THE SHAREHOLDERS OF INVESTMENT AB KINNEVIK (publ) are hereby invited to the
Annual General Meeting on Monday 17 May 2010 at 10.00 a.m. CET at the Hotel
Rival, Mariatorget 3 in Stockholm
NOTIFICATION
Shareholders who wish to participate at the Annual General Meeting shall
- have their names entered in the register of shareholders maintained by
Euroclear Sweden AB on Monday 10 May 2010, and
- notify the Company of their intention to participate by no later than 3.00
p.m. CET on Monday 10 May 2010. The notification can be made on the Company's
website, www.kinnevik.se, by telephone +46 (0) 771 246 400 or in writing to the
Company at:
Investment AB Kinnevik
C/o Computershare AB
P.O. Box 610
SE-182 16 Danderyd, Sweden
When giving notice of participation, the shareholders should state their name,
personal identification number (or company registration number), address,
telephone number, shareholdings and any advisors attending. If participation is
by way of proxy, such document should be submitted in connection with the notice
of participation of the Annual General Meeting. If the proxy is issued by a
legal entity, a certified copy of the registration certificate or an equivalent
certificate of authority, shall be attached to the proxy. The proxy and the
document evidencing proof of authority may not be issued earlier than one year
prior to the Annual General Meeting. Written notifications made by post should
be marked "AGM".
Proxy forms are available at the Company's website (www.kinnevik.se). For
ordering the proxy forms the same address and telephone number can be used as
for the notification, see above. Distance participation and voting is not
available.
Shareholders whose shares are registered in the names of nominees must
temporarily re-register the shares in their own name in order to be entitled to
participate at the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders wishing to re-register
must inform the nominee well in advance of Monday 10 May 2010.
PROPOSED AGENDA
1. Election of Chairman of the Annual General Meeting.
2. Preparation and approval of the voting list.
3. Approval of the agenda.
4. Election of one or two persons to check and verify the minutes.
5. Determination of whether the Annual General Meeting has been duly convened.
6. Presentation of the Annual Report and Auditor's Report and of the Group
Annual Report and the Group Auditor's Report.
7. Resolution on the adoption of the Profit and Loss Statement and the Balance
Sheet and of the Group Profit and Loss Statement and the Group Balance Sheet.
8. Resolution on the proposed treatment of the Company's unappropriated earnings
or accumulated loss as stated in the adopted Balance Sheet.
9. Resolution on the discharge of liability of the directors of the Board and
the managing director.
10. Determination of the number of directors of the Board.
11. Determination of the remuneration to the directors of the Board and the
auditor.
12. Election of the directors of the Board and the Chairman of the Board.
13. Approval of the procedure of the Nomination Committee.
14. Resolution regarding Guidelines for remuneration to the senior executives.
15. Resolution regarding incentive programme comprising the following
resolutions:
(a) adoption of an incentive programme;
(b) authorisation to resolve to issue Class C shares;
(c) authorisation to resolve to repurchase own Class C shares;
(d) transfer of Class B shares.
16. Resolution to authorise the Board of Directors to resolve on repurchase of
own shares.
17. Closing of the Meeting.
NOMINATION COMMITTEE PROPOSALS (Items 1 and 10-13)
The Nomination Committee proposes that the lawyer Wilhelm Lüning is appointed to
be the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting.
The Nomination Committee proposes that the Board of Directors shall consist of
seven directors and no deputy directors. The Nomination Committee proposes, for
the period until the close of the next Annual General Meeting, the re-election
of Vigo Carlund, John Hewko, Wilhelm Klingspor, Erik Mitteregger, Stig Nordin,
Allen Sangines-Krause and Cristina Stenbeck as directors of the Board. The
Nomination Committee proposes that the Meeting shall re-elect Cristina Stenbeck
as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Furthermore, it is proposed that the
Board of Directors at the Constituent Board Meeting appoints an Audit Committee,
a Remuneration Committee and a newly formed New Ventures Committee within the
Board of Directors. The Nomination Committee's motivated opinion regarding
proposal of the Board of Directors is available at the Company's website,
www.kinnevik.se.
It was noted that the accounting firm Ernst & Young AB was appointed as auditor,
with the Authorised Public Accountant Thomas Forslund as auditor in charge, at
the Annual General Meeting in 2009, for a period of four years. Therefore, no
auditor shall be appointed on this Annual General Meeting.
