Annual General Meeting 2025
Board of Directors
The Company’s Board of Directors shall be composed of three to five members and up to one alternate member, elected at the Annual General Meeting for a term of one year.
The Board annually evaluates its own work, the work of the CEO and the Company’s operation.
This assessment is based on self-assessment of the board, examination of whether the Board has operated in accordance with its Rules of Procedures. The Board shall evaluate the work of the CEO and the Company’s operation in general, the CEO shall not be present for this evaluation. The Chairman of the Board shall present and discuss the results of the assessment with the CEO. The Board currently consists of five main members and one alternate.
As of the date of this statement the Board of Directors consists of the following members:
Senior Executive team
Board Subcomitees
The Board of Directors has appointed two subcommitees, Audit Commitee and Remuneration Commitee. The Audit Commitee’s main responsibilities include: monitoring the integrity of the financial statements of the Group, reviewing the effectiveness of the Group’s internal controls and risk management systems and overseeing the selection, appointment and relationship with the Group’s external auditor. The Remuneration Commitee is responsible for establishing a remuneration policy for the Company. The Remuneration Commitee shall assist the Board in ensuring that compensation arrangements support the strategic aims of the Company and enable the recruitment, motivation and retention of senior executives while also complying with legal and regulatory requirements.
Governance documents
Iceland Seafood’s corporate governance framework is defined by Act No. 2/1995 on Public Limited Companies (hereafter referred to as the “Act on Public Companies“), the Nasdaq Iceland Rules and is set out in the Company’s Articles of Association. Under its Articles of Association, the Company is governed by shareholders’ meetings, the Company’s Board of Directors (hereafter referred to as the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) and the Chief Executive Officer. The Shareholders hold the decision-making powers in the Company through shareholders meetings that are held at least once a year. The Board of Directors is authorized to allow shareholders to participate in proceedings at shareholders’ meetings through electronic means without being present at the meeting venue if it deems that available equipment is sufficiently secure for this purpose. The Company adheres to the principles set forth in the Corporate Governance Guidelines, published by the Iceland Chamber of Commerce in co-operation with SA Business Iceland and Nasdaq Iceland (hereafter referred to as the “Guidelines”). As of the date of this statement there is only one deviation from full compliance with the Guidelines as the Company does not have a board nomination commitee as such commitee has not been considered needed.
Stock option plan
The purpose of this Stock Option Plan is to enable Iceland Seafood International hf.to attract and retain employees through an attractive wage system. Employees are provided with an opportunity to acquire a share in the Company in order to increase their incentive to promote future growth and increased prosperity of the Company and to reward such promotion.
CSR
The governance of sustainability within the company is built on local regulations, international agreements and internal values, policies and code of conduct.