Annual General Meeting of Swedish Match AB (publ)
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
The shareholders of Swedish Match AB are hereby notified of the Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Tuesday April 27, 2010 at 16:30 (CET) at
Hotel Rival, Mariatorget 3, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Board of Directors proposes an increased dividend to 4.75 SEK per share. The
proposed record date for entitlement to receive a cash dividend is April
30, 2010.
The Board of Directors proposes that it be authorized to decide on the
acquisition, on one or more occasions prior to the next Annual General Meeting,
of a maximum of as many shares as may be acquired without the Company's holding
at any time exceeding 10 percent of all shares in the Company.
In addition the Board will also propose a reduction in the Company's share
capital of 31,037,085.04 SEK through withdrawal of 20,000,000 previously
repurchased shares, with a simultaneous bonus issue without issuing new shares,
of the corresponding amount to restore the share capital. Furthermore, the Board
will propose that the reduction be allocated to a fund for use in repurchasing
the Company's own shares.
The Nominating Committee of Swedish Match AB proposes re-election of Charles A.
Blixt, Andrew Cripps, Karen Guerra, Arne Jurbrant, Conny Karlsson, Kersti
Strandqvist and Meg Tivéus. Conny Karlsson is proposed to be re-elected as
Chairman of the Board and Andrew Cripps is proposed to be re-elected as Deputy
Chairman of the Board.
The Nominating Committee consists of Andy Brown (Cedar Rock Capital), Mads Eg
Gensmann (Parvus Asset Management), KG Lindvall (Swedbank Robur Funds), William
Lock (Morgan Stanley Investment Management) and the Chairman of the Board, Conny
Karlsson.
The complete notice of the Annual General Meeting can be found on the corporate
web site:www.swedishmatch.com
enclosed.
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For further information, please contact:
Henrik Brehmer, Senior Vice President Corporate Communications
Office +46 8 658 0452, Mobile +46 76 111 3414
Emmett Harrison, Senior Vice President Investor Relations and Corporate
Sustainability
Office +46 8 658 0173, Mobile +46 70 938 0173
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Swedish Match develops, manufactures and sells market-leading brands in
smokefree products, cigars and lights products. The Group sells products across
the globe, with production units in 10 countries. The Group's global operations
generated sales of 14,204 MSEK for the twelve month period ending December
31, 2009. The Swedish Match share is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm (SWMA).
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Swedish Match AB (publ), SE-118 85 Stockholm
Visiting address: Rosenlundsgatan 36, Telephone: +46 8 658 02 00
Corporate Identity Number: 556015-0756
www.swedishmatch.com
The following files are available for download:
[HUG#1396149]
Annual General Meeting of Swedish Match AB (publ): http://hugin.info/1228/R/1396149/352661.pdf
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