Report from Wallenstam’s Annual General Meeting 2024
At today’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Wallenstam AB (publ) on April 25, 2024, resolutions were passed, among other things, on a dividend and directors’ fees. The AGM also adopted the income statements and balance sheets for 2023, and discharged the Board members and the CEO from liability.
Wallenstam’s AGM approved the Board of Director’s proposed dividend for the 2023 financial year of SEK 0.50 per share, spread over two payment dates of SEK 0.25 per share each. The record day for the first payment was set for April 29, 2024, and distribution from Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to take place on May 3, 2024. The record day for the second payment was set for October 29, 2024, and distribution from Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to take place on November 1, 2024.
In accordance with the Nomination Committee’s proposal, the AGM re-elected Lars-Åke Bokenberger (Chairman), Karin Mattsson, Agneta Wallenstam, Mikael Söderlund and Rebecka Wallenstam as Board members. Ordinary fees to be paid to the Board of Directors were approved of SEK 1,725,000 in total, of which SEK 1,050,000 to the Chairman of the Board, SEK 295,000 to the Vice Chairman and SEK 190,000 to each of the other Board members who are not employed by the company. The sums include compensation for committee work. Furthermore, it was decided that SEK 1,000,000 will be paid in additional directors’ fees to the Chairman of the Board, who will assist the company management during the year. The approved compensation to the Board members thus amounts to SEK 2,725,000 in total.
The AGM resolved to elect KPMG as the company’s auditor for the period until the end of the 2025 AGM. KPMG has advised that Mathias Arvidsson will be the chief auditor.
Dick Brenner (Chairman), Lars-Åke Bokenberger, Anders Oscarsson and Hans Wallenstam were re-elected as members of the Nomination Committee ahead of the 2025 AGM.
The AGM approved the Board’s proposal for guidelines for remuneration to senior executives, as well as the Board’s remuneration report.
Furthermore, the AGM authorized the Board, on one or more occasions until the next AGM, to take decisions regarding the purchase of as many of its own B shares on Nasdaq Stockholm or another regulated market, such that the company's holding at any one time does not exceed 10 percent of all shares in the company. Such acquisitions shall take place at the best available price for the company. The restrictions on the highest and lowest price arising under applicable stock exchange rules must be observed.
The AGM also authorized the Board until the next AGM, to decide to transfer the company's own shares on Nasdaq Stockholm or another regulated market. The Board may also – with or without preferential rights for shareholders – take decisions regarding the transfer of the company's own shares by other means than through Nasdaq Stockholm or another regulated market. Transfer may take place against cash payment, for valuable consideration in other assets than cash or by offsetting debt through the company’s transfer of shares in exchange for a claim against the company. The Board’s decision regarding transfer must be executed within the time period determined by the Board. Transfers shall take place at the best available price for the company and may not exceed the number of shares held by the company at the time of transfer. The restrictions on the highest and lowest price arising under applicable stock exchange rules must be observed.
