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On behalf of the Board, Nordic Investor Services has conducted a thorough study of how Swedish nomination committees works and conduct their duties. The purpose is to add a more factual basis to the Swedish and international debate in this area, compared...
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The Board has been invited by the Swedish Government's Finance Department to submit comments on the EC Commission's Green Book on corporate governance in financial companies [COM(2010)284 Final]. Despite the fact the the Board's area of responsibility only partly...
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In the Corporate Governance Board's Annual Report for 2009 a description of the work with the revised Code, applicable from this year, including i.a. new rules on remuneration, and an evaluation of how the companies have applied the previous Code, is included. In...
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At the annual meeting on 18 May 2010 of the Association for Generally Accepted Principles in the Securities Market, the parent association of the Corporate Governance Board, it was decided that the tasks of the Swedish Industry and Commerce Stock...
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The Swedish Corporate Governance Board has decided to introduce requirements on code application for foreign companies listed in Sweden. As of the beginning of next year, these companies will need to either apply the Swedish Corporate Governance Code or their home...
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The Corporate Governance Board plans to issue a new Instruction. The requirement in rule 9.8 that the vesting period or the period from the commencement of an agreement to the date for acquisition of shares is to be no less than three years, shall, according to the...
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25/03/2010
At a conference in London in March 2010, organised by the International Corporate Governance Network, the British think tank Tomorrow's Company presented a study of Swedish nomination committees and their relevance and applicability in the British corporate...
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01/02/2010
The Swedish Code of Corporate Governance has been revised in order to take into account the EU Commission's recommendation on directors' remuneration (2009/3177/EG) as well as certain changes in Swedish legislation. The revised Code has been published in Swedish; an...