The OMX Annual General Meeting (AGM) convened earlier today in Stockholm and
voted in favor of all resolutions proposed at the meeting, including:
The AGM approved the distribution of a dividend of SEK 6.50 to shareholders,
comprising of a regular dividend of SEK 4.50 per share and an extra dividend of
SEK 2.00 per share. The record date was determined as April 17, 2007. The
dividend is scheduled to be distributed on April 20, 2007.
The AGM discharged the members of the Board and the President from liability
for the fiscal year 2006.
The ordinary Board Members Urban Bäckström, Bengt Halse, Birgitta Klasén, Hans
Munk Nielsen och Markku Pohjola were re-elected. Lars Wedenborn och Birgitta
Kantola were elected as new members of the Board. Urban Bäckström was elected
Chaiman of the Board.
The audit firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers was elected auditor for OMX.
The AGM approved the 2007 compensation to the Board totaling SEK 2,250,000, of
which SEK 750,000 is paid to the Chairman, and SEK 250,000 is paid to each of
the other Board Members. The compensation for work in the committees of the
Board was approved at SEK 100,000 to the chairman of the Audit Committee, SEK
75,000 to the other members of the Audit Committee and SEK 50,000 to each
member of the Remuneration Committee.
The AGM approved the Board's proposals regarding the principles for
remuneration etcetera for the Executive Team, the Share Match Program 2007 for
key personnel, and the principles for election of the Nominating Committee.
Furthermore, the AGM decided to authorize the Board to make decisions regarding
repurchase and transfer of shares and the raising of certain loans.
The meeting endorsed the Board's appointment of Olof Stenhammar as Honorary
Chairman of OMX AB.
At the statutory meeting of the Board held in conjunction with the Annual
General Meeting, Hans Munk Nielsen (Chairman), Birgitta Kantola and Lars
Wedenborn were elected to the Audit Committee, and Urban Bäckström (Chairman),
Birgitta Klasén and Bengt Halse to the Remuneration Committee.
After the Annual General Meeting, resigning Chairman Olof Stenhammar was
honored.
For a detailed description of the approved proposals, please see the notice to
the AGM at www.omxgroup.com.
President and CEO Magnus Böcker's address to the meeting is available at
www.omxgroup.com.
For more information, please contact:
Niclas Lilja, Press Relations, OMX +46 8 405 63 95
About OMX | OMX is a leading expert in the exchange industry. Through the
Nordic Exchange, OMX offers access to approximately 80 percent of the Nordic
and Baltic securities market. The Nordic Exchange is a term used for marketing
purposes and is not a legal entity. It describes the common offering from the
Helsinki Stock Exchange, Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Stockholm Stock Exchange,
Iceland Stock Exchange, Tallinn Stock Exchange, Riga Stock Exchange and Vilnius
Stock Exchange. OMX' integrated technology solutions cross the transaction
chain enabling efficient securities transactions for over 60 exchange
organizations in more than 50 countries. OMX is a Nordic Large Cap company in
the Financials sector on the OMX Nordic Exchange. For more information, please
visit www.omxgroup.com
