Semcon’s Annual General Meeting 2012 for the 2011 financial year (summary)

Semcon’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on Wednesday 27 April 2011 at
Semcon headquarter in Gothenburg.
The CEO, Kjell Nilsson, presented the Group’s developments for 2011 and
commented the quarterly report for Q1 2012 released previous during the
day.

“2011 was characterized by stable demand, increased sales and improved
profits in all business areas. Over the year we received major orders from the
automotive industry within powertrain, safety and product information. We
continue with our positive outlook for future developments in 2012, even though
uncerta¬inty has grown due to the poorer economic outlook.”

Kjell Nilsson
leaves the position as CEO of Semcon AB and reverts to Chairman of the Board, at
AGM. The board has appointed Markus Granlund to succeed Kjell Nilsson as
CEO.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) took the following
decisions:

Adopting
The AGM adopted the parent company and consolidated
income statements and balance sheets.

Dividend
The AGM decided in accordance
with the board’s proposal to not pay a dividend and that the unappropriated
earnings of around SEK 275 million is to be brought forward.

Discharge from
liability
The AGM discharged board members, CEO and deputy CEO from liability
for the 2011 financial year.

Board members
The AGM decided that the board to
consist of five directly elected members. The meeting re-elected Marianne
Brismar, Gunvor Engström, Håkan Larsson, Joakim Olsson and Kjell Nilsson as
board members. The AGM elected Kjell Nilsson as a new chairman of the board.
Hans-Erik Andersson, former chairman of the board, was not available for re
-election.

Board and auditors’ fees
The AGM decided that the total fee to
the directly elected board members be unchanged from last year at SEK 1,200,000,
of which SEK 400,000 to the chairman and SEK 200,000 to each of the directly
elected board members not already an employee of the company, and that no
special fees be paid for work on board committees. The meeting also decided that
auditors’ fees should be paid according to invoice.

Auditor
The AGM re
-appointed Deloitte AB as the chartered accounting company until end of next
AGM.
Nomination committee’s procedure
The AGM decided on a nomination
committee procedure with the same content as before, including that the three
largest shareholders on 31 August 2012 will each be invited to nominate a member
of the nomination committee. The chairman of the board will also be
included.

Guidelines for determining salaries and other remuneration to
senior executives
The AGM decided on guidelines to determine salaries and other
remuneration to senior executives with the same content as
before.
Authorization for the issue of new shares
The AGM authorized the
board, until the next AGM, to decide on a new share issue, with deviation from
shareholders’ preferential rights, of a maximum 1,811,253 ordinary shares to be
used as payment for, or the financing of, an acquisition. The subscription price
should correspond to the estimated market value. Payment however may not be made
in cash

Authorization to acquire and transfer own shares
The AGM authorized
the board, until the next AGM, to decide on the acquisition of the company’s
ordinary shares via the stock market within the relevant market price range or
via a take-over bid directed at owners of ordinary shares at a price equivalent
to the market price, with the addition of no more than 20 per cent, for
improving the capital structure and permitting the use of own shares as liquid
assets in the event of an acquisition. The company can never hold more than 10
per cent of all the company’s shares. The maximum take-over of shares on each
occasion shall be such that the company, after the take-over, holds a maximum of
ten per cent of all the company’s shares. The AGM also authorized the board,
until the next AGM, to decide on the transfer of the company’s own shares, with
deviation for shareholders’ preferential rights and not via the stock market,
for the use of the company’s own shares as liquid assets and payment will be at
a price corresponding to the estimated market price, however payment may not be
made in cash.

The board’s and nomination committee’s proposal
The board’s
and nomination committee’s proposals are available in full at: www.semcon.com
For more information, please contact:
Kjell Nilsson, Chairman of the Board
Semcon AB, +46 (0) 31 721 03 11
Semcon is a global company active in the areas of engineering services and
product information. The Group has nearly 3,000 employees with extensive
experience from many different industries. We develop technologies, products,
plants and information solutions along the entire development chain and also
provide many services including quality control, training and methodology
development. Semcon boosts customers’ sales and competitive strength by
providing them with innovative solutions, design and solid engineering
solutions. The Group has sales of SEK 2.5 billion and activities at more than 45
sites in Sweden, Germany, the UK, Brazil, Hungary, India, China, Spain and
Russia