General meeting
The general meeting is Asker’s highest decision-making body, where shareholders exercise their decision-making power.
Annual general meetings
The annual general meeting must be held within six months of the end of each preceding financial year to consider, amongst other things, statutory accounts and reports, disposition of profit or loss and discharging the Board of Directors from liability.
Asker’s Articles of Association stipulate that notices convening the annual general meeting shall be published in the Official Swedish Gazette (Sw. Post- och Inrikes Tidningar) and be made available on Asker’s website. That such notice has been made, shall be published in the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Industri. The notice convening the annual general meeting must be published no earlier than six weeks and no later than four weeks prior to the meeting.
Extraordinary general meetings
Extraordinary general meetings are held when the Board of Directors considers such meetings appropriate or when either the auditor or shareholders representing at least one-tenth of all issued shares request such meeting in writing for a specified purpose. A notice convening an extraordinary general meeting will be announced no earlier than six weeks and no later than three weeks prior to the date of the extraordinary general meeting.
Right to participate in general meetings
Shareholders who wish to participate in a general meeting must be included in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB as of 6 banking days prior to the meeting, and notify Asker of their participation no later than the date stipulated in the notice convening the meeting. The manner in which to notify Asker is described in the notice convening the general meeting. Shareholders may attend a general meeting in person or by proxy and may be accompanied by a maximum of 2 assistants, whose participation must be notified as previously described. A shareholder may vote for all shares owned or represented by the shareholder.
Location
The annual general meeting of Asker will be held in Danderyd or Stockholm no later than six months after the end of the financial year. The time and venue for the meeting will be announced, at the latest, in connection with the quarterly report for the third quarter.
Shareholder initiatives
Shareholders who wish to have a matter dealt with at the general meeting may submit their proposals to the following addresses.
By email: [email protected]
By ordinary mail:
Asker Healthcare Group
Attn: General Counsel
Svärdvägen 3A
SE-182 33 Danderyd
Sweden
The matter shall be addressed at the general meeting if the request has been received by Asker no later than seven weeks prior to the general meeting, or after such date, if received in due time for the matter to be included in the notice of the general meeting.
