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48. Events during the reporting period
On 5 January 2021 HansaMatrix announced the
commencement of operations at the second plant in
Ventspils, in accordance with the development plan of
this production location. The Company has entered into a
10-year lease agreement with Ventspils bīvostas pārvalde
for renting a newly built production building with a total
area of 4600 square meters at the address Ventspils
augsto tehnoloģiju parks No 7, Ventspils. The new plant
will complement the existing production capacity with a
new, integrated production process in the production of
plastic parts and the assembly of final products
containing optical elements and systems. This plant will
double the assembly capacity of the Ventspils plant. As a
result of the transaction, the Group's balance sheet will
increase by EUR 733.6 thousand.
On March 22, 2021 Hansamatrix announced changes in
management, which are planned to be made during the
second quarter of 2021, appointing the Company's
operational manager and member of the board, Jānis
Samsa HansaMatrix, as chairman of the board, having
previously fulfilled all regulatory requirements.
Hansamatrix founder Ilmārs Osmanis will continue to
develop LightSpace Technologies as its founder and
current Chairman of the Board and will remain an
important shareholder of Hansamatrix, as well as it is
expected that Ilmārs Osmanis will join the Board of the
Company after its planned elections at the Company's
annual general meeting on May 26, 2021.
On May 7, 2021 HansaMatrix informed about the
conclusion of a new production contract and receipt of
the first orders for the production and delivery of high-
complexity electronics devices for the production and
delivery of a high-complexity electronics device to a
customer of the transport industrial segment in the
Nordic countries. The projected total revenue of
HansaMatrix from the new contract could reach EUR 1.5
million by the end of 2022.
On May 17, 2021 Jānis Sams, Operational Manager and
Member of the Board, was appointed Chairman of the
Board of HansaMatrix. Along with the changes in the
composition of the board, two new board members have
been appointed - Gatis Grava, manager of HansaMatrix
Ventspils factory, and Vitauts Galvanauskas, Ogre factory
manager. Māris Macijevskis continues his work on the
board and as chief financial officer of the Company.
Ilmārs Osmanis, founder of HansaMatrix, former CEO and
Chairman of the Board, left the position of CEO of
HansaMatrix and Chairman of the Board to join the
Supervisory Board of HansaMatrix.
On May 26, 2021, a new composition of the Supervisory
Board was elected at the regular meeting of HansaMatrix
shareholders, in which, in addition to the previous
members of the Supervisory Board Ingrīda Blūma, Dagnis
Dreimanis, Normunds Igolnieks and Baiba Anda Rubesa,
the founder of HansaMatrix, Ilmārs Osmanis, as well as
the Member of the Supervisory board Anders Lennart
Borg were re-elected.
Baiba Rubesa has been confirmed as the Chairwoman of
the HansaMatrix Supervisory Board, while Ingrīda Blūma
will continue to serve as Deputy Chairman of the
Supervisory Board. Andris Bērziņš, who was an
independent member of the Supervisory Board and
served on the HansaMatrix Supervisory Board since 7
October 2015 and was chairman of the Supervisory Board
since 4 April 2018, has left the HansaMatrix Supervisory
Board. In the new Supervisory Board, the independent
members of the Supervisory Board are Ingrīda Blūma,
Anders Lennart Borg and Baiba Rubesa.
On June 11, 2021 HansaMatrix paid dividends of EUR
54,881.43 (fifty-four thousand eight hundred eighty-one
EUR 43 cents) or EUR 0.03 (three cents) per share.
On July 20, 2021, the President of Latvia Egils Levits met
with representatives of HansaMatrix and Lightspace
Technologies to discuss current events in the
development of smart technologies and Latvia's
contribution to innovation of these technologies in the
world. The President of Latvia looked at the research and
production premises of companies, where augmented
reality glasses are created, which are used in the world's
large automotive and other companies for optimization of
production processes.
On August 6, 2021 HansaMatrix announced the
conclusion of a production contract for the production
and delivery of human machine interface electronics
devices to an industrial segment customer in Germany.
The total amount of HansaMatrix revenue from the new
contract in the 9-month period from the 4th quarter of
2021 to the end of the second quarter of 2022 will reach
EUR 3.3 million.
On August 12, 2021, a contract of USD 1.4 million was
concluded for the production and delivery of high-
complexity electronic components to an international
customer in the industrial market segment, with a
location outside the European Union, with planned
deliveries for a 9-month period from Q2 to Q4 2022. The
conclusion of this agreement is a major step forward and
proves the high quality of HansaMatrix manufacturing
services and the performance that requires
HansaMatrix’s existing aviation quality management
system certification AS9100.
On September 13, 2021, the founder of HansaMatrix
Ilmārs Osmanis resigned from his position as a member
of the HansaMatrix Supervisory Board. I.Osmanis has
worked on the Supervisory Board of HansaMatrix since
May 26, 2021, and until then he has been chairman of the
Management Board for many years. From now on, he will
remain a significant shareholder in HansaMatrix and will
advise the Company's management if necessary.
I.Osmanis will devote his knowledge and energy to the
development of the 3D photonics and optical solutions
company LightSpace Technologies, which includes both
the founder and the Chairman of the Board.
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