Telia Lietuva, AB (hereinafter – “Telia Lietuva” or “the Company”) received the resignation letter from Ms. Henriette Wendt, member and Chairwoman of the Board of the Company since April 2017, nominated by Telia Company AB (Sweden). She resigns from the Board as of 8 November 2018. Till 1 June 2018 Henriette Wendt held the position of Senior Vice President & Head of cluster Lithuania, Estonia and Denmark (LED) at Telia Company.
Taking into consideration the resignation of Henriette Wendt, on 27 September 2018, the Board of the Company decided to convoke the Extraordinary General Meeting of Telia Lietuva shareholders on 9 November 2018 for the purposes of electing a new member of the Board for the current term.
Telia Company AB, as a shareholder of Telia Lietuva holding 88.15 per cent of the Company’s shares and votes, proposes to the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on 9 November 2018, to elect Mr. Per Emil Nilsson to the Board of Telia Lietuva for the current term of the Board.
Emil Nilsson (born in 1971) is Senior Vice President & Head of cluster Lithuania, Estonia and Denmark (LED) and Region Eurasia at Telia Company AB (Sweden). Mr. Nilsson joined Telia Company in the beginning of 2015 and in October of 2015 was appointed as Head of Region Eurasia. From 1 June 2018, he took the responsibility for Telia markets in Lithuania, Estonia and Denmark. Before joining Telia Company Mr. Nilsson had been Executive Vice President and Group CFO of Sandvik AB in Sweden. Earlier he held various senior management roles at Ericsson in Sweden, Brazil, U.S.A. and Austria. Mr. Nilsson is Chairman of the Board of Moldcell S.A. (Moldova), member of the boards of Kcell JSC (Kazakhstan), Fintur Holdings B.V. (The Netherlands) and Svenska Handbollslandslaget AB (Sweden). Emil Nilsson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from University of Stockholm (Sweden). He has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva. Mr Nilsson has 27,003 shares of Telia Company AB (Sweden).
Darius Džiaugys,
Head of Investor Relations,
tel. +370 5 236 7878,
e-mail: darius.dziaugys@telia.lt