Company’s invested unrestricted
equity. The Board of the Directors of the Company shall decide
whether the stock options shall be used to subscribe for new shares
or treasury shares.
2. Share Subscription and Payment The share
subscription period of the shares to be subscribed for under this
stock option plan shall be for stock option 2023A: 1 January 2024
—31 December 2025. The exercise of the stock options to be granted,
i.e. the share subscription, is subject to the Company's operating
cash flow being positive in the fourth quarter of the financial
year 2023.
Should the last day of the share subscription period not be a
banking day, the share subscription may be made on the next banking
day following the last share subscription day. Share subscriptions
shall take place at the head office of the Company or possibly at
another location and in the manner determined later. The payment
for the shares subscribed for shall be made to the bank account
designated by the Company upon subscription. The Board of Directors
shall decide on all measures concerning the share subscription.
3. Share Subscription PriceThe share subscription
price shall be EUR 0.03 per share.
The subscription price of the Shares subscribed for may decrease
in certain special cases specified in Section 7. The Share
subscription price, nevertheless, always amounts to at least EUR
0.01.
The subscription price of the share is based on the decision of
the Company's Annual General Meeting of 26 May 2023 and has been
determined in such a way that it is incentive for the stock option
holder and also in the interest of the Company's shareholders,
taking into account the Company's current share price.
4. Registration of SharesShares subscribed for and
fully paid in accordance with the terms of this stock option plan
and other terms and conditions the Board of Directors may impose
shall be registered to the book-entry account notified by the
subscriber to the Company.
5. Shareholder RightsThe dividend rights of the new
shares and other shareholder rights shall commence after the shares
have been entered into the Trade Register. Should treasury shares,
held by the Company, be given to the subscriber of shares, the
subscriber shall be given the right to dividend and other
shareholder rights after the shares have been registered on his or
her book-entry account.
6. Share Issues, Stock Options and Other Special
Rights entitling to Shares before Share SubscriptionShould the
Company, before the share subscription, decide on an issue of
shares or an issue of new stock options or other special rights
entitling to shares, so that the shareholders have pre-emptive
right to subscription, a stock option owner shall have the same
right as, or an equal right to, that of a shareholder. Equality is
reached in the manner determined by the Board of Directors by
adjusting the number of shares available for subscription, the
share subscription prices or both of these.
A directed issue of Shares or a directed issue of new stock
options or other special rights entitling to Shares has no impact
on the rights of the stock option owner, unless the Board resolves
otherwise for specific reasons.
7. Rights in Certain Special Cases7.1. Dividends and
Distribution of Assets from the Reserve for Invested Unrestricted
Equity
Should the Company distributes dividends or assets from the
reserve for invested unrestricted equity, the Share subscription
price of the stock options will be reduced by the amount of the
dividend and the amount of the distributable invested unrestricted
equity per Share, decided before Share subscription, on each
dividend record date or each record date of the repayment of
equity.
7.2. Decreasing the Share Capital
If the Company reduces its share capital by distributing share
capital to the shareholders, the Share subscription price of the
stock options will be reduced by the amount of the distributable
share capital per Share distributed before Share subscription, on
the record date of the repayment of the share capital.
7.3 Liquidation, or Deregistration of the Company
If the Company is placed in liquidation before the Share
subscription, the stock option owner will be given an opportunity
to exercise their Share subscription right within a period of time
determined by the Board. If the Company is deregistered before the
Share subscription, the stock option owner will have the same right
as, or an equal right to, that of a shareholder.
7.4 Merger, Demerger or Transfer of Domicile
Should the Company resolves to merge with another company as a
merging company or merge with a company to be formed in a
combination merger or resolves to be demerged entirely, the stock
option owners will, prior to the registration of the execution of a
merger or a demerger, be given the right to subscribe for Shares
with all of their stock options within a period of time determined
by the Board regardless of whether the share subscription period
has yet begun or whether it is yet known whether the Company will
have a positive operating cash flow in the fourth quarter of the
financial year 2023. Alternatively, the Board may, regardless of
whether the share subscription period has yet begun or whether it
is yet known whether the Company will have a positive operating
cash flow in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2023, give
stock option owners the right to convert all stock options into
shares or stock options issued by the other company, in the manner
determined in the terms of a merger or a demerger, or in the manner
otherwise determined by the Board, or the Board may give the right
to sell all stock options prior to the registration of the
execution of a merger or a demerger regardless of whether the share
subscription period has yet begun or whether it is yet known
whether the Company will have a positive operating cash flow in the
fourth quarter of the financial year 2023. After such period, no
Share subscription right or conversion right exists. The same
proceeding applies to cross-border mergers or demergers, or if the
Company, after having registered itself as a European Company
(Societas Europae), or otherwise, registers a transfer of its
domicile from Finland into another member state of the European
Economic Area. If the Company transfers its domicile in Finland
before the share subscription, this has no effect on the rights of
the option owner. The Board resolves on the impact of a potential
partial demerger, or the Company’s transformation from a public
limited company to a private limited company, or other corporate
restructuring on the stock options.
