General meeting

The General Meeting is the highest decision-making authority of the company. All shareholders are entitled to submit items to the agenda, meet, speak and vote at general meetings.

In accordance with Norwegian corporate law, the physical presence of the shareholders or their authorized representatives is required in order to vote. In addition, votes can only be given for shares registered in the owner’s name.

Holders of shares in the form of American Depository Shares (ADSs) need to exchange their ADSs for shares in accordance with the Deposit Agreement and then register such shares with the Norwegian Registry of Securities (Verdipapirsentralen) if they want to vote for their shares at the general meeting.

The annual general meeting is normally held in May. Notice of the meeting is sent to all shareholders individually, or to their depository banks.

A general meeting elects the shareholders’ representatives to the corporate assembly, and approves the annual result and any proposed dividend payment. In accordance with Norwegian legislation, the shareholders consider and vote on the appointment of the external auditor based on the proposal from the corporate assembly, and approve the remuneration to be paid to the external auditor.

Information about general meetings

General meeting 6 May 2008
Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2008 (PDF 0.1 MB)
Webcast (in Norwegian)
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2008 (PDF 0.1 MB)
Attendance form (PDF 0.1 MB)
Recommendation from the Nomination Committee (PDF 0.1 MB)

Extraordinary general meeting 5 July 2007
Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting 2007 (PDF 0.1 MB)
Minutes of extraordinary general meeting (PDF 0.1 MB)
Merger plan with appendices (PDF 2.0 MB) 
 
General meeting 8 May 2007
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2007 (PDF 0.1 MB)
Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2007 (PDF 0.1 MB) 
 
General meeting 9 May 2006
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2006 (PDF 0.1 MB)
Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2006 (PDF 0.1 MB)

General meeting 3 May 2005
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2005 (PDF 0.1 MB)
Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2005 (PDF 0.1 MB)
 
Extraordinary general meeting 1 December 2004
Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting in Norsk Hydro ASA (PDF 0.1 MB)
Minutes of the extraordinary General Meeting (PDF 0.1 MB) 
 
Annual general meeting 11 May 2004
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2004 (PDF 0.1 MB)
Annual General Meeting of Norsk Hydro ASA (supplement) (PDF 0.1 MB)
Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2004 (PDF 0.1 MB)

Extraordinary general meeting 15 January 2004
Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting in Norsk Hydro ASA (PDF 0.1 MB)
Minutes of the extraordinary General Meeting (PDF 0.1 MB)

Annual general meeting 7 May 2003
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2003 (PDF 0.1 MB)
Annual General Meeting of Norsk Hydro ASA (supplement) (PDF 50 KB)
Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2003 (PDF 0.1 MB)

Annual general meeting 2 May 2002
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2002 (PDF 0.1 MB)
Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2002 (PDF 0.1 MB)