The Annual General Meeting, led by Chairman of the Board Carl Bennet, decided to: * adopt the annual accounts for 2006 * confirm the decision of the Board to distribute a dividend for 2006 of SEK 2.50 per share and that the record date for the payment of dividends be 2 May 2007 * discharge the members of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer from liability for the financial year 2007 * grant, according to the proposal in the summons to attend, the Board a remuneration of a total of SEK 1,960,000 to be divided among the members for the financial year 2007 * appoint, according to the proposal in the summons to attend, the following members to the Board until the next Annual General Meeting is held in 2008: Carl Bennet (re-election) Ingegerd Gréen (re-election) Patrick Holm (CEO) (re-election) Göran Johnsson (re-election) Hans-Olov Olsson (new election) Kerstin Paulsson (new election) Johan Stern (re-election) Tore Åberg (re-election) * appoint, according to the proposal in the summons to attend, Carl Bennet as Chairman of the Board * appoint, according to the proposal in the summons to attend, the following members to the nomination committee: Carl Bennet, Carl Bennet AB (re-election) Gustav Douglas, Investment AB Latour (re-election) Göran Erlandsson, representative for the small shareholders (re-election) Hans Hedström, HQ Funds (new election) Nils Petter Hollekim, Odin Funds (re-election) Stefan Roos, SEB Funds (re-election) Caroline af Ugglas, Skandia Liv (re-election) adopt, according to the proposal in the summons to attend, the Board's proposal for the remuneration of senior officers as well as change the articles of association so that this matter will become a point among the matters to be dealt with by the Annual General Meeting. In his speech CEO Patrick Holm assured the Annual General Meeting that Elanders' international expansion will continue and that new establishments are a possibility. The protocol from the Annual General Meeting will be available on the company homepage as soon as the minutes have been verified. After the Annual General Meeting the Board held its first meeting at which Tore Åberg was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board. Carl Bennet, (Chairman), Ingegerd Gréen, Hans-Olov Olsson and Tore Åberg were appointed to the remuneration committee and Tore Åberg (Chairman), Göran Johnsson, Kerstin Paulsson, and Johan Stern were appointed to the auditing committee. The Board of Directors Carl Bennet Patrick Holm Chairman of the Board President and CEO Elanders AB Elanders AB Tel. +46 300 500 00 Tel. +46 31 750 00 00 Mbl +46 708 210 410 The press release can be downloaded from the following link:
Elanders AB (publ): Report from the Annual General Meeting and first board meeting 2007
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