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FINANCIAL CALENDAR
annual General Meeting 25 November 2009
First quarter (1 Sep–30 Nov) 18 December 2009
Second quarter (1 Dec–28 Feb) 23 March 2010
Third quarter (1 March –31 May) 23 June 2010
Fourth quarter (1 June –31 aug) 28 September 2010
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The annual General Meeting of Kappahl holding
aB (publ) will be held on Wednesday 25
November 2009 at 10.00 at Kappahl’s head
office, Idrottsvägen 14 in Mölndal.
Right to participate
Shareholders wishing to participate in the
meeting must be registered in the share register
kept by Euroclear Sweden aB (formerly VpC)
no later than Thursday 19 November 2009,
and have given notice of their attendance and
that of any advisers by 12 noon on the same
date via email to gm@kappahl.com. Notification
of participation can also be given by telephone
on +46 31 771 55 00, by fax on
DEFINITIONS
Average number of employees
average number of employees restated as full
time positions.
Dividend payout ratio Dividend divided
by profit after tax. For the current year the
calculation uses the proposed, not yet
declared, dividend.
Dividend yield Dividend divided by the
share price.
Earnings per share profits after tax
divided by average number of shares.
Earnings per share after dilution
profits after tax divided by average number of
shares after full dilution.
EBIT Operating profit, i.e. earnings before
interest and taxes.
EBITDA Operating profit before
depreciation/amortisation.
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+46 31 771 58 15, or by post to Kappahl
holding aB, annual General Meeting,
Box 303, SE 431 24 Mölndal, Sweden.
The notification must state the name,
address, telephone number, corporate or
personal identity number and registered shareholding.
any powers of attorney must be in writing
and be submitted no later than, but preferably
before, the annual General Meeting. a
natural person representing a legal person shall
also submit a certified copy of the certificate of
registration. powers of attorney and certificate
of registration must be no older than one year.
Shareholders whose shares are registered
in the name of a nominee through a bank’s
Equity per share Equity divided by the
average number of shares.
Equity/assets ratio Equity divided by
balance sheet total.
GfK Growth from Knowledge. GfK carries
out market research using data collection,
processing and analysis.
Gross Margin Gross profit divided by net
sales.
Interest coverage ratio (multiple)
EBITDa divided by net interest income
excluding non-recurring items, for the
immediately preceding twelve-month period.
Net assets assets excluding cash and cash
equivalents and interest-bearing financial
receivables less operating liabilities, noninterest-bearing
provisions and tax liabilities.
annual Report 2009/2010 October/November 2010
annual General Meeting 2009/2010 November 2010
Kappahl’s annual report in Swedish and English will be sent to shareholders
and other stakeholders who so request.
trust department or a private securities dealer
must temporarily register the shares in their
own name to be entitled to participate in the
Meeting. This temporary registration of ownership
must be effected no later than Thursday
19 November 2009. This means that the
share holder must notify the nominee of this
well in advance of that date.
Complete notice to attend
a complete notice to attend the annual General
Meeting will be published separately in accordance
with the provisions of the articles of
association.
We look forward to seeing you!
Net interest-bearing liabilities
Interest-bearing liabilities minus cash and
cash equivalents.
Net interest-bearing liabilities/
EBITDA (multiple) Net interest bearing
liabilities divided by EBITDa for the
immediately preceding twelve month period.
Operating margin Operating profit
divided by net sales.
P/E ratio Share price divided by earnings
per share.
Price/equity Market value divided by
book value of equity.
This English annual Report document is a
translation from the original Swedish annual
Report 2008/2009 document.
KappAhl considers that no glossary is required for other terms used in this publication. The reason is that industry and company-specific concepts that are used, for
example design, fashion and fit, are considered to be well established in everyday language.
Kappahl 2008/2009