AGM Information • Jul 21, 2011
AGM Information
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Press Release, 21 July 2011
Complementing the previously distributed press release today with the notice and proposed resolutions
The ventilation company Systemair AB (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: SYSR) will have Annual General Meeting to be held at 3 p.m. on 25 August 2011, at Systemair Expo, Skinnskatteberg, Sweden.
In connection with the meeting, a product presentation and a tour in the production facility located in the same building as Systemair Expo, will be held and starting at 1.30 pm.
Convening notice, proposed agenda and proposals from the Board, will be published today on 21 July in Postoch inrikes tidningar and at the company's website www.systemair.com.
Lars Hansson, Chairman of the Board, +46 70 895 90 02 Gerald Engström, CEO, + 46 222 44 001, + 46 70 519 00 01 Glen Nilsson, CFO, + 46 222 44003, + 46 70 654 40 03
Systemair AB, SE-739 30 Skinnskatteberg, Sweden, +46 222 440 00, www.systemair.com
Note: The information in this press release is information that Systemair AB is required to disclose in accordance with the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. Swedish and English versions of this information have been submitted for publication at 02:00 pm on 21 July 2011.
Systemair is a leading ventilation company with operations in 40 countries in Europe, North- and South America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia. The Company had sales of SEK 3.47 billion in financial 2010/11 and currently employs about 2,500 people. Systemair has reported an operating profit every year since 1974, when the Company was founded. During the past 15 years, the Company's growth rate has averaged about 15 percent.
Systemair has well-established operations in growth markets. The Group's products are marketed under the Systemair, Frico, VEAB and Fantech brands. Systemair shares have been quoted on the Mid Cap List of the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm since October 2007. The Group comprises about 60 companies.
The shareholders of Systemair Aktiebolag (publ) are hereby notified that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Thursday 25 August 2011, at 3:00 p.m. in the auditorium at Systemair Expo in Skinnskatteberg, Sweden. Coffee will be served during registration, from 2:30 p.m.
Those who wish to take part in the production and product presentation held prior to the AGM, should meet at 1:30 p.m. In the same building where the AGM will be held. In connection with the meeting, a product presentation and a tour in the production facility located in the same building as Systemair Expo, will be held and starting at 1.30 pm.
To be entitled to participate, a person must be entered as a shareholder in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB on Friday 19 August 2011, and must notify the Company no later than 4:00 p.m. on 19 August 2011 of their intention to participate.
Notification by e-mail, to [email protected], is the best method. You can also notify the Company by phoning +46(0)222-44000, by faxing +46(0)222-44099 or by posting your notification to Systemair AB, Reception, SE-739 30 Skinnskatteberg, Sweden. The notification should include your name, personal identification number or corporate identification number, address, phone number, any assistants attending and the number of shares. If you also intend to take the factory tour, you should notify the Company of this at the same time. Shareholders who send representatives to the AGM must issue dated proxy documents (powers of attorney) for their representatives. A proxy may not be more than one year old. The proxy form is available on the Company's website www.systemair.com or can be requested from Systemair AB, Reception, SE-739 30 Skinnskatteberg.
Any person representing a legal entity must present the entity's certificate of registration or an equivalent document attesting to the person's right to sign for the entity. Proxies, certificates of registration and other documents for authorisation must be available at the AGM and, to simplify admission to the meeting, should be sent to the Company no later than Friday 19 August. The original proxy document (power of attorney) must be presented.
To be entitled to participate in the AGM, any shareholder whose shares are registered in the name of a nominee must have the nominee re-register the shares in the shareholder's name so that the shareholder is entered in the share register no later than Friday 19 August 2011. This change need not be permanent.
Systemair AB (publ) Tel. +46 (0) 222 440 00 SE556160410801 Svenska Handelsbanken, Frankfurt • Account 0010228005 Industrivägen 3 Fax +46 (0) 222 440 99 Postgiro: 814243-2 SWIFT: HANDDEFF • IBAN DE 63 5142 0600 0010 2280 05 Sweden [email protected] SWIFT: NDEASESS ·IBAN SE60 9500 0099 6034 0814 2432
Proposed resolutions
Shareholders who represent a total of 71.6% of the votes of all shares in the Company have notified the Company that they support the proposals in items 2, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18.
