Communication from Collector’s Annual General Meeting on 5 May 2021

Collector’s Annual General Meeting was held on 5 May 2021 in Gothenburg. Summarized below are the most important decisions from the Annual General Meeting.

Adoption of balance sheet and income statement
The Annual General Meeting adopted the balance sheet and income statement for the Parent Company and the Group for the 2020 financial year.

Appropriation of the company’s earnings
The Annual General Meeting resolved that the unappropriated earnings at the disposal of the Annual General Meeting of SEK 2,451,414,399 be appropriated such that SEK 2,451,414,399 be carried forward, meaning that no dividend is to be paid.

Board of Directors and auditors
In accordance with the proposal from the Nomination Committee, the Annual General Meeting resolved to re-elect Board members Erik Selin, Christoffer Lundström, Charlotte Hybinette, Ulf Croona, Bengt Edholm and Marie Osberg. Erik Selin was re-elected Chairman of the Board. For a more detailed presentation of the Board members, please refer to www.collector.se.

The Annual General Meeting elected Ernst & Young AB as auditor for the period until and including the next Annual General Meeting.

The Annual General Meeting resolved that fixed Board fees be paid in the amount of SEK 720,000 to the Chairman of the Board and in the amount of SEK 360,000 to each of the other Board members and that members of the Credit Committee, in addition to their Board fees, receive an additional fee of SEK 150,000 each, and that members of the Audit Committee and the Risk and Compliance Committee each receive an additional fee of SEK 100,000 for each committee respectively, in addition to their Board fees. The Annual General Meeting also resolved that fees to the auditor should be paid in accordance with an approved invoice.

Remuneration Report 2020
The Annual General Meeting adopted the Remuneration Report required by the guidelines on the remuneration of senior executives prepared by the Board of Directors in accordance with Chapter 8, Section 53a the Swedish Companies Act. The report is available from the Company website, www.collector.se.

Authorization for the Board to decide to issue new shares
The Annual General Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors to decide, on one or more occasions until the next Annual General Meeting and with or without deviation from the preferential rights of existing shareholders, for cash payment, payment in kind or through set-off, to issue shares corresponding to at most 10 percent of the total number of shares in the Company during the period until the next Annual General Meeting.

Authorization of the Board of Directors to determine repurchases and transfers of treasury shares
The Annual General Meeting resolved to authorize the Board, for the period until the next Annual General Meeting, to decide, on one or more occasions, to repurchase shares such that the Company does not hold more than 10 percent of the total number of shares in Collector, on the condition that such acquisitions are approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.

For more information, please contact:
Martin Nossman, CEO
Phone: +46 70 330 26 75
E-mail: martin.nossman@collectorbank.se
 

Collector is a challenger bank that offers financing solutions to corporate and private customers. The corporate offering includes real estate lending, corporate lending and factoring directed mainly at small- and medium-sized enterprises as well as payment and checkout solutions. Private customers are offered personal loans, invoice and payment by instalment services, credit cards and deposit accounts. The company has offices in Gothenburg (headquarters), Stockholm, Helsinki and Oslo. Collector AB (publ) is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Collector AB (publ) 556560-0797 | Box 119 14, SE-404 39 Gothenburg | Switchboard +46 10-161 00 00 | E-mail info@collectorbank.se | www.collector.se/en/