Notice of annual general meeting of the shareholders in Intrum Justitia AB (publ)The shareholders of Intrum Justitia AB (publ) are hereby summoned to the annual general meeting on Wednesday 23 April 2014, at 3.00 p.m. at Summit, Grev Turegatan 30, Stockholm, Sweden. Coffee is served from 2.00 p.m.
Participation
Shareholders who wish to participate in the annual general meeting shall
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be recorded as shareholders in the register of shareholders maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB (the Swedish Central Securities Depository) on Tuesday, 15 April 2014, and
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notify the company of their intention to participate in the meeting no later than on Tuesday, 15 April 2014.
The notification shall be made in writing to Intrum Justitia AB, “Årsstämma”, 105 24 Stockholm, by e-mail to agm@intrum.com or by phone +46 (8) 616 77 00. The notification shall include:
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name
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personal identity number / registration number
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address
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telephone number (daytime)
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registered shareholding
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information on potential assistants (maximum two)
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where applicable, information on deputies or representatives
Shareholders represented by proxy shall send the written, dated and signed proxy to the company in original in ample time before the annual general meeting. Attested copies of the certificate of registration (or equivalent authorization documents) evidencing the authority to issue the proxy, shall be enclosed if the proxy is issued by a legal entity. A proxy form is available on the company’s website, www.intrum.com.
Shareholders whose shares are nominee-registered shall, in order to participate in annual general meeting, temporarily register the shares in the shareholder’s own name. Such registration shall be effected by Euroclear Sweden AB not later than on Tuesday, 15 April 2014. This means that shareholders who wish to make such registration must notify the nominee well in advance of 15 April 2014.
Personal data obtained from notifications, proxies and the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB will be used for the necessary registration and preparation of the voting list for the annual general meeting.
The shareholders are reminded of their right to ask questions to the board and the managing director at the annual general meeting in accordance with Chapter 7 Section 32 of the Swedish Companies Act.
There are in total 74,744,651 shares and votes in the company at the time of the notice. At the day of adoption of the notice the company held 2,130,646 own shares.
Proposed Agenda
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Opening of the meeting
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Election of the chairman of the meeting
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Preparation and approval of the voting list
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Approval of the agenda
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Election of persons to verify the minutes (and to count votes)
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Determination as to whether the meeting has been duly convened
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a) Presentation of the board’s and the boards’ committees’ work
b) Presentation by the managing director
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Submission of the annual accounts and the auditor’s report, and consolidated accounts and auditor’s report on the consolidated accounts, for the financial year 2013
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Resolution on adoption of profit and loss statement and balance sheet and consolidated profit and loss statement and consolidated balance sheet
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Resolution on appropriation of profit
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Resolution on discharge of members of the board and managing director from liability for the administration of the company during the year 2013
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Determination of the number of board members and deputy board members. In connection hereto, a report on the work of the nomination committee
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Determination of remuneration to the members of the board and fees to the auditor
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Election of board members and deputy board members as well as chairman of the board
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Election of auditor
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Resolution regarding the nomination committee for 2015
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Resolution regarding guidelines for remuneration and other terms of employment for company management
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Proposal by the board to
a) Reduce the share capital by way of cancellation of repurchased own shares
b) Increase the share capital by way of a bonus issue
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Authorisation for the board to resolve on acquisition and transfer of own shares
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Conclusion of the annual general meeting
Nomination Committee
The company’s Nomination Committee consist of:
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Mats Gustafsson (Chairman), Lannebo Fonder
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Karl Åberg, CapMan Oyj
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Hans Hedström, Carnegie Fonder
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Anders Rydin, SEB Fonder
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Pia Axelsson, Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund
Lars Lundquist, chairman of the board, has been co-opted into the nomination committee.
Proposals by the Nomination Committee
Item 2
Lars Lundquist is proposed to be appointed chairman of the meeting.
Item 12
The board is proposed to consist of seven (7) board members with no deputy board members.
