The General Meeting is the highest decision-making body in a limited-liability company. It is at the General Meeting that all shareholders can exercise their right to decide on issues affecting the company and its operations.
Among the more salient tasks of the Annual General Meeting are to appoint the company’s Board of Directors and auditor, on proposals from a special nomination committee appointed by the Annual General Meeting. The authority and work of the General Meeting are primarily based on the Swedish Companies Act as well as on the Articles of Association adopted by the Meeting.
The company will announce the date and place for the Annual General Meeting in conjunction with the interim report for the third quarter at the latest. In accordance with the Articles of Association, a notice of the Annual General Meeting will be issued, not earlier than six weeks and not later than four weeks prior to the Meeting. The notice will be published in the Official Gazette (POIT) and in one of the Swedish daily newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet.
Shareholders wishing to participate in the Meeting must register with the company, not later than the date given in the notice.
Any shareholder who wishes to have a matter dealt with at an Annual General Meeting must submit a written request to the Board to that effect. The request must have been received by SCA not less than seven weeks prior to the Annual General Meeting, so that the matter may be included in the notice.
When the notice is issued, information regarding the proper manner and time in which registration for the General Meeting shall be made will be provided.