Annual General Meeting

In accordance with the Swedish Companies Act, the Annual General Meeting is the company’s highest decision-making body. At the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders exercise their voting rights on key issues, such as approval of income statements and balance sheets, disposition of the company’s profits, granting discharge from liability to the Board and the CEO, election of board members and auditors and remuneration to the board and auditors.

In addition to the Annual General Meeting, an Extraordinary General Meeting may be convened. In accordance with the Articles of Association, notice of the Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting are published in Post- och Inrikes Tidningar and Svenska Dagbladet.

Right to attend the Annual General Meeting

All shareholders who are directly registered in the share register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB five working days before the Annual General Meeting and who have notified the Company of their intention to participate (with any assistants) in the Annual General Meeting no later than the date and time specified in the notice of the Annual General Meeting have the right to attend the Annual General Meeting and vote according to the number of shares they hold.

Shareholders can participate in the Annual General Meeting in person or through a representative and can also be assisted by a maximum of two people. Normally, shareholders are able to register for the Annual General Meeting in several different ways, which are stated in the notice convening the meeting.

Initiatives from shareholders

Shareholders who wish to have a matter considered at the Annual General Meeting must submit a written request to the Board. The request must normally have been received by the Board no later than seven weeks before the Annual General Meeting.