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Goodbye Kansas Studios
Visual experiences for film, TV and games
Infinite Entertainment
Film/TV co-productions & IP development
Vobling
Virtual training and XR
Sayduck
3D/AR SaaS solutions for e-commerce
Virtual Brains
Location based mobile games
Plotagon
3D animated film engine
Corporate Governance
Per Anders Wärn
/Chairman since 2021
Born in 1961. Per Anders has for 10 years been member of the corporate leadership team in Gartner Inc, Stamford, CT, USA, the world's leading company in Research & Advisory, and was responsible for Gartner's global consulting business. Per Anders is currently CEO of STOAF III SciTech AB (Stockholm business angels). Chairman of the board in Goodbye Kansas Holdings AB. Executive MBA from Stockholm School of Economics.
Shareholding in Goodbye Kansas: 994,974,994 shares
Staffan Eklöw
/Member since 2017
Born in 1957. Staffan has almost 30 years of experience as a business lawyer. During the years 1994 – 2000 he was the general counsel at TV4 AB. Staffan has experience of board work and held the position Managing Partner at the business law firm Lindahl for many years. Other assignments include Adventure Box technology AB (publ), Onside TV-Produktion AB, mediation Centre Sweden AB, Lennart Nilsson Photography AB, and Stockholms Travsällskap. Bachelor of Laws and MBA from Stockholm University.
Shareholding in Goodbye Kansas: 1,633,322 shares
Independent in relation to the company and executive management. Independent in relation to major shareholders.
Mikko Setälä
/Member since 2021
Born in 1956. Mikko Setälä has over 30 years of experience of leading positions in the gaming and software industry. Mikko Setälä has served Rovio Entertainment Corp. between 2006-2020 in roles of Chairman of the Board, CFO and Executive Vice President and also as the President of Rovio Animation Company and other subsidiaries of Rovio in North America. He has experience of turnarounds, IPOs and investment strategies. Mikko currently chairs the Board of Directors of Pro-Source Oy and Setala Capital Oy. Mikko holds a Master of Science in Engineering from the Helsinki University of Technology (currently: Aalto University)
Shareholding in Goodbye Kansas: 0
Independent in relation to the company and executive management. Independent in relation to major shareholders.
Adrian Politowski
/Member since 2022
Born in 1978. Adrian Politowski has a long experience of leading management positions and board assignments in areas that are of strategic importance to the company. Adrian is currently the CEO of Align, a film and TV production company with its headoffice in Los Angeles.
During his career, Adrian has worked as a producer on over 450 films.
Shareholding in Goodbye Kansas: 15,727,638 shares
Independent in relation to the company and executive management. Independent in relation to major shareholders.
Marina Andersson,
/Member since 2023
Marina Andersson has a MSc in Economics and has over 20 years’ experience of investment banking and business development with a focus on M&A. Marina is currently Head of Corporate Development and M&A at Stillfron Group AB (publ) and has previously worked at Deloitte, ICECAPITAL Securities, Deseven and Carnegie.
Shareholding in Goodbye Kansas: 0
Independent in relation to the company, executive management and major shareholders.
Anna Ljungdahl
/Member since 2023
Anna Ljungdahl, has an MSc in Economics and an Executive MBA. She has approximately 15 years’ experience of transformation and business development with a focus on venture capital. Anna is currently Senior Investment Director at Industrifonden and has previous experience from SEB as Investment Manageer at SEB Ventures, COO Global Investment Strategy and Head of Business Development Corporate Markets. Anna is also a Board member in Lexly, Open Payments Europe, Meniga, TrusTrace and Funnel.
Shareholding in Goodbye Kansas: 0
Independent in relation to the company, executive management and major shareholders.
Stefan Danieli
/Chief Executive Officer
Born in 1965. 30+ years’ experience from financial and operational roles in international businesses across various industries (of which almost 20 years in media companies) and including international postings. Stefans experiences encompass fast growing companies as well as companies in restructuring-processes, and he has held CFO positions in both listed and owner-led companies. In recent years, Stefan has worked as CFO within retail-companies (RNB Retail & Brands and Åhléns) and also as CFO Nordics within the international film- and tv production-group EndemolShine Group, but also worked as consultant with interim-assignments in his own company.
Throughout his career he has successfully managed finance and administrative operations, streamlined financial processes and overseen operational turnarounds. Stefan Danieli holds a Master of Science degree from the Stockholm School of Economics. Stefan was recruited to Goodbye Kansas as CFO but was appointed Group CEO in September 2022.
Shareholding in Goodbye Kansas: 0 shares
Markus Manninen
/Deputy CEO Goodbye Kansas Group, Managing Director, Goodbye Kansas Studios & Business Area Manager Visual Content & Brand,
Born in 1969. 30+ years of experience in VFX and animation. A solid international track record with more than 20 years abroad. Among former positions are DreamWorks in Los Angeles and Framestore in London He was instrumental in growing Oriental Dreamworks with offices in Shanghai and Los Angeles. In 2016, as Partner and Creative Director. He built the international production company HB Wink Animation for Huayi Brothers with offices in Shanghai and Los Angeles. . He has also been engaged in building a Media Laboratory at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Markus Manninen holds a Master of Science from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Shareholding in Goodbye Kansas: 0 shares
Karin Wintle
/Chief People Officer (CPO)
Born in 1984. CHRO of Goodbye Kansas Group as of August 16, 2021. Karin has +10 years of experience in HR positions at various companies. Karin has extensive international experience and has lived and worked abroad for +4 years (holding Talent Acquisition focused roles). Started her HR career as Recruitment Coordinator at Morgan Law (London) and has thereafter held Head of HR/People positions in the Tech sector mainly. She has most recently been at Bisnode as Head of People - Product and Technology (incl. Data & Analytics).
