AGM Information • Apr 6, 2011
AGM Information
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The shareholders of Elanders AB (publ) are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting on Thursday 5 May 2011 at 3 p.m. at Elanders' premises, Designvägen 2, Mölnlycke, Sweden.
Shareholders who wish to attend the Annual General Meeting must be recorded in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB on Friday 29 April 2011 and notify their intention to participate not later than 1 p.m. on Monday 2 May 2011.
Shareholders whose shares are registered with a nominee must temporarily re-register their shares in their own name with Euroclear Sweden AB in order to be entitled to attend the Meeting. Such registration is requested with the nominee and must be duly effected not later than on Friday 29 April 2011. This means that shareholders must advise their nominee well in advance of this day.
There are a total of 19,529,998 shares in Elanders, representing 30,029,992 votes. Of these shares 1,166,666 are class A-shares with ten votes per share and 18,363,332 class B-shares with one vote per share. The company does not hold any of its own shares.
Notification of participation can be made in writing to Elanders AB (publ), Att: Annual General Meeting, P.O. Box 137, SE-435 23 Mölnlycke, Sweden, by telephone +46 31 750 00 00, by fax +46 31 750 07 25, by email [email protected] or at the company's website, www.elanders.com. The notification shall set forth name, social security number or company registration number, address and telephone number, number of shares and, where applicable, the number of advisors (maximum two) that will accompany the shareholder at the Meeting.
Shareholders represented by a proxy shall issue a power of attorney for the proxy. If the power of attorney is issued by a legal entity, a registration certificate or a corresponding document which indicates the authorised signatories of the legal entity must be enclosed. The original power of attorney, and any registration certificate or the equivalent, should be sent to the company well in advance of the Annual General Meeting at the address above. Proxy forms are available at www.elanders.com.
The Board of Directors and the CEO has proposed that no dividend be distributed for the financial year 2010.
The Nomination committee, which is composed of Carl Bennet (Carl Bennet AB), Chairman, Göran Erlandsson (representative of the minor shareholders), Hans Hedström (Carnegie Funds), Tomas Ramsälv (Odin Funds) and Caroline af Ugglas (Skandia Liv), proposes:
The Nomination committee proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolve:
The Board proposes guidelines mainly entailing that the company shall offer a total compensation on marketable terms, which enables the company to recruit and retain qualified Senior Executives. The remuneration to the Senior Executives shall consist of a basic wage, variable remuneration, other benefits and pensions. The basic wage shall take into consideration the individual's areas of responsibility and experience. The division between basic wage and variable remuneration shall be in proportion to the individual's responsibility and position. The variable remuneration shall be based on results in relation to individual targets. The CEO's variable remuneration shall amount to no more than 50 percent of the basic wage. For other Senior Executives, the variable remuneration shall amount to no more than 40 percent of the basic wage. The guidelines correspond in all material respects to the principles applied to date.
The Board proposes, in accordance with new provisions of the Swedish Companies Act, the Annual General Meeting to resolve that clause 10 of the Articles of Association be amended in accordance with the following:
§ 10 Notice of the Annual General Meeting and an extra General Meeting in which changes in the Articles of Association will be dealt with must be given at the earliest six weeks and at the latest four weeks before the meeting. Notice of any other extra General Meeting must be given at the earliest six weeks and at the latest two weeks before the meeting. Notice of General Meetings shall be given through advertising in the Swedish Official Gazette as well as in Dagens Industri.
§ 10 Notice of General Meetings shall be made through announcement in Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (the Swedish Official Gazette) and on the company's website. It shall be announced in Dagens Industri that a notice of a General Meeting has been issued.
The Annual Report and other supporting resolution documentation will be available at the company's offices and on its website, www.elanders.com, at least three weeks prior to the Meeting. Copies of such documents will be sent to shareholders who request it and state their postal address. Copies will also be distributed at the Meeting.
Shareholders are reminded of their right to request information pursuant to Chapter 7 Section 32 of the Swedish Companies Act.
2.00 p.m. Guided tour of the Group's operations in Mölnlycke
Following the Annual General Meeting a warm meal will be served. We offer our shareholders bus transportation from "Exercishuset" at Heden since parking may be difficult in the area. Please let us know if bus transport is required when you make your notification of attendance.
Mölnlycke, April 2011
The Board of Directors of Elanders AB (publ)
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