Shareholders of the hygiene and health company Essity are invited to the Annual General Meeting on Thursday, March 26 in Stockholm. Shareholders also have the option to vote in advance by post.
The board proposes that the meeting approve a dividend of 8.75 kronor per share.
The nomination committee recommends the re-election of the current board, consisting of Chairman Jan Gurander and members Maria Carell, Annemarie Gardshol, Alexander Lacik, Torbjörn Lööf, Katarina Martinson, Bert Nordberg, Barbara M. Thoralfsson, and Karl Åberg.
The meeting is proposed to decide on an incentive program targeting 400 individuals, with a maximum cost of 290 million kronor. The program is cash-based and therefore will not result in any dilution of the number of outstanding shares for the company's shareholders.
The board proposes that the meeting approve the cancellation of 11.11 million own B shares that have been repurchased.
The board also seeks authorization from the meeting to decide on the acquisition and transfer of own shares.
Essity AB is one of the world's leading manufacturers of hygiene products. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- paper hygiene products (54.2%): paper towels, toilet paper, handkerchiefs, wipes, etc. sold under Tempo, Colhogar, Cozy, Cushelle, Danke, Delica, Demak Up, Favorita, Flen, Lotus, Lovly, Okay, Plenty, Regio and Zewa brands;
- professional hygiene products (25.9%): including toilet paper, handkerchiefs, hand lotions and hand soaps, hand sanitizers, as well as cleaning and wiping products;
- human care products (19.8%): incontinence products (Tena), feminine protection products (Libresse, Bodyform, Nana, Nuvenia, Saba, Nosotras, Donnasept, etc.), diapers (Libero, Up & Go, Libero-Peaudouce, Drypers, Pequenin, etc.), compresses and bandages;
- other (0.1%).
At the end of 2025, the group operated around 70 production sites in the world.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (61.1%), Latin America (17.4%), North America (16.2%), Asia (1.6%), and other (3.7%).
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