Annual General Meeting in Munters AB (publ).KISTA, Sweden -- Regulatory News: Today, Munters AB (STO:MTRS MTRS Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System MTRS Mean Time to Restore Service (ITU-T) MTRS Message Transport and Routing Service (Telcordia) MTRS Man Transportable Robot System ) held its Annual General Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. Board of Directors and fee The Annual General Meeting held in Munters AB today re-elected the Board members Anders Ilstam, Bengt Kjell, Soren Mellstig, Eva-Lotta Kraft, Jan Svensson and Lars Engstrom, and elected Kenneth Ericsson and Kjell Akesson as new Board members. Anders Ilstam was appointed Chairman of the Board. It was decided that the fee to the board members shall amount to a total of SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 2,275,000. Auditor The Meeting resolved to re-elect re·e·lect also re-e·lect tr.v. re·e·lect·ed, re·e·lect·ing, re·e·lects To elect again. re the registered accounting firm Ernst & Young AB for a term of four years. Bjorn Fernstrom, authorized public accountant, will remain the auditor in charge until the Annual General Meeting in 2009. It was decided that the fee to the auditor shall be payable on account. Dividend The Annual General Meeting determined a dividend of SEK 2.50 per share, in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors. Friday 25 April 2008 was determined as record day for the dividend, which is expected to be distributed by the Swedish Central Securities Depository The place where a deposit is placed and kept, e.g., a bank, savings and loan institution, credit union, or trust company. A place where something is deposited or stored as for safekeeping or convenience, e.g., a safety deposit box. ("VPC (1) (Virtual Processor Complex) An IBM mainframe multiprocessing system that uses several computers under tight central control. (2) See Virtual PC. AB") on 30 April 2008. Guidelines for remuneration to senior executives The Meeting resolved to establish guidelines for remuneration to senior executives in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, principally entailing that the remuneration shall be in accordance with market conditions and have a pre-determined cap. Employee incentive program The resolution of the Annual General Meeting principally entails that the Company will issue a maximum of 600,000 employee options for repurchased shares, of which each option will entitle the holder to acquire one share in the company. A share will be transferred at a price equivalent to 120 per cent of the average volume weighed purchase price of the share in the company, quoted on the OMX OMX Office Max (stock symbol) Nordic Exchange, Stockholm, during a period of ten banking days from 29 April-13 May 2008. The employee options may be exercised as from 1 June 2011 up to and including 31 May 2012. The employee options are free of charge and shall be allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. to the Managing Director, group executives and members of the division management operation and stab. Approximately 30 persons are comprised by the program. The allotment is subject to an improvement of the profit per share during 2008 in relation to the preceding year. There will be no allotment if the improvement is less than 4 %. Maximal max·i·mal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or consisting of a maximum. 2. Being the greatest or highest possible. allotment is obtained at an improvement of more than 8 %. At an improvement between 4 - 8 %, the allotment shall be granted pro rata [Latin, Proportionately.] A phrase that describes a division made according to a certain rate, percentage, or share. In a Bankruptcy case, when the debtor is insolvent, creditors generally agree to accept a pro rata share of what is owed to them. . The Managing Director, who will receive the largest allotment, may be allotted a maximum of 50,000 employee options. Other members of the group management may be allotted a maximum of 30,000 employee options per person. Members of division management operation will be able to receive maximum 15,000 employee options each and the members of division management stab will be able to receive maximum 10,000 employee options each. Exercise of the employee options presupposes continuous employment up to and including December 2010. The employee options shall however have a cap, implying that the profit can be equivalent to a maximum of 100 % of the redemption price Redemption price See: Call price redemption price 1. The price at which an open-end investment company will buy back its shares from the owners. In most cases, the redemption price is the net asset value per share. 2. . This means that, if the market value of the shares at exercise should exceed 200 % of the redemption price as mentioned above, the redemption price which the holder is obliged o·blige v. o·bliged, o·blig·ing, o·blig·es v.tr. 1. To constrain by physical, legal, social, or moral means. 2. to pay shall be correspondingly adjusted upwards. The Meeting further resolved to transfer 600,000 repurchased shares in the Company to employees that have received employee options, in accordance with the terms of the program. Articles of association The Annual General Meeting resolved to amend the articles of association (3SS) so that the Board of Directors will have its registered office in the municipality MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests. of Stockholm. Election Committee The Annual General Meeting resolved to adjust the instruction for the Election Committee entailing that the Committee be appointed for a time period up until the election of a new Election Committee. Report of the Managing Director The report of the Managing Director Lars Engstrom can be found at www.munters.com/ Munters is a global leader in energy efficient air treatment solutions and restoration services based on expertise in humidity and climate control technologies. Customers are served in a wide range of segments, the most important being insurance-, utilities-, food-, pharma- and electronics- industries. Manufacturing and sales are carried out via the Group's own companies in more than 30 countries. The Group has close to 4,300 employees and net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of about SEK 6.3 billion. The Munters share is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm, Mid Cap. For more information see www.munters.communters.com This information was brought to you by Cision http://newsroom.cision.com |
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