Nominating Committee proposes re-election of the Board of Axfood AB

Ahead of the Annual General Meeting on 14 March, the Nominating Committee of Axfood AB proposes the re-election of board members Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Peggy Bruzelius, Maria Curman, Fredrik Persson, Odd Reitan, Marcus Storch and Annika Åhnberg.

Fredrik Persson has been nominated for re-election as Chairman of the Board of Axfood AB.

The Nominating Committee ahead of the 2012 Annual General Meeting had the following composition: Göran Ennerfelt, Axel Johnson AB (committee chair), Kristin S. Genton, Reitangruppen AS, Kerstin Stenberg, Swedbank Robur funds, Johan Strandberg,  SEB funds, and Jonas Hillhammar, Axfood's Shareholder Association.

In addition, the Nominating Committee proposes re-election of the chartered accounting firm KPMG AB, with Authorized Public Accountant Thomas Thiel as chief auditor, and that the auditing firm be elected for a term extending through the end of the 2014 Annual General Meeting.

The Nominating Committee's members represent approximately 70% of the shareholders' votes.

The Annual General Meeting of Axfood AB will be held on at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 14 March 2012. Location: Cirkus, Stockholm.

For further information:
Göran Ennerfelt, Axel Johnson AB, Nominating Committee chair: +46-8-701 61 00
Anne Rhenman Eklund, Head of Corporate Communications, Axfood AB: +46-8-553 998 13 

Axfood AB conducts food retail and wholesale business in Sweden. Retail business is conducted through the wholly owned store chains Willys, Hemköp and PrisXtra, comprising 237 stores in all. In addition, Axfood collaborates with a number of proprietor-run stores that are tied to Axfood through agreements. These include stores within the Hemköp and Willys chains as well as stores run under the Handlar’n and Tempo profiles. In all, Axfood collaborates with approximately 840 proprietor-run stores. Wholesaling is conducted through Dagab and Axfood Närlivs. Axfood is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm AB's Large Cap list. Axel Johnson AB is the principal owner, with 50,1 of the shares.