STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 12, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of TV4 AB (publ) will be held on Wednesday, 10th April 2002 at 9.30am at TV4's headquarters, Tegeluddsvagen 3, Stockholm, Sweden. The premises will open and registration commence at 8.30am.
Notification
Shareholders who would like to attend the Meeting should:
- be recorded on the print-out of the shareholders' register produced by VPC AB (the Securities Register Center) as at 28th March 2002; and - notify the Company of their wish to attend the Meeting by 4.00pm on Thursday 4th April 2002.
Notification of your intention to attend the meeting may be given as follows:
- by post to TV4 AB, attn. Eva Fristedt, SE-115 79 Stockholm, Sweden - by telephone at +46 8 459 4015 - by fax at +46 8 459 4019 - by e-mail to bolagsstamma@tv4.se
Shareholders giving notification should state
- their name, - ID or company registration number, - address and daytime telephone number, - registered shareholding, and - the name(s) of any persons accompanying them to the meeting.
In order to attend the meeting, shareholders whose shares are registered in the name of a nominee must request temporary registration of their holding in their own name at VPC. This must take place not later than 28th March 2002. This means that shareholders must notify their nominee in good time before that date.
Shareholders wishing to exercise their voting rights at the Annual General Meeting by proxy must issue a written, signed and dated proxy document. To avoid delay in gaining admission to the Meeting, proxies, registration certificates and other documents of authorisation should be sent to the Company at the above address not later than 5th April 2002.
Business of the Meeting
1. Election of Chairman of the Meeting.
2. Preparation and adjustment of the voting list.
3. Approval of the Agenda.
4. Election of persons to attest to the correctness of the Minutes.
5. Examination of whether or not the Meeting has been duly
convened.
6. Presentation of the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet and
Auditors' Report, and also the Consolidated Profit and Loss
Account, Consolidated Balance Sheet and Group Auditors' Report.
7. Resolution concerning adoption of the Profit and Loss Accounts
and Balance Sheets for the Parent Company and the Group.
8. Discharge from liability of the Directors and the Managing
Director.
9. Resolution concerning allocation of the Company's profit in
accordance with the adopted Balance Sheet and Consolidated
Balance Sheet.
10. Determination of number of Directors and Alternates.
11. Determination of Directors' and Auditors' fees.
12. Election of Directors and Alternates.
13. Other matters to be dealt with at the Meeting pursuant to the
Swedish Companies Act or the Articles of Association, and any
other business duly placed before the meeting.
Item 9 Dividend and Record Day
The Board proposes a dividend of SEK 5 per share and that Monday, 15th April should be the record day for entitlement to dividend. If this proposal is carried at the meeting, it is expected that dividends will be distributed by VPC on Thursday, 18th April.
Items 10, 11 and 12 Election of Directors and Alternates etc.
A nomination committee, comprising Mr Carl-Johan Bonnier, Mr Lars Holmgren and Mr Kari Stadigh, puts the following proposal before the meeting:
- Directors' fees of SEK 1,200,000 should be payable to the Board of Directors, to be divided between its members. Auditors' fees will be payable as invoiced. - The Board of Directors should comprise eight Directors with no Alternates. - The following Directors are proposed for re-election: Elisabet Annell, Lars Grahn, Pekka Karhuvaara, Thorbjorn Larsson, Torsten Larsson, Jonas Nyren, Jorma Sairenen and Leif Zetterberg.
Shareholders representing more than 50 per cent of the total number of votes in the Company have notified the Company that they intend to vote in favour of these proposals.
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