1. Exercise of ownership and communication
The Committee recommends that the company contributes to improving the communication between the company and the shareholders, and between the individual shareholders in the company via the use of e.g. information technology.
2. Capital and share structures
The Committee recommends that the Board of Directors, at appropriate intervals, assesses whether the company’s capital and share structures continue to be in the interests of the shareholders and the company and accounts for this assessment in the company’s annual report.
3. Preparations for the general meeting, including notice of meeting and proxy
The Committee recommends that the general meeting is convened at sufficient notice to enable the shareholders to prepare for the meeting and consider the business to be transacted at the general meeting that the notice of meeting, including the agenda, is drawn up in such a way as to give the shareholders a satisfactory picture of the business covered by the items on the agenda and that proxies given to a company’s Board of Directors, as far as possible, include the position of the shareholders regarding each item on the agenda.
4. The duties of the Board of Directors and the rights of the shareholders in the event of takeover bids
In connection with a public takeover bid, the Committee recommends that in such situations, the Board of Directors does not, without the acceptance of the general meeting or on its own, attempt to counter a takeover bid by making decisions which in reality prevent the shareholders from deciding on the takeover bid.