Nominating Committee ahead of Axfood’s 2023 Annual General Meeting

The members of the Nominating Committee ahead of Axfood’s 2023 Annual General Meeting have now been appointed.

Axfood's Annual General Meeting (AGM) has resolved that the Nominating Committee be composed of members of whom one is appointed by each of the four largest known shareholders in the Company in terms of votes as per the last business day in August the year before the AGM, of which at least the six largest shareholders shall be asked for a Nominating Committee of at least three members to be appointed. This process has now been completed and the Nominating Committee ahead of the 2023 AGM has the following composition:

• Marie Ehrling, Axel Johnson AB, committee chair
• Sussi Kvart, Handelsbanken Funds
• Joachim Spetz, Swedbank Robur Funds
• Richard Torgerson, Nordea Funds

Axfood’s Chairman, Mia Brunell Livfors, is a co-opted member of the Nominating Committee. Altogether the Nominating Committee represents approximately 56.5% of the votes and capital in Axfood as per 31 August 2022.

The Nominating Committee is tasked with – ahead of the 2023 AGM – drafting recommendations for a chairman to preside over the AGM, election of the Chairman of the Board and other board members, as well as directors’ fees and auditors’ fees.

Axfood’s AGM will be held on 22 March 2023 in Stockholm. Shareholders who wish to submit proposals to the Nominating Committee can do so by email at valberedning@axfood.se. In order for the Nominating Committee to be able to address submitted proposals in a constructive manner, proposals must be received in due time before the AGM.

 

For further information please contact:
Alexander Bergendorf, Head of Investor Relations, Axfood AB, tel +46 730 49 18 44

 

Axfood aspires to be the leader in affordable, good and sustainable food. Our family of companies includes the store chains Willys and Hemköp as well as Tempo and Handlar’n. B2B sales are handled through Snabbgross, and our support company Dagab is responsible for the Group's product development, purchasing and logistics. The Axfood family also includes Middagsfrid and Urban Deli as well as the partly owned companies Apohem, Eurocash, City Gross and MatHem. Together the Group has more than 12,000 employees and sales of approximately SEK 66 bn. Axfood has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 1997, and the principal owner is Axel Johnson AB. Read more at www.axfood.com.