Communiqué from Annual General Meeting of Micronic Laser Systems AB (publ.)
Täby, Sweden - April 2, 2009 - Micronic Laser Systems AB (OMX Nordic Exchange
Stockholm, Nordic list, Small Cap, Information Technology: MICR), today
disclosed the following decisions made at the Company's Annual General Meeting
(AGM), held on April 1:
Election of Board members
The AGM decided that the Board of Directors for the period running until the end
of the next AGM shall be composed of six members with no deputy members. The AGM
re-elected the Board Members Sigrun Hjelmquist, Magnus Lindquist, Sven Löfquist,
Göran Malm, Lena Treschow Thorell, and new election of Åke Svensson. Lena
Treschow Thorell was elected as Chairman of the Board and Göran Malm was elected
as vice Chairman of the Board. Jörgen Centerman has declined re-election.
Remuneration to the Board of Directors
The AGM decided that the total remuneration to the Board of Directors amount to
SEK 1,375,000 for the period running until the end of the next AGM, of which SEK
500,000 concern remuneration to the Chairman of the Board, SEK 275,000 concern
remuneration to the Vice Chairman of the Board, and SEK 200,000 concern
remuneration to each of the other Board Members who are not employed by the
Company. In addition, the AGM decided on remuneration to Board Members with an
assignment in the audit committee and remuneration committee amounting to not
more than in aggregate SEK 250,000, to be distributed with SEK 50,000 per Member
and assignment, for the period running until the end of the next AGM.
Disposition of accumulated deficit
The AGM resolved in favor of the Board's proposal regarding disposition of the
Parent Company's accumulated deficit of SEK 115,761,079 to be carried forward to
new account.
In addition, decisions were taken in accordance with proposals presented in the
notice to the AGM.
Company contact:
Sven Löfquist
President & CEO
Tel: +46 8 638 52 00
sven.lofquist@micronic.se
About Micronic Laser Systems AB
Micronic Laser Systems is a Swedish high-tech company engaged in the
development, manufacture and marketing of a series of extremely accurate laser
pattern generators for the production of photomasks. The technology involved is
known as microlithography. Micronic´s product offering also includes metrology
systems for display photomasks. Micronic´s systems are used by the world´s
leading electronics companies in the manufacture of television and computer
displays, semiconductor circuits and semiconductor packaging components.
Micronic is located in Taby, north of Stockholm and at present has subsidiaries
in the United States, Japan, South Korea and in Taiwan. Micronic maintains a web
site at: http://www.micronic.se
