Tag Archives: Anders Ström

Stefan Lundborg resigns from non-exec Kindred role pending SECA investigation

SBC News Stefan Lundborg resigns from non-exec Kindred role pending SECA investigation

Kindred Group Plc has informed investors that corporate advisor Stefan Lundborg has resigned from all duties as a non-executive director with immediate effect.  The resignation is related to Lundborg being investigated for ‘insider crime’ by the Swedish Economic Crime Authority (SECA), for which Kindred has offered its full cooperation with the public prosecutor and SECA agencies. Kindred stated that it …

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Unibet founder Anders Ström ends Kindred chairmanship

SBC News Unibet founder Anders Ström ends Kindred chairmanship

Kindred Group Plc has informed investors that company founder Anders Ström will not seek re-election as Non-Executive Chairman. Lauded as an industry figurehead, in 1997 Ström founded Unibet – Kindred’s original business enterprise – as a telephone betting service to take wagers for Swedish customers Ström issued the following personal statement on his decision not to pursue re-election: “Some years …

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Unibet Group officially changes name to Kindred Group Plc

SBC News Unibet Group officially changes name to Kindred Group Plc

Following today’s ‘Extraordinary General Meeting’ (EGM), shareholders of Stockholm-listed Unibet Plc have approved the firm’s proposed name change from ‘Unibet Group Plc’ to Kindred Group Plc. Updating company stakeholders, Unibet governance detailed that its expects its first full day of trading under the Kindred Group name to be on Monday 12 December 2016.  This September Unibet governance issued a corporate …

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Unibet board considers holding company name change to ‘Kindred Group Plc’

SBC News Unibet board considers holding company name change to 'Kindred Group Plc'

Updating investors, Unibet Plc’s board has detailed that it is considering changing its holding company name from ‘Unibet Group Plc’ to ‘Kindred Group Plc’. The name change has been proposed in order to ‘improve synergy, clarity and flexibility’ for Unibet’s enlarged group, which following a number of European acquisitions is made up of online gambling assets; Unibet, MariaCasino, Bingo.com, Stan …

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Ström sells shares in Unibet

SBC News Ström sells shares in Unibet

Anders Ström, Chairman of the Board of Directors of in Unibet Group Plc ,  through Anders Ström Core Holdings (ASCH) has sold 930,000 shares, corresponding to approximately 3.3 per cent of the shares and voting rights in the company, to institutional investors. The transaction took place on August 20, and following the sale, ASCH owns 1,920,000 shares in Unibet, corresponding …

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