Policies
Information Policy
External information
Cryptzone shall continuously furnish shareholders and other interested parties with information that is reliable and relevant. In view of the fact that Cryptzone is a publicly listed company, such information may not be disclosed externally that has not been previously published in annual reports, interim reports, releases or the like. Persons with insider positions that are acquainted with information prior to disclosure are prohibited from passing on or utilizing this information for their own account according to the Insider Act.
Internal information
Information to employees within Cryptzone shall have high priority and a high degree of openness shall be exercised.
Spokesperson
The CEO is the spokesperson for the company. When the CEO cannot be reached, Cryptzone’s chairman of the board acts as spokesperson. Employees always have the right to speak to the media regarding work related subjects within each position.
Information leaks and rumours
If rumors are spread or suspicions arise that information is leaking, Cryptzone shall carefully examine the content of the information that is circulating. When applicable, the stock exchange shall be informed and a press release issued as soon as possible. Cryptzone never comments on rumors on the market.
Crises
If there is a crisis that can be considered to affect Cryptzone’s value and/or confidence, the information shall be coordinated with the company’s board of directors.
Annual General Meeting
The shareholders in Cryptzone hold an annual general meeting within six months of the expiry of each financial year. The notice convening the annual general meeting shall be announced in Dagens Industri, Post-och Inrikes tidningar (Swedish Official Gazette), by press release as well as publication on the company’s home page.
Press releases
The shareholders in Cryptzone hold an annual general meeting within six months of the expiry of each financial year. The notice convening the annual general meeting shall be announced in Dagens Industri, Post-och Inrikes tidningar (Swedish Official Gazette), by press release as well as publication on the company’s home page.
Financial information
Financial information shall be approved by Cryptzone’s board of directors prior to publication. Interim reports are published on a quarterly basis; year-end reports and annual reports are published once a year. These are adopted by AB Cryptzone’s board of directors prior to publication and distribution.
Website
Cryptzone shall have its own home page where all information published by the company to the stock market shall be available for at least the previous two years unless special grounds exist.
Annual reports, prospectuses and other significant information that is distributed or kept available for shareholders shall, unless special circumstances exist, be made available on the company’s home
page as soon as possible. The home page shall also contain the current Articles of Association, information about the present board of directors and management as well as the name of the Certified Adviser.
There shall also be a list of insider persons on the home page.
Other information requirements
Cryptzone otherwise complies with the information requirements for companies whose shares are admitted for trading on OMX First North.
Insiders Policy
Guidelines intended to prevent the risk of breaching prevailing legislation and the OMX First North rules on insider trading.
1. Holdings and reporting
Persons with insider positions shall report their own and related parties’ holdings of shares as well as other financial instruments in Cryptzone
(first-time report) to the company. Changes in the holding shall also be reported.
Reporting shall take place within five business days after the completion of the transaction.
The report shall be made directly to Cryptzone. The report shall contain information regarding the transaction in question as well as the number of financial
instruments after the transaction. Cryptzone publishes the holdings of insiders and changes in holdings after the report on its home page.
2. This is an insider position
Persons that are considered to have particularly good opportunities of acquiring access to confidential information about Cryptzone have insider positions. This includes, among others:
- Members or alternate members of Cryptzone’s board of directors
- Cryptzone’s chief executive officer or deputy chief executive officer
- Auditors or alternate auditors of Cryptzone
- Senior executives or contractors of Cryptzone, if the position or assignment can normally be assumed to involve access to undisclosed information that can affect Cryptzone’s share price
- Executives or contractors according to a-c above or other senior executives in a subsidiary, associated or portfolio company that may be assumed to have access to undisclosed information that can affect Cryptzone’s share price.
- Major shareholders, in other words, those shareholders who own at least ten percent of the share capital or at least ten percent of the voting rights for all shares in Cryptzone (themselves or together with such natural or legal persons who are related to the shareholder).
- Major shareholders are also persons who through their company or companies own at least ten percent of the share capital or voting rights in a stock market company. Thus, persons do not need to have any holdings of their own.
- Related parties.
Related parties include:
- husband/wife or partner of the person with the reporting duty.
- children under age that are in the custody of the person with the reporting duty.
- other related parties if they have a common household with the person with the reporting duty for at least one year.
- legal persons whose business activities the person with the reporting duty has a significant influence over and with which he, or related parties according to 1-2 above, have an economic partnership.
- legal persons whose business activities the person with the reporting duty has a significant influence over and with which he, or related parties according to 1-3 above, have an economic partnership.
Related legal persons are based on the assumption that there is a significant influence and an economic partnership. By significant influence it means that persons are included in the board of directors because
they exercise or hold a senior position in the legal person. A dominant ownership position is also considered to denote a significant influence. By economic partnership it means participating interests or right to
receive financial returns from the legal person. According to the law, the participating interest limit is ten percent. Foreign legal persons may also be covered by the term related parties.
3. Share related financial instruments can be:
- stock options
- stock futures
- paid up subscribed for shares
- interim certificate
- convertible subordinated loans/debt instruments
- option certificates
- warrants (debt instruments linked with options for new subscription) subscription options
- participation certificates
4. Disclosure rules
Cryptzone works to ensure that major owners that are not simultaneously considered insider persons shall report certain transactions. The following applies:
Owners that own shares in Cryptzone corresponding to at least ten percent of the share capital or voting rights of all shares in Cryptzone, or that own shares to this extent together with such natural or
legal persons who are related parties of the shareholder are considered to be major owners. Major owners shall report purchases or sales of shares to Cryptzone that result in ownership passing any of
the limits 10, 20, 33.3, 50 or 66.7 percent.
The report and verification of the report is carried out and administered in the same manner as the insider persons report.
5. Ban on trading in financial instruments in Cryptzone prior to publication of reports and news
During 30 days prior to the publication by Cryptzone of interim reports or annual reports, the date of publication included, a general ban applies to insider persons in relation to the purchase or
sale of financial instruments in Cryptzone. The reporting days are published on Cryptzone’s home page.
The general ban on trading applies prior to public announcement of any planned transactions or events that may affect Cryptzone’s share price. The ban on trading applies 30 days prior to the announcement.