The shareholders of
In order to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus and to comply with regulations and general guidelines issued by the authorities, the EGM will, in accordance with temporary legislation, be held only by postal voting. Shareholders will not be able to physically attend the EGM in person or by proxy. Instead, Securitas welcomes shareholders to participate in the EGM by voting in advance as described below.
A. Right to participate
Shareholders who wish to attend the EGM must:
(i) be recorded in the share register maintained by
(ii) give notice of their intention to participate no later than
In order to participate in the proceedings of the EGM, owners with nominee-registered shares must in addition to giving notice of participation by submitting a postal vote, request their bank or broker to have their shares temporarily owner-registered with
Postal voting
The Board has decided that shareholders shall be able to exercise their voting rights only by postal voting in accordance with section 22 of the Act (2020:198) on temporary exceptions to facilitate the execution of general meetings in companies and other associations.
A special form must be used for the postal vote. The form for postal voting is considered as the notification of participation at the EGM and is available on the company's website www.securitas.com/egm2020. Completed and signed forms can be sent (i) by mail to
Shareholders who are natural persons may also submit their votes through verification with BankID in accordance with instructions at
The postal vote (completed form/electronic vote) must be received by Euroclear no later than
For questions about the postal voting, please contact
Proxies
Proxy holders and representatives of legal persons shall submit papers of authorization enclosed with the form. Proxy forms are available at the company's website www.securitas.com/egm2020.
B. Agenda
1. Election of Chair of the Meeting.
2. Preparation and approval of the voting list.
3. Approval of the agenda.
4. Election of one or two person(s) to approve the minutes.
5. Determination of compliance with the Rules of Convocation.
6. Resolution on dividend and record date.
7. Resolution to amend the Articles of Association.
Item 1 - Election of Chair of the Meeting
The Board proposes that
Item 2 - Preparation and approval of the voting list
The voting list proposed to be approved is the voting list that has been prepared by
Item 4 - Election of one or two person(s) to approve the minutes
The Board proposes that
Item 6 - Proposal for dividend and record date
The Board proposes a dividend for the financial year 2019 of
According to the balance sheet adopted by the Annual General Meeting 2020, the company's unappropriated earnings amounted to
At the disposal of the EGM is thereby a total amount of
Item 7 - Proposal to amend the Articles of Association
As a result of legislative amendments, the Board proposes that the company's Articles of Association is amended as follows:
Present wording Proposed wording
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The name of the company is
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The business name of the company (Sw. foretagsnamn) is
Present wording Proposed wording
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A shareholder, who wants to take part in the negotiations at a General Meeting, must be registered in a transcript or other presentation of the share register relating to the facts which were recorded five (5) weekdays before the General Meeting and must give notice to the company not later than the day mentioned in the notice convening the meeting, before
At the General Meeting, a shareholder is entitled to be accompanied by one or two assistants; however, only if the shareholder gives notice hereof to the company according to what is prescribed in the previous paragraph. (*) 9
A shareholder, who wants to take part in the negotiations at attend a General Meeting, must be registered in a transcript or other presentation of the share register relating to the facts which were recorded five (5) weekdays before on the record date for the General Meeting, which is established in accordance with the Swedish Companies Act, and must give notice to the company not later than the day mentioned in the notice convening the meeting, before
At the General Meeting, a shareholder is entitled to be accompanied by one or two assistants; however, only if the shareholder gives notice hereof to the company according to what is prescribed in the previous paragraph.
Present wording Proposed wording
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The shares of the company shall be registered in a CSD register in accordance with the Financial Instruments Accounts Act (1998:1479). 13 (*)
The shares of the company shall be registered in a CSD register in accordance with the Swedish Central Securities Depositories and Financial Instruments Accounts Act (1998:1479).
Further, the Board proposes some minor editorial changes and that the President and CEO shall be authorized to make the minor adjustments to the above resolution that may prove to be necessary in connection with the registration of the articles of association with the Swedish Companies Registration Office. In order for the resolution under this item 7 to be valid, it must be supported by shareholders representing at least two-thirds of the votes cast as well as the shares represented at meeting.
C. Available Documentation etc.
The Boards' complete proposals are set out above. The following documentation will be available at the company and on the company website www.securitas.com/egm2020 no later than
D. Shareholders' right to receive information
The Board and the President and CEO shall, if a shareholder so requests and the Board considers that this can be done without significant harm to the company, give information on such circumstances that may affect the assessment of a matter on the agenda. A request for such information shall be made in writing to
E. Number of shares and votes in the company
At the date of this notice, the total number of shares in the company amounts to 365,058,897, of which 17,142,600 are shares of series A and 347,916,297 are shares of series B. Each series A share entitles the holder to ten votes and each series B share entitles the holder to one vote. The total number of votes in the company amounts to 519,342,297.
The company's holding of own shares, as of the date of this notice, is 125,000 shares of series B.
F. Processing of personal data
For information on how your personal data is processed in connection with the EGM, see https://www.euroclear.com/dam/ESw/Legal/Privacy-notice-bolagsstammor-engelska.pdf.
the Board of Directors
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