Multitude SE: Decisions of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Multitude SE^EQS-News: Multitude SE / Schlagwort(e): HauptversammlungMultitude SE: Decisions of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders andthe Board of Directors of Multitude SE25.04.2024 / 12:00 CET/CESTFür den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist der Emittent / Herausgeber verantwortlich.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Multitude SE: Decisions of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders andthe Board of Directors of Multitude SEHelsinki, 25 April 2024 - Multitude SE, a listed European FinTech company,offering digital lending and online banking services to consumers, small andmedium-sized businesses, and other FinTechs (ISIN: FI4000106299, WKN:A1W9NS) ("Multitude" or "Company") announces the following resolutions madeby its Annual General Meeting, which took place today, and the Board ofDirectors, which met right after the Annual General Meeting.RESOLUTIONS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGAdoption of the Annual Accounts and Discharge from LiabilityThe Annual General Meeting adopted the Annual Accounts including theConsolidated Annual Accounts for the financial year 2023 and discharged themembers of the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability for thefinancial year 2023.DividendsThe Annual General Meeting decided in accordance with the proposal of theBoard of Directors that a per-share dividend of EUR 0.19 be distributed forthe financial year 2023 to a total of EUR 4,116,145.56 . The dividend willbe paid on 7 May 2024 to shareholders who are registered in the Company'sshareholder register on the dividend record date of 29 April 2024.Remuneration Report and Remuneration Policy for the Governing BodiesThe Annual General Meeting approved the presented Remuneration Report forGoverning Bodies and supported the presented Remuneration Policy forGoverning Bodies. These decisions were advisory.Composition of the Board Of DirectorsThe Annual General Meeting confirmed the number of members of the Board ofDirectors as six.The Annual General Meeting decided to re-elect Goutam Challagalla, JormaJokela, Kristiina Leppänen, Lea Liigus and Ari Tiukkanen as members andelect Marion Khüny as a new member, each one for a term ending at the end ofthe next Annual General Meeting.The Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors will be electedby the Board of Directors from amongst its members.Remuneration of the Board of DirectorsThe Annual General Meeting resolved that the fees payable to the members ofthe Board of Directors remain the same, and that the Chairman of the Boardof Directors be paid EUR 8,000 per month, and each of the other members ofthe Board of Directors be paid EUR 4,000 per month. Furthermore, it wasresolved that no remuneration will be paid to the members who are employeesor CEOs of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.Auditor and its RemunerationAudit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, which had stated that APA JukkaPaunonen will act as the responsible auditor, was appointed as auditor ofthe Company for a term ending at the end of the next Annual General Meeting.It was decided that the auditor be paid reasonable remuneration inaccordance with the auditor's invoice, which shall be approved by theCompany.Furthermore, the Annual General Meeting resolved that, upon the registrationof the Company with the Malta Business Registry, PricewaterhouseCoopers(Registration Number: AB/26/84/38) be appointed as the auditors of theCompany until the earlier of: (i) the end of the next Annual General Meetingto be held in the year 2025, or (ii) the Company's continuation out of Maltato Switzerland.Authorisation to the Board of Directors to Decide on the Repurchase andAcceptance of Pledge of the Company's own SharesThe Annual General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal onauthorisation to the Board of Directors to decide to repurchase a maximum of2,172,396 shares in the Company, which corresponds approximately to 10 percent of all the shares in the Company.By virtue of the authorisation, own shares may be repurchased by using theCompany's unrestricted equity. Consequently, any repurchase will reduce theCompany's funds available for distribution of profits.The authorisation also includes the right to accept shares in the Company aspledge.Own shares may be repurchased through public trading on the Frankfurt StockExchange at the prevailing market price on the date of repurchase.The authorisation entitles the Board of Directors to decide to repurchaseshares or accept shares