Shareholder and shareholder's meeting

The shareholder's right to make decisions about Vattenfall's affairs is exercised at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and other general meetings.
Anna Borg, President and CEO, in conversation with Mats Granryd, Chairman of the Board, and Åsa Jamal, head of Group Communications

Vattenfall AB is wholly owned by the Swedish state. Through a general meeting resolution on the content of the Articles of Association, the shareholder (the owner) makes decisions on the company’s operations. The application of the Swedish state’s ownership policy and the principles for state-owned companies is decided at the General Meeting. In accordance with the Swedish state’s ownership policy, the company’s financial targets are also decided on by a general meeting.

Dividend policy and financial targets

Further information on the AGM is found in the Corporate governance report.
Corporate governance report 2023 (PDF 414 kB)

Next Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting 2024 will be held at the Head office, Evenemangsgatan 13, Solna, Sweden, on 29 April. The AGM is held in Swedish and open to the public. Furthermore, members of the Swedish Parliament are entitled to be present at Annual General Meetings and to put forward questions at the Meeting. The AGM will be webcast live and a webcast from the AGM will be available after the meeting on group.vattenfall.com/se (subject to the approval by the AGM).

Extraordinary General Meeting

Vattenfall AB held an Extraordinary General Meeting on 25 October 2023 to elect a new Director of the Board. The Extraordinary General Meeting was open to the public.

Minutes and presentations from previous Annual General Meetings are available in the corporate governance archive.

Please note that the translations are for convenience only. The Swedish documents are the originals and can be found on the page 'Bolagsstyrningsarkiv'.

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Mats Granryd

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Anna Borg

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