Summary from the Annual General Meeting of 2021 of Resurs Holding
Resurs Holding AB (publ) held its Annual General Meeting today. The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with all proposals of the Board and the Nomination Committee.
The Annual General Meeting resolved to re-elect Martin Bengtsson, Fredrik Carlsson, Lars Nordstrand, Marita Odélius Engström, Mikael Wintzell, Johanna Berlinde, Kristina Patek and Susanne Ehnbåge as Board members. Martin Bengtsson was re-elected as Chairman of the Board. Ernst & Young AB was re-elected as the company’s auditor to serve for the period until the end of the next Annual General Meeting. Ernst & Young AB notified the Meeting that Jesper Nilsson will be appointed as auditor-in-charge.
The Annual General Meeting approved the 2020 Annual Report and resolved to pay a dividend corresponding to 25 per cent of the Group’s total net profit for 2019 and 2020 equivalent to SEK 2.68 per share, totalling SEK 536,000,000.
Furthermore, the Annual General Meeting resolved on the discharge of liability of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer for the 2020 financial year and resolved to approve the proposals regarding remuneration of the Board and auditors.
The Annual General Meeting also approved the remuneration report and resolved in accordance with the Board’s proposal to authorise the Board to resolve on acquisitions of the company’s own shares. Finally, the Annual General Meeting resolved to amend the Articles of Association in accordance with the Board’s proposal.
At a statutory meeting held in connection with the Annual General Meeting, Fredrik Carlsson, Martin Bengtsson and Kristina Patek were elected as members of the Audit Committee, with Fredrik Carlsson as Chairman of the Committee. The Corporate Governance Committee consists of Lars Nordstrand, Marita Odélius Engström and Johanna Berlinde, with Lars Nordstrand as Chairman of the Committee, and finally the Remuneration Committee consists of Fredrik Carlsson, Lars Nordstrand and Susanne Ehnbåge, with Fredrik Carlsson as Chairman of the Committee.
Due to the ongoing pandemic and to prevent the risk of infection, the Meeting was held only by postal voting.
For more information:
Sofie Tarring Lindell, Head of IR & Group Control, sofie.tarringlindell@resurs.se, +46 73 644 33 95
Lena Johansson, Legal Counsel, lena.johansson@resurs.se, +46 73 274 54 19
About Resurs:
Resurs Holding (Resurs), which operates through the subsidiaries Resurs Bank and Solid Försäkring, is the leader in retail finance in the Nordic region, offering payment solutions, consumer loans and niche insurance products. Since its start in 1977, Resurs Bank has established itself as a leading partner for sales-driven payment and loyalty solutions in retail and e-commerce, and Resurs has thus built a customer base of approximately 6 million private customers in the Nordics. Resurs Bank has had a banking licence since 2001 and is under the supervision of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. The Resurs Group operates in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. At the end of the first quarter of 2021, the Group had 702 employees and a loan portfolio of SEK 31.6 billion. Resurs is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.