STOCKHOLM, March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
Essity today held the Annual General Meeting.
The Meeting approved the Parent Company income statement and
balance sheet and the consolidated income statement and
consolidated balance sheet for 2020.
The Meeting resolved in accordance with the Board of Director's
proposal and decided on a dividend of SEK
6.75 per share for the 2021 fiscal year. The record date for
the dividend is Monday, March 29,
2021. Payment through Euroclear Sweden AB is scheduled for
Thursday, April 1, 2021.
The Meeting resolved that the remuneration to each director
elected by the meeting and who is not employed by the company is to
be SEK 815,000 and the Chairman of
the Board of Directors is to receive SEK
2,445,000. Members of the Remuneration Committee are each to
receive an additional remuneration of SEK
120,000, while the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee is
to receive an additional remuneration of SEK
150,000. Members of the Audit Committee are each to receive
an additional remuneration of SEK
280,000, while the Chairman of the Audit Committee is to
receive an additional remuneration of SEK
400,000. Remuneration to the auditor is to be paid according
to approved invoice.
The Annual General Meeting also resolved in accordance with the
Board of Director's proposal on guidelines for remuneration to
senior executives and approved the Board of Director's remuneration
report.
The Board of Directors and the CEO were granted discharge from
liability for the 2020 fiscal year.
Board members Ewa Björling, Pär Boman, Annemarie Gardshol,
Magnus Groth, Bert Nordberg, Louise
Svanberg, Lars Rebien Sørensen and Barbara Milian
Thoralfsson were re-elected. Torbjörn Lööf was elected as a new
director. Pär Boman was re-elected Chairman of the Board.
Ernst & Young AB was appointed the company's auditor for a
mandate period until the end of the 2022 Annual General
Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to
decide on buy-back of Essity B shares and to transfer shares bought
back by the company in connection with acquisitions. These
authorizations are valid until the next Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting voted in favour of the Board of
Director's proposal to amend the Articles of Association.
The meeting was, based on temporary legislation, held only by
advance voting (postal voting) without physical attendance.
Minutes from the Annual General Meeting will be available on the
company website, www.essity.com, within two weeks.
For further information, please contact:
Per Lorentz, Vice President
Corporate Communications, +46 8 788 52 51,
per.lorentz@essity.com
Johan Karlsson, Vice President
Investor Relations, +46 8 788 51 30,
johan.ir.karlsson@essity.com
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