The Annual General Meeting of DFDS A/S was held today, 20 April 2006. The AGM approved the annual report and distribution of profits for 2005.
The proposals submitted according to the agenda were approved.
The following were re-elected to the board of directors: Director Ivar Samrén, Chief Accountant Jill Lauritzen Melby, Managing Director Ingar Skaug and Group Director Anders Moberg. Group Director Lene Skole and Group Manager Vagn Sørensen were elected as new members.
The board was authorised – until the next AGM – to acquire shares in the company worth up to a total of 10% of the nominal value of its share capital, as per the Danish Public Limited Companies Act, Section 48. The price must not deviate by more than 10% from the buying price quoted at the time of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In addition to the main points on the agenda, the chairman Ivar Samrén also informed the AGM of the appointment of the new CEO, Niels Smedegaard, who succeeds Ole Frie, Managing Director, at the end of the year. Please see the separate Stock Exchange Announcement on this subject issued at 16:00.
No other significant information was divulged at the annual general meeting.
After the AGM, a constituent board meeting was held at which Ivar Samrén was re-elected as chairman and Vagn Sørensen was elected vice-chairman of the board.
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For further information, contact CEO Ole Frie, telephone +45 3342 3400, or CFO Chr. Merrild, telephone +45 3342 3201