![]() The AP 1 fund, the company's sixth largest shareholder, also said it supported Rollen staying on as CEO. "Our standpoint remains unchanged, you are innocent until proven guilty, and there is strong evidence to support Ola Rollen's innocence," Nilsson said. Gun Nilsson, CEO of main shareholder Melker Schorling AB (MELK.ST) who will take over as Hexagon chairman in May, said Rollen retains the full support of the board. Shares in Hexagon initially fell 6 percent but had recovered some of that loss by 1232 GMT as Rollen presented his case in a call with investors, media and analysts, trading down 2.5 percent. "We are convinced that Ola Rollen has done the things he's now charged with, and that we can prove it in court," Senior Public Prosecutor Marianne Bender told Reuters. Norwegian prosecutors said on Wednesday they were charging Rollen with insider trading in connection with an investment in Norway's Next Biometrics ASA (NEXT.OL) in October 2015, a transaction which did not involve Hexagon. Hexagon deserves full attention, and it is going to get it." ![]() "It is simply not on the agenda to slow down. "This is the time to remain CEO," Rollen said. Rollen, who has led Hexagon since 2000 and turned it into one of Sweden's biggest companies with a market value of more than 120 billion crowns (11.01 billion pounds), said he had considered resigning in the wake of his October arrest. ![]()
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