{"id":451585,"date":"2021-03-05T05:25:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T10:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=451585"},"modified":"2021-03-05T05:25:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T10:25:55","slug":"notice-to-the-annual-general-meeting-of-swedish-match-ab-publ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/notice-to-the-annual-general-meeting-of-swedish-match-ab-publ\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice to the Annual General Meeting of Swedish Match AB (publ)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n STOCKHOLM<\/span>
\n \u00a0<\/b>, March 5, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — The shareholders of Swedish Match AB (publ), Reg. No. 556015-0756, are hereby notified of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Tuesday, April 13, 2021<\/span>. In light of the continued COVID-19 pandemic, the AGM will be conducted pursuant to so called mail-in procedures, meaning that no shareholders will attend the AGM in person or through proxy. Instead, shareholders can participate in the AGM by voting and submitting questions in advance pursuant to the instructions described below.<\/b><\/p>\n

In order to participate in the AGM, a shareholder must<\/p>\n

a. be registered in the register of shareholders maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB as of Thursday, April 1, 2021<\/span>, and<\/p>\n

b. notify attendance at the AGM no later than Monday, April 12, 2021<\/span>. The exercise of voting rights in accordance with the mail-in procedure will be considered as a notification from the shareholder to attend the meeting.<\/p>\n

Shareholders whose shares are registered in the names of banks or other nominees must temporarily register the shares in their own name in order to be entitled to participate in the AGM via the mail-in process. Shareholders who wish to register their shares in their own names must request that the nominee make such registration. Voting rights registration that has been requested by the shareholder in such time that the registration has been completed by the nominee no later than Wednesday April 7, 2021<\/span> will be taken into account in the preparation of the shareholders’ register. <\/p>\n

The shareholders may request in the advance voting form that a resolution on one or several of the matters on the proposed agenda below should be deferred to a so-called continued general meeting, which cannot be conducted solely by way of advance voting. Such general meeting shall take place if the Annual General Meeting so resolves or if shareholders with at least one tenth of all shares in the company so requests.<\/p>\n

\n A. Overview of Mail-In Procedures for the AGM<\/b>\n <\/p>\n

Due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic and in order to ensure the health and safety of the Company’s shareholders, employees and other stakeholders, the Board of Directors of Swedish Match AB has resolved on extraordinary meeting procedures pursuant to Section 22 of the temporary act on general meetings (2020:198) (the “Temporary Act”). Specifically, the following procedures will apply:<\/p>\n

1. The AGM will take place on Tuesday, April 13, 2021<\/span>. However, no shareholders, proxy holders or other external persons will be able to attend in person.<\/p>\n

2. Shareholders will only be able to participate in the AGM by voting on the matters and the proposals on the meeting agenda and submitting questions to the Company in advance. See Section B, below, for more details on how.<\/p>\n

3. The Agenda for the AGM is as set forth below in Section C, with certain items being further explained in Section D.<\/p>\n

4. There will be no webcast in connection with the AGM. A press release will be issued following the AGM informing of those material items that are approved by the AGM as soon as the outcome of the mail-in voting procedure has been finally established. Details of the actual voting results will be included in the minutes of the meeting and will be published within two weeks thereafter.<\/p>\n

At the time of the issue of this Notice of AGM, the total number of shares in the Company amounts to 162,200,000 shares, corresponding to 162,200,000 votes in total. The Company holds 4,241,628 shares as of the date of this notice which may not be represented at the Meeting.<\/p>\n

\n B. Process for Advanced Voting and Questions<\/b>\n <\/p>\n

A shareholder can exercise its shareholder’s rights at the AGM by in advance (A) voting on the items on the agenda of the AGM, and (B) submitting questions to the Company.<\/p>\n

Any registered shareholder intending to participate in the AGM (via advanced voting or questions), must submit the following information in connection with their respective submissions:<\/p>\n