Bulletin from Attendo AB (publ)'s Annual General Meeting
On Tuesday 17 May 2016, Attendo AB held its Annual General Meeting with Erik Lautmann as Chairman. Some of the decisions were as follows.
Adoption of balance sheets and income statements
The Annual General Meeting adopted the balance sheets and income statements of the parent company and the Attendo Group for the financial year 2015.
Dividend
In accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, the Annual General Meeting resolved that a dividend of SEK 0.54 per share shall be paid to the shareholders. The record date was set to Thursday, 19 May, 2016 and the dividend is expected to be paid by Euroclear Sweden AB on Tuesday, 24 May, 2016.
Board of Directors
The Board Members and the CEO were discharged from liability for the financial year 2015.
The Annual General Meeting resolved to increase the number of Board Members to ten and to re-elect Erik Lautmann, Mona Boström, Jan Frykhammar, Ulf Lundahl, Anssi Soila, Christoffer Zilliacus and Henrik Borelius (CEO) as Board Members. Christopher Masek had stated that he did not wish to be re-elected.
The Annual General Meeting elected Catarina Fagerholm, Tobias Lönnevall and Anitra Steen as new Board Members.
Erik Lautmann was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Fees to the Board of Directors
The Annual General Meeting resolved that a total amount of SEK 3,100,000 shall be paid to the Board of Directors, whereof SEK 700,000 to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and SEK 300,000 to each of the other Board Members not employed by the company. It was also resolved that the following fees shall be paid to members of the board committees: SEK 150,000 to the Chairman of the Audit Committee and SEK 75,000 to each of the other members of the Audit Committee; and SEK 100,000 to the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and SEK 50,000 to each of the other members of the Compensation Committee; and SEK 150,000 to the Chairman of the Investment Committee and SEK 75,000 to each of the other members of the Investment Committee.
Auditors
The Annual General Meeting resolved that the registered auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers AB shall be re-elected as the company's auditor for the period until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2017.
Guidelines for salaries and other remuneration
The Annual General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal regarding guidelines for salaries and other remuneration for the CEO and other members of the company's Executive Management in accordance with the proposal presented in the notice of the Annual General Meeting.
New instructions for the Nomination Committee
The Annual General Meeting adopted revised instructions for the Nomination Committee, in accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal.
Acquisitions and sales of the company's own shares
The Annual General Meeting resolved to grant the Board of Directors the authority, on one or more occasions for the period until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2017, to buy and sell up to 400,000 shares in Attendo AB (publ) either on Nasdaq Stockholm or by other means, or pursuant to an offer to all of Attendo's shareholders, in order to ensure that the company's undertakings within the scope of the company's share savings program are met in a cost-effective manner. It was also resolved that the company's shares may be transferred to the participants of the shares savings program.
Amendment to the company's articles of association
The Annual General Meeting resolved to amend the company's articles of association in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, so that General Meetings acan be held also in the Municipality of Stockholm.
Authority for the Board of Directors to issue new shares
The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, to grant the Board of Directors the authority, on one or more occasions for the period until the end of the next Annual General Meeting, to issue new shares, either applying or disapplying shareholders' pre-emption rights. The number of shares issued by virtue of the authority may not exceed an increase of ten (10)% of the share capital based on the total share capital of the company on the date of the Annual General Meeting 2016.
Constitutional board meeting following the Annual General Meeting
At the constitutional board meeting following the Annual General Meeting, the following Board Members were elected as members of the company's committees. Audit Committee: Ulf Lundahl (Chairman), Erik Lautmann and Christoffer Zilliacus; Compensation Committee: Erik Lautmann (Chairman), Jan Frykhammar and Tobias Lönnevall; and Investment Committee: Christoffer Zilliacus (Chairman), Erik Lautmann, Jan Frykhammar and Tobias Lönnevall.
The Board of Directors
Attendo AB
(publ)
For further information, please contact:
Ingalill Östman, Head of Investor Relations Attendo
Phone: +46 708 67 42 12
E-mail: Ingalill.ostman@attendo.com
Stefan Svanström, Communications Director Attendo
Phone: +46 708 67 38 07
E-mail: stefan.svanstrom@attendo.com
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Attendo - the leading care and healthcare company in the Nordics
Attendo is the leading private provider of publicly financed care and healthcare services in the Nordic region. The company was founded in 1985 and was first to provide outsourced care for older people in Sweden. In addition to care for older people, Attendo provides care for people with disabilities, individuals and families, and, in Finland, healthcare and dental care. Attendo has 19 000 employees and is locally anchored with 510 operations in more than 200 municipalities in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. www.attendo.com
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