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Corporate governance report<br />

Corporate<br />

governance report<br />

The Corporate Governance of Intrum Justitia serves to strengthen the confidence of<br />

clients, society and the capital markets through a clear allocation of responsibilities and<br />

well-balanced rules between owners, the Board, Group Management Team and the different<br />

control functions. Intrum Justitia AB (publ) is a Swedish public company domiciled<br />

in Stockholm. The company’s shares are listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange.<br />

NOMINATION<br />

COMMITTEE<br />

Proposals<br />

Appointment<br />

SHAREHOLDERS IN<br />

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<br />

Information<br />

Election<br />

AUDITORS<br />

BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />

Information<br />

Objectives<br />

Strategies<br />

Steering<br />

instruments<br />

Remuneration committee<br />

Audit committee<br />

PRESIDENT & CEO<br />

Reports<br />

& Control<br />

Group Internal<br />

Audit<br />

CRO<br />

Group management<br />

team<br />

Risk & Investment<br />

committee<br />

Service Lines<br />

Group functions<br />

REGIONS<br />

Northern Europe Central Europe Western Europe<br />

Internal rules<br />

External<br />

steering instruments<br />

This corporate governance report has been prepared in accordance<br />

with the rules of the Annual Accounts Act and the Swedish<br />

Code of Corporate Governance (“the Code”) in order<br />

to describe how the company has applied the Code during<br />

VALBEREDNING<br />

2015. Corporate governance at Intrum Utnämning<br />

Förslag<br />

Justitia comprises<br />

structures and processes for management and control of the<br />

company’s operations for the purpose of creating value for the<br />

company’s owners and other stakeholders. Intrum Justitia<br />

applies the Code as of July 1, 2005. Intrum Justitia’s corporate<br />

governance also complies with the applicable Mål rules in the<br />

Ersättningsutskott<br />

Strategier<br />

Styrinstrument<br />

rule book for<br />

Swedish Companies Act, Nasdaq Stockholm’s<br />

issuers, the decisions of the Swedish Securities Council and<br />

the company’s Articles of Association. The company Koncernledning has not<br />

deviated from the Code’s provisions during the period covered<br />

by the annual report.<br />

Tjänsteområden<br />

affairs. Each share corresponds to one vote. The Annual<br />

General Meeting was held on April 22, 2015. Among other<br />

things, the Meeting resolved:<br />

AKTIEÄGARE VID ÅRSSTÄMMAN<br />

• to adopt the income statements<br />

REVISORER<br />

Val<br />

and balance sheets for the<br />

company and the Group,<br />

Information<br />

• to pay a dividend of SEK 7.00 per share in accordance<br />

with the proposal of the Board of Directors,<br />

• to discharge the Board of Directors and the President from<br />

Revisionsutskott<br />

liability for the 2014 fiscal year,<br />

Rapporter<br />

& Kontroll<br />

• to elect the Board of Directors and Chariman of the Board,<br />

VD & KONCERNCHEF<br />

Internrevision<br />

• to agree on remuneration to the Board of Directors and<br />

Risk auditor, & Investeringskommitté<br />

• to adopt guidelines on compensation for senior executives,<br />

• to<br />

Koncernfunktioner<br />

adopt guidelines for the appointment of a new Nomination<br />

Committee<br />

REGIONER<br />

SHAREHOLDERS<br />

• to authorize the Board of Directors to repurchase (and,<br />

At the end of the year, Intrum Justitia’s Norra largest Europa shareholder, Centrala Europa under certain Västra conditions Europa transfer) up to 10 percent of shares<br />

in the company via the stock market, and<br />

SEB Fonder, held 8.2 percent of all outstanding shares in<br />

Interna regler<br />

the company. See also page 30.<br />

• to reduce share capital by canceling repurchased shares and<br />

to restore share capital through a bonus issue.<br />

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<br />

Externa<br />

styrinstrument<br />

The Annual General Meeting is Intrum Justitia’s highest At the Annual General Meeting, 51 percent of the shares<br />

decision-making body at which the shareholders exercise<br />

their right to make decisions regarding the company’s proposed for election or re-election as Board members<br />

conveying voting rights were represented. All individuals<br />

were<br />

CRO<br />

STYRELSE<br />

Information<br />

82 Intrum Justitia Annual Report 2015

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