At Catena's Annual General Meeting on 23 April 2026 the general meeting approved, among other things, the Board of Directors' proposal for a dividend for 2025 of SEK 9.50 per share.
23 April 2026, 5.35 p.m. CEST
Catena AB (publ) held this year's Annual General Meeting today, 23 April 2026, Radisson Blu Metropol Hotel, Carl Krooks Gata 16, in Helsingborg.
At the Annual General Meeting, the annual report, audit report, consolidated accounts, and audit report for the consolidated accounts for 2025 were presented. The result- and balance sheets contained in the documents were adopted. In accordance with the Board of Directors' proposal, the general meeting resolved that a dividend of SEK 9.50 per share be paid, to be disbursed on two occasions, each at SEK 4.75 per share. The record dates for receipt of the dividend were determined to be 27 April 2026 and 27 October 2026. Payment is expected to be made via Euroclear Sweden AB 3 banking days after each respective record date.
The Annual General Meeting resolved that the Company's Board of Directors shall consist of six ordinary Board Members with no deputies. In accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal, the Annual General Meeting re-elected Lennart Mauritzson, Hélène Briggert, Vesna Jovic, Joost Uwents and Katarina Wallin as ordinary Board Members, and newly elected Karl Thorngren as an ordinary Board Member, and re-elected Lennart Mauritzson as Chairman of the Board. The registered accounting firm KPMG AB was re-elected as auditor, which has announced that the authorised auditor Camilla Alm-Andersson is appointed as the principal auditor. The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal to adopt mainly unchanged instructions for the Nomination Committee. The Nomination Committee will consist of representatives of the four largest shareholders at the beginning of October (previously September). The Annual General Meeting granted the Board Members and the CEO discharge from liability for 2025.
The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with the Nomination Committee's proposal on remuneration to the Board of Directors of SEK 2,030,000 (previously SEK 2,120,000) distributed with SEK 500,000 (previously SEK 460,000) to the Chairman and SEK 250,000 (previously SEK 230,000) to each of the other Board Members who are not employed by the Company. For work on the Remuneration Committee, additional remuneration of SEK 80,000 (SEK 80,000) was resolved, to be distributed with SEK 40,000 (SEK 40,000) to the chairman of the committee and with SEK 20,000 (SEK 20,000) to each of the other two members; for the Audit and Sustainability Reporting Committee, remuneration of SEK 200,000 (SEK 200,000) was resolved, to be distributed with SEK 100,000 (SEK 100,000) to the chairman of the committee and SEK 50,000 (SEK 50,000) to each of the other two members. Remuneration to the auditor was decided to be paid according to approved invoicing. The Annual General Meeting approved the Board's proposal for remuneration guidelines for senior executives and the remuneration report was approved.
The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board in accordance with the presented proposals, to acquire and sell the Company's own shares, as well as to resolve on the issuance of new shares or of convertibles. Acquisitions of shares, together with the number of newly issued shares, respectively disposals, may not in total exceed 1/10 of all the company's shares and decisions may be made on one or more occasions. New issuance may be made with or without preferential rights for shareholders and with or without provisions regarding payment in kind or set-off. New issuance shall be conducted on market terms.
For further information, please contact
Lennart Mauritzson, Chairman, Tel. 072-570 80 80
Jörgen Eriksson, CEO, Tel. 0730-70 22 42, jorgen.eriksson@catena.se
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