Shareholding in Goodbye Kansas: 0 shares
Filip Grufman
/Managing Director, Plotagon Production, Business Area Manager Games & Apps, CEO Sayduck
Born 1972. Filip has 30 years of work experience from a variety of industries as well as investments in several companies. Everything from FinTech and Health Tech to restaurant- and import industry. With his broad experience, he has been a member of several boards and held a variety of decision-making positions. Founder of PrimeWine Group. Common to most of his previous roles has been sales and business development. Filip is passionate about areas such as education and harnessing the latest in technology.
Shareholding in Goodbye Kansas: Filip Grufman owns 12% of Nogatolp AB which owns 53,874,424 shares in Goodbye Kansas Group.
Articles of Associations
Articles of Association of Goodbye Kansas Group AB (publ) (559019-7462) adopted by AGM om April 13, 2023
§ 1. The Company
The Company's name is Goodbye Kansas Group AB (publ).
§ 2. Location
The Board of Directors shall have its seat in the municipality of Stockholm.
§ 3. Activities
The company shall, directly or indirectly, conduct consultation and development of software, publishing of computer games and thereby conduct compatible activities.
§ 4. Share capital
The share capital shall be at least SEK 100,000,000 and not more than SEK 400,000,000.
§ 5. Number of shares
The number of shares shall be at least 20,000,000 and no more than 80,000,000.
§ 6. The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors shall comprise of a minimum of three and a maximum of eight board members with a minimum of zero and a maximum of four deputies. The board members and deputies are elected annually at the AGM for the period until the end of the next AGM.
§ 7. Auditors
The Company shall have one or two auditors with or without a deputy auditor.
§ 8. Notice
The notice of General Meetings shall be made by advertising in “Post-och inrikes tidningar” and by the summons being kept available on the company's website. At the same time as notice is made, the company must disclose that notice has been made through advertising in the daily Dagens Industri.
§ 9. General Meeting
To participate in a General Meeting, shareholders must be included in the share register by the day specified in the Swedish Companies Act and must notify the Company regarding their intention to participate and the number of assistans (maximum two) by the date stated in the notice of the General Meeting. This day may not be a Sunday, other public holiday, Saturday, Midsummer Eve, Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve and shall not be earlier than the fifth weekday before the General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting shall be held annually within six months after the end of the financial year.
The following matters shall be treated at the AGM.
1. Election of Chairman of the General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM).
2. Preparation and approval of the electoral roll.
3. Election of one or two adjustment officers.
4. If the meeting has been duly convened.
5. Agenda approval.
6. Presentation of the annual report and auditor's report and, where applicable, consolidated financial statements and consolidated Auditor's report.
7. Decision
a) on the adoption of the income statement and balance sheet and, where applicable, the consolidated profit and loss account and consolidated Balance sheet,
b) on appropriation of the company's profit or losses in accordance with the adopted balance sheet and
c) on discharge to the board members and the CEO.
8. Determination of fees for the Board of Directors and the auditors.
9. Election of the Board of Directors and auditors.
10. Any other matter that needs to be treated at the General Meeting according to the Swedish Companies Act (2005:551) or the Articles of Association.
§ 10. Proxy and postal voting
The Board of Directors may gather mandates at the Company's expense according to Chapter 7 § 4 in the second section of the Swedish Companies Act (2005:551). The Board of Directors may decide to allow shareholders to exercise their right to vote by post prior to the General Meeting.
§ 11. Fiscal year
The company's financial year shall be 1 January – 31 December.
§ 12. Reconciliation Reservation
The shareholder or trustee who, on the record date, is entered in the share register and recorded in a reconciliation record, under Chapter 4 of the law (1998:1479) on central securities depositories and accounts of financial instruments or the one recorded on the reconciliation account referred to in Chapter 4, paragraph 18 (6-8), the law is presumed to be competent to exercise the rights set out in chapter 4 of section 39 of the Companies act (2005:551).
Nomination committee
The Nomination Committee's task shall, according to the decision of the AGM Apr 13, 2023, be to present proposals for the number of board meetings to be elected by the AGM, the remuneration of the Chairman of the Board and the other members and the auditor. Possible remuneration for committee work, composition of the board, Chairman of the Board, resolution on the nomination committee, Chairman of the Annual General Meeting and Election of Auditors.
The members of the Nomination Committee shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Board contacting the four largest shareholders in terms of voting rights based on shareholder statistics from Euroclear Sweden AB, each of which is given the opportunity to appoint a person, together with the Chairman of the Board, to be a member of the Company's Nomination Committee for the period until the new Nomination Committee is appointed.
The nomination committee includes Niclas Engvall (Chairman), Per Anders Wärn and Jonas Levin
Registration certificate
Registration certificate (2023-05-12) - see link
