Notice of Annual General Meeting The shareholders of Axfood AB have been summoned to the Annual General Meeting to be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 10 March 2009. Location: Cirkus, Djurgårdsslätten 43-45, Stockholm. Registration will open at 4 p.m. Axfood AB's nominating committee has proposed the re-election of board members Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Peggy Bruzelius, Maria Curman, Fredrik Persson, Marcus Storch and Annika Åhnberg, new election of Odd Reitan, and the election of Fredrik Persson as Chairman of the Board. As reported in the notice of the Annual General Meeting, the Board has proposed a dividend of SEK 8 per share and 13 March 2009 as the record date. The notice can be found in its entirety on Axfood's website, www.axfood.se, and has been attached to this press release. För ytterligare information,kontakta: Anders Strålman, vd och koncernchef Axfood AB, +46 70-293 16 93 Karin Hygrell-Jonsson, finansdirektör Axfood AB, +46 706-62 69 70 Ingmar Kroon, presschef Axfood AB, +46 702-89 89 83 Axfood AB conducts retail trade through the wholly owned store chains Hemköp, Willys, Willys hemma and PrisXtra, comprising slightly more than 220 stores, and wholesale trade through Dagab and Axfood Närlivs. In addition, Axfood collaborates with a number of proprietor-run stores that are tied to Axfood through agreements. These include stores within the Hemköp chain as well as stores run under the Handlar'n and Tempo profiles. In all, Axfood collaborates with over 500 proprietor-run stores. Axfood is listed on the Nordic Large Cap list of the OMX Nordic Exchange. Axel Johnson AB is the principal owner, with approximately 46% of the shares.
Notice of Annual General Meeting
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