Release no. 8/2012
 

Passing of Columbus A/S (previously Columbus IT Partner A/S) Annual General Meeting and subsequent constitution of the Board of Directors

 

At Columbus A/S' (previously Columbus IT Partner A/S) Annual General Meeting on 27 April 2012, the annual report for 2011 and the Board of Directors' report were adopted. The Board of Directors' proposal to transfer the result for the year as retained earnings was approved.

 

The General Meeting unanimously adopted the proposal of changing the authorizations in Art. 4 and 5 in the Articles of Association, and to amend Art.  4.1-4.4 and 5.1-5.4 in the Articles of Association accordingly.

 

The proposal made by the Board of Directors to amend the Guidelines for incentive programs was adopted.

 

The proposal made by the Board of Directors to change the name of the company from Columbus IT Partner A/S to Columbus A/S, and to amend Art. 1 in the Articles of Association accordingly was adopted.

 

The General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors for a period of 18 months from the date of the General Meeting to acquire up to 10 per cent of the Company's share capital against payment which shall not deviate more than 10 per cent up or downwards from the latest listed price of the shares at NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen prior to the acquisition.

 

The General Meeting re-elected Ib Kunøe, Jørgen Cadovius, Claus Hougesen, Sven Madsen and Ulla Krossteig to the Board of Directors. Peter Skov Hansen was elected as an alternate member of the Board.

 

Deloitte State-Authorized Public Accounting Company was reappointed as the Company's auditor, and pursuant to the Articles of Association the Company has just one auditor.

 

Following the Annual General Meeting the Board of Directors convened and constituted itself with Ib Kunøe as Chairman of the Board and Jørgen Cadovius as Deputy Chairman of the Board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ib Kunøe                                                   Thomas Honoré

Chairman of the Board                            CEO

Columbus A/S                                           Columbus A/S

 

 

Contact for further details

Thomas Honoré, CEO, T: +45 70 20 50 00.

 

Translation: In the event of any inconsistency between this document and the Danish language version, the Danish language version shall be the governing version.