Bilia AB
Bilia’s Annual General Meeting 2015
DGAP-News: Bilia AB 2015-04-14 / 12:15 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gothenburg, Sweden, 2015-04-14 12:15 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- -- Dividend set at SEK 12 per share -- Board, Chairman and public accounting firm re-elected -- AGM resolves to approve 2-for-1 stock split -- Unchanged guidelines for remuneration to Group Management adopted -- Board given renewed mandate to resolve on buy-back/transfer of shares Today's Annual General Meeting passed the following resolutions, which are in line with what was presented in the notice convening the AGM: Accounts and dividend After adopting the Income Statement and Balance Sheet and the Consolidated Income Statement and Consolidated Balance Sheet, the AGM adopted the proposed cash dividend of SEK 12.00 per share (9.00). The record date was set at 16 April and the dividend is expected to be distributed through Euroclear on 21 April 2015. The remaining earnings were carried forward to a new account. Discharge from liability and election of Board of Directors and public accounting firm The AGM discharged the members of the Board and the Managing Director from liability for the financial year. The AGM resolved to re-elect the entire Board of Directors, consisting of: Per Avander, Ingrid Jonasson Blank, Anna Engebretsen, Jack Forsgren, Mats Holgerson, Gustav Lindner, Svante Paulsson, Jan Pettersson, Mats Qviberg and Jon Risfelt. The AGM also re-elected Mats Qviberg as Chairman. After the meeting, the Board appointed Jan Pettersson as Deputy Chairman. The AGM resolved that the directors' fees should remain unchanged compared to last year: the Chairman of the Board receives SEK 300,000, the Deputy Chairman SEK 300,000, other Board members who do not receive a salary from the company receive SEK 180,000 each, the chairman of the Audit Committee receives SEK 50,000, the members of the Audit Committee receive SEK 25,000 each, and the chairman of the Compensation Committee receives SEK 25,000. KPMG AB was re-elected as the public accounting firm for the period up until the next AGM in 2016. Share split 2:1 The AGM passed a resolution to divide the company's outstanding shares so that each existing share is split into 2 new shares. The record date for the stock split was set at 28 May 2015. Shareholders do not have to take any action to participate in the stock split. Following the stock split, the new exercise price for Bilia's 2009/2016 warrants will be SEK 10 and each warrant will entitle the holder to 2 Bilia shares. Guidelines for remuneration to Group Management Proposed guidelines for remuneration to the Group Management were adopted by the AGM. The guidelines are unchanged from last year. Acquisition or transfer of own shares The AGM authorised the Board of Directors to a) resolve to buy back the company's own shares, whereby Bilia's holding may never exceed 10 per cent of the total number of issued shares at any given time, and b) resolve to transfer acquired shares, either as a means of payment in conjunction with an acquisition or by direct sale on the stock exchange. Göteborg den 14 april 2015 Bilia AB (publ) For further information, please contact Per Avander, Managing Director and CEO, or Gunnar Blomkvist, CFO, Bilia AB, tel. +46 31 709 55 00. News Source: NASDAQ OMX --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015-04-14 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Bilia AB Sweden ISIN: SE0000102295 End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 343931 2015-04-14
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