The Annual Shareholder's Meeting of Latvenergo AS was held on 12 May 2021 at 10.00 at the premises of Latvenergo AS, Pulkveža Brieža Street 12, Riga. The Meeting was organised by using remote connection options.

The Shareholder's Meeting approved Latvenergo Consolidated and Latvenergo AS Annual Report for 2020, as well as passed a decision on disbursement of dividends to the state equal to EUR 98.2 million.

The amount of dividends to be disbursed by Latvenergo AS to the state is stipulated by the Law on the Medium-Term Budgetary Framework for 2021, 2022 and 2023, which determines the amount of dividends to be paid into the state budget. The capital structure ratios and the financial position of Latvenergo Group allow for the disbursement of such dividends.

The holder of all Latvenergo AS capital shares is the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia, whose interests at the Shareholder's Meeting are represented by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Economics or by his authorized representative. All decisions of the Shareholder's Meeting were adopted unanimously.

Resolutions adopted at the Annual Shareholder's Meeting:

1. On approval of the reports for 2020

To approve Latvenergo konsolidētais un AS "Latvenergo" 2020.gada pārskats. The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards approved in the European Union;

To approve Latvenergo Consolidated and Latvenergo AS Annual Report for 2020. The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards approved in the European Union.

2. On distribution of the profit of Latvenergo AS

To transfer the annual profit of Latvenergo AS in 2020 equal to EUR 154,847,975.00 into the retained earnings;

To pay out to the state in dividends EUR 98,246,250.00 from the retained earnings of Latvenergo AS.

3. On auditor of Latvenergo AS reports for the year 2021

To appoint SIA ERNST & YOUNG BALTIC to conduct the audit of Latvenergo AS for the year 2021, determining a remuneration of the auditor up to EUR 46,000.00 excl. VAT.

4. On the evaluation of the average number of employees and financial indicators of Latvenergo AS and allocation to the respective group of public capital companies

To allocate Latvenergo AS to the group of large capital companies.

5. On increasing the share capital of Latvenergo AS

To increase the share capital of Latvenergo AS by EUR 20,010.00, paying for the newly issued shares with a material contribution, i.e. State property of a total value of EUR 20,010.00 and determining the share capital of Latvenergo AS in the amount of EUR 790,367,859.00;   

To approve the regulations for increasing the share capital of Latvenergo AS;

To amend the Articles of Association of Latvenergo AS and approve the Articles of Association of Latvenergo AS in a new wording.

6. On Latvenergo AS bonds

To take note of information about Latvenergo AS bonds.

Additional information:
Jānis Irbe
Group Treasurer
Phone: +371 29 453 897
E-mail: investor.relations@latvenergo.lv

www.latvenergo.lv

About Latvenergo

Latvenergo Group is one of the leading energy suppliers in the Baltics operating in electricity and thermal energy generation and trade, natural gas trade and electricity distribution services. Latvenergo AS has been acknowledged as the most valuable company in Latvia for several times. International credit rating agency Moody's has assigned Latvenergo AS an investment-grade credit rating of Baa2/stable.

Latvenergo Group is comprised of the parent company Latvenergo AS (generation and trade of electricity and thermal energy, trade of natural gas) and subsidiaries - Sadales tīkls AS (electricity distribution), Elektrum Eesti OÜ (trade of electricity and natural gas in Estonia), Elektrum Lietuva UAB (trade of electricity and natural gas in Lithuania), Enerģijas publiskais tirgotājs AS (administration of mandatory electricity procurement process) and Liepājas enerģija SIA (generation and trade of thermal energy in Liepaja, electricity generation). All shares of Latvenergo AS are owned by the state and held by the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia.