Bulletin from PartnerTech AB (publ) Annual General Meeting on April 23, 2009 Among the resolutions passed by the meeting were: • All of the company's unappropriated profits of SEK 73,197,909 are to be carried over to the 2009 accounts, as the result of which no dividend will be payable for the 2008 fiscal year (SEK 0/share for fiscal 2007). • Members of the Board and the CEO were discharged from liability for fiscal 2008. • The Board fee was set to remain at SEK 320,000 for the Chairman and SEK 160,000 for other members who are not employees of the company. • Rune Glavare, Patrik Tigerschiöld, Lennart Evrell, Thomas Thuresson, Henrik Lange and Tomas Bergström were reelected as Board members. Petter Stillström was elected as a new member. Mr. Tigerschiöld was reelected as Chairman. • Unchanged guidelines were adopted governing remuneration for management. For full terms, please go to www.partnertech.com • Whether with or without departure from the preferential rights of shareholders, the meeting authorized the Board to reach decisions concerning one or more issues prior to the next annual general meeting totaling no more than 1,266,490 new shares and increasing share capital by no more than SEK 6,332,450, representing dilution of just under 10% of total share capital and votes. President and CEO Rune Glavare told the meeting that PartnerTech had successfully implemented the action program in 2008 that it had announced in late 2007. The program, which reached its goals also contributed to increased internal focus on performance, integration and technology. The emphasis on change processes to ensure a competitive offering will continue throughout 2009. Mr. Glavare also presented first quarter performance, which showed an earnings improvement of SEK 18.6 million compared with 12 months earlier. Despite ongoing customer uncertainty and caution due to economic conditions, sales trends were also relatively stable. Our target for 2009 is to further strengthen our more efficient and flexible industrial structure by adding new production options, primarily in Eastern Europe and secondarily in Asia, while continuing to reinforce our customer service at existing customer centers. For additional information, please call: Rune Glavare, President and CEO, +46 (0)706 202454 Jonas Arkestad, CFO and Vice President Finance & Administration, +46 (0)706-591510 PartnerTech PartnerTech develops and manufactures products under contract for leading companies, primarily in Defense and Maritime, Industry, Information Technology, MedTech & Instrumentation, CleanTech and Point of Sale Applications. With some 1,500 employees at its plants in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, the UK, the United States and China, PartnerTech reports annual sales of approximately SEK 2.5 billion. PartnerTech AB (www.partnertech.com), the parent company, is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden and listed on the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm. The disclosures in this report have been sent to the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen).
Bulletin from PartnerTech AB (publ) Annual General Meeting on April 23, 2009
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