STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 20, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Holmen AB's shareholders resolved at Wednesday's Annual General Meeting in favour of paying a dividend of SEK 10 per share.
The members of the Board were re-elected: Fredrik Lundberg, Carl Kempe, Hans Larsson, Arne Martensson, Bengt Pettersson, Per Welin and Christer Zetterberg. Holmen's President and CEO, Goran Lundin, was elected new member of the Board.
At the statutory meeting of the Board, Lundberg was re-elected Chairman and Kempe deputy Chairman.
The Meeting decided to authorise the Board to make a decision during the period until the next Annual General Meeting to buy the company's shares on the Stockholmsborsen. The company's holding of its own shares must not exceed ten per cent of the total number of shares in the company.
The Board was also authorised to make a decision to use shares bought back as payment for acquisition of companies or operations or to finance such an acquisition, when sale may be done on the Stockholmsborsen.
President and CEO Lundin's address to the AGM is available at Holmen's website www.holmen.com
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