Item 4: Approval of the guidelines regarding stipulation of salary and other remuneration to the executive management
Folketrygdfondet has a positive view of incentive programs that are targeted, and performance based. Incentive programs should be linked to personal targets, company targets, and targets to ensure good value creation for shareholders over the long term. For option programs and other equity-based programs, we expect that the board also sets a maximum ceiling for the program and that the scope is not unreasronable. As the Ultimovacs option program lacks a cap on share-based compensation, Folketrygdfondet’s view is that this proposal can therefore involve an excessive transfer of value from the shareholders to company management. Folketrygdfondet will therefore vote against item 4.
Item 14: Authorization for the board to increase the share capital in connection with incentive programs.
We refer to our explanation for item 4. The option program can potentially involve an excessive transfer of value from the shareholders to executive management. Folketrygdfondet will therefore vote against the proposal to authorize the board to increase the share capital in connection with the option program.