SinterCast Nomination Committee proposals

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Stockholm, 4 March 2019

Chairman at the Annual Meeting
It was decided to suggest Hans-Erik Andersson as the Chairman at the Annual Meeting.

Number of Board Members
The Nomination Committee decided to propose six ordinary Board Members, including the Chairman.

Chairman of the Board
The Nomination Committee decided to propose Jan Åke Jonsson as Chairman of the Board.

Jan Åke Jonsson (born 1951) has a degree in Business Administration from Uppsala University. From 1973-1990 he worked for Saab-Scania AB and 1990-1997 for Saab Automobile AB. After a stint at General Motors Europe 1997-2003, he returned to Saab Automobile in 2003 and served as CEO 2005-2011. Jan Åke Jonsson is Chairman of the Board at Polstiernan Industry AB, DataChassie AB, Västkustens Affärsänglar AB and Intervex AB.

Board Members
The Nomination Committee decided to propose re-election of the present Board Members: Robert Dover, Caroline Sundewall, Jun Arimoto, Lars Hellberg and Steve Dawson as ordinary members for the period until the next Annual General Meeting. The present Chairman of the Board Hans-Erik Andersson and the alternate Board Member Andrea Fessler have declined re-election.

Board Remuneration
The Nomination Committee decided to propose that the remuneration of the Board Members, for the period until the next Annual General Meeting, shall be SEK 390,000 for the Chairman and SEK 180,000 for the other Board Members elected by the shareholders’ meeting, with no remuneration for the Managing Director, Steve Dawson, employed by the company.

Auditor
The Nomination Committee decided to propose re-election of the company’s existing auditor, the registered auditing company Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB, with Tobias Stråhle as principal auditor, for the period until the next Annual General Meeting. Tobias Stråhle has been the company’s auditor since 5 November 2013.

Auditor payment
The Nomination Committee decided to propose that the Auditor shall be paid against approved invoice.

Nomination Committee Members
The Nomination Committee decided to propose the Nomination Committee to consist of four members and proposes re-election of Ulla-Britt Fräjdin-Hellqvist, Andrea Fessler and Aage Figenschou and the election of Jan Åke Jonsson as a new member for the period until the next Annual General Meeting. Ulla-Britt Fräjdin-Hellqvist is proposed as Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Nomination Committee proposal of appointment if a Member leaves the Nomination Committee before the end of the mandate period 
If a member of the Nomination Committee should leave the Nomination Committee before its work is concluded, the Chairman of the Nomination Committee shall be given the assignment to contact the largest shareholder that has not already appointed a member of the Nomination Committee and to ask that shareholder to appoint a member to the Nomination Committee. If that shareholder does not wish to appoint a member to the Nomination Committee, the second largest shareholder will be asked to do so, and so on.

For more information:

Ulla-Britt Fräjdin-Hellqvist
Chairman of the Nomination Committee
e-mail:  nomination.committee@sintercast.com

SinterCast is the world’s leading supplier of process control technology for the reliable high volume production of Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI). With at least 75% higher tensile strength, 45% higher stiffness and approximately double the fatigue strength of conventional grey cast iron and aluminium, CGI allows engine designers to improve performance, fuel economy and durability while reducing engine size, weight, noise and emissions. The SinterCast technology is used for the production of petrol and diesel engine cylinder blocks and exhaust components for passenger vehicles, medium-duty and heavy-duty cylinder blocks and heads for commercial vehicles, and industrial power engine components for agriculture, marine, rail, off-road and stationary engine applications. SinterCast supports the series production of components ranging from 2.7 kg to 9 tonnes, all using the same proven process control technology.  As a specialist supplier of precision measurement and process control solutions to the metals industry, SinterCast also supplies a suite of tracking technologies, including the SinterCast Ladle Tracker®, Cast Tracker™ and Operator Tracker™, to improve process control, productivity and traceability in a variety of applications.  With 52 installations in 14 countries, SinterCast is a publicly traded company, quoted on the Small Cap segment of the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange (SINT). For more information: www.sintercast.com

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