News release from the 2014 Annual Meeting of shareholders of G & L Beijer AB

Today, 24 April 2014, G & L Beijer AB (publ), under a change of name to Beijer
Ref AB (publ), held its Annual Meeting of shareholders for the 2013 financial
year. The Annual Meeting adopted the profit and loss accounts and balance sheets
for the Group and the parent company for 2013, The Board Members and the
Managing Director were discharged from liability.

The Annual Meeting endorsed the Board of Directors’ proposal for a dividend of
SEK 4.75 per share for the 2013 financial year and 29 April 2014 as the record
day. The dividend is expected to be remitted by Euroclear Sweden AB on 5 May
2014.

In his speech at the Annual Meeting, the Managing Director of G & L Beijer, Per
Bertland, gave an account of the company’s operation during 2013 and for the
first quarter of 2014.

In addition, the Annual Meeting of shareholders passed the following
resolutions:

That the lawyer Johan Sigeman is appointed as Chairman of the Annual Meeting.

That the Board of Directors shall consist of seven Board Members and no Deputy
Board Members.

That Peter Jessen Jürgensen, Anne-Marie Pålsson, Bernt Ingman, Joen Magnusson,
Philippe Delpech, Harald Link and William Striebe are re-elected as Board
Members and that Bernt Ingman is elected as Chairman of the Board.

That the Directors’ fees shall be SEK 1,580,000. The Chairman will receive SEK
500,000 and the Board

Members who are not employed in the company or within the Carrier Group will
receive SEK 270,000 each.

That the remuneration of the Auditors will be paid in accordance with the
submitted quotation.

That the registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers AB, Malmö, is
re-elected, with the

Authorised Public Accountant, Lars Nilsson, as auditor in charge.

That the Annual Meeting shall pass a resolution regarding rules for nomination
ahead of an Annual Meeting of shareholders, to apply until a resolution to
change the rules is passed by the Annual Meeting, substantially as follows.

The Election Committee shall consist of one representative of each of the four,
by number of votes, largest shareholders and the Chairman of the Board. If any
of the four largest shareholders refrains from appointing a Member, the right
shall pass on to the shareholder who is next in size. If a Member no longer
represents one of the four largest owners, that Member may, if the Election
Committee considers it appropriate, resign an and a substitute may be appointed
by the owner who has then become the fourth largest. The names of the four
Members and the shareholders they represent shall be announced no later than six
months prior to the Annual Meeting and shall be based on the known number of
votes on the last banking day in August the year prior to the Annual Meeting.
The Members of the Election Committee shall appoint the Chairman of the Election
Committee, who cannot be a Board Member. No special remuneration shall be paid
for the work in the Election Committee. Any changes in the composition of the
Election Committee shall be announced at once. The term of the Election
Committee continues until a new Election Committee is appointed.

That the guidelines for remuneration and other terms of employment for senior
executives are adopted as follows. Senior executives on President and Executive
Vice President level are currently four individuals. The remuneration shall
consist of a fixed salary, a variable salary, a pension and other remuneration
such as a company car. The total remuneration shall be on market terms and
support the interest of the shareholders by enabling the company to attract and
retain senior executives. The fixed salary is renegotiated annually and takes
into account the area of responsibility, competence, performance and experience
of the individual. The variable part of the salary is based on the outcome in
relation to set financial targets. The individual will receive a maximum amount
equivalent to six months’ salary. On the maximum outcome, the cost for the
variable salary is estimated to amount to approximately SEK 4.4M in total. The
pension scheme is contribution-based. An amount equivalent to 26 per cent of the
gross is appropriated annually for the Managing Director of G & L Beijer AB, and
an amount not higher than 24 per cent of the gross salary is allocated annually
for the other Swedish senior executives. Senior executives located outside of
Sweden may be subject to other conditions due to foreign legislation and market
practices.

If terminated by the company, the Managing Director of G & L Beijer AB receives
12 months’ salary and a 26 % insurance premium to pension along with a severance
pay of 12 months’ salary. No severance pay will be paid if the Managing Director
resigns by himself. If terminated by the company, the senior executives receive
between 3 -12 months’ salary. The senior executives can resign with six months’
notice. Notice of termination by the senior executives does not trigger any
severance pay. The Board of Directors prepares matters of remuneration and other
terms of employment for the senior executives and the Board of Directors as a
whole constitutes the Remuneration Committee. The Managing Director does not
participate in the work. The Board of Directors may abandon these guidelines if
there are specific reasons for it in an individual case.

That the articles of association were altered in order that the name of the
company shall be Beijer Ref AB (publ). The resolution also includes an
authorization for the Managing Director to make minor adjustments to the
resolution of the Annual Meeting that may be required in connection with the
registration of the resolution with the Swedish Companies Registration Office.


Malmö, 24 April 2014
Board of Directors
G & L Beijer AB (publ)



For further information, please contact:
Per Bertland, CEO
G & L Beijer AB
Telephone +46 40-35 89 00
Mobile +46 705-98 13 73

or
Jonas Lindqvist, CFO
Telephone +46 40-35 89 00
Mobile +46 705-90 89 04

G & L Beijer is a technology-oriented trading Group which, through added-value
products, offers competitive solutions for its customers within refrigeration
and air conditioning.