General Meetings

The General Meeting of Billerud is the highest decision-making body through which the shareholders exercise their influence over the company. The powers and duties of the General Meeting are regulated by the Swedish Companies Act and the Articles of Association.

The Annual General Meeting resolves on adoption of the year’s balance sheet and profit and loss account, dividends, election of Board members and auditors, fees to Board members and auditors, and other items of business as prescribed by the Swedish Companies Act and the Articles of Association. The Annual General Meeting also decides on the procedure for appointing the Nomination Committee for the next Annual General Meeting.

Billerud's annual general meeting 2024

Billerud's Annual General meeting will be held on Wednesday May 21st 2024 at 15:00 (3pm) at 7A Posthuset, Palmsalen, Vasagatan 28 in Stockholm.

Coffee and cake will be served from 14:00 (2pm).

Participation at the meeting venue

Shareholders who wish to attend the annual general meeting at the meeting venue, in person or by proxy, must give notice of their participation to the company no later than Wednesday 15 May 2024 and be recorded as a shareholder in the presentation of the share register (maintained by Euroclear Sweden) concerning the circumstances on Monday 13 May 2024 (the so called “record date”). Notice of participation may be submitted by mail to Billerud AB (publ), “Annual General Meeting 2024”, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, P.O box 191, SE-101 23 Stockholm, Sweden, or by telephone to +46 8202 90 62, or on https://anmalan.vpc.se/EuroclearProxy.

Participation through postal voting

A dedicated form shall be used for the postal vote. The form is available under the heading "AGM 2024 documents” below. The completed and signed form must be received by Euroclear Sweden (administrating the forms on behalf of Billerud) no later than Wednesday 15 May 2024. The completed form can be submitted electronically, either by BankID verification via Euroclear Sweden’s website in accordance with instructions on https://anmalan.vpc.se/EuroclearProxy or by sending the completed and signed form by e-mail to generalmeetingservice@euroclear.com. The completed and signed form may also be sent by mail to Billerud Aktiebolag (publ), "Annual General Meeting 2024", c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, P.O. Box 191, SE-101 23 Stockholm, Sweden.

Further instructions can be found on the postal voting form and on Euroclear Sweden’s website at https://anmalan.vpc.se/EuroclearProxy.

Proxies

If the shareholder submits its postal vote by proxy, a written and dated power of attorney shall be enclosed to the postal voting form. A template proxy form is available under the heading "AGM 2024 documents" below. If the shareholder is a legal entity, a registration or a corresponding document for the legal entity shall be enclosed with the postal voting form.

Nominee-registered shares (voting rights registration)

In order to be entitled to participate in the annual general meeting, shareholders whose shares are registered in the name of a nominee must, in addition to giving notice of participation, register such shares in their own name so that the shareholder is recorded in the presentation of the share register as of Monday 13 May 2024. Such registration may be temporary (so-called voting rights registration), and is requested from the nominee in accordance with the nominee's routines, and at such time in advance as determined by the nominee.

Voting rights registrations that have been effectuated by the nominee no later than Wednesday 15 May 2024 will be taken into account in the presentation the share register for the annual general meeting.

AGM 2024 documents

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