annual general meeting
According to the Swedish Companies Act (2005:551) (Sw. aktiebolagslagen), the general meeting is the Company’s highest decision-making body. At the general meeting, the shareholders exercise their voting rights in key issues, such as the adoption of income statements and balance sheets, appropriation of the Company’s results, discharge from liability of members of the board of directors and the CEO, election of members of the board of directors and auditors and remuneration to the board of directors and the auditors.
General meetings shall be held in Malmö or Stockholm. Notice convening the annual general meetings and extraordinary general meetings where amendments to the articles of association are to be addressed, shall be issued no earlier than six weeks and no later than four weeks prior to the meeting. Notice convening other extraordinary general meetings shall be issued no earlier than six weeks and no later than three weeks prior to the meeting. Notice shall be published in the Swedish National Gazette (Sw. Post- och Inrikes Tidningar) and by making the notice available on the Company’s website www.booztgroup.com. Information regarding the notice shall at the same time be published in Svenska Dagbladet.
Right to participate in the meeting and notice of participation
Shareholders who wish to participate in a general meeting must be included in the shareholders’ register maintained by Euroclear Sweden on the day falling five workdays prior to the meeting and notify the Company of their participation no later than on the date stipulated in the notice convening the meeting. Shareholders may attend the general meetings in person or by proxy and may be accompanied by a maximum of two advisors. Typically, it is possible for a shareholder to register for the general meeting in several different ways as indicated in the notice of the meeting. A shareholder may vote for all shares owned or represented by the shareholder. Extraordinary general meetings can also be held when needed.
Shareholder Initiatives
Shareholders who wish to have a matter brought before the general meeting must submit a written request to the board of directors. Such request must normally be received by the board of directors no later than seven weeks prior to the general meeting.