The Annual General Meeting of Carlsberg A/S took place on 12 March 2009 in accordance with the agenda.
The annual report was approved as well as the Board of Directors' proposal regarding the distribution of the profit for the year, including a dividend of DKK 3.50 per share. Discharge of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board in respect of the duties performed during the year was granted.
The General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to acquire treasury shares, cf. Section 48 of the Danish Companies Act.
As proposed by the Board of Directors, Professor, D. Pharm. Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen and Professor, D. Econ, Niels Kærgård were reelected as members of the Board of Directors.
Henning Dyremose stood down and Jens Bigum was not subject to reelection due to the age clause in the Articles of Association. As proposed by the Board of Directors, Richard Burrows and Kees van der Graaf were elected as new member of the Board of Directors.
As proposed by the Board of Directors, the auditing firm KPMG Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab was elected as auditor.
As proposed by the Board of Directors, the amendments to Carlsberg's Articles of Association article 9(1) (authorisation to increase the share capital of the company by offering shares to the employees of the company), article 11(3) (address of share registrar), article 13 (1) (authorisation to issue convertible bonds), and article 13(4) (authorisation to raise loans) were all approved.
At a subsequent Board Meeting, the Board of Directors elected Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen as chairman and Jess Søderberg as deputy chairman.
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