Annual General Meeting of Swedish Match AB (publ)
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, and is also enclosed.
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