7.5. Acquisition or Redemption of Own Shares or Acquisition of
Stock Options or Other Special Rights Entitling to Shares
Acquisition or redemption of the Company’s own Shares or
acquisition of stock options or other special rights entitling to
Shares has no impact on the rights of the stock option owner. If
the Company, however, resolves to acquire or redeem its own Shares
from all shareholders, an equal offer must be made to the stock
option owner.
7.6. Public Tender Offer and Squeeze-out and Sell-out of
minority shares under the Chapter 18 of the Finnish Companies
Act
Should someone announces a public offer to purchase all the
issued Shares, stock options and other special rights entitling to
Shares of the Company, or an obligation to launch a public offer
for other shareholders’ Shares, stock options and other special
rights entitling to Shares, under the Finnish Securities Markets
Act, arises to any of the shareholders, or a redemption right and
obligation to redeem the shares of the other shareholders in the
Company, under the Chapter 18 of the Finnish Companies Act, arises
to any of the shareholders, a stock option owner has the right and
obligation equivalent to that of a shareholder, to sell all their
stock options to the offeror or redeemer, regardless of whether the
share subscription period has yet begun or whether it is yet known
whether the Company will have a positive operating cash flow in the
fourth quarter of the financial year 2023, even if the transfer
right pursuant to Section I.5. has not commenced. The offeror or
the redeemer has accordingly an obligation to purchase all the
stock options from the stock option owner at a price equal to the
price of the Shareholders' Shares (less the subscription price for
the Shares in accordance with these terms and conditions),
regardless of whether the share subscription period has yet begun
or whether it is yet known whether the Company will have a positive
operating cash flow in the fourth quarter of the financial year
2023. If it subsequently becomes apparent that the Company's
operating cash flow would not have been positive in the fourth
quarter of the 2023 financial year, this will in no way affect the
validity of the tender offer or redemption of the stock
options.
III OTHER MATTERS1. Applicable Law and
Settlement of DisputesThese stock option terms and conditions shall
be governed by the laws of Finland, excluding its conflict-of-law
rules. Disputes arising in relation to the stock options and this
stock option plan shall be settled by arbitration in accordance
with the Arbitration Rules of the Central Chamber of Commerce by
one single arbitrator.
2. Amendment and Interpretation of the Terms and
Conditions The Board of Directors may decide on technical additions
or amendments to these terms and conditions of the stock option
plan which arise from the incorporation of the stock options in the
book-entry system and on other amendments or clarifications to
these terms and conditions, provided that they are in accordance
with the authorisation given by the Company's General Meeting of
Shareholders on 26 May 2023. The Board of Directors may also issue
stipulations binding on the stock options owners in relation to the
stock options and their exercise.
3. Reclaiming the Stock Options The Company has a
unilateral right to reclaim the stock options, which have not been
transferred or with which Shares have not been subscribed for, from
the stock option owner, without consideration and without further
compensation, if the stock option owner acts against these stock
option plan terms, or against any instructions given by the Company
on the basis of these terms and conditions, or against any
applicable law, authority or other applicable body.
4. Stock Option Register
The Company may maintain a register of the stock option owners
to which the stock option owners’ personal data, his/her stock
options and any other relevant information required for the
register is recorded. The Company may validly send notices and
communications relating to the stock options to the stock option
oweners by email. The Company complies with the applicable personal
data processing principles and regulations in keeping the
register.
5. Language Versions
These stock option terms and conditions have been drafted in
Finnish and in English. In the case of any discrepancy between the
Finnish and English terms and conditions, the Finnish terms and
conditions shall prevail.
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