AGM Information • Mar 14, 2016
AGM Information
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The shareholders of Nederman Holding AB (publ) are hereby summoned to the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 16.00 at the Marina Plaza, Kungstorget 6, 251 10 Helsingborg.
Shareholders who wish to attend this Meeting must:
Registration must include name, personal/corporate identity number, address, telephone number, number of shares and any advisers. This information will only be used for registering and preparing the voting list. Shareholders who wish to be represented by proxy must submit a power of attorney in original form with their registration. Representatives of a legal entity must present a copy of the authenticated registration certificate or equivalent authorization documents showing the authorized signatory of the entity.
The company will provide proxy forms to shareholders who so wish. The form can also be found on Nederman's website www.nederman.com.
Shareholders whose shares are nominee registered must, in order to be entitled to participate in the Meeting, request a temporary entry in their own name in the share register at Euroclear Sweden. Such registration, so-called voting right registration, must be completed by Thursday April 14, 2016, which means that shareholders must notify the trustee of this in good time before this date.
Presentation of the annual report and audit report, the consolidated accounts and consolidated audit report.
For the 2015 financial year, the board proposes a dividend to shareholders of SEK 5.00 per share. The payment date is Wednesday, April 27 2016 and the record date for the dividend is Friday, April 22 2016.
The Nomination Committee has the following proposals:
The Board proposes that the same principles that were adopted at the 2015 Annual General Meeting are also applied to 2016. The guidelines entail that a fixed salary is paid for satisfactory work. In addition, there is the opportunity for variable compensation linked to the Company's earnings and capital tied up. The variable compensation can amount to a maximum of 30-50 per cent of the annual salary depending on the individual's position of employment with the Company. In accordance with the decision of the 2015 Annual General Meeting, there is a long-term bonus program (LTI) for senior executives. The program is determined for a minimum period of two years, and objectives shall be set in such a way that means that there has been a particularly favorable development for the company's shareholders. The result of the LTI program which accrues to the senior executive (net of income tax), shall be reinvested in options in Nederman (options will only be possible on condition of approval by the Annual General Meeting of Nederman 2017) or in Nederman shares bought on the stock exchange. The shareholding and options held which are reinvested must be retained by the senior executive for at least 3 years. An LTI program covering two years shall be able to be a maximum of 35 per cent of annual salary for the CEO and 20 per cent of annual salary for other senior executives.
The CEO's pension plan is a premium-based pension plan with an annual premium equivalent to 35 per cent of the annual basic salary. For other senior executives, pension payments are in accordance with the contractual collective ITP plan, except for two executives for whom pension contributions are made for 8 income base amounts per year, and a maximum of 30% of basic salary respectively.
If the CEO tenders his resignation, a 6-month period of notice will apply. If the Company terminates the CEO's employment, the CEO will be entitled to a sum equivalent to 18-24 monthly salaries (the last six months with reservation for new employment). For other senior executives, a 12-month period of notice will apply for termination by the company, and six-months for resignation by executives. No agreements exist between board members or senior executives and Nederman or any of its subsidiaries in regard to benefits after the end of their terms of office or positions of employment. In accordance with the decision of the 2013 Annual General Meeting, a share savings scheme was introduced for senior officers of the company and senior executives in the corporate management team, which was concluded according to plan on December 31, 2015. Nederman's corporate management consists of eight persons (including the CEO).
The Board believes that situation may arise during the period until the next Annual General Meeting when there will be a need to repurchase shares and to transfer them. This may for instance arise in the context of industrial acquisitions and other structural developments of the operations of the Nederman Group.
The Board proposes that the AGM authorizes the Board, on one or more occasions during the period until the 2017 AGM, to decide on acquisition of the company's own shares as follows:
The Board proposes that the AGM authorizes the Board, on one or more occasions during the period until the 2017 AGM to decide on the transfer of the Company's own shares as follows:
The purpose of the authorizations and the reason for the deviation from shareholders' preferential rights is to create a readiness for the Board to fully or partially finance industrial acquisitions with the Company's own shares and to allow other structural developments of the operations of the Nederman Group.
The Board's proposed decision under items 1) and 2) above requires approval of shareholders representing at least two thirds of both the votes cast and the shares represented at the AGM.
Appointment of the Nomination Committee: The Chairman of the Board shall contact the three largest shareholders in the Company based on ownership-grouped data in Euroclear Sweden's register as per the last banking day in August each year. Each of these owners is entitled to appoint one representative who, together with the Chairman, will make up the Nomination Committee until a new Nomination Committee is appointed. None of the three officials should be a member of the Board. If any of the three largest shareholders waive their right to appoint a representative to the Nomination Committee, then this right will pass on to the next largest shareholder. If a member leaves the Nomination Committee before its work is completed, if the Committee so decides, a replacement shall be appointed by the same shareholder who appointed the departing member or, if this shareholder is
no longer one of the three largest shareholders in terms of votes, by the shareholder who now belongs to this group. If ownership of the Company changes before the Nomination Committee has completed its work, the Nomination Committee shall be entitled to change its composition in the manner it deems appropriate.
One of the shareholder representatives on the Nomination Committee shall be its chairman, though not the Chairman of the Board.
The tasks of the Nomination Committee shall be, ahead of the Annual General Meeting, to prepare the election of Chairman and other members of the Board, the election of the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting, the issue of fees and matters pertaining thereto, and, when applicable, the election of auditors. Information regarding the composition of the Nomination Committee shall be announced no later than six months before the AGM. Nomination Committee members shall not receive any fees, but any costs associated with the work of the Nomination Committee shall be borne by the Company at the discretion of the Nomination Committee.
The annual report and audit report will be available from the Company and on the company's website and will be sent to shareholders who so request end of March.
At the time of this notice, the total number of shares and votes in the Company amounted to 11,715,340. The Company's holding of its own shares amounts to 34,000, which does not entail any entitlement to vote as long as the Company holds shares.
15.00 Registration opens 15.30 The AGM venue opens 16.00 The AGM begins
Welcome Helsingborg, March 2016 The Board of Directors Nederman Holding AB (publ)
Nederman is one of the world's leading companies supplying products and solutions in the environmental technology sector focusing on industrial air filtration and recycling. Our solutions help reduce the environmental impact of industrial production, creating safe and clean working environments and improve production efficiency. Nederman's offering encompasses everything from the planning and design stage through to installation, commissioning, training and service. Sales are managed through subsidiaries and distributors in 50 countries. Nederman develops and manufactures at its own production and assembly units in 12 countries on 5 continents. The Group is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm and has around 1,900 employees.
Nederman Holding AB (publ), Box 602, 251 06 Helsingborg. Swedish corporate identity no. 556576-4205
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