WELCOME TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF ROTTNEROS AB

Program for shareholders
A tour to Vallviks Bruk in Söderhamn will be offered prior to the AGM. Transportation by bus from Stockholm to Vallviks Bruk and return to Stockholm after the AGM will be arranged for shareholders who wishes to participate in the tour and the AGM. The bus departs from Cityterminalen in Stockholm. Shareholders who do not travel from Stockholm and who wishes to participate in the factory tour prior to the AGM are welcome to Kvarnen for joint transportation to the tour. Notification of participation in the tour and/or transportation from and to Stockholm shall be made to the company along with the notification to attend the AGM.

Registration and notification
Shareholders who wishes to participate in the proceedings of the AGM must

• be registered as shareholders in the register of shareholders maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB on Wednesday, 10 May 2017, and
• notify the company of their intention to attend the AGM no later than Wednesday, 10 May 2017. The Notification can be made via Rottneros’ website, www.rottneros.com.  Notification can also be made in writing to Rottneros AB, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, P.O. Box 191, SE-101 23 Stockholm, Sweden, or by phone at +46 8 402 90 78.  Please include in the notification your name, social security number or corporate identity number, address, phone number, the number of assistants accompanying the shareholder to the AGM (and, when applicable, if participation in the factory tour and/or bus transportation from and to Stockholm is desired).

Nominee-registered shares
In addition to notification, shareholders whose shares are registered in the name of a nominee through a bank or other nominee, must request to have their shares temporarily re-registered in their own name in the register of shareholders per Wednesday, 10 May 2017, in order to be entitled to attend the AGM. Shareholders should inform its nominee of such request well in advance of this date.

Power of attorney and authorisation documents
Shareholders represented by proxy must issue a power of attorney for their proxy. If the power of attorney is issued by a legal entity, authorisation documents for the legal entity, evidencing the authority to issue the proxy (the registration certificate or corresponding authorisation documents), shall be attached. Representatives of a legal entity shall submit equivalent authorisation documents. To facilitate registration for the AGM, the power of attorney, in original, and any authorisation documents shall have been received by the company at Euroclear Sweden AB at the above address no later than on Wednesday, 10 May 2017. Proxy forms are available on the company’s website, www.rottneros.com.

Agenda

1. 1.     Calling to order of the AGM.
2. 2.     Election of a Chair to preside over the AGM.
3. 3.     Drawing-up and approval of the voting list.
4. 4.     Approval of the agenda.
5. 5.     Election of one or two persons to check the AGM minutes.
6. 6.     Resolution as to whether the AGM has been duly convened.
7. 7.     Presentation of the annual report and audit report, of the consolidated accounts and group audit report, the auditor's statement on whether the guidelines for remuneration of senior executives have been adhered to, and a report from the auditor on the audit work during 2016.
8. 8.     Address by the CEO and questions from shareholders.
9. 9.     Resolutions regarding the adoption of the income statement and balance sheet, as well as the consolidated income statement and consolidated balance sheet.
10. 10.  Resolution regarding the disposition of the company’s profit as stated in the adopted balance sheet and the record date.
11. 11.  Resolution regarding discharge from liability of the members of the Board and the CEO.
12. 12.  Presentation of the Nominating Committee’s proposals.
13. 13.  Determination of the number of Board members to be elected by the AGM and the number of auditors and deputy auditors.
14. 14.  Determination of fees for the Board of Directors and auditors.
15. 15.  Election of Board members and Chair of the Board.
16. 16.  Election of auditors and deputy auditors, if any.
17. 17.  Resolution on the Nominating Committee ahead of the 2018 AGM.
18. 18.  Resolution on guidelines for remuneration of senior executives.
19. 19.  Conclusion of the AGM.

Items 2 and 13 to 17 – Chair of the AGM, the number of Board members, the number of auditors, fees, election of Board members and Chair of the Board, auditors and Nominating Committee ahead of the 2018 AGM
The Nominating Committee, appointed in accordance with the guidelines resolved by the 2016 AGM, consists of Olle Grundberg (Arctic Paper S.A), Stefan Sundh (PROAD AB) and Per Lundeen (Chair of the Board of Rottneros AB). The Nominating Committee proposes the following:

Item 2        Attorney Ingrid Westin Wallinder, from Ramberg Advokater, to serve as Chair of the AGM.

Item 13      The number of Board members elected by the general meeting shall be five.

                  The company shall have a chartered auditing firm as auditor.

Item 14      The following fees shall without change be paid to meeting-elected Board members whom are not employed by the company: SEK 550,000 to the Chair of the Board and SEK 275,000 to each of the other Board members; furthermore, no fee shall be paid for committee work. Employee representatives shall receive a fee of SEK 27,500 per person for the time required to read materials ahead of meetings.

                  Auditors’ fees are paid based on an invoice approved by the CEO.

                  If possible from a tax perspective, and provided that it is cost neutral to the company, a Board member may invoice the fees for the Board work. If a Board member invoices the board fee through a company, the remuneration shall be increased to cover statutory social security contributions and value added tax.

Item 15      The following persons are elected as Board members: Re-election of Directors Marie S. Arwidson, Ulf Carlson, Per Lundeen, Roger Mattsson and Per Skoglund.

    Board member Rune Ingvarsson has declined re-election.

Re-election of Per Lundeen as Chair of the Board.

Item 16      Re-election, in accordance with the recommendation from the Audit Committee, of the chartered auditing firm Ernst & Young Aktiebolag as the company’s auditor for the period extending from the end of the 2017 AGM until the end of the 2018 AGM. The auditing firm has informed the company that the Authorised Public Accountant Erik Sandström will be appointed as auditor in charge.