Item 13
The remuneration to the board and for committee work is proposed to amount to a total of SEK 3,520,000 and distributed as follows:
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SEK 840,000 to the chairman of the board (770,000)
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SEK 350,000 to each of the other board members (320,000)
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SEK 170,000 to the chairman of the audit committee (150,000)
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SEK 85,000 to each of the other two audit committee members (75,000)
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SEK 80,000 to each of the three members of the remuneration committee (70,000)
The total amount remains unchanged from the previous year as the board of directors is proposed to be reduced by one member.
Fees to the auditor are proposed to be paid in accordance with approved invoices.
Item 14
It is proposed to re-elect Lars Lundquist, Matts Ekman, Joakim Rubin, Charlotte Strömberg, Synnöve Trygg, Fredrik Trägårdh and Magnus Yngen for the period until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting.
Joakim Westh has declined re-election.
It is further proposed to re-elect Lars Lundquist as chairman of the board for the period until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting.
Item 15
It is proposed to elect EY AB, with the authorised auditor Lars Träff as the auditor in charge, for the period until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting.
Item 16
The nomination committee proposes that the meeting resolves upon principles for appointment of a nomination committee for the annual general meeting 2015 substantially in accordance with the following:
that the chairman of the board shall convene the five largest shareholders of the company based on the number of votes held at the end of August, who then shall have the right to appoint one member each to the nomination committee. If so requested, the nomination committee shall have the right to co-opt one additional member.
that the committee shall be chaired by one of its members. Not more than two of the committee’s members may be members of the company’s board. The chairman of the board shall present any matters regarding the board’s work that may be of importance for the nomination committee’s work, including, in relevant parts, inter alia an evaluation of the work of the board and the requirements and specific skills to be represented by the board members;
that individual shareholders in the company shall have the possibility to propose members of the board to the nomination committee for further assessment within its scope of work;
that information regarding the composition of the nomination committee shall be presented on the company’s website not later than six months before the annual general meeting 2015;
that the nomination committee shall have the right to charge the company for the costs of recruitment, if this is deemed necessary to obtain an adequate selection of candidates for the board;
that, in accordance with the requirements of the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance, the nomination committee shall present a statement with respect to their proposal regarding board composition in connection with the issue of notice to shareholders’ meetings; and
that the nomination committee shall prepare proposals in the below listed matters to be presented to the annual general meeting in 2015 for resolution:
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proposal for chairman of the annual general meeting,
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proposal for number of board members,
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proposal for board members,
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proposal for chairman of the board,
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proposal for auditor,
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proposal for fees to the chairman of the board, to each of the other board members and to the auditor,
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proposal for remuneration for committee work, to the chairman of the relevant committee and to each of the committee´s other members, and
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proposal for the criteria to be used in electing a new nomination committee.
Proposals by the board
Disposition of profit
Item 10
The board and the managing director propose that the profits at the disposal of the annual general meeting, consisting of share premium reserve of SEK 111,255,873 fair value reserve of SEK -748,754,299, accumulated profits of SEK 3,739,361,991 and the result for the year of SEK -90,149,191 in total amounting to SEK 3,011,714,374 is appropriated so that SEK 5.75 per share, in total SEK 451,644,549 is distributed to the shareholders and that the remaining balance of SEK 2,560,069,825 is carried forward. As record day for the dividend, the board proposes Monday, 28 April 2014. If the annual general meeting resolves in accordance with the proposal, the dividend is estimated to be paid out via Euroclear Sweden AB on Friday, 2 May 2014.
Guidelines for remuneration and other terms of employment for company management
Item 17
The board proposes that guidelines shall be applied for the time up until the annual general meeting 2015 and that the annual general meeting approves the principles. The proposal has been prepared by the board and the remuneration committee of the board and entails in short:
The total remuneration shall be competitive in every market where Intrum Justitia is active, so that competent and skilful employees can be attracted, motivated and retained. Individual remuneration level shall be based on competence, responsibility and performance.
The total remuneration may be based upon four main components; base salary, short-term variable salary programmes, long-term variable salary programmes and pension benefit.
