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Bulletin from Boliden AB's Annual General Meeting Held on 3 May 2007.


GALLIVARE, Sweden -- Boliden AB New Boliden is a Swedish mining and smelting company focusing on production of copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver. Following a series of acquisitions during the 1980s and 1990s the company acquired mining and smelting assets of the Finnish mining and smelting company Outokumpu in  (STO:BOL BOL Bolivia (ISO Country code)
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Dividend and redemption procedure

The Meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors and the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , to pay a dividend to shareholders of SEK SEK

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona.

Notes:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
 4 per share and that Tuesday, 8 May 2006 shall be the record date for dividend entitlement. The dividend is expected to be distributed on 11 May, 2007 through VPC (1) (Virtual Processor Complex) An IBM mainframe multiprocessing system that uses several computers under tight central control.

(2) See Virtual PC.
 AB.

The Meeting also decided to approve a redemption procedure for shares whereby every share will be split into two shares, of which one share will be redeemed for SEK 12. The record day at VPC for implementation of the share split and for entitlement, in the capacity of shareholder, to receive redemption shares, shall be 25 May 2007. The date for payment of the redemption amount is estimated to be 20th June 2007.

Acquisition of the company's own shares

The Meeting resolved to authorise the Board to approve the acquisition of the company's own shares in order to provide the Board with a flexible tool enabling ongoing adjustments to be made to the capital structure, at the time and to the extent deemed appropriate in the light of the then current cash flows and investment requirements.

No more than one tenth of all shares in the company may be acquired and the acquisition is limited to the non-restricted equity in Boliden AB and the authorisation may be exercised on one or more occasions, but no later than the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the company.

Board of Directors

The Annual General Meeting resolved to re-elect re·e·lect also re-e·lect  
tr.v. re·e·lect·ed, re·e·lect·ing, re·e·lects
To elect again.



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 the ordinary members, Carl Bennet bennet

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, Marie Berglund, Jan Johansson, Ulla Litzen, Leif Ronnback, Matti Sundberg, Anders Sundstrom and Anders Ullberg.

Staffan Bohman was elected as a new Member of the Board. Anders Ullberg was appointed Chairman of the Board.

Nomination Committee

The Meeting resolved that Boliden should appoint a Nomination Committee composed of representatives of the five largest shareholders, one representative of the smaller shareholders (appointed by The Swedish Shareholders' Association) and the Chairman of the Board, who shall also be the convenor.

Fees and remunerations

The Meeting resolved that the fees of the Group's Directors shall be payable in the amounts of SEK 850,000 to the Chairman and SEK 325,000 to each Member of the Board that is not employed by the company. Furthermore, a fee of SEK 100,000 will be paid to the Chairman of the Audit Committee and with SEK 50,000 to each of the Audit Committee's two members.

Remuneration to Members shall comprise a basic salary, any variable remuneration, as well as other benefits and pension. The aggregate remuneration shall be at market rates and shall be competitive. The basic salary shall be related to the level of responsibility borne and authority exercised by the individual Member. The variable remuneration is maximised at 50 per cent of the basic salary and shall be based on the outcome in relation to established goals.

Boliden AB

Boliden is one of the leading mining and smelting companies in Europe with operations in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Ireland. Boliden's main products are copper, zinc, lead and gold and silver. Exploration and recycling of metals are also important within the company. The number of employees is approximately 4,500 and the turnover amounts to approximately EUR EUR

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro.

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 3.8 billion annually. Its shares are listed on Stockholmsborsen's Large Cap list and on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options.
 in Canada.

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