Item 17      The Nominating Committee shall consist of the Chair of the Board and two additional members. The Chair of the Board shall not chair the Committee. One of these two members, in addition to the Chair of the Board, shall be elected by the company’s largest shareholder and one shall be elected by of one of the company’s other four largest shareholders. Neither of these two members may also be a Board member. In the event that, during the Nominating Committee’s mandate period, one or more shareholders that have appointed members of the Nominating Committee are no longer among the five largest shareholders in terms of the number of votes, the members appointed by these shareholders shall relinquish their positions and the shareholder(s) that have taken a position among the five largest shareholders in terms of number of votes shall have the right to appoint their own representatives or offer the shareholder who is next in line in terms of number of votes a place on the Nominating Committee, so that there are three Committee members. The Chair of the Board is responsible for ensuring that members are appointed as stated above. The names of the Nominating Committee members are to be presented no later than six months prior to the 2018 AGM. The Nominating Committee shall appoint a chair from within its ranks. The composition of the Nominating Committee at any given time shall be published on the company’s website.

The Nominating Committee shall submit proposals on the following matters for decisions by the 2018 AGM:

1. 1.     the Chair of the general meeting;
2. 2.     the number of Board members;
3. 3.     the election of Board members;
4. 4.     the election of Chair of the Board;
5. 5.     board fees, including distribution between the Chair and other Board members as well as compensation for committee work; 
6. 6.     fees for the auditors;
7. 7.     proposal for election of auditors; and
8. 8.     guidelines for the appointment of a new Nominating Committee.

Item 10 – Dividends
The Board of Directors proposes an ordinary dividend of SEK 0.30 per share and an extra dividend of SEK 0.10 per share (in total SEK 0.40 per share).

The record date for receiving the dividend is Thursday, 18 May 2017. With the proposed record date the dividend is expected to be paid out through Euroclear Sweden AB on Tuesday, 23 May 2017. The last day of trading in the company's shares including the right to dividend is Tuesday, 16 May 2017.

Item 18 – Guidelines for remuneration of senior executives
The Board of Directors proposes that the AGM approve the following guidelines with respect to the remuneration of the senior executives.

At present, ‘senior executives’ refers to the seven people who, including the CEO, form the group management that are represented on the company’s website and on page 75 in the Annual Report of 2016.

The remuneration paid to the CEO and other senior executives shall comprise:

• §   fixed salary;  
• §   possible variable component of remuneration;
• §   other benefits; and
• §   pension benefits.

The total remuneration package must be in line with market rates and competitive in the labour market in which the executives work.

Fixed salary and variable remuneration are related to the responsibilities and powers held by each executive. The variable component of remuneration, which is cash, is based on outcomes in relation to defined and measurable targets and is capped in relation to fixed salary. The variable component of remuneration for the CEO is capped at 50 per cent of the fixed salary, and the variable component of remuneration for other senior executives is capped at 30 per cent of the fixed salary. The programme for the variable component of remuneration should be designed so that the Board of Directors can impose conditions, restrict or decline to make payments of variable component of remuneration in exceptional financial circumstances if such measure is considered to be reasonable and compatible with the duties of the company in relation to shareholders, employees and other interested parties.

The period of notice is between six months and one year should notice be given by the executive and between one and two years should notice be given by the company. The CEO is entitled to severance pay and a salary during the period of notice of in total up to an amount corresponding to the fixed salary for two years.

Pension benefits are either defined benefit or defined contribution plans or a combination thereof, and executives are entitled to receive pension no earlier than from the age of 65.

Matters relating to remuneration for the executive management are dealt with by the Compensation Committee. The principles of remuneration and other terms of employment for the executive management, together with remuneration for the CEO, shall be decided by the Board of Directors.

If the company in a particular case assigns an individual Board member tasks on behalf of the company over and above regular Board and committee duties, the Board of Directors shall determine the level of remuneration, which must be reasonable and in line with market rates.

The Board of Directors will conduct an annual evaluation of whether or not to propose a long-term incentive programme to the AGM.

The Board of Directors shall be authorised to depart from these guidelines if in an individual case there are special reasons for doing so.

Documents
The Nominating Committee’s proposals are complete in this notice. The Nominating Committee’s proposals, including its reasoned statement regarding its recommendation for the Board of Directors and information about members recommended for election, are available at Rottneros’ head office (Vallviks Bruk in Vallvik, Söderhamn) and on the company’s website, www.rottneros.com. 

The Board’s proposal is complete in this notice. The Board’s statement regarding the dividend is available at the company’s head offices and on the company’s website (see addresses provided above).

The Annual Report and Audit Report, as well as the Auditor’s statement on the implementation of the Guidelines for remuneration of senior executives, are available at the company and on the company’s website.

All of the documents mentioned will be sent on request to the postal address provided by the shareholders. Such requests can be made by phone at +46 8 402 90 78.

All of the documents will also be available at the AGM.

Shares and votes
The company has a total of 153,393,890 shares with one vote each. The company holds 821,965 own shares.

Information about the shareholders' right to request information at the AGM
The Board of Directors and CEO shall, if requested by any shareholder, and if the Board of Directors is of the opinion that it can be done without causing material harm to the company, provide disclosures about: circumstances that may affect the assessment of an item listed on the agenda; circumstances that may impact the assessment of the company’s or a subsidiary’s financial situation; and the company’s relationship with another group company.

Vallvik, April 2017

Board of Directors of Rottneros AB