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SAS — AGM Information 2020
Mar 12, 2020
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AGM Information
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Resolutions by the 2020 Annual General Meeting in SAS AB (publ)
Resolutions by the 2020 Annual General Meeting in SAS AB (publ)
The March 12, 2020 Annual General Meeting in SAS (the "AGM") resolved to adopt
the proposal by the Nomination Committee to re-elect Carsten Dilling as Chairman
of the Board and Dag Mejdell, Monica Caneman, Liv Fiksdahl, Lars-Johan
Jarnheimer, Kay Kratky, Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae, and Oscar Stege Unger as Board
members. The AGM also resolved to adopt the revised proposal from the Nomination
Committee that the Board fees remain unchanged. At the meeting, Carsten Dilling
also informed that all Board members, on their own initiative and with effect
immediately, decided on reducing their Board fees resolved by the AGM with
20 percent for the remainder of the year by giving up this portion of the fee.
The meeting resolved to re-elect the auditing firm KPMG AB as auditor.
It was further resolved that the five members of the Nomination Committee would
be the Chairman of the Board, along with the shareholder representatives Åsa
Mitsell, Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, for the Swedish
government; Peder Lundquist, Danish Ministry of Finance, for the Danish
government; Jacob Wallenberg for the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; and
Gerald Engström, representing himself and Färna Invest AB.
The AGM resolved in line with the Board's proposal to implement a long-term
incentive plan for all approximately 13,000 full-time and part-time SAS
employees (with the exception of Group Management) comprising up to 7,142,857
SAS shares in total. In terms of hedging arrangements, the AGM did not approve
the Board's proposal that included issuing and repurchasing convertible C shares
with subsequent transfer to plan participants. Instead, the AGM approved the
Board's alternative hedge proposal of entering into an equity swap agreement
with a third party.
As regards other issues, the AGM resolved in accordance with the respective
proposals from the Board and the Nomination Committee, including to adopt
amended guidelines for remuneration of senior executives and not to distribute
any dividend to SAS shareholders for the financial year 1 November 2018-31
October 2019.
For further information. please contact:
Michel Fischier. VP Investor Relations. +46 70 997 0673
SAS, Scandinavia's leading airline, carries 30 million passengers annually to,
from and within Scandinavia. The airline connects three main hubs - Copenhagen,
Oslo and Stockholm - with over 125 destinations in Europe, the US and Asia.
Spurred by a Scandinavian heritage and sustainable values, SAS will reduce total
carbon emissions by 25% and operate with biofuel equivalent to equal the total
consumption of fuel used to operate all domestic SAS flights, by 2030. In
addition to airline operations, SAS offers ground handling services. technical
maintenance and air cargo services. SAS is a founding member of Star AllianceT
and together with partner airlines offers almost 19.000 daily flights to more
than 1.300 destinations around the world.
Learn more at https://www.sasgroup.net