Notice of Investor AB’s Annual General Meeting on May 5, 2021

Investor AB (publ) summons to the Annual General Meeting (the “Meeting”) on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

Due to covid-19, the Meeting is only conducted by advance voting. Information on the resolutions passed at the Meeting will be disclosed on May 5, 2021, as soon as the outcome of the advance voting has been confirmed. Shareholders can submit questions to InvestorAGM@investorab.com up to and including April 25, 2021, with written response from the Company no later than on April 30, 2021.

A pre-recorded interview with the Chair of the Board, Jacob Wallenberg, and the President, Johan Forssell, where they together discuss the fiscal year 2020 and answer a number of questions received, will be available on Investor's website, www.investorab.com, on May 3, 2021. In addition, the Chair of the Board and the President will be available to answer questions at a live conference call on May 3, 2021, via Investor’s website, www.investorab.com.

Registration and notification
A shareholder who wishes to participate in the Meeting must 

• be recorded as a shareholder in the share register prepared by Euroclear Sweden AB concerning the circumstances on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, and 
• notify its intention to participate by casting its advance vote in accordance with the instructions under the heading Advance voting below so that the advance voting form is received by Euroclear Sweden AB no later than Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

To be entitled to participate in the Meeting a shareholder whose shares are registered in the name of a nominee must, in addition to providing notification of participation, register its shares in its own name so that the shareholder is recorded in the share register on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Such registration may be temporary (so-called voting right registration) and is requested from the nominee in accordance with the nominee’s procedures and such time in advance as the nominee determines. Voting right registrations completed not later than Thursday, April 29, 2021 are taken into account when preparing the share register.

Advance voting
The shareholders may exercise their voting rights at the Meeting only by voting in advance, so called postal voting in accordance with section 22 of the Act (2020:198) on temporary exceptions to facilitate the execution of general meetings in companies and other associations. 

A special form shall be used for advance voting. The form is available on Investor’s website, www.investorab.com. The advance voting form is considered as the notification of participation at the Meeting. The completed and signed voting form must be received by Euroclear Sweden AB no later than Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The completed form may be sent by mail to Investor AB, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, SE-101 23 Stockholm, Sweden, or by e-mail to GeneralMeetingService@euroclear.com. Shareholders who are natural persons may also cast their advance vote electronically by verification with BankID via Euroclear Sweden AB’s website, https://anmalan.vpc.se/euroclearproxy. Such electronic votes must be submitted no later than Tuesday, May 4, 2021. If the shareholder submits its votes in advance by proxy, a power of attorney shall be enclosed to the form. If the shareholder is a legal entity, a registration certificate or a corresponding document shall be enclosed to the form. The shareholder may not provide special instructions or conditions in the voting form. If so, the vote (i.e. the advance vote in its entirety) is invalid. Further instructions and conditions are included in the form for advance voting.

Agenda
1.     Election of the Chair of the Meeting.

2.     Election of one or two persons to attest to the accuracy of the minutes.

3.     Drawing up and approval of the voting list.

4.     Approval of the agenda.

5.     Determination of whether the Meeting has been duly convened.

6.     Presentation of the Parent Company’s annual report and the auditors’ report, as well as of the consolidated financial statements and the auditors’ report for the Investor Group.

7.    Resolutions regarding adoption of the income statement and the balance sheet for the Parent Company, as well as of the consolidated income statement and the consolidated balance sheet for the Investor Group.

8.     Presentation of the Board of Directors’ Remuneration Report for approval.

9.    Resolution regarding discharge from liability of the members of the Board of Directors and the President.

10.    Resolution regarding disposition of Investor’s earnings in accordance with the approved balance sheet and determination of record date for dividends.

11.     Decisions on:
A.     The number of members and deputy members of the Board of Directors who shall be appointed by the Meeting.
B.     The number of Auditors and deputy Auditors who shall be appointed by the Meeting.

12.     Decisions on:
A.     The compensation that shall be paid to the Board of Directors.
B.     The compensation that shall be paid to the Auditors.

13.     Election of members and deputy members of the Board of Directors.
Proposal from the Nomination Committee:
A.    Gunnar Brock, re-election
B.    Johan Forssell, re-election
C.    Magdalena Gerger, re-election
D.    Tom Johnstone, CBE, re-election
E.    Sara Mazur, re-election
F.     Grace Reksten Skaugen, re-election
G.    Hans Stråberg, re-election
H.    Jacob Wallenberg, re-election
I.      Marcus Wallenberg, re-election
J.     Isabelle Kocher, new election
K.    Sven Nyman, new election

14.    Election of Chair of the Board of Directors.
    Proposal from the Nomination Committee:
    Jacob Wallenberg is proposed to be re-elected as Chair of the Board of Directors.

15.    Election of Auditors and deputy Auditors.

16.    Proposals for resolutions on: 
A.    A long-term variable remuneration program for employees within Investor, excluding Patricia Industries.
B.    A long-term variable remuneration program for employees within Patricia Industries.

17.     Proposals for resolutions on: 
A.     Purchase and transfer of own shares in order to give the Board of Directors wider freedom of action in the work with the Company’s capital structure, in order to enable transfer of own shares according to 17B, and in order to secure the costs connected to the long-term variable remuneration program according to 16A and the allocation of synthetic shares as part of the compensation to the Board of Directors.
B.     Transfer of own shares in order to enable the Company to transfer own shares to employees who participate in the long-term variable remuneration program 2021 according to 16A.

18.    Proposal for resolution on share split and amendment to the Articles of Association.

Attachment: Notice of Investor AB’s Annual General Meeting on May 5, 2021
 

 

For further information:

Viveka Hirdman-Ryrberg, Head of Corporate Communication and Sustainability, 
Phone +46 70 550 3500
viveka.hirdman-ryrberg@investorab.com

Magnus Dalhammar, Head of Investor Relations, 
Phone +46 73 524 2130
magnus.dalhammar@investorab.com

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Investor, founded by the Wallenberg family in 1916, is an engaged owner of high quality global companies. We have a long-term investment perspective. Through board participation, as well as industrial experience, our network and financial strength, we work continuously to support our companies to remain or become best-in-class. Our holdings include, among others, ABB, Atlas Copco, Ericsson, Mölnlycke and SEB.