News 2011

• The Board's views on MiFID II/news/2011/views-on-mifid-ii

  The Board has on 16 December 2011 submitted its views on the corporate governance sections of the MiFID II proposal to the Swedish Department of Finance

• Comments on Empty Voting to ESMA/news/2011/comments-on-empty-voting-to-esma

  ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority, has requested information regarding Empty Voting, i.e. voting by shareholders where the ownership interest of the shares belongs to someone else.

• Views on proposed changes to the so called Leo rules Ds 2011:21/news/2011/views-on-proposed-changes-to-the-so-called-leo-rules-ds-201121

  The Board was invited by the Ministry of Justice to comment on its memorandum on changes to the legislation concerning private placements of shares, Ds 2011:21, which contains proposals on changes to the "Leo rules" in Chapter 16 of the Companies Act, (2005:551). In...

• Views on CRD IV to the Swedish Ministry of Finance/news/2011/views-on-crd-iv-to-the-swedish-ministry-of-finance

  The Board submitted its views on the proposed corporate governance rules contained in the draft directive and regulation for the implementation of CRD IV to the Swedish Ministry of Finance.

• Views on the EU Green Paper on Corporate Governance in listed companies/news/2011/views-on-the-eu-green-paper-on-corporate-governance-in-listed-companies

  The Board has on 19 July 2011 submitted its views on the EU Green Paper on Corporate Governance in listed companies to the EU Commission

• Invitation comment on Takeover rules/news/2011/invitation-to-comment-on-takeover-rules

  The closing date for submission of comments on the Takeover rules is Friday 16 September 2011. Comments should be sent to info@bolagsstyrningskollegiet.se.

• Annual Report 2011/news/2011/annual-report-2011

  The Board publishes the 2011 Annual Report.

• New Board members/news/2011/new-board-members

  Carl Bennet and Lars Pettersson have been appointed to the Board. Bennet and Pettersson replace Lars Otterbeck and Michael Treschow, both of whom have been members of the Board since it was formed in 2005. Former Executive Director Per Lekvall has been elected to...

• The Board initiates review of the Takeover Rules/news/2011/review-of-takeover-rules

  The Swedish Corporate Governance Board has decided to undertake a minor review of takeover rules, including rules for agreements between bidders and target companies.

• Björn Kristiansson replaces Per Lekvall as Executive Board Member/news/2011/new-executive-member-of-the-board

  Björn Kristiansson, partner at Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd, succeeds Per Lekvall as Secretary and Executive Director of the Swedish Corporate Governance Board. Lekvall will continue as a member of the Board.

• The Board presents its comments on the EU Commission’s green paper on corporate governance in listed companies to the Government./news/2011/the-board's-comments-to-the-swedish-government-on-the-corporate-governance-green-paper

  At the request of the Ministry of Justice, the Board presented its comments on the EU Commission's Green Paper on the EU Corporate Governance Framework to the Swedish Government on 20 April 2011

• Code Barometer 2010/news/2011/code-barometer-2010

  Both the general public and the capital market actors have increasing confidence in Swedish corporate governance. This is one of the findings of the 2010 Code Barometer, presented by the Swedish Corporate Governance Board. Public confidence in corporate governance...

• The Corporate Governance Board warns against over-regulation of corporate governance in listed companies by the EU/news/2011/can-increased-regulation-prevent-future-crisis

  The EU is currently working on a Green Paper on corporate governance of stock exchange listed companies. Judging by preliminary discussions on the subject, the Commission is planning comprehensive and in some areas far-reaching new regulation. The system of...