Report from ÅFs annual general shareholders meeting May 7, 2012
Viktor Svensson, Director Corporate Information +46 70 657 20 26
Report from ÅFs annual general shareholders meeting May 7, 2012
Monday 7 may 2012 ÅF AB's annual general meeting was held at the Group's
headquarters in Frösunda.
Determination of accounts and dividend
The meeting adopted the income statements and balance sheets for the Group and
the parent company for 2012 and determined that the dividend to the
shareholders shall be SEK 5 per share (total SEK 168 375 010). Record date for
the dividend was agreed to be Thursday 10 may 2012. Payment through Euroclear
Sweden AB is expected to take place on Tuesday 15 may 2012.
Election of Board and fees for Board members and Auditors
The meeting decided that the Board shall consist of eight members without
deputies. Ulf Dinkelspiel, Eva-Lotta Kraft, Anders Narvinger, Björn O. Nilsson,
Anders Snell and Lena Treschow Torell were re-elected to the Board of Directors.
Kristina Schauman and Joakim Rubin were elected new board members. Patrik
Enblad and Helena Skåntorp had declined re-election. Ulf Dinkelspiel was re-
elected as Chairman of the Board.
Joakim Rubin was born in 1960. He has a Master's degree in engineering from
Linköping Institute of technology. Joakim Rubin is a Senior Partner at the
Finnish venture capital company CapMan and has in the past, inter alia, been
responsible for Corporate Finance and Debt Capital Markets at Handelsbanken. He
is a Board member of Intrum Justitia AB, Proffice AB and BB Tools.
Joakim Rubin has no shareholding in ÅF.
Kristina Schauman was born in 1965. She has a b.SC. in business administration
from the Stockholm School of economics. Kristina Schauman was the economics and
Finance Director for, among others, OMX, Carnegie and Apoteket AB, CFO of
Investor AB and Board member of inter alia, Vasakronan AB and Apoteket's pension
Foundation. She is a Board member and Chairman of the Audit Committee of
Apoteket AB and is also a member of Save the children's Advisory Board in
Sweden.
Kristina Schauman has no shareholding in ÅF.
Audit firm Ernst & Young AB, with Lars Träff as senior auditor in charge, was
re-elected with a term that extends until the annual general meeting in 2013.
The meeting decided that remunerations to the Board for the period until the
next AGM shall total SEK 2 195 000 SEK (including remuneration for Committee
work), to be distributed with SEK 450 000 to the Chairman and SEK 200,000 to
each Member of the Board of directors who are not employees within the ÅF group.
For the work of the Audit Committee, it was decided on a fee of 90 000 SEK to
the Chair and 45 000 SEK to each of the other members who are not employees
within the ÅF group. For the work of the Compensation Committee fees of 75 000
SEK to the Chair and 45 000 SEK to each of the other members who are not
employees within the ÅF group were decided.
Nomination committee
The annual general meeting decided that the Nomination Committee shall consist
of representatives of at least three and not more than five of the largest
shareholders in terms of voting (by groups of owners) as of the last business
day in August, along with the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The names of
the members of the Nomination Committee and the names of the shareholders they
have designated are to be published not later than six months before the annual
general meeting.
Convertible debentures for staff
It was decided that ÅF AB shall raise a convertible subordinated loan of a
nominal maximum of SEK 150 000 000 by the issuance of convertible debentures. If
the conversion rate at the moment of issue will be determined at an amount which
would lead to a dilution after full conversion by more than 2% of the share
capital, the maximum loan amount shall be reduced so that the maximum dilution
will be 2%. The subscription price for each convertible should correspond to its
nominal amount. Subscribers shall be the employees of the ÅF group in Sweden.
Employees are to be guaranteed a minimum allocation of between SEK 20 000 and
SEK 1 000 000, whereas the highest possible award ranges from SEK 60 000 to SEK
3 000 000. It was also decided, to counteract the diluting the conversion
otherwise can result in, that the Board is authorised to acquire as many shares
as subscribed convertible debentures convert into, and it was decided to reduce
the share capital corresponding to the number of shares equal to the number of
convertible debentures subscribed to.
Performance Share Program
The establishment of the Performance Share Program 2012, for which only
employees outside Sweden are eligible, was decided. The program includes a
maximum of 115 000 shares of series B. Employees subscribing to the program will
be able to save an amount equal to a maximum of 5% of gross compensation for the
purchase of shares of series B on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm during a 12-month
period. If the purchased shares are retained by the employees for three years
from the date of the investment and the employees are then still with the ÅF
Group, they will be allocated an equal number of shares of series B, free of any
charge. In addition to the regular match in accordance with the above, the
employees will also be offered performance matching shares conditional on the
result of the ÅF group.
The Board was authorized to, until the annual general meeting in 2013, to decide
on the acquisition and transfer of more than 115 000 own shares of series B on
Nasdaq OMX Stockholm at a price within the registered price interval at any
time. Such authorization is required for delivery of the shares to participants
in Performance Share Program in 2012 and to secure the ancillary costs.
Authorization for the Board to acquire and transfer own shares
a) The Board was authorized, for the period until the next annual general
meeting, to decide on the
acquisition of own shares on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm and acquisition in case of
purchase offer(s) to the
shareholders.
b) The Board was also authorized to, on one or more occasions before the annual
general meeting in
2013, decide on the acquisition and disposal of own shares of series B necessary
for the implementation
of the Performance Share Programs decided upon by the annual meetings
2009-2011. Acquisition may be
made only on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm and at a price within the registered price
interval at any time. A
maximum of 18 000 shares of series B may be transferred to participants in
Performance Share Program
2009-2011. Furthermore, the company will be entitled to, prior to the annual
general meeting in 2013, on
Nasdaq OMX Stockholm transfer a maximum of 6 000 shares in order to cover
certain expenditure on the
programme, mainly social security costs.
Authorization for the Board to decide on new issue of shares
The Board was also, for the time until the next annual general meeting,
authorized to decide on new share issues of B shares for consideration other
than in cash or, with preferential rights for the shareholders, against cash
payment. Through the new issues, the share capital can be increased by issuing
shares on market conditions, however, the number of newly issued shares shall
not in aggregate exceed a number of 3 000 000, corresponding to a maximum
increase of the share capital of the company with SEK 15 000 000.
Statutory board meeting
At the statutory board meeting following the annual general meeting re-elected
Lena Treschow Torell as the Board's vice Chairman. The Board also decided that
members of the Remuneration Committee shall be Ulf Dinkelspiel (Chairman), Lena
Treschow Torell and Anders Narvinger. Furthermore, the Board that the members of
the Audit Committee shall be Kristina Schauman (Chairman), Ulf Dinkelspiel and
Eva-Lotta Kraft.
ÅF AB
Corporate Information
The ÅF Group is a leader in technical consulting, with expertise founded on more
than a century of experience. We offer highly qualified services and solutions
for industrial processes, infrastructure projects and the development of
products and IT systems. Today the ÅF Group has more than 4,500 employees. Our
base is in Europe, but our business and our clients are found all over the
world.