The base salary is based upon the complexity of work and the individual´s performance and competence.
The variable salary programmes shall be capped. Payment under variable salary programmes shall be conditional on certain objectives being met, usually profitability related objectives or objectives related to the ongoing strategy transformation.
The cost for short-term variable salary programmes to the managing director and other key executives is estimated not to exceed SEK 14.6 million, excluding social security charges, in 2014.
The purpose of long-term variable salary programmes is to create a long term commitment to Intrum Justitia, to strengthen the overall perspective on Intrum Justitia and to offer the participants an opportunity to take part in Intrum Justitia’s long-term success and value creation. Such programmes shall be performance-based.
New pension plans shall be defined contribution-based and the size of the pensionable salary shall be capped.
The board shall have the possibility to deviate from the approved principles if special reasons exist in an individual case.
Proposal by the board to a) reduce the share capital by way of cancellation of repurchased own shares and b) increase the share capital by way of a bonus issue
Item 18
a) Reduction of the share capital by way of cancellation of repurchased own shares
The board proposes that the annual general meeting resolves to reduce the company’s share capital with a total of not more than SEK 94,893. The reduction shall be made by cancellation of not more than 4,774,651 shares repurchased by the company under the authorisation granted by the annual general meeting 2013 (the company does not hold any further own shares) to be transferred to a fund to be used as decided by the general meeting. The exact reduction amount and number of shares proposed to be cancelled will be presented in the complete proposal that will be held available not later than 2 April 2014.
b) Increase of the share capital by way of bonus issue
With the purposes to restore the share capital after the proposed reduction of the share capital as set out above, the board proposes that the annual general meeting simultaneously resolves to increase the share capital by way of a bonus issue with an amount corresponding to not less than the amount the share capital is being reduced with by way of cancellation of shares as set out above and for adjustment of the share’s quota value. No new shares shall be issued in connection with the bonus issue
The board of directors or the person appointed by the board shall be entitled to make such minor adjustments to the above resolutions as may be required to register the resolutions with the Swedish Companies Registration Office or Euroclear Sweden AB and to take the measures required to execute the resolutions.
Resolutions by the annual general meeting in accordance with item 18a) – b) above shall be adopted as a joint decision. A resolution shall be valid only where supported by not less than two-thirds of both the votes cast and of the shares represented at the meeting.
Authorisation to the board to resolve on acquisition and transfer of own shares
Item 19 In order to give the board flexibility to, during the period until the next annual general meeting, resolve upon changes of the capital structure of the company and thereby create an increased shareholder value it is proposed by the board that:
that the annual general meeting authorises the board to, during the period until the next annual general meeting and on one or more occasions, resolve on acquisition of own shares corresponding to a holding by the company, at any given time, which does not exceed 10 per cent of all shares in the company. Buy-back of shares shall be made on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and only at a price which is within the interval at any time recorded and this shall refer to the interval between the highest buying price and the lowest selling price; and
that the annual general meeting authorises the board to, during the period until the next annual general meeting and on one or more occasions, resolve on transfer of own shares for, or in connection with, or as a consequence of acquisition of companies, businesses or debt portfolios.
A resolution shall be valid only where supported by not less than two-thirds of both the votes cast and of the shares represented at the meeting.
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Accounts and auditor’s report for the financial year 2013, the nomination committee’s complete proposals regarding items 14 and 16, the board’s complete proposals regarding items 17, 18 and 19, the board’s statements in accordance with Chapter 18, Section 4, Chapter 19, Section 22 and Chapter 20, Section 13 of the Swedish Companies Act and the auditor’s statement whether the board’s guidelines for remuneration to key executives have been applied will not later than 2 April 2014 be held available at the company’s office at Hesselmans Torg 14 in Nacka, Sweden, and on the company’s website www.intrum.com, and will be sent to the shareholders who request this and who inform the company of their postal address.
Stockholm in March 2014
The board of Intrum Justitia AB (publ)
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