Annual General Meeting of Fingerprint Cards AB (publ)
Annual General Meeting of Fingerprint Cards AB (publ) Address by the President and CEO President and CEO Lennart Carlson described and commented on the past fiscal year and answered questions. Discharge from liability The Board and the President and CEO were granted a discharge from liability for the fiscal year 2000. The representative of the Swedish Shareholders´ Association protested against this decision. The reason for this protest was that the latter was dissatisfied with the manner in which the Board had reported the license agreement with Loqware Technologies AB in the 2000 third-quarter interim report. Election to the Board Claes-Göran Fridh, Lennart Carlson and Perc Brodén were re-elected as full members of the Board, while Bo Ahlén and Carl- Åke Jansson were elected for the first time. Bo Ahlén was born in 1943 and is a lawyer and a partner in the legal practice of Magnusson & Wahlin Advokatbyrå. Formerly legal officer and head of information at Asticus AB and a past president of Fingerprint Cards. Carl- Åke Jansson was born in 1942 and is MD of Lindås Invest AB. Sometime chairman of the board of such companies as Precision Products Ltd. and P.E.S Ltd. in the United Kingdom. Member of the board of Semcon since 1987. Auditors Authorised public accountant Jonas Cullberg and accountant Marie Andersson were re-elected. Allocation of profits It was resolved not to pay any dividend for 2000 and also to carry forward the loss of MSEK-19.9 to a new account. Authorisation for the Board to issue shares The AGM authorised the Board to decide on an issue of new series B shares. This authorisation incorporates the right for the Board during the period up until the next AGM to take one or more decisions on an increase in the share capital of the company by a maximum of SEK 500,000 through an issue of a maximum of 2,500,000 new series B shares with a par value of SEK 0.20. This issue should be able to be floated with or without any departure from the preferential rights of the shareholders. In the event of any departure from the preferential rights of the shareholders, subscription should be able to undertaken primarily by institutional and industrial investors. The reason for allowing any departure from the preferential rights of the shareholders to be made is that the company should be given an opportunity to offer shares to institutional and industrial investors, whereby the institutional stake in the company can be widened. The share price is to be determined on the basis of a market evaluation. For further details, please contact: President & CEO Lennart Carlson or CFO Bengt Alberts tel. +46 31-60 78 20 fax. +46 31-13 73 85 Fingerprint Cards AB, Box 2412, SE 403 16 Göteborg, Sweden. www.fingerprint.se investrel@fingerprint.se ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/05/23/20010523BIT00990/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/05/23/20010523BIT00990/bit0002.pdf