General Meeting 2024
Boliden’s Annual General Meeting was held on April 23, 2024 live in Boliden and through postal voting. The AGM was combined with the opportunity for a guided tour of the Långdal reclamation project and to the Hötjärn tailings facility. An exhibition about Boliden's centennial 2024 was held in a facility next to the AGM venue.
Board of Directors
The Meeting resolved on the re-election of all Board Members – Helene Biström, Tomas Eliasson, Per Lindberg, Perttu Louhiluoto, Elisabeth Nilsson, Pia Rudengren and Karl-Henrik Sundström, and the new election of Derek White. Karl-Henrik Sundström was re-elected as Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors and the President & CEO were granted discharge from liability for the 2023 financial year.
Fees
The Meeting resolved that the remuneration to the Chairman of the Board shall be SEK 2,025,000 and SEK 675,000 to Board Members not employed by the company; that the fee for the Chairman of the Audit Committee shall be SEK 300,000 and SEK 160,000 for the other members of the Audit Committee, and that the fee shall be SEK 80,000 for the members of the Remuneration Committee.
Remuneration etc. for the Group Management
The Meeting resolved to adopt the remuneration report issued by the Board of Directors.
Adoption of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet and Appropriation of Profits
The income statements and balance sheets of the Parent Company and the Group were adopted and the Board of Directors’ proposal regarding the appropriation of profits was approved. The Meeting resolved to approve the payment of a dividend to the shareholders of SEK 7.50 per share and Thursday, April 25, 2024 as the record day for dividends. The dividend is scheduled for disbursal to the shareholders through the agency of Euroclear Sweden AB on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Nomination Committee
Lennart Francke (Swedbank Robur Fonder), Karin Eliasson (Handelsbanken Fonder) and Patrik Jönsson (SEB fonder) were appointed as members of the Nomination Committee.
Auditor
The accounting firm Deloitte AB was re-elected as auditor for the period up to and including the next Annual General Meeting.
Long-term incentive programme 2024/2027
The Meeting resolved on a long-term share savings programme 2024/2027 ("LTIP 2024/2027") aimed at the CEO, members of the Group Management, General Managers and certain other key employees in the Boliden Group. The Board of Directors was authorized to resolve on acquisitions of treasury shares on Nasdaq Stockholm and that treasury shares may be transferred to the participants in the LTIP 2024/2027.
Minutes
The minutes with complete resolutions from the Meeting will be available on the company’s website at https://www.boliden.com under ”Operations/Governance/
General Meetings”. A copy of the minutes, except for the voting list, will also be sent to shareholders who request it from the company and who provide their postal address.
Speech by the President and CEO
A speech by the President and CEO Mikael Staffas is available on the following link: https://boliden.videosync.fi/2024-04-23-agm
(only in Swedish)
For further information, please contact:
Klas Nilsson
Director Group Communications
tel. 070-4536588