SM's AGM Agrees Dividend Payment

Source from:  Tobacco Reporter 05/04/2011

Swedish Match's annual general meeting yesterday agreed, in accordance with the proposal of the board of directors, to pay a dividend of SEK5.50 per share. The record date for entitlement to receive a cash dividend is May 5, and the dividend is expected to be paid through Euroclear Sweden AB on May 10. Meanwhile, Andrew Cripps, Karen Guerra, Conny Karlsson and Meg Tivéus were re-elected to the board, and Robert F. Sharpe and Joakim Westh were elected new members of the board. Karlsson was re-elected chairman and Cripps was re-elected deputy chairman. Enditem