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The Annual General Meeting of shareholders of
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors has decided that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders 2021 will be conducted without the physical presence of shareholders, representatives and third parties and that the shareholders are able to exercise their voting rights only by post before the meeting no later than
The company will also arrange a digital event,
The Nomination Committee proposes among other things: Unchanged composition of the Board of Directors (item 10 and item 11)
Increase of the Board fees and the fees for work on the Committees of the Board (item 9)
The Board of Directors proposes among other things: A dividend of
Amendments to the Articles of Association in order to facilitate and increase the flexibility in conducting General Meetings of shareholders (item 15)
A Long-Term Variable Compensation Program for the Executive Team, with a one-year Group operating income target for 2021 and three-year total shareholder return targets, all targets with a three-year vesting period (item 16)
Transfer of treasury stock, directed share issue and authorization for the Board of Directors to decide on an acquisition offer in relation to the Long-Term Variable Compensation Program 2021 (item 16.2)
Transfer of treasury stock in relation to the Long-Term Variable Compensation Programs 2020, 2019 and 2018 (item 17 and item 18)
Notice of the Annual General Meeting of shareholders 2021 of
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors has decided that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders 2021 will be conducted without the physical presence of shareholders, representatives and third parties and that the shareholders are able to exercise their voting rights only by post before the meeting. Information on the resolutions passed at the meeting will be disclosed on
Registration and notification
A person who wishes to participate in the Annual General Meeting by postal voting must be listed as a shareholder in the presentation of the share register prepared by
Shares registered in the name of a nominee
In order to be entitled to participate in the meeting, a shareholder whose shares are registered in the name of a nominee must, in addition to giving notice of participation in the Annual General Meeting by submitting its postal vote, register its shares in its own name so that the shareholder is listed in the presentation of the share register as of
Postal voting
The Board of Directors has decided that shareholders should be able to exercise their voting rights only by postal voting in accordance with section 22 of the Act (2020:198) on temporary exceptions to facilitate the execution of general meetings in companies and other associations.
A special form must be used for the postal vote. The form for postal voting is available on
Proxy
If the shareholder submits its postal vote by proxy, a written and dated power of attorney signed by the shareholder must be attached to the postal voting form. A power of attorney issued by a legal entity must be accompanied by a copy of the entity's certificate of registration (should no such certificate exist; a corresponding document of authority must be submitted). Forms of power of attorney in Swedish and English are available on
Shareholders' right to receive information
The Board of Directors and the President and CEO shall, if any shareholder so requests and the Board of Directors 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 and circumstances that can affect the assessment of the Company's or its subsidiaries' financial situation and the Company's relation to other companies within the Group.
A request for such information shall be made in writing to the Company no later than ten days prior to the Annual General Meeting, i.e. no later than
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