Report from the Annual General Meeting 2009
Press release from Elanders AB (publ) 2009-04-23
The Annual General Meeting, led by Chairman of the Board Carl Bennet, decided to:
- adopt the annual accounts for 2008
- discharge the members of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer from liability for the financial year 2008
- grant, according to the proposal in the summons to attend, the Board a remuneration of a total of SEK 2,375,000 to be divided among the members for the financial year 2009
- appoint, according to the proposal in the summons to attend, the following members to the Board until the next Annual General Meeting is held in 2010:
Carl Bennet (re-election)
Patrick Holm (CEO) (re-election)
Göran Johnsson (re-election)
Hans-Olov Olsson (re-election)
Kerstin Paulsson (re-election)
Johan Stern (re-election)
Tore Åberg (re-election) and
Cecilia Lager (new-election) - appoint, according to the proposal in the summons to attend, Carl Bennet as Chairman of the Board
- appoint the following members to the nomination committee:
Carl Bennet, Carl Bennet AB (re-election)
Göran Erlandsson, representative for the small shareholders (re-election)
Hans Hedström, HQ Funds (re-election)
Nils Petter Hollekim, Odin Funds (re-election)
Caroline af Ugglas, Investment AB Latour and Skandia Liv (re-election) - adopt, according to the proposal in the summons to attend, the Board’s proposal for the remuneration of senior officers.
In his speech CEO Patrick Holm talked about the tough market situation, particularly in user manuals. Elanders is countering this through greater investments in packaging manufacture in existing units, its global presence and high quality print in smaller, recipient customised and faster deliveries. He also mentioned the importance Elanders places on sustainability matters in its strategic work.
The protocol from the Annual General Meeting will be available on the company homepage as soon as the minutes have been verified.
The Board of Directors