At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of DFDS A/S held
11 April 2002, the annual report, accounts and application
of profit for 2001 were adopted.
The proposals submitted in connection with the agenda
were adopted.
Ivar Samrén, manager, Svend Jakobsen, manager, Ingar
Skaug, managing director, Jill Lauritzen Melby, accounts
manager, and Anders Moberg, manager, were elected to the
Board of Directors.
KPMG C. Jespersen and Arthur Andersen were appointed
company auditors.
The recommended payment of a dividend of DKK 9 per share
was adopted, corresponding to a total payment of DKK 68
million.
A resolution was also passed authorizing the Board of
Directors to allow the Company – in the period until the
next annual meeting – to purchase own shares to a maximum
nominal value of 10% of the Company’s share capital, cf.
section 48 of the Danish Companies Act. The consideration
may not deviate by more than 10% from the buying price
quoted by the Copenhagen Stock Exchange at the time of
purchase.
No other information of significance was announced at
the annual meeting.
After the annual meeting, the Board elected Ivar Samrén
as Chairman and Svend Jakobsen as Deputy Chairman.
Yours faithfully,
DFDS A/S
Chr. Merrild
Chief Financial Officer