The shareholders of
In the light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Board has decided that the Extraordinary General Meeting is to be held only through advance voting (postal voting) in accordance with temporary legislation. This means that the Meeting will be conducted without the physical presence of shareholders, representatives or external parties and that shareholders will only be able to exercise their voting rights by postal voting in advance of the Meeting in the manner described below.
Notice of participation
Shareholders who wish to participate at the Extraordinary General Meeting must:
· be recorded in the shareholders' register kept by
· give notice of intent to participate to
Nominee registered shares
Shareholders whose shares are nominee registered through a bank or other nominee must, in addition to giving notice of participation by submitting an advance vote, request that their shares be temporarily registered in their own name in the share register kept by
Advance voting
The shareholders may exercise their voting rights at the Meeting only by voting in advance, so called postal voting in accordance with Section 22 of the Swedish Act (2020:198) on temporary exceptions to facilitate the execution of general meetings in companies and other associations.
A special form shall be used for advance voting. The form is available on
The completed and signed voting form must be received by
The shareholder may not provide special instructions or conditions in the voting form. If so, the vote (in its entirety) is invalid. Further instructions and conditions are included in the form for advance voting.
For questions about the advance voting, please contact
Agenda
1. Opening of the Meeting.
2. Election of Chairman of the Meeting.
3. Preparation and approval of the voting list.
4. Approval of the agenda.
5. Election of one or two persons to check the minutes.
6. Determination as to whether the Meeting has been duly convened.
7. Resolution on dividend.
8. Closing of the Meeting.
Item 2 - Election of Chairman of the Meeting
The Board proposes that
Item 3 - Preparation and approval of the voting list
The voting list proposed to be approved under item 3 on the agenda is the voting list prepared by
Item 5 - Election of one or two persons to check the minutes
The Board proposes that Axel Mårtensson (Melker Schörling AB) and
Item 7 - Resolution on dividend
Due to the uncertainty about the market situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Annual General Meeting on
As previously communicated, it has been the clear ambition of the Board to propose a second dividend during 2020 when the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic can be better assessed and given that the financial position of the Group allows this.
The Board has now assessed that the market situation and the financial position of the Group allow for a second dividend. Against this background, the Board proposes that the Meeting resolves on a dividend of
As record date for the dividend, the Board proposes Thursday
After the most recently adopted resolution regarding a dividend,
Shares and votes
The total number of shares in the company at the time of this convening notice amount to 1,112,576,334 shares, of which 57,525,969 are Series A shares and 1,055,050,365 Series B shares, corresponding to a total of 1,630,310,055 votes. At the time of this convening notice,
Shareholders' right to request information
The Board and the CEO shall, if any shareholder so requests and the Board believes that it can be done without material harm to the company, provide information regarding circumstances that may affect the assessment of an item on the agenda. Requests for such information shall be made in writing to
Documentation and additional information
The Board's complete dividend proposal is set out above. The Board's statement pursuant to Chapter 18, Section 4 of the Swedish Companies Act and the report pursuant to Chapter 18, Section 6 of the Swedish Companies Act, the auditor's statement pursuant to Chapter 18, Section 6 of the Swedish Companies Act, the Annual Report and the Audit Report for the financial year 2019, will be available at the company and the company's website www.assaabloy.com, no later than Tuesday
Processing of personal data
For information on how your personal data is processed, see:
https://www.euroclear.com/dam/ESw/Legal/Privacy-notice-bolagsstammor-engelska.pdf
The Board of Directors
For more information, please contact:
Erik Pieder, CFO and Executive Vice President, tel. no: +46 8 506 485 72
Björn Tibell, Head of Investor Relations, tel. no: +46 70 275 67 68
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