AGM Information • Apr 22, 2009
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Press release 2009-04-22
In his presentation, Mekonomen's President and CEO Håkan Lundstedt summarized the year 2008, commenting that Mekonomen had experienced a very strong year despite a weak economic climate and business trend in the total market. A strong brand, the launch of new store, workshop and business concepts and an increase in the number of stores and workshops in 2008 contributed to Mekonomen's full-year operating profit rising to SEK 251 M and revenues increasing by 6 per cent.
"In 2009, we are noticing that customers are consciously seeking alternatives that offer increased value for money and prefer distinct concepts with a high level of credibility. We are addressing this with measures including Mekonomen Direkt, whereby customers can be in direct contact with Mekonomen by calling +46(0)771 72 00 00 round-the-clock. In 2009, we will also expand our corporate offerings Mekonomen Direkt and Mekonomen Fleet to Denmark and Norway. We will also have 60 Mekonomen Medium and Mega units by yearend 2009 and we will increase the number of affiliated workshops by at least 100. With these initiatives, we can say that we are making CarLife easier for consumers and companies and are thus further strengthening our position."
In accordance with the Board's motion, the Annual General Meeting resolved to pay a dividend of SEK 6 to shareholders. SEK 6 of the dividend pertains to the ordinary dividend based on profit for the year. The record date for the dividend is April 27. The payment of the dividend through Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to take place on April 30, 2009.
In accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal, the Annual General Meeting resolved that the number of Board members shall remain unchanged at seven. Thereafter, the Annual General Meeting resolved on the re-election of Fredrik Persson, Marcus Storch, Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Kenny Bräck, Anders G Carlberg, Wolff Huber and Helena Skåntorp as Board members. Fredrik Persson was re-elected as the Chairman of the Board.
Mekonomen makes CarLife simpler, through a broad and highly accessible offering of low-cost and innovative solutions and products for consumers and companies. We are Scandinavia's leading automotive spare-parts chain with proprietary wholesale operations, more than 200 stores and more than 1,000 workshops, all operating under the Mekonomen brand.
The Annual General Meeting resolved that a fee of SEK 320,000 (320,000) be paid to the Chairman, SEK 240,000 (240,000) to the Deputy Chairman and SEK 160,000 (160,000) to each of the other Board members elected by the Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting resolved that the auditors shall be paid against invoices.
The Annual General Meeting established principles for the remuneration of company management. The remuneration shall comprise a fixed base salary, variable remuneration, pension benefits and other benefits and termination terms.
In accordance with the Board's motion, the Annual General Meeting resolved that employed managers of wholly owned individual store companies shall be able to acquire not more than 9 per cent of the shares in their particular store company.
The Annual General Meeting approved all motions presented to the Meeting by the Board and the Nomination Committee. The motion are presented in their entirety in the previously published Annual General Meeting notification.
For further information contact: Håkan Lundstedt, President and CEO of Mekonomen AB, +46 (0)8-464 00 00 Fredrik Persson, Chairman of Mekonomen AB, +46 (0)8-701 61 00
Mekonomen AB (publ), Corp. Reg. No. 556392-1971 Box 6077, SE-141 06 Kungens Kurva, Sweden. Telephone: +46 (0)8-464 00 00, Fax: +46 (0)8-464 00 66
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