The Annual General Meeting of Carlsberg A/S took place on 10 March 2008 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 6.00 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. Sc. Flemming Besenbacher, Professor, D.Phil. Per Øhrgaard, Professor D. Phil Axel Michelsen were reelected as members of the Board of Directors. Executive Vice President Søren Bjerre-Nielsen stood down and as proposed by the Board of Directors, Managing Director Jess Søderberg was 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 8 subarticles 1-3 (increase of share capital of the company), articles 15 and 18 (procedure regarding the notice of the general meeting), article 20, subarticle 1 (distribution of admission cards) and article 30, subarticle 1 (guidelines concerning incentive programmes for the Executive Board) were approved.
At a subsequent Board Meeting, the Board of Directors elected Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen, Professor, D.Pharm. as chairman and Jens Bigum, Managing Director, as deputy chairman.
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