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Sivers Semiconductors Calls Extraordinary General Meeting

Sivers Semiconductors AB has conveneded an Extraordinary General Meeting, with Swedish-listed shareholders set to vote on agenda items outside the annual cycle amid rising demand for RF and photonics silicon.

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Sivers Semiconductors AB has issued a formal notice convening an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of its shareholders. The Swedish semiconductor group, which trades on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market in Stockholm, has summoned investors to a meeting held outside the regular annual cycle — a step companies typically reserve for decisions that cannot wait for the AGM, such as board changes, capital raises, or major transaction approvals.

The company published the notice through its standard investor channels. A notice of this kind sets out the date, time, and venue of the meeting, the record date that determines shareholder eligibility to attend and vote, and the agenda of proposals to be decided. Sivers Semiconductors did not state in the notice headline which specific items will be tabled; the full agenda accompanies the formal convening documents distributed to shareholders and filed with the market.

An EGM at Sivers Semiconductors comes at a moment when European suppliers of specialized RF and photonics silicon face growing demand from defense, telecom, and satellite communications customers. The group operates through its semiconductor subsidiaries, supplying products built on compound-semiconductor technologies — an area where Western governments have moved to strengthen domestic supply chains. Shareholders will therefore scrutinize whatever proposals appear on the agenda for signals about capital allocation, governance, or strategic direction.

Under Swedish corporate law, specifically the Swedish Companies Act, a company's board may convene an extraordinary meeting when circumstances warrant a decision between annual meetings. Shareholders who wish to participate must be registered in the company's share register by the record date stated in the notice and must notify the company of their intention to attend in the manner the notice prescribes. Proxy arrangements follow the standard procedures for Swedish listed companies, with proxy forms and other meeting documents made available through the investor-relations section of the company's website.

For a company of Sivers Semiconductors' profile — a growth-stage semiconductor developer with an active institutional and retail shareholder base on First North — an EGM can serve several purposes. Boards commonly use extraordinary meetings to approve directed share issues, which under Swedish listing rules often require shareholder approval when they deviate from pre-emptive rights. Extraordinary meetings are also used to elect or remove board members, amend articles of association, or authorize changes to share capital. Which of these applies here will become clear when shareholders review the full agenda.

The convening of the meeting follows the company's customary disclosure practice. As a Nasdaq First North-listed issuer, Sivers Semiconductors must ensure that all shareholders receive equivalent information about the meeting and the matters proposed for decision, in line with the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Nasdaq First North rulebook. The notice itself constitutes inside information handling of a routine nature — procedural rather than price-sensitive — unless the agenda contains items that materially affect the company's outlook, in which case separate disclosure obligations apply.

Investors holding shares in the company should verify the record date and registration requirements set out in the notice to secure their voting rights. The outcome of the meeting, and in particular any resolutions on capital structure or governance, will be published by the company after the meeting concludes, in accordance with Swedish disclosure requirements.

Whatever the specific proposals on the agenda, the meeting will give shareholders a direct vote on the matters the board has judged urgent enough to convene outside the annual cycle — and its resolutions will shape the company's capital position and governance heading into the next reporting period.

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