AGM Information • Apr 30, 2008
AGM Information
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HMS Networks AB (publ.) held its Annual General Meeting on April 30, 2008. The Meeting resolved in favor of all proposed matters in accordance with the proposals of the Board of Directors. The main contents of the most important resolutions are described below.
The Meeting resolved to approve the Board of Directors' proposal of a dividend for fiscal year 2007 of SEK 1.0 per share. May 6 2008 was set as the record date for the dividend. It is expected that the dividend will be disbursed by VPC AB on May 12, 2008.
The Meeting resolved to adopt the income statement and balance sheet of HMS Networks AB submitted by the Board of Directors as well as the consolidated income statement and balance sheet. The Board and the President were discharged from liability for the 2007 fiscal year.
The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the Nominating Committee's proposals, namely
• that fees totaling SEK 525 000 shall be paid to the Board to be distributed among members who are not employees of the Company, with SEK 225 000 to the Chairman and SEK 100 000 to each Board member.
It was noted that Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB, with the Authorized Public Accountant, Olof Enerbäck as auditor in charge, was appointed as auditor at the Annual General Meeting 2005, for a period of four years.
The Meeting approved the Board's proposal of guidelines for determining salaries and other remuneration to the President and other persons in company management.
The Annual Meeting adopted the Board's proposal of criteria relating to appointment of members to the Nominating Committee.
All of the Annual Meeting's resolutions were passed with the requisite majority.
Gunnar Högberg, CFO and Investor Relations, telephone: +46 35 17 29 95, email [email protected]
HMS Networks is a world-leading supplier of communication technology for industrial automation. Sales totalled SEK 270 m in 2007. Over 90% of these sales were to customers located outside Sweden. All development and the major portion of manufacturing is carried out at the head office in Halmstad. Sales offices are located in Tokyo, Beijing, Karlsruhe, Chicago, Milan and Mulhouse. HMS has 155 employees and produces network interface cards and products to interconnect different networks under the trademark Anybus®. The network interface cards are embedded in automation equipment such as robots, control systems, motors and sensors. This allows subcomponents in machines to communicate with one another and with different networks. HMS was formed in 1988 and has had an average organic growth of 30% annually over the last 10 years. HMS is listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm in the Small Cap, Information Technology sector
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