The Nomination Committee proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves that
the fixed remuneration for each director of the Board for the period until the
close of the next Annual General Meeting shall be unchanged. Due to the proposed
establishment of a new committee, however, the total Board remuneration shall be
increased from SEK 3,800,000 to SEK 3,875,000, for the period until the close of
the next Annual General Meeting, of which SEK 900,000 shall be allocated to the
Chairman of the Board, SEK 400,000 to each of the directors of the Board and
total SEK 575,000 for the work in the committees of the Board of Directors. The
Nomination Committee proposes that for work within the Audit Committee SEK
150,000 shall be allocated to the Chairman and SEK 75,000 to each of the other
three members. For work within the Remuneration Committee SEK 50,000 shall be
allocated to the Chairman and SEK 25,000 to each of the other two members.
Finally, the Nomination Committee proposes that for work within the New Ventures
Committee SEK 25,000 shall be allocated to each of the four members.
Furthermore, remuneration to the auditor shall be paid in accordance with
approved invoices.
The Nomination Committee proposes that the Annual General Meeting approves the
following procedure for preparation of the election of the Board of Directors
and auditor. The work of preparing a proposal on the directors of the Board and
auditor, in the case that an auditor should be elected, and their remuneration
as well as the proposal on the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting of 2011
shall be performed by a Nomination Committee. The Nomination Committee will be
formed during October 2010 in consultation with the largest shareholders of the
Company as per 30 September 2010. The Nomination Committee will consist of at
least three members representing the largest shareholders of the Company. The
Nomination Committee is appointed for a term of office commencing at the time of
the announcement of the third quarter report in 2010 and ending when a new
Nomination Committee is formed. The majority of the members of the Committee may
not be directors of the Board of Directors or employed by the Company. If a
member of the Committee resigns before the work is concluded, a replacement
member may be appointed after consultation with the largest shareholders of the
Company. However, unless there are special circumstances, there shall not be
changes in the composition of the Nomination Committee if there are only
marginal changes in the number of votes, or if a change occurs less than three
months prior to the Annual General Meeting. Cristina Stenbeck will be a member
of the Committee and will also act as its convenor. The members of the Committee
will appoint the Committee Chairman at their first meeting. The Nomination
Committee shall have the right to upon request receive personnel resources such
as secretarial services from the Company, and to charge the Company with costs
for recruitment consultants if deemed necessary.
DIVIDENDS (Item 8)
The Board of Directors proposes a dividend of SEK 3.00 per share. The record
date is proposed to be Thursday 20 May 2010. The dividend is estimated to be
paid out by Euroclear Sweden on 25 May 2010.
GUIDELINES FOR REMUNERATION TO THE SENIOR EXECUTIVES (Item 14)
The Board proposes the following guidelines for determining remuneration for
senior executives in the Group, to be approved by the Annual General Meeting
2010. Senior executives covered include the CEO and President in the parent
company, other senior executives in the parent company and the chief executives
of the different business areas within the Group. At present the number of
senior executives amounts to 6 individuals.
The remuneration to the senior executives shall consist of fixed salary,
variable salary, as well as the possibility to participate in a long-term
incentive programme and pension and other customary benefits. These components
shall create a well balanced remuneration which reflects individual performance
and which offers a competitive remuneration package adjusted to conditions on
the market.
· The fixed salary is revised yearly and based on the executive's competence and
area of responsibility.
· The variable salary may not exceed 50 percent of the fixed salary and is
calculated according to a combination of results achieved and individual
performances.
· Other benefits shall only constitute of a limited amount in relation to the
total remuneration and shall correspond to local practice.
· Pension premiums are paid to insurance companies within the framework of
defined contribution plans, with a maximum of 20 percent of the fixed salary and
a right to collect pension from the age of 65.
· In the event of notice of termination of employment being served by the
Company, there is entitlement to salary during a notice period of a minimum of
6 and a maximum of 18 months. Salary during the notice period is calculated
against salary received from a potential new employment.
In special circumstances, the Board may deviate from the above guidelines. In
such case, the Board is obligated to give account for the reason for the
deviation on the following Annual General Meeting.
PROPOSAL TO IMPLEMENT AN INCENTIVE PROGRAMME (item 15)
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves to
adopt a performance based incentive programme for senior executives and other
key employees within the Kinnevik Group in accordance with items 15(a) - 15(d)
below. All resolutions are proposed to be conditional upon each other and are
therefore proposed to be adopted in connection with each other.
Adoption of an incentive programme (item 15(a))
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves to
adopt a performance based incentive programme (the "Plan"). The Plan is proposed
to include in total approximately 25 senior executives and other key employees
within the Kinnevik Group. The participants in the Plan are required to own
shares in Kinnevik. These shares can either be shares already held or shares
purchased on the market in connection with notification to participate in the
Plan. Thereafter the participants will be granted, by the Company free of
charge, retention rights and performance rights on the terms stipulated below.
