At the 2006 Annual General Meeting, the chartered accounting firm Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB was appointed as auditor for a term extending through the 2010 Annual General Meeting. Ahead of the 2010 Annual General Meeting, the Nomination Committee has proposed election of PricewaterhouseCoopers AB as auditors for a term extending until the end of the 2014 Annual General Meeting.
The auditors maintain regular contact with the Chairman of the Board, the Audit Committee and company management.
The chief auditor was Authorised Public Accountant Lennart Danielsson.
In 2009, PricewaterhouseCoopers had a total of 94 audit assignments for companies listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm, of which one was conducted in co-operation with another accounting firm, and 14 audit assignments for companies listed on the NGM Equity list. Auditors’ fees are described in Note 13 on page 55 in the Annual Report.