Resolutions made at Catena’s Annual General Meeting 25 April 2024

At Catena’s Annual General Meeting the 25 April 2024 the general meeting approved, among other things, the Board of Director’s proposal for a dividend for 2023 of SEK 8.50 per share.

25 April 2024, 6.00 p.m. CEST

Catena AB (publ) held this year’s Annual General Meeting today, 25 April 2024, at Clarion Hotel Sea U, Kungsgatan 1, in Helsingborg.

At the annual general meeting, the annual report, audit report, consolidated accounts, and audit report for the consolidated accounts for 2023 were presented. The result- and balance sheets contained in the documents were adopted. In accordance with the Board of Directors proposal, the general meeting resolved on a dividend of SEK 8.50 per share be paid for 2023, to be disbursed on two occasions, each at SEK 4.25 per share. The record dates for receipt of dividends were determined to be 29 April 2024 and 29 October 2024. Payment is expected to be made via Euroclear Sweden AB on 3 May 2024 and 1 November 2024.

The Annual General Meeting resolved that the Company’s Board of Directors shall consist of seven ordinary Board Members with no deputies and re-elected, in accordance with the Nomination Committee’s proposal Lennart Mauritzson, Hélène Briggert, Gustaf Hermelin, Vesna Jovic, Joost Uwents, Katarina Wallin and Caesar Åfors as ordinary Board members, and Lennart Mauritzson be as Chairman of the Board. The registered accounting firm KPMG AB was re-elected as auditor, which announced that the authorised auditor Camilla Alm Andersson is appointed as the principal auditor. The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the Nomination Committees proposal to adopt unchanged instructions for the Nomination Committee. The Annual General Meeting granted the Board Members and the CEO discharge from liability for 2023.

The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the Nomination Committee’s proposal on remuneration to the Board of Directors of SEK 2,000,000 (previously 2,065,000) distributed with SEK 430,000 (SEK 410,000) to the chairman and SEK 215,000 (SEK 205,000) to each of the other Board Members who is not employed with the Company. For work on the Remuneration Committee, additional remuneration of SEK 80,000 (80,000) was resolved, to be distributed with SEK 40,000 (SEK 40,000) to the chairman of the committee and with SEK 20,000 (SEK 20,000) to each of the other two members; for the Audit and Sustainability Reporting Committee, remuneration of SEK 200,000 (SEK 140,000) was resolved, to be distributed with SEK 100,000 (SEK 70,000) to the chairman of the committee and SEK 50,000 (SEK 35,000) to each of the other two members. Remuneration to the auditor was decided to be paid according to approved invoicing. The Annual General meeting approved the Board’s proposal for remuneration guidelines for senior executives and the remuneration report was approved.

The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board in accordance with the presented proposals, to acquire and sell the Company’s own shares, as well as to decide on the issuance of new shares or of convertibles. Acquisitions of shares, together with the number of newly issued shares, respectively disposals, may not in total exceed 1/10 of all the company’s shares and decisions may be made on one or more occasions. New issuance may be made with or without preferential rights for shareholders and with or without provisions regarding payment in kind or set-off. New issuance shall be conducted on market terms.

For further information, please contact
Lennart Mauritzson, Chairman Tel. + 46 702-570 80 80
Jörgen Eriksson, CEO, Tel. + 46 730-70 22 42, [email protected]
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