The proposed Plan has the same structure as the plan that was adopted at the
2009 Annual General Meeting.
For each share held under the Plan, the participants will be granted retention
rights and performance rights by the Company. Subject to fulfilment of certain
retention and performance based conditions during the period 1 April 2010 - 31
March 2013 (the "Measure Period"), the participant maintaining the employment
within the Kinnevik Group at the date of the release of the interim report for
the period January - March 2013 and subject to the participant maintaining the
invested shares, each right entitles the participant to receive one Class B
share in the Company. Dividends paid on the underlying share will increase the
number of retention and performance shares being allotted in order to treat the
shareholders and the participants equally.
The rights are divided into Series A; retention rights and Series B-F;
performance rights.
For employees in Kinnevik, the number of shares the participant will receive
depends on the fulfilment of defined retention and performance based conditions
during the Measure Period based on:
Series A Kinnevik's total shareholder return on the Class B share (TSR)
exceeding 0 percent.
Series B Kinnevik's average annual development of the net asset value
including dividends in relation to a 10 year government bond with a minimum
hurdle of plus 4 percentage points and a stretch target of plus 10 percentage
points.
Series C Kinnevik's average annual total shareholder return on the
Class B share (TSR) with a minimum hurdle of a TSR of at least SIX RX Total
Return index based on companies listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and a stretch
target of plus 6 percentage points.
Series D Average annual internal rate of return (IRR) on investments in
the business area New Ventures with a minimum hurdle of at least 15 percent and
a stretch target of 30 percent.
For employees in Korsnäs, the number of shares the participant will receive
depends on the fulfillment of defined retention and performance based conditions
during the Measure Period based on:
Series A-C Same as for employees in Kinnevik.
Series E Korsnäs' average return on operational capital employed with a
minimum hurdle of at least 10 percent and a stretch target of 15 percent.
Series F Korsnäs' average EBITDA margin in relation to peer group's
EBITDA margin during the calendar years 2010-2012 with a minimum hurdle of peer
group's EBITDA margin plus 2 percentage points and a stretch target of plus 5
percentage points. The peer group includes producers of fibre-based packaging
materials with similar products and geographic scope as defined by the Board of
Directors.
In total, the Plan is estimated to comprise up to 23,800 shares held by the
employees entitling up to 119,200 rights whereof 23,800 retention rights and
95,400 performance rights. The participants are divided into different groups,
and in accordance with the above principles and assumptions, the Plan will
comprise up to 4,000 invested shares and 7 rights per invested share for the CEO
of the parent company, up to 2,000 invested shares and 5.5 rights per invested
share for the CEO of Korsnäs, up to 1,500 invested shares and 5.5 rights per
invested share for category 1 (four senior executives in Kinnevik), up to 700
invested shares and 4 rights per invested share for category 2 (three key
employees in Kinnevik) and category 3 (11 other members of Korsnäs management
group) and up to 400 invested shares and 4 rights per invested share for
category 4 (five remaining participants in Kinnevik).
The participant's maximum profit per right in the Plan is limited to SEK 573.
The maximum dilution is 0.05 percent in terms of shares outstanding, 0.02
percent in terms of votes and 0.02 percent in terms of costs for the programme
as defined in IFRS 2 divided by Kinnevik's market capitalisation. The Plan may
give rise to costs for the Kinnevik Group in form of social security costs at
exercise and personnel expense in the income statement during the vesting
period.
The Board of Directors, or a committee established by the Board for these
purposes, shall be responsible for preparing the detailed terms and conditions
of the Plan, in accordance with the terms and guidelines resolved by the Annual
General Meeting. To this end, the Board of Directors shall be entitled to make
adjustments to meet foreign regulations or market conditions.
The objective of the Plan is to create conditions for retaining competent
employees in the Group. The Plan has been designed based on the view that it is
desirable that senior executives and other key employees within the Kinnevik
Group are shareholders. Participation in the Plan requires a personal investment
in Kinnevik shares, be it shares already held or shares purchased on the market
in connection with the Plan. Tying the employee's remuneration to the Company's
result and value creation will promote continued loyalty to the Company and
thereby long-term value creation. Against this background, the Board of
Directors is of the opinion that the adoption of an incentive programme as set
out above will have a positive effect on the Kinnevik Group's future development
and thus be beneficial for both the Company and its shareholders.
To ensure the delivery of Class B shares under the Plan, the Board of Directors
proposes that the General Meeting authorises the Board to resolve on a directed
issue of Class C shares to Nordea Bank AB (publ) in accordance with item 15(b),
and an authorisation for the Board of Directors to subsequently resolve to
repurchase the Class C shares from Nordea Bank AB (publ) in accordance with item
15(c). The Class C shares will then be held by the Company as treasury shares
during the vesting period, whereafter the appropriate number of Class C shares
will be reclassified into Class B shares and subsequently be delivered to the
participants under the Plan.
