Please be informed that the Directors' report given by the Chairman at the Annual General Meeting was noted.
The report contained the information which was already sent to the Copenhagen Stock Exchange with our electronic annual report 2001 dated 19 March 2002 and the printed
Annual Report for 2001 which was delivered on 8 April 2002.
Director John Gath was up for election and was re-elected.
Director Preben Schou was up for election and was re-elected.
Kaj Fauerskov Sørensen was up for election as deputy director and was re-elected.
The auditing company KPMG C. Jespersen and Statsautoriseret Revisionsaktieselskab Grant Thornton were re-elected.
A dividend of DKK 4.75 per DKK 20 share as proposed by the Board of Directors was approved.
The Board of Directors was authorised, in the period up to 6 November 2003, within the scope of totally 10% of the Group's share capital to let the Group acquire own shares at the market price valid at the acquisition time with a deviation of up to 10%.
During a subsequent board meeting the Board of Directors elected its officers with Director Mogens Petersen as Chairman and Director John Gath as Vice-Chairman. Production Manager Harry Nielsen, Laboratory Assistant Svend Wind and Packing Operator Vagn C. Brink, elected by the employees, were up for election. Production Manager Harry Nielsen and Laboratory Assistant Swend Wind were re-elected. Packing Operator Vagn C. Brink withdrew from the Board of Directors, and Environmental Coordinator Jacob S. Nyborg was elected as staff representative.
Yours faithfully,
BRØDRENE HARTMANN A/S
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Mogens Petersen |
Asger Domino |
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Chairman |
President & CEO |
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