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SAS — AGM Information 2010
Apr 7, 2010
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Resolutions of the 2010 Annual General Meeting of SAS AB
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN
OR THE UNITED STATES
Resolutions of the 2010 Annual General Meeting of SAS AB
Rights issue approved
The Annual General Meeting of SAS AB held on Wednesday, 7 April 2010
approved the resolutions by the Board of Directors of 8 and 26 February
2010 on a rights issue of ordinary shares with preferential rights for
SAS shareholders. The Annual General Meeting further resolved to amend
the Articles of Association. As announced through a press release on 6
April 2010, each share held on the record date, 12 April 2010, will
entitle a shareholder to subscribe for three new shares at the
subscription price of SEK 0.67 per share.
The maximum increase in the share capital is SEK 4,959,675,000 through
issue of a maximum of 7,402,500,000 new shares, as a result of which the
rights issue is expected to raise proceeds of up to SEK 4,959,675,000
before costs related to the rights issue. In order to enable and
facilitate the rights issue, the Annual General Meeting also resolved to
reduce the company's share capital by SEK 4,515,525,000 without
redemption of shares whereby the quota value for each share will be
reduced from SEK 2.50 to SEK 0.67.
Further information about the rights issue and the detailed terms
thereof can be found in the company's press release of 6 April 2010 and
in the prospectus and information brochure that are expected to be made
public on 9 April 2010.
The SAS share will trade excluding the right to participate in the
rights issue from and
including 8 April 2010. The subscription period will run from and
including 15 April up to and including 29 April 2010, or such later date
as decided by the Board of Directors.
Reverse split of shares
The Annual General Meeting also resolved on a reverse split of the
company's shares whereby 30 existing shares will be consolidated into
one new share. This implies that 30 shares in SAS, each with a quota
value of SEK 0.67, will be consolidated into one share with a quota
value of SEK 20.10. Provided that the rights issue is fully subscribed,
the number of shares will be reduced from 9,870,000,000 to 329,000,000.
The resolution on the reverse share split will be registered by the
Swedish Companies Registration Office, and the Annual General Meeting
resolved on to authorize the Board of Directors to determine the record
date for the reverse share split, which may not take place later than 30
June 2010. Further information on the reverse split of shares will be
announced in connection with the Board of Directors' determination of
the record date.
Authorization for the Board of Directors to issue convertible bonds
The Annual General Meeting further resolved to authorize the Board of
Directors to resolve, on one or several occasions but not later than the
next Annual General Meeting, on an Issue, free from shareholders'
preferential rights, of convertible bonds with a right of conversion
into new ordinary shares in the company. The aggregate principal amount
of convertible bonds issued may not exceed SEK 2,000,000,000 and the
total number of shares issued upon conversion may not exceed
20,000,000,000 shares after the completion of the rights issue, but
prior to the completion of the reverse share split resolved upon by the
Annual General Meeting.
Election of Board
The Annual General Meeting resolved. in accordance with the motion put
forward by the Nomination Committee on the re-election of the following
Board members of SAS AB: Fritz H. Schur, Jens Erik Christensen, Dag
Mejdell, Timo Peltola and Jacob Wallenberg. Monica Caneman and Gry
Mølleskog were elected new members of the Board. Fritz H. Schur was
re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Dividends
The Annual General Meeting resolved that no dividend would be paid to
shareholders for the financial year 2009.
Nomination Committee
It was resolved that the Nomination Committee shall comprise six members
and shall prepare proposals to be presented at the Annual General
Meeting in 2011 for resolution regarding:
- chairman of the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting,
- the number of Board members,
- directors' fees, divided between the Chairman, Vice Chairman, other
members,
and any remuneration for work on Board committees,
- election of Board members and chairman of the Board,
- fees for the Company's auditors, and
- Nomination Committee for the 2012 Annual General Meeting.
The following members were elected to the Nomination Committee:
Björn Mikkelsen, Ministry of Industry, for the Swedish government, Peter
Brixen, Ministry of Finance, for the Danish government, Knut Utvik,
Ministry of Trade and Industry, for the Norwegian government, Peter
Wallenberg Jr, for the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Karsten
Biltoft for Danmarks Nationalbank and Anders Rydin for SEB Fonder. The
election of the Chairman for the Nomination Committee, replacement of
member during their terms of office and replacement of shareholder
representative owing to a substantial reduction in shareholding, shall
take place in accordance with the written instructions resolved upon by
the Annual General Meeting.
For further information, please contact
Sture Stølen, Head of SAS Group Investor Relations, +46 70 997 1451
SAS Group Investor Relations
SAS discloses this information pursuant to the Swedish Securities Market
Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The
information was provided for publication on 7 April 2010 at 15.10 CET
Disclaimer
This document is not being distributed to persons in any state or
jurisdiction where the offer or sale of the Rights or Shares is not
permitted.
These materials are not an offer for sale of securities in the United
States. Securities may not be sold in the United States absent
registration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933,
as amended. The issuer of the securities does not intend to register
any part of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public
offering of the Rights or the Shares in the United States.
This document is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i)
persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) investment
professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (iii)
high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be
communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all
such persons in (i), (ii) and (iii) above together being referred to as
"relevant persons"). The Rights and the Shares are only available to,
and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or
otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, relevant
persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely
on this document or any of its contents.
This document is an advertisement and is not a prospectus for the
purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (such Directive, together with any
applicable implementing measures in the relevant home Member State under
such Directive, the "Prospectus Directive"). A prospectus prepared
pursuant to the Prospectus Directive will be published, which, when
published, can be obtained from the SAS Group. Investors should not
subscribe for any securities referred to in this document except on the
basis of information contained in the prospectus.
In any EEA Member State that has implemented the Prospective Directive,
this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at
qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the
Prospectus Directive.