Articles of Association

§ 1

The name of the Company is CDON Group AB. The Company is a public company (publ).

§ 2

The board of directors shall have its registered office in the municipality of Malmö.

§ 3

The primary purpose of the Company’s business shall be to generate profit for its shareholders. 

The object of the Company’s business is mail order and retailing on the internet with film, music, games, books, ready-made clothing, food, health, beauty, toys, baby carriages and other childrens accessories, interior decorating, fashion, building supplies, tools, auto parts, and consumer electronics, to own shares and other participation rights and share certificates and other similar securities as a part of the business, to own and manage real estate as well as movables, and carry on other activities compatible therewith. 

The Company shall have the right to guarantee or otherwise pledge security for obligations assumed by other companies within the group.

§ 4

The Company’s share capital shall be not less than SEK 100,000,000 and not more than SEK 400,000,000. 

The number of shares in the Company shall be not less than 50,000,000 and not more than 200,000,000. 

Shares may be issued in two classes, ordinary shares and Class C shares. Ordinary shares may be issued up to a maximum amount of 200,000,000 and Class C shares up to a maximum amount of 200,000,000. 

Class C shares do not entitle to dividends. Upon the Company’s liquidation, Class C shares carry an equivalent right to the Company’s assets as the other classes of shares, however not to an amount exceeding up to the quota value of the share, annualised as per day of distribution with an interest rate of STIBOR 1M with an additional 1 percentage point calculated from the day of payment of the subscription price. STIBOR 1M is set on the first business day of each calendar month.

Should the Company resolve on an issue of new ordinary and Class C shares, against other payment than contribution in kind, each holder of ordinary and Class C shares has preferential rights to subscribe for new shares of the same class in proportion to the number of old shares held by such holder (primary preferential rights). Shares not subscribed for with primary preferential rights shall be offered for subscription to all shareholders in the Company (subsidiary preferential rights). If the number of shares so offered is less than the number subscribed for with subsidiary preferential rights, the shares shall be distributed among the subscribers in proportion to the number of already shares held, or, to the extent that this is not possible, by lot.

Should the Company resolve on an issue of new shares solely of ordinary shares or Class C shares, against other payment than contribution in kind, all shareholders, irrespective of which class of shares held, are entitled to preferential rights to subscribe for new shares in proportion to the number of shares previously held. 

The stipulations regarding preferential rights shall apply mutatis mutandis for new issues of warrants and convertible debt, and shall not infringe on the possibility to resolve on an issue in which the preferential rights of shareholders are waived.

If the share capital is increased by a bonus issue, where new shares are issued, new shares shall be issued in relation to the number of shares of the same classes already held. In such cases, old shares of a specific class shall entitle to new shares of the same class. Following a requisite amendment in the Articles of Association, the aforementioned stipulation shall not infringe on the possibility to issue shares of a new class by a bonus issue.

Reduction of the share capital, however not below the minimum share capital, may on request of holders of Class C shares or as resolved by the Company’s Board of Directors or General Meeting, be made by redemption of Class C shares. A request from a shareholder shall be made in writing to the Company’s Board of Directors and the Board of Directors shall promptly act on the matter. When a resolution on reduction has been passed, an amount corresponding to the reduction amount shall be transferred to the Company’s equity reserves, if the required funds are available.

The redemption payment per Class C share shall correspond to the quota value of the share annualised per day with an interest rate of STIBOR 1M with additional 1 percentage point calculated from the day of payment of the subscription price. STIBOR 1M shall be initially set on the day of payment of the subscription price.

Following notice of the redemption resolution, holders having requested redemption shall promptly receive payment for the share, or, if authorisation from the Swedish Companies Registration Office or a court is required, following notice that the final decision has been registered.

Class C shares held by the Company, may upon decision by the Board of Directors be reclassified into ordinary shares, provided that the Class C shares are held by the Company. Immediately thereafter, the Board of Directors shall report the reclassification to the Swedish Companies Registration Office (Sw. Bolagsverket) for registration. The reclassification is effected when it has been registered and the reclassification been noted in the Swedish Central Securities Depository.

§ 5

The board shall consist of no less than three and no more than nine directors.

§ 6

The Company shall have no more than three auditors with up to three deputy auditors. The auditors term of office shall last until the end of the Annual General Meeting which is held during the fourth financial year after the auditor was elected.

§ 7

A general meeting should be held in Malmö or in Stockholm.

Notice of a general meeting of shareholders shall be published in the Official Swedish Gazette (Post- och Inrikes Tidningar) as well as on the company’s website. At the time of the notice, an announcement with information that the notice has been issued shall be published in Svenska Dagbladet.

§ 8

A shareholder that wishes to participate at the general meeting shall, firstly, have been registered as shareholder in a transcript of the entire share register with respect to the situation five business days before the meeting, and secondly, register with the Company no later than 1 p.m. on the registration day set forth in the notice convening the meeting. Such registration day must not be a Sunday, any other public holiday, a Saturday, Midsummer's Eve, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve or any day earlier than five week days prior to the meeting. 

A shareholder attending a general meeting may be accompanied by an assistant, however only where the shareholder has provided notification hereof in accordance with the foregoing paragraph.

§ 9

The shareholder or nominee who on the record date is registered in the share register and in a central securities depository register pursuant to Chapter 4 of the Financial Instruments Accounts Act (1998:1479) or any person who is registered in a central securities depository account pursuant to Chapter 4, Section 18 paragraph 6-8 of the mentioned Act, shall be deemed to be authorised to exercise the rights set out in Chapter 4, Section 39 of the Companies Act (2005:551).

§ 10

The Company’s financial year shall be the calendar year.