Bulletin from PartnerTech AB Annual General Meeting, April 25, 2007

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CEO Mikael Jonson reported to the meeting that PartnerTech performed very well in 2006. Both sales and the operating profit more than doubled from 2005 due to new orders by existing customers and the impact of the year's acquisitions, including the Hansatech Group in the UK. Mr. Jonson also presented the company's first quarter sales. PartnerTech's strategy of focusing on the business-to-business segment of the contract manufacturing market, combined with the acquisitions of recent years, have secured it a strong position and turned it into the second biggest European company in the segment.

Among the decisions made by the Annual General Meeting were the following:
•The per-share dividend was raised to SEK 3 (1.30 2005). The record date will be Monday, April 30, 2007, and the dividend is scheduled to be sent out on May 4, 2007.

•The Board fee was set at SEK 320,000 for the Chairman and SEK 160,000 for other members who are not employees of the company.

•Johan Ek, Rune Glavare, Mikael Jonson, Dag Tigerschiöld, Patrik Tigerschiöld and Claes Wretlind were re-elected as Board members. At the constituent Board meeting in relation to the Annual General Meeting, Patrik Tigerschiöld was elected as new Chairman of the Board.

•Based on the procurement process prior to the meeting, the Deloitte AB accounting firm was elected as the company's auditors through the 2011 Annual General Meeting.

•The proposed guidelines for remuneration to management and an incentive program for some 20 senior executives were approved. The program allows for the issue of up to 92,500 warrants and 92,500 employee stock options entitling the holder to acquire newly issued shares in the company. The purpose of the program and the reason for departing from the preferential rights of shareholders is to promote responsibility and commitment among senior executives when it comes to the company's performance, as well as to ensure that they participate in achieving the goal of generating profitable growth for shareholders. The program should also motivate key employees to remain at the company.

•Whether with or without departure from the preferential rights of shareholders, the meeting authorized the Board to reach decisions concerning one or more issues prior to the next annual general meeting totaling no more than 1,266,490 new shares and increasing share capital by no more than SEK 6,332,450, representing dilution of just under 10% of total share capital and votes.


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