
The 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 notice convening the annual meeting is published no later than four weeks prior to the annual general meeting. At the annual general meeting information is provided about the company’s performance during the past year and resolutions are passed on important questions. The shareholders are given the opportunity at the annual general meeting to ask questions about the company and the results for the year in question. In order for shareholders to attend the general meeting and vote for their shares, they must be registered in the share register and have given notice of participation within a specified time. Those shareholders that cannot personally attend may exercise their votes by proxy.
The annual general meeting for 2012 will be held in Lund, Sweden on April 16, 2013.
Shareholders wishing to have a matter dealt with at the Annual General Meeting must submit a written request to that effect to the Board of Directors. Any such requests must reach the Board no later than seven weeks before the meeting.
The request shall be addressed to the board of directors but be sent to Axis AB, attn. Adrienne Jacobsen, Emdalavägen 14, 223 69 Lund, Sweden.