The procedures for notifying shareholders of General Meetings are stipulated in the Articles of Association. Notice of meetings shall be made in the form of an announcement in the Official Gazette (Post- och Inrikes Tidningar), and in Dagens Nyheter or another national Swedish newspaper. Notice of the Annual General Meeting shall be issued not earlier than six weeks and not later than four weeks prior to the Meeting. Notice of Extraordinary General Meetings shall be issued not earlier than six weeks and not later than two weeks prior to the Meeting.
General Meetings may be held in the municipalities of Stockholm, Solna or Sigtuna. At a General Meeting, each person is entitled to exercise unlimited voting rights on the full number of shares that he or she owns or represents. Shareholders may be accompanied by not more than two assistants, on condition that the shareholder has given the Company prior notice of this.
Material from general meetings, in Swedish.
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND VOTING RIGHTS
NCC shares are issued in two series, designated Series A and Series B shares.A maximum of 70 million Series A shares and 114 million Series B shares may be issued. Each Series A share carries ten votes and each Series B share one vote. All of the shares carry identical rights to participation in the Company's assets and liabilities and identical entitlement to dividends.
On request, Series A shares may be converted into Series B shares. A written conversion request must be submitted to the Company's Board, which makes continuous decisions on such matters. Following a conversion decision, the matter is reported to VPC for registration. Conversions become effective when they are registered.
DIVIDEND POLICY
NCC's dividend policy has been to distribute approximately half of profit after taxes to shareholders. As of 2005, this policy has been revised to the objective that at least half of profit after taxes to be distributed.