Work of the Board of Directors
The Board is regulated by the Swedish Companies Act, the company’s Articles of Association and after the listing on Nasdaq Stockholm also the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance
Role of the Board
The Board of Directors is the Company’s second-highest decision making body after the Annual General Meeting, AGM. The duties of the Board of Directors are primarily set forth in the Swedish Companies Act, the Company’s articles of association and the Code. In addition, the work of the Board of Directors is guided by the instructions from the general meeting as well as the rules of procedure of the board of directors. The rules of procedure of the Board of Directors govern the division of work within the Board of Directors. The board adopts instructions for the committees of the board of directors, an instruction for the CEO, including an instruction for the financial reporting to the board.
Responsibilities of the board
The board of directors is responsible for the organisation and the management of the Company’s matters, which, among other things, entails a responsibility for outlining overall, long-term strategies and objectives, budgets and business plans, establishing guidelines to ensure that the operations create value in the long term, reviewing and establishing the accounts, making decisions on issues regarding investments and sales, capital structure and distribution policy, developing and adopting material policies, ensuring that control systems exist for monitoring that policies and guidelines are followed, ensuring that there are systems for monitoring and controlling the operations and risks, significant changes in the organisation and operations, appointing the CEO and, in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the general meeting, setting remuneration and other terms of employment benefits for the CEO and other senior executives. The chair of the board of directors is responsible for ensuring that the board of directors’ work is carried out efficiently and that the board of directors fulfils its obligations.
Board meetings
The board of directors meet according to an annual predetermined schedule. In addition to ordinary board meetings, board meetings may be convened where the chair considers it to be necessary or a board member or the CEO so requests.