Investment AB Kinnevik (publ) ("Kinnevik") today announced that the Company's
Annual General Meeting (AGM) held today voted to support all of the resolutions
proposed to the AGM.
The AGM re-elected Vigo Carlund, John Hewko, Wilhelm Klingspor, Erik
Mitteregger, Stig Nordin, Allen Sangines-Krause and Cristina Stenbeck as
directors of the Board. The AGM further re-elected Cristina Stenbeck as Chairman
of the Board of Directors.
The AGM resolved in accordance with the proposal from the Board of Directors to
distribute a cash dividend to the shareholders for 2009 of SEK 3.00 per share.
The record date for the dividend is to be Thursday 20 May 2010 and it is
expected that the dividend will be distributed by Euroclear Sweden AB on Tuesday
25 May 2010.
The AGM also resolved to:
· Adopt a performance based incentive plan (the "Plan"). The Plan
includes in total approximately 25 senior executives and other key employees
within the Kinnevik Group. In order to participate in the Plan, the participants
are required to own shares in Kinnevik. These shares can either be shares
already held or shares purchased on the market in connection with the
notification to participate in the Plan. Thereafter the participants will be
granted, by the Company free of charge, rights to retention shares and
performance shares on the Plan's terms. The proposed Plan has the same structure
as the plan that was adopted at the 2009 Annual General Meeting.
· Authorise the Board, during the period until the next Annual
General Meeting, to increase the Company's share capital by not more than SEK
13,500 by the issue of not more than 135,000 class C shares, each with a ratio
value of SEK 0.10. With disapplication of the shareholders' preferential
rights, Nordea Bank AB (publ) shall be entitled to subscribe for the new class C
shares at a subscription price corresponding to the ratio value of the shares.
The purpose of the authorisation and the reason for the disapplication of the
shareholders' preferential rights in connection with the issue of shares is to
ensure delivery of class B shares to participants under the Plan.
· Authorise the Board, during the period until the next Annual
General Meeting, to repurchase its own class C shares. The repurchase may only
be effected through a public offer directed to all holders of class C shares and
shall comprise all outstanding class C shares. The purchase may be effected at a
purchase price corresponding to not less than SEK 0.10 and not more than SEK
0.11. Payment for the class C shares shall be made in cash. The purpose of the
repurchase is to ensure the delivery of class B shares under the Plan.
· Transfer 135,000 class C shares that the Company purchases by
virtue of the authorisation to repurchase its own shares which, following
reclassification into class B shares, may be transferred to participants in
accordance with the terms of the Plan.
· Authorise the Board of Directors to pass a resolution on
repurchasing so many Class A and/or Class B shares that the Company's holding
does not at any time exceed 10% of the total number of shares in the Company
until the next Annual General Meeting. The purpose of the authorisation is to
give the Board of Directors flexibility to continuously decide on changes to the
capital structure during the year and thereby contribute to increased
shareholder value.
· Approve a procedure for preparation of the election of the Board
of Directors and auditor which can be summarised as following. The work of
preparing a proposal on the directors of the Board and auditor, in the case that
an auditor should be elected, and their remuneration as well as the proposal on
the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting of 2011 shall be performed by a
Nomination Committee. The Nomination Committee will be formed during October
2010 in consultation with the largest shareholders of the Company as at 30
September 2010. The Nomination Committee will consist of at least three members
representing the largest shareholders of the Company. The Nomination Committee
is appointed for a term of office commencing at the time of the announcement of
the third quarter report in 2010 and ending when a new Nomination Committee is
formed.
At the constituent meeting of the Board of Directors following the AGM, an Audit
Committee, a Remuneration Committee and a newly established New Ventures
Committee were appointed. Erik Mitteregger was appointed as Chairman of the
Audit Committee and Wilhelm Klingspor, Stig Nordin and Allen Sangines-Krause
were appointed members of the Audit Committee. Wilhelm Klingspor was appointed
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Cristina Stenbeck and Erik
Mitteregger were appointed members of the Remuneration Committee. Mia Brunell
Livfors was appointed Chairman of the New Ventures Committee and John Hewko,
Erik Mitteregger, Allen Sangines-Krause, and Cristina Stenbeck were appointed
members of the New Ventures Committee.
For further information, visit www.kinnevik.se <http://www.kinnevik.se/> or
contact:
Mia Brunell Livfors, President and Chief Executive Officer +46 (0)8 562 000 00
Torun Litzén, Director Investor Relations +46 (0)8 562 000 83
+46 (0)70 762 00 83
Kinnevik is required to make public the information in this press release in
accordance with the Securities Market Act. The information was released for
publication on 17 May, 2010 at 12.00 (CET).
Investment AB Kinnevik's objective is to increase shareholder value, primarily
through net asset value growth. Kinnevik manages a portfolio of investments
focused around three comprehensive business areas; Major Unlisted Holdings which
includes the cartonboard and paper company Korsnäs including shares in Bergvik
Skog, Major Listed Holdings which includes Millicom International Cellular,
Tele2, Modern Times Group MTG, Metro International and Transcom WorldWide, and
New Ventures which is active in finding new investments in small and mid sized
companies which has a significant growth potential. Kinnevik plays an active
role on the Boards of its holdings.
The Kinnevik's class A and class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Stockholm's list for large cap companies, within the financial and real estate
sector. The ticker codes are KINV A and KINV B.
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