The Annual General Meeting of Investment AB Latour (publ) on 10 May 2012 decided the following:
- to distribute of a dividend of SEK 4.50 per share as well as an extra dividend of SEK 1.50 per share, i.e. in total SEK 6 per share,
- to re-elect Anders Böös, Mariana Burenstam Linder, Anders G. Carlberg, Carl Douglas, Elisabeth Douglas, Eric Douglas, Fredrik Palmstierna, Jan Svensson and Caroline af Ugglas to the board. Fredrik Palmstierna was elected chairman of the board,
- to appoint ÖhrlingsPricewaterhouseCoopers company accountant until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2013,
- to give the board, for the period until the next Annual General Meeting, authorization to decide on the repurchase own shares up to a maximum of 10 percent of the share capital as well as the transfer of own shares as payment for acquisitions and/or to use these in connection with the company?s call option program,
- to authorize the board to offer senior officers and others the opportunity to acquire call options on market terms for a maximum of 250,000 B shares, corresponding to no more than 0.16 percent of the total number of company shares. The decision means that shares can be sold with a deviation from shareholders? preferential rights according the conditions for the call options,
- that the nominating committee shall be elected by the Annual General Meeting. Gustaf Douglas, (chairman), Björn Karlsson and Per Erik Mohlin were elected to serve until the Annual General Meeting 2013.
The board's decision to use its repurchase authorization
The board decided at the following constitutional board meeting to use its repurchase authorization to buy back Latour shares. The shares may be acquired from 11 May 2012 until the next Annual General Meeting for a price within the registered price interval on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm at the time of acquisition.
Gothenburg 2012-05-11
For further information please contact
CEO Jan Svensson or
CFO Anders Mörck, tel. +46 31-89 17 90