Elekta’s Board of Directors is elected by the Annual General Meeting. The Board of Directors establishes Elekta’s strategy and goals, ensures an effective evaluation of operations and controls the company’s development and financial position.

Six of the seven Board members are independent with respect to the company, company management and major shareholders.

Working instructions for the Board

Within the Board of Directors, there is no special distribution of responsibility among Board members. Apart from the responsibilities assigned by the Swedish Companies Act, the company’s articles of association and the Code, the work of the Board of Directors is regulated by its working instructions, which stipulate that the Board should:

• Hold at least five ordinary meetings in addition to the statutory meeting
• Establish finance and currency policies
• Approve budgets and similar long-term plans including investment budgets
• Consider matters regarding investments and similar measures in amounts over SEK 4 M if such matters are beyond the scope of approved investment budgets
• Decide on acquisitions of fixed property, shares or the acquisition of operations in another company
• Decide on the establishment and capitalization of subsidiaries
• Establish the terms of employment for the CEO
• Approve the annual accounts, Board of Directors’ report and interim reports

At each ordinary Board meeting, the following items should be considered:

• A report on the Group’s operations including financial management
• A report on extraordinary measures or events that were implemented or occurred between Board meetings
• Development of major projects and anticipated business vents
• A report on existing or potential legal disputes that may have a significant impact on the Group’s business

	AKBAR SEDDIGH Chairman Born 1943 Member of the Board since 1998 Graduate Chemist, Marketing Specialist Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Hedson Technologies International AB, Mentice AB, Ortivus AB, Pricer AB, Innovationsbron AB and Blekinge Tekniska Högskola Member of the Board: Affärsstrategerna AB and Biolight International AB
	HANS BARELLA Born 1943 Member of the Board since 2003 Former President and CEO of Philips Medical Systems Other Board memberships: Member of the Board: Senator Group Consultancy and Investment B.V.
	TOMMY H KARLSSON Born 1946 Member of the Board since 2001 International Management Consultant MSc and B.A. Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Global Gardening Products S.A., MSC S.A. and U-POL Inc Member of the Board: Nybron Flooring International S.A.
	LAURENT LEKSELL Born 1952 Member of the Board since 1974 Previously President of Elekta AB, 1972-2005 Executive Director 2005 - PhD Economics Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Stockholm’s City Mission Member of the Board: Ortivus AB, Karo Bio AB and American Chamber of Commerce
	CARL PALMSTIERNA Born 1953 Member of the board since 1993 Managing Partner ABG Sundal & Collier AB MBA Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Qbrick AB, Momail AB and MyFc AB Member of the Board: AlltförFöräldrar AB, Natural Fragrances AB, PHG Inc and Viewserver AB
	MAGNUS SCHMIDT Born 1940 Member of the board since 1998 International Consultant MBA Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Einar Mattsson AB and Fastighets AB Stadshus Member of the Board: E.On Trading Nordic AB and Pricer AB
	BIRGITTA STYMNE GÖRANSSON Born 1957 Member of the board since 2005 Vice President Telefos AB MSc and MBA Other Board memberships: Chairman of the Board: Fryshuset Foundation and Kontakt East Holding AB Member of the Board: Arcus ASA, Net Insight AB, Orkla AS and Lernia AB

Attendance and remuneration for the Board of Directors in Elekta AB 2006/07

1. Independent in relation to company and management as well as to major shareholders
2. Remuneration to chairman and member in Elekta’s Executive Compensation Committee
3. No remuneration is paid to members of the Boards that are employed by the Company
4. Independent both in relation to company and management as well as to major shareholders, but is considered according to the Swedish Code of Conduct of Corporate Governance no to be independent due to the number of years on the board