Nomination committee's proposal for the Annual General Meeting in KappAhl

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The Nomination Committee in KappAhl AB (publ) is proposing a re-election of the Board members Anders Bülow, Susanne Holmberg, Kicki Olivensjö, Pia Rudengren, Göran Bille and Cecilia Kocken at the Annual General Meeting in KappAhl on 5 December, 2017. Moreover, it is proposed that Thomas Gustafsson is elected as a new Board member. The Nomination Committee also proposes that Anders Bülow is re-elected as Chairman of the Board.

Thomas Gustafsson is President and CEO at Duni since December 2012. Thomas Gustafsson’s most recent position before that was within the Mellby Gård group and before that he was President and CEO of 2E Group AB (publ). Thomas Gustafsson has also served in senior executive positions at Spendrups Bryggeri AB, Brämhults Juice AB and Eckes Granini GmbH. Thomas Gustafsson has previously been chairman of Flash AB and director of Atlas Design Group AB and is currently a director of i.a. Smart Eyes International AB. Thomas Gustafsson holds a Diploma in marketing economics.

The Nomination Committee’s complete proposals for resolutions by the Annual General Meeting 2017 will be presented in the beginning of November 2017 in connection with the notice to attend the Annual General Meeting.

The members of the Nomination Committee at the Annual General Meeting on 5 December 2017 are Rune Andersson (appointed by Mellby Gård AB), Marianne Nilsson (appointed by Swedbank Robur Fonder AB), Elisabet Jamal Bergström (appointed by Handelsbanken Fonder AB) and Caroline Sjösten (appponted by Skandia Liv). The Chairman of the Board has been co-opted to the Nomination Committee.

This information is information that KappAhl AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, at 4.30 pm CET on 25 September 2017.

For further information, please contact
Rune Andersson, Chairman of the Nomination Committee, T. 46 708 987 710
Anders Bülow, Chairman of the Board, T. 46 706 610 988
Charlotte Högberg, Head Corporate Communications, T. 46 704 715 631, charlotte.hogberg@kappahl.com

KappAhl was founded in Gothenburg in 1953 and is a leading fashion chain in the Nordic region with 370 KappAhl and Newbie stores in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Poland as well as Shop Online. Our business idea is to offer value-for-money fashion of our own design to the many people. Sustainability-labeled fashion accounts for 53 per cent of the range. Sales for 2015/2016 totaled SEK 4.7 billion and the company has approx. 4,000 employees in nine countries. KappAhl is quoted on Nasdaq Stockholm. More information at www.kappahl.com

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