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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

 

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. _)

 

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EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.

 


(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.

Mastenmakersweg 1, 1786 PB Den Helder, The Netherlands

 

to be held on May 24, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Central European Time

In the offices of Van Campen Liem, Amsterdam, J.J. Viottastraat 52, 1071 JT,

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

 

To the shareholders of Expro Group Holdings N.V. (“Expro”):

 

This convocation notice relates to the 2023 Expro annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at which Expro’s shareholders will be asked to consider and vote on the proposals addressed at Expro’s annual general meeting. The Annual Meeting will be held on the date, time and location as mentioned above.

 

Expro strongly encourages its shareholders to exercise their voting rights through an electronic or written proxy and to follow the Annual Meeting through the listen-only telephone conference / audio webcast, of which the details are set out below.

 

United States of America         +1 (404) 975-4839 (US Toll) or +1 (833) 470-1428 (US Toll-Free)

The Netherlands                       +31 852 081 999

Access Code                             105159

 

If a shareholder nevertheless intends to attend the meeting in person, he or she is requested to send an email to investorrelations@expro.com on or before May 17, 2023 in order for us to make appropriate arrangements.

 

This Annual Meeting has been called by Expro’s board of directors (the “Board”). At this meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote on the following proposals:

 

 

(i)

to elect nine director nominees named in the proxy statement to serve until Expro’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2024;

 

 

(ii)

to approve on a non-binding advisory basis the compensation of Expro’s named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2022;

 

 

(iii)

to review the annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, including the paragraph relating to corporate governance, to confirm and ratify the preparation of Expro’s statutory annual accounts and annual report in the English language and to confirm and adopt the annual accounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022;

 

 

(iv)

to discharge the members of the Board from liability in respect of the exercise of their duties during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022;

 

 

(v)

to appoint Deloitte Accountants B.V. as Expro’s auditor who will audit the Dutch statutory annual accounts of Expro for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, as required by Dutch law;

 

 

(vi)

to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Expro’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit Expro’s U.S. GAAP financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023;

 

 

(vii)

to authorize the Board to repurchase shares up to 10% of the issued share capital, for any legal purpose, through the stock exchange or in a private purchase transaction, at a price between $0.01 and 105% of the market price on the New York Stock Exchange, and during a period of 18 months starting from the date of the Annual Meeting;

 

 

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to authorize the Board to issue shares up to 20% of the issued share capital as of the date of the Annual Meeting, for any legal purpose, at the stock exchange or in a private purchase transaction, and during a period of 18 months starting from the date of the Annual Meeting. The authorization also includes the authority to restrict or exclude pre-emptive rights upon an issue of shares;

 

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(ix)

to adopt Expro’s 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan; and

 

 

(x)

to transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

All shareholders of Expro are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting and to vote the shares of common stock that they hold as of the “day of registration” (“dag van registratie”) as referred to in the Dutch Civil Code (which is April 26, 2023, as described further in the proxy statement). Each person who attends the Annual Meeting may be asked to present valid picture identification, such as a driver’s license or passport and proof of share ownership as of April 26, 2023. Examples of proof of share ownership include voting instruction statements from a broker or bank or share certificates. Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, Expro urges you to promptly vote your shares of common stock by submitting your marked, signed and dated proxy card. You will retain the right to revoke your proxy at any time before the vote, or to vote your shares of common stock personally if you attend the Annual Meeting. Please note, however, that if you hold your shares of common stock through a broker or other nominee, and you wish to vote in person at the Annual Meeting, you must obtain from your broker or other nominee a proxy issued in your name.

 

For further information, please review the proxy statement at www.proxydocs.com/xpro, which contains detailed descriptions of the proposals to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting.

 

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