Allerød, 2014-06-30 17:38 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Matas A/S held its annual general meeting on 30 June at 4:00 p.m. at the Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center.
Mr. Niels Heering, Attorney-at-Law, was appointed chairman of the meeting.
At the general meeting note was taken of the report by the Board of Directors on the activities of the company during the 2013/14 financial year, the annual report for 2013/14 was approved, and the Board of Directors and the Executive Management were discharged from liability.
The shareholders approved the dividend of DKK 5.50 per share of DKK 2.50 nominal value proposed by the Board of Directors, equivalent to a total of DKK 224 million.
The shareholders approved the fees of the Board of Directors and the chairman of the Audit Committee for 2014/15.
The shareholders authorised the Board of Directors to let the company acquire treasury shares for up to 10% of its share capital in the period until the next annual general meeting, always provided that the company's holding of treasury shares may at no time exceed 10% of its share capital, and provided that the purchase price does not deviate by more than 10% from the price quoted on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen at the time of purchase.
The shareholders adopted a resolution to change the company's remuneration policy in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors.
Lars Vinge Frederiksen, Lars Frederiksen, Ingrid Jonasson Blank and Birgitte Nielsen were re-elected to the Board of Directors. Christian Mariager was elected new member of the Board of Directors. At the same time, Søren Vestergaard-Poulsen retired from the Board of Directors.
KPMG Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab was re-appointed as the company's auditors.
Immediately after the general meeting, the Board of Directors elected Lars Vinge Frederiksen Chairman and Lars Frederiksen Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Matas A/S
Lars Vinge Frederiksen
Chairman
