Communiqué from the AGM, May 10, 2022

HANZA Holding AB (publ), listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, held its Annual General Meeting today, May 10, 2022, at which, among others, the resolutions listed below were made.

• At the AGM, the Parent Company’s and the Group’s income statement and balance sheet for the financial year of 2022 were adopted. Further, the AGM resolved allocation of the Company’s profit in accordance with the Board’s proposal, meaning a dividend of SEK 0.50 per share, a total of SEK 17,889,964, and that SEK 244,469,533 be carried forward to a new account. The record date for the dividend shall be Thursday, May 12. The Board and the CEO were granted discharge for the 2021 financial year.
• In accordance with the nomination committee’s proposal, Francesco Franzé, Håkan Halén, Gerald Engström, Helene Richmond and Sofia Axelsson were re-elected as board members. Francesco Franzé was re-elected as Chairman of the Board. Gerald Engström was re-elected as vice chairman.
• The AGM resolved that a remuneration of SEK 420,000 per annum be paid to the Chairman of the Board, and SEK 200,000 per annum to other board members, whereby the total remuneration amounts to SEK 1,220,000. Further, remuneration shall be payable or work in the audit committee, where SEK 70,000 shall be payable to the chairman and SEK 30,000 to each of the other members of the committee. An additional remuneration shall be payable for work in the remuneration committee, where SEK 30,000 shall be payable to the chairman and SEK 15,000 to each of the other members of the committee.

• The authorized auditing firm Ernst & Young AB was re-elected as the Company’s auditor. Ernst & Young AB intends to elect the authorized public accountant Charlotte Holmstrand as auditor in charge.
• The AGM decided on principles for the appointment of the Nomination Committee in preparation for the Annual General Meeting 2023 and guidelines for the work of the Nomination Committee as proposed.     

• The AGM resolved to approve the remuneration report.
• In accordance with the Board’s proposal, the AGM resolved to authorize the Board to, on one or more occasions until the next AGM, decide to increase the company’s share capital by issuing shares, warrants and/or convertibles to a maximum of SEK 350,000, which corresponds to approximately 9.8 percent of the current share capital.
• The Annual General Meeting resolved to adopt new Articles of Association with the meaning that a new section is introduced in the Articles of Association, which enables the board to, in accordance with the Swedish Companies Act, collect proxies and before a general meeting resolve that the shareholders shall be entitled to exercise their voting rights by advance voting (via mail).
• The AGM decided to adopt an amendment to the Articles of Association as proposed by the Board of Directors. The change entails that the company's name is HANZA AB (publ).

For more information please contact:
Francesco Franzé, Chairman of the Board, HANZA
Tel. 076-788 86 66, e-mail: francesco@panarea.se

About HANZA:
HANZA is a knowledge-based global manufacturer that modernizes and streamlines the manufacturing industry. Through supply-chain advisory services and our own factories grouped into regional manufacturing clusters, we offer secure deliveries, increased profitability and sustainable manufacturing solutions for our customers.
HANZA was founded in 2008 and has since 2019 had sales exceeding SEK 2 billion. The company has production units in seven countries; Sweden, Finland, Germany, Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic and China. Among our clients are leading product companies such as ABB, Epiroc, GE, Getinge, Oerlikon, Saab and Siemens.

HANZA is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's main list (ticker: HANZA).

For more information please visit: www.hanza.com