Bulletin from Investor's Annual General Meeting of April 2, 2001.Business Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2001 The Annual General Meeting approved the proposed ordinary dividend to shareholders of 3.00 kronor per share, as well as the extraordinary dividend of 2.50 kronor per share, for a total dividend of 5.50 kronor per share. The record date was determined as Thursday, April 5, 2001. The dividend is scheduled to be distributed by VPC (1) (Virtual Processor Complex) An IBM mainframe multiprocessing system that uses several computers under tight central control. (2) See Virtual PC. AB (the Swedish Securities Register Center) on Tuesday, April 10, 2001. The Meeting discharged the members of the Board and the President from liability for fiscal year 2000. Current Board members Percy Barnevik Percy Barnevik (born 1941) is a Swedish business executive, probably best known as the former CEO of ASEA (1980-1987) and Asea Brown Boveri (1988-1996) in Zurich. He was born in Simrishamn in Skåne in Southern Sweden, as the youngest of three children. , Claes Dahlback, Hakan Mogren, Anders Scharp, Peter D. Sutherland, Bjorn Svedberg, Michael Treschow Michael Treschow (born April 22, 1943, Helsingborg, Skåne län) is a Swedish businessman. As chairman of the board of both Ericsson and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Treschow is one of the most influential people in Swedish business today. , Jacob Wallenberg and Marcus Wallenberg were re-elected. Koichi Nishimura was elected a new member of the Board. Koichi Nishimura is 62 years old and a U.S. citizen. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Solectron Corporation (United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ). Nishimura was an employee of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) for 23 years and joined Solectron in 1988 as Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . He has been 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. of the company since 1992. Board member Mauritz Sahlin, who declined re-election, was thanked for his ten years of service on Investor's Board. The Meeting authorized the Board to decide on the purchase and transfer of own shares in line with the Board's proposal. At a statutory Board meeting in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting, Percy Barnevik was re-elected Chairman of the Board of Investor AB. Claes Dahlback and Jacob Wallenberg were re-elected Executive Vice Chairmen. The Board of Directors INVESTOR AB ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/02/20010402BIT01260/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/02/20010402BIT01260/bit0002.pdf |
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