Report from Bravida Holding AB (publ)’s annual general meeting on 20 April 2018
At the annual general meeting in Bravida Holding AB (publ) in Stockholm today, the shareholders resolved upon the following:
Adoption of income statements and balance sheets, allocation of the company’s result and discharge from liability
The annual general meeting adopted the income statement and the balance sheet as well as the consolidated income statement and the consolidated balance sheet in the annual report for the financial year 2017. It was further resolved, in accordance with the proposal of the board of directors, that the distributable assets, SEK 4,901,112,712, shall be distributed so that SEK 1.55 per share, SEK 312,428,227 in total, are distributed to the shareholders, that SEK 3,517,757,028 are transferred to the share premium reserve and that the rest of the non-restricted equity of the company, SEK 1,070,927,457, shall be carried forward. Tuesday 24 April 2018 was established as record day for dividends. The meeting also discharged the members of the board and the managing director from liability for the financial year 2017.
Election of board members, chairman of the board and auditor
The annual general meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal of the nomination committee, that the number of board members shall be six with no deputy members and that the number of auditors shall be one with no deputy auditors. Jan Johansson, Staffan Påhlsson, Cecilia Daun Wennborg and Mikael Norman were re-elected as board members. Fredrik Arp and Marie Nygren were elected as new board members. Fredrik Arp was elected as chairman of the board. KPMG was re-elected as auditor.
Determination of fees for the board members and the auditor
The annual general meeting also resolved on fees to the board of directors in accordance with the proposal of the nomination committee. The fees to the board of directors shall amount to maximum SEK 4,000,000, to be allocated as follows: SEK 1,100,000 to the chairman and SEK 450,000 to each of the other board members, SEK 180,000 to the chairman of the audit committee and SEK 100,000 to each of the other members of the audit committee, SEK 110,000 to the chairman of the remuneration committee and SEK 80,000 to each of the other members of the remuneration committee. Fees to the auditor shall be paid against approved accounts.
Remuneration guidelines for the management
The annual general meeting approved the proposal of the board of directors regarding guidelines for remuneration to the management.
Nomination committee
The annual general meeting resolved to appoint a nomination committee for the annual general meeting 2019 substantially in accordance with the same procedure as the preceding year.
Authorization to repurchase and transfer shares
The annual general meeting resolved to authorize the board of directors to resolve to repurchase, on one or several occasions until the next annual general meeting, as many own shares as may be purchased without the company’s holding at any time exceeding 10 percent of the total number of shares in the company. Further, it was resolved to authorize the board of directors to resolve, on one or several occasions until the next annual general meeting, to transfer (sell) own shares.
The purpose of the authorization to repurchase own shares is to promote efficient capital usage in the company and to enable the board to finance acquisitions with own shares. The purpose of the authorization to transfer own shares is to enable the board to finance acquisitions with own shares.
Long term incentive programme
The annual general meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal of the board of directors, to adopt a long term incentive programme for senior executives and other key employees within the Bravida group. The resolution also included resolution regarding authorization for the board of directors to resolve to issue Class C shares, authorization for the board of directors to resolve to repurchase Class C shares and transfer of own ordinary shares.
Additional information from the annual general meeting
Complete proposals regarding the resolutions by the annual general meeting in accordance with the above are available at www.bravida.se/en. Minutes from the annual general meeting will be made available at www.bravida.se/en no later than two weeks after the annual general meeting.
Bravida is a leading multi-technical service provider in the Nordics, with more than 10,000 employees. Bravida delivers specialist services as well as complete electrical, heating and plumbing, HVAC, security, cooling, sprinklers, technical service management and power supply solutions. Bravida is represented in more than 150 locations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. www.bravida.se/en/
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