The above proposal is supported by major shareholders.
Authorisation to resolve to issue Class C shares (item 15(b))
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves to
authorise the Board, during the period until the next Annual General Meeting, to
increase the Company's share capital by not more than SEK 13,500 by the issue of
not more than 135,000 Class C shares, each with a ratio value of SEK 0.10. With
disapplication of the shareholders' preferential rights, Nordea Bank AB (publ)
shall be entitled to subscribe for the new Class C shares at a subscription
price corresponding to the ratio value of the shares. The purpose of the
authorisation and the reason for the disapplication of the shareholders'
preferential rights in connection with the issue of shares is to ensure delivery
of Class B shares to participants under the Plan.
Authorisation to resolve to repurchase Class C shares (item 15(c))
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves to
authorise the Board, during the period until the next Annual General Meeting, to
repurchase its own Class C shares. The repurchase may only be effected through a
public offer directed to all holders of Class C shares and shall comprise all
outstanding Class C shares. The purchase may be effected at a purchase price
corresponding to not less than SEK 0.10 and not more than SEK 0.11. Payment for
the Class C shares shall be made in cash. The purpose of the repurchase is to
ensure the delivery of Class B shares under the Plan.
Transfer of Class B shares (item 15(d))
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting resolves that
Class C shares that the Company purchases by virtue of the authorisation to
repurchase its own shares in accordance with Item 15(c) above may, following
reclassification into Class B shares, be transferred to participants in
accordance with the terms of the Plan.
AUTHORISATION FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO RESOLVE ON REPURCHASE OF OWN SHARES
(Item 16)
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting authorises the
Board of Directors to pass a resolution on one or more occasions for the period
up until the next Annual General Meeting on repurchasing so many Class A and/or
Class B shares that the Company's holding does not at any time exceed 10 percent
of the total number of shares in the Company. The repurchase of shares shall
take place on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and may only occur at a price within the
share price interval registered at that time, where share price interval means
the difference between the highest buying price and lowest selling price.
The purpose of the authorisation is to give the Board of Directors increased
flexibility to continuously decide on changes to the capital structure during
the year and thereby contribute to increased shareholder value.
SHARES AND VOTES
There are a total number of 277,448,190 shares in the Company, whereof
48,665,324 Class A shares, 228,492,866 Class B shares and 290,000 Class C
shares, corresponding to a total of 715,436,106 votes. The Company currently
holds 290,000 of its own Class C shares corresponding to 290,000 votes which
cannot be represented at the Annual General Meeting.
OTHER INFORMATION
Valid resolutions under items 15(b), 15(c) and 16 above require approval of
shareholders representing at least two-thirds of the shares and number of votes
represented at the Annual General Meeting. Valid resolutions under items 15(a)
and 15(d) above require approval of shareholders representing at least
nine-tenth of the shares and the numbers of votes represented at the Annual
General Meeting. Items 15 (a) - (d) are conditional upon each other. From Monday
3 May 2010 at the latest, the complete text of the proposals of the Board of
Directors will be made available at the Company's website www.kinnevik.se and at
the Company's premises at Skeppsbron 18 in Stockholm. Shareholders who wish to
receive these documents may notify the Company, whereupon the documents will be
sent by post or by e-mail.
The Annual General Meeting will mainly be held in Swedish. As a service to the
shareholders, simultaneous interpretation from Swedish to English as well as
from English to Swedish will be provided.
Schedule for the Meeting
9 a.m. The doors open for shareholders.
10 a.m. The Annual General Meeting commences.
Stockholm April, 2010
INVESTMENT AB KINNEVIK (PUBL)
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
For further information, visit www.kinnevik.se <http://www.kinnevik.se/> or
contact:
Torun Litzén, Director Investor Relations Phone +46 (0)8 562 000 83
Mobile +46 (0)70 762 00 83
Investment AB Kinnevik's objective is to increase shareholder value, primarily
through net asset value growth. Kinnevik manages a portfolio of investments
focused around three comprehensive business areas; Major Unlisted Holdings which
includes the cartonboard and paper company Korsnäs including shares in Bergvik
Skog, Major Listed Holdings which includes Millicom International Cellular,
Tele2, Modern Times Group MTG, Metro International and Transcom WorldWide, and
New Ventures which is active in finding new investments in small and mid sized
companies which has a significant growth potential. Kinnevik plays an active
role on the Boards of its holdings.
The Kinnevik's class A and class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Stockholm's list for large cap companies, within the financial and real estate
sector. The ticker codes are KINV A and KINV B.
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