2014 Annual General Meeting
The 2014 Annual General Meeting of ASSA ABLOY AB was held on Wednesday 7 May 2014 at 15:00, at Moderna Museet, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden.
Below the information sent out in the press release after the meeting.
Election of the Board of Directors and auditors
The Annual General Meeting of ASSA ABLOY AB re-elected Lars Renström, Carl Douglas, Birgitta Klasén, Eva Lindqvist, Johan Molin, Sven-Christer Nilsson, Jan Svensson and Ulrik Svensson as members of the Board of Directors. Lars Renström was re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors and Carl Douglas was re elected Vice Chairman.
Re-election of the registered audit firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers AB as auditor for the time period until the end of the 2015 Annual General Meeting.
Dividend
The Annual General Meeting approved the dividend of SEK 5,70 per share proposed by the Board of Directors and the CEO. The record date for the dividend was set at Monday 12 May 2014 and the dividend is expected to be distributed by Euroclear Sweden AB starting on Thursday 15 May 2014.
Remuneration of the Board of Directors
The total remuneration of the Board of Directors will amount to SEK 4,850,000, excluding remuneration for committee work.
Nomination Committee
Gustaf Douglas (Investment AB Latour), Mikael Ekdahl (Melker Schörling AB), Liselott Ledin (Alecta), Marianne Nilsson (Swedbank Robur fonder) and Anders Oscarsson (AMF fonder) were elected as members of the Nomination Committee up to and including the 2015 Annual General Meeting. Gustaf Douglas was elected Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
Establishment of guidelines for the remuneration of the Executive Team
The Annual General Meeting resolved to adopt guidelines for the remuneration of senior management, with the main principle that remuneration and other employment conditions for senior management should be in line with market conditions and be competitive.
Authorization to repurchase and transfer Series B shares in the company
The Annual General Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors to, on one or more occasions, repurchase Series B shares in the company for the period up until the next Annual General Meeting. The repurchase shall maximum comprise so many Series B shares that the company’s holding does not at any time exceed 10 per cent of the total number of shares in the company.
Implementation of long term incentive program
The Annual General Meeting resolved to implement a long term incentive program for senior executives and key employees within the ASSA ABLOY Group (“LTI 2014”), in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors earlier published.
For more information please contact:
Johan Molin, President and CEO, Tel: +46 8 506 485 42
Carolina Dybeck Happe, CFO and Executive Vice President, Tel: +46 8 506 485 72
Documents AGM
- Notice 2014(PDF, 168 KB)
- Agenda 2014(PDF, 63 KB)
- Auditors statement 2013 - Remuneration guidelines(PDF, 281 KB)
- The Board of Directors statement pursuant to Chapter 18 Section 4 and Chapter 19 Section 22 of Swedish Companies Act 2014(PDF, 88 KB)
- The Nomination Committees proposal for decisions 2014(PDF, 130 KB)
- Proposal of guidelines for remuneration to senior management (see Notice under Item 14)(PDF, 165 KB)
- Proposal for authorisation to repurchase and transfer of own shares (see Notice under Item 15)(PDF, 165 KB)
- Proposal for long term incentive programme (see Notice under Item 16)(PDF, 165 KB)
- The Board of Directors' work 2013(PDF, 96 KB)
Articles of Association
- Article of Association 2014(PDF, 23 KB)
Related links
General Meeting
Shareholders’ rights to decide on the affairs of ASSA ABLOY are exercised at the General Meeting.Nomination Committee
The Nomination Committee has the task of preparing, on behalf of the shareholders, among other things, proposals to the Annual General Meeting regarding the election of the members of the Board of Directors and the election of the auditor as well as their fees.