as pledge also otherwise than in proportion to theshareholders' holding in the Company by way of a directed repurchase ordirected acceptance as pledge subject to the requirements set out in theFinnish Limited Liability Companies Act. The Board can use the authorisationin one or several tranches to all purposes decided by the Board ofDirectors.The authorisation is in force until the earliest of: (i) the transfer of theregistered office of Multitude SE from Finland to Malta pursuant to thetransfer proposal approved by the Company's Board of Directors on 17 January2024, (ii) the end of the next Annual General Meeting to be held in the year2025, or (iii) 30 June 2025.Authorisation to the Board of Directors to Decide on the Issuance of Sharesand Special Rights Entitling to SharesThe Annual General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal onauthorisation to the Board of Directors to decide to issue a maximum of3,258,594 shares, which corresponds approximately to 15 per cent of theCompany's total amount of shares. The Board of Directors may issue eithernew shares or transfer existing shares held by the Company.The authorisation also includes the right to issue special rights, in themeaning of Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Limited Liability CompaniesAct, which entitle to the Company's new shares or the Company's own sharesheld by the Company against consideration. Shares that may be subscribed forby virtue of the special rights entitling to shares are included in theaforesaid maximum number of shares.The authorisation entitles the Board of Directors to decide on a directedshare issue and issue of special rights in deviation from the pre-emptiverights of shareholders subject to the requirements set out in the FinnishLimited Liability Companies Act. The Board of Directors can use theauthorisation in one or several tranches, and it may be used to all purposesdecided by the Board of Directors, such as developing the Company's capitalstructure, financing or carrying out acquisitions or other arrangements, oras a part of the Company's incentive schemes.The authorisation is in force until the earliest of: (i) the transfer of theregistered office of Multitude SE from Finland to Malta pursuant to thetransfer proposal approved by the Company's Board of Directors on 17 January2024, (ii) the end of the next Annual General Meeting to be held in the year2025, or (iii) 30 June 2025.RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSThe Board of Directors decided to re-elect Ari Tiukkanen as the Chair of theBoard of Directors and Jorma Jokela as the Vice Chair of the Board ofDirectors.The Board of Directors also decided the compositions of its Committees,which are as follows:Audit Committee: Kristiina Leppänen (Chair), Marion Khüny and Ari TiukkanenRisk Committee: Marion Khüny (Chair), Kristiina Leppänen and Ari TiukkanenPeople and Culture Committee: Ari Tiukkanen (Chair), Goutam Challagalla andJorma JokelaAbout Multitude SE:Multitude is a listed European FinTech company, offering digital lending andonline banking services to consumers, small and medium-sized businesses, andother FinTechs overlooked by traditional banks. The services are providedthrough three independent business units, which are served by our internalBanking-as-a-Service Growth Platform. Multitude's business units areconsumer banking (Ferratum), SME banking (CapitalBox) and wholesale banking(Multitude Bank). Multitude Group employs over 700 people in 25 countriesand offers services in 16 countries, achieving a combined turnover of 230million euros in 2023. Multitude was founded in Finland in 2005 and islisted on the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange underthe symbol 'FRU'.---------------------------------------------------------------------------25.04.2024 CET/CEST Veröffentlichung einer Corporate News/Finanznachricht,übermittelt durch EQS News - ein Service der EQS Group AG.Für den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist der Emittent / Herausgeber verantwortlich.Die EQS Distributionsservices umfassen gesetzliche Meldepflichten, CorporateNews/Finanznachrichten und Pressemitteilungen.Medienarchiv unter https://eqs-news.com--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sprache: Deutsch Unternehmen: Multitude SE Ratamestarinkatu 11 A 00520 Helsinki Finnland E-Mail: ir@multitude.com Internet: https://www.multitude.com/ ISIN: FI4000106299 WKN: A1W9NS Börsen: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Stockholm EQS News ID: 1889599Ende der Mitteilung EQS News-Service---------------------------------------------------------------------------1889599 25.04.2024 CET/CEST°