The nominating committee has consisted of Gerald Engström, Färna Invest AB; Gerhard Sturm, ebmpapst GmbH; Peter Rönström, Lannebo Fonder; and Lars Hansson, Chairman of the Board of Systemair AB.
Gerald Engström has chaired the nominating committee. The nominating committee proposes the following. Chair for the AGM: Lars Hansson.
The Board of Directors proposes a dividend of SEK 1.75 per share. Tuesday 30 August 2011 is the proposed record date for the dividend. If the AGM resolves in favour of the proposal, the dividend is expected to be paid through Euroclear Sweden AB on Friday 2 September 2011.
Number of members of the Board The nominating committee proposes that, during the coming term of office, the Board will consist of six ordinary members elected by the AGM and no deputies.
Proposed fees to be paid to the Board and the audit committee
The level of fees to individual Board members is proposed to be unchanged. Due to the fact that the Board is proposed to be increased with one person, the total fee will be increased to SEK 1, 200, 000 , including SEK 400,000 to the Chairman of the Board and SEK 200,000 to each of the other members not employed by the Company.
Remuneration to the audit committee is proposed to total SEK 100, 000 including SEK 50,000 to the committee chair and SEK 25,000 to each of the other members.
A fee of SEK 25,000 is proposed to be paid to each employee representative.
The nominating committee proposes that Elisabeth Westberg, Lars Hansson, Göran Robertsson, Jürgen Zilling and Gerald Engström be re-elected. Lars Hansson is nominated for re-election as Chairman of the Board. Hannu Paitula is proposed as a new Board member.
Hannu Paitula, born in 1948, has been an industry adviser since 2009. Paitula previously held leading positions at an international level in Lindab, Fläkt Woods and ABB. He serves on the boards of Oras Ltd, Finland, WinGroup AG, Switzerland, and Biovica AB, Sweden.
It is proposed that fees be paid based on invoices
No remuneration will be paid to the members of the nominating committee. Any overhead expenses for the work of the nominating committee shall be borne by the Company. The nominating committee's term of office continues until the composition of the next nominating committee is announced.
The composition of the nominating committee shall be announced no later than six months prior to the 2012 AGM.
The system of remuneration shall consist of a fixed salary and pension but may include variable salary and benefits such as a company car. In addition to the above, special incentive programmes approved by the AGM may apply. Fixed salary and benefits shall be determined individually based on the aforementioned criteria and the specific competence of the executive. Subject to the attainment of clearly established targets, variable salary will be paid as a proportion of the fixed salary and may equal no more than two months' salary. As a rule, pensions shall be paid through defined contribution plans. The size of the pension shall adhere to the same criteria as above and be based on fixed salary. The Board is entitled to depart from these guidelines if justified in any particular case.
The Board of Directors proposes that the AGM resolve to authorise the Board to approve, on one or more occasions up until the next AGM, an increase in the Company's share capital through the issue of new shares. Pursuant to such authorisation, the Company may issue no more than 10% of the number of shares in the Company. Each issue shall be based on market conditions. Such authorisation shall include the right to approve a cash issue, with or without deviating from shareholders' preferential rights, as well as an issue of new shares for capital contributed in kind or an offset issue. The reason for allowing deviations from shareholders' preferential rights is to enable the financing of acquisitions.
For the AGM to pass this resolution, the proposal must be supported by shareholders who control at least two-thirds of the votes cast and of the shares represented at the AGM. Shares and votes At 19 August 2011, the total number of votes and shares in the Company was 52,000,000.
The 2010/11 Annual Report and Audit Report will be available at the Company and on the Company's website www.systemair.se on or before 4 August and will be sent to those shareholders who so request. The complete resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors, as well as the auditor's opinion whether the guidelines for remuneration for senior management valid since the preceding AGM have been followed, will be available to shareholders on the Company's website, www.systemair.se, from 4 August. The documents will also be sent to those shareholders who request them and state their mailing address. The documents and reports mentioned above will also be available at the AGM.
Skinnskatteberg, July 2011
Board of Directors
Systemair AB (publ)
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