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Annual General Meeting
The annual general meeting is Axis’ highest decision-making body, and the forum through which the shareholders can exercise their influence over the company. The ordinary general meeting where the Board shall submit the annual report and audit report as well as the consolidated financial statements is called the Annual General Meeting. The particulars of the Annual General Meeting are governed in the Swedish Companies Act and in the Articles of Association.
The Annual General Meeting was held in Lund on April 17, 2008. All the nominated ordinary members of the Board were present. The Board members Charlotta Falvin, Martin Gren, Olle Isberg, Göran Jansson and Lars-Erik Nilsson were re-elected. Lars-Erik Nilsson was re-elected Chairman of the Board. Information regarding remuneration to the Board members, as resolved upon by the Annual General Meeting can be found in the Annual Report on page 49.
The meeting further resolved:
- that a dividend of SEK 4.50 per share be paid, of which SEK 3.25 is an extra dividend in the light of the company’s strong financial position, and
- to authorize the Board to resolve on a new issue. The Board received the mandate, during the period until the next annual general meeting, deviating from the shareholders’ preferential rights, on one or more occasions to make a new issue of a maximum of 6,868,000 shares in total. The authorisation does not permit a cash issue. The purpose of the authorisation is to facilitate corporate acquisitions with payment wholly or partly in Axis shares.
In relation to items 1.2.1 (distance participation), 1.4.3 (material and simultaneous interpretation) and 1.4.5 (translation of minutes) in the Code, the company deviates from the Code’s “soft” requirements since the company considers that these requirements are not motivated bearing in mind the composition of the shareholder base.
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