The share

Total turnover of BE Group shares in 2017 was 7.7 M shares with a combined value of SEK 420 M, representing an average turnover of 30,492 shares or SEK 1.7 M per trading day. Turnover represented 0.01 percent of total turnover on the NASDAQ Stockholm Exchange in 2017. On the year’s last trading day, December 29, 2017, the market price for the BE Group share was SEK 50.00. The highest price paid in 2017 was SEK 69.75 and the year’s lowest price paid was SEK 41.50. At the end of the year, BE Group’s total market capitalization was SEK 650.5 M.

Share capital and voting rights

At December 29, 2017, the share capital in BE Group was SEK 260.2 M (260.2) allocated among 13,010,124 shares, each with a quotient value of SEK 20.00. Under the Articles of Association, minimum share capital in the Company is SEK 150,000,000 and maximum share capital SEK 600,000,000, with a minimum of 10,000,000 and a maximum of 40,000,000 shares. Each share carries one vote and there is only one class of shares.

Ownership structure

At the end of 2017, BE Group had 5,903 shareholders, compared with 6,303 at the end of the previous year. AB Traction and Catella Småbolagsfond were the two largest owners.

Other major owners are listed in the table on page 11. At the end of the year, the proportion of Swedish institutional ownership (legal entities) totalled 64 percent and foreign ownership was 12 percent. At the end of the year, the four members of Group Management together held 61,700 shares in BE Group.

At the same time, the Company’s directors together held 2,646,228 shares, including shares in close association, of which 40,000 were in endowment insurance. BE Group AB held 26,920 treasury shares at the close of 2017.

Dividend and dividend policy

According to BE Group’s dividend policy, the Group shall distribute at least 50 percent of profit after tax, over time. BE Groups financial positions and future outlook shall be taken into account in determining the payment of dividends. BE Group reports a cash flow after investments of SEK 100 M (68), which resulted in the company’s net debt decreasing to SEK 478 M (562) and the net debt/equity ratio improving from 73 percent to 60 percent. The ambition is that BE Group will in the long term work up a stronger balance sheet to be able to take advantage of business opportunities and become an even stronger counterparty to the company’s stakeholders. In light of this and although demand is expected to remain strong in the company’s main markets, it is proposed that no dividend is paid for the 2017 financial year (-).

Shareholder contacts

CFO Daniel Fäldt is responsible for contacts with shareholders. Press releases issued by BE Group are distributed via Cision and are made available on the Group’s website at www.begroup.com in connection with publication. Information on the BE Group share is updated continuously on the Group’s website.