Nomination committee’s proposal to composition of the Board
The Nomination Committee of Meda AB proposes the election of Lars Westerberg as new board member. The committee also proposes re-election of Maria Carell, Peter Claesson, Peter von Ehrenheim, Marianne Hamilton, Tuve Johannesson and Anders Lönner as board members. Bert-Åke Eriksson is proposed to be re-appointed as board chairman. Anders Waldenström has declined re-election to the board.
Lars Westerberg is currently Chairman of the Board at Husqvarna and board member of Volvo AB, Sandvik AB, SSAB and Stena AB. He was previously CEO of Autoliv Inc. Lars Westerberg is born 1948 and holds a Masters of Science and a BBA.
The nomination committee for the AGM 2012 consists of Evert Carlsson (Swedbank Robur Funds), Bengt Belfrage (Nordeas Funds), Marcus Lüttgen (Alecta), Bert-Åke Eriksson (Meda’s chairman of the board) and Karl-Magnus Sjölin (Stena Sessan).
The nomination committee's other proposals concerning the chairman of the meeting, remuneration and the method used to appoint the nomination committee will be disclosed on the website and in the notice of the Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting of Meda AB will be held on May 9, 2012 at 17.00 CET at Meda AB, Pipers väg 2A, Solna.
For further inquiries, please contact:
Anders Larnholt, Vice President Corporate Development & IR ph: +46 709-458 878
Karl-Magnus Sjölin, Chairman of the Nomination Committee ph: +46 31-774 35 35
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