STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 28, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- The shareholders in Boliden AB (publ) (TSE:BLS) are hereby convened to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held at the Expolaris Kongresscentre, Kanalgatan 73 - 75, Skelleftea, Sweden, on Monday, April 29, 2002 at 3 p.m.
Registration of shareholders will start at 1:30 p.m. and coffee will be served. Shareholders are offered the opportunity to attend a guided tour of the Ronnskar Smelter. Busses will leave Expolaris at 11:30 a.m. Shareholders who would like to participate in the guided tour shall give notice hereof in connection with the notification of attendance.
Notification of Attendance
Shareholders who wish to attend the Annual General Meeting shall give notice hereof no later than Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at 4 p.m., to the company under address: Boliden AB, Legal Affairs, Box 5001, SE-194 05 Upplands Vasby. Notice may also be given by tel. +46 8 507 126 16 weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., by telefax +46 8 507 126 30 or via Boliden's Web site, www.boliden.se.
When giving notice of attendance please state your name, personal or registration number, address, telephone number and attending assistants. Shareholders represented by proxy should issue a power of attorney, which should be sent to the company at the address above.
Shareholders who wish to attend the Meeting must be entered in the register of shareholders kept by the Swedish Securities Register Centre, VPC AB on April 19, 2002.
Shareholders whose shares are registered in the name of a nominee must temporarily be entered into the register kept by VPC in their own name in order to be entitled to participate in the Meeting. Request for such re-registration must be submitted to the nominee in due time before April 19, 2002.
In order to facilitate the registration at the Meeting, powers of attorney, certificates of registration and other documents of authority should be sent to the company at the address above in due time before the Meeting. Notice of attendance will be confirmed by an admission card, which should be shown at the registration at the meeting.
Agenda
The following items will be dealt with at the Meeting:
1. Election of the chairman of the Meeting.
2. Preparation and approval of the list of voters.
3. Election of two persons to approve the minutes of the Meeting.
4. Determination of whether the Meeting has been duly convened.
5. Approval of the agenda for the Meeting.
6. Presentation of the Annual Report, the Auditor's Report and the
Consolidated Accounts and the Auditor's Report on the
Consolidated Accounts
7. The President's speech
8. Approvals:
a) The Profit and Loss Statement and the Balance Sheet, the
Consolidated Profit and Loss Statement and the Consolidated
Balance Sheet for the Group
b) Allocation of the loss in accordance with the Balance Sheet
c) To discharge the members of the board and the president from
liability
9. Decision regarding the number of members and deputy members of
the Board.
10. Determination of the remuneration payable to the Board of
Directors
11. Election of Board members
12. Determination of remuneration payable to the auditors.
13. Closing
Allocation of the Loss (Item 8 b)
The Board of Directors proposes that no dividend be paid for year 2001.
Remuneration to the Board of Directors (Item 10) and the Auditors (Item 12)
Shareholders who represent more than 50% of the total number of votes of the company have proposed that the remuneration to the Board of Directors shall be SEK 1.575.000, to be distributed by the Board amongst its members.
The remuneration to the Auditors is proposed to be paid on account. It is noted that the company's auditors are elected until the end of the Annual General Meeting in year 2005.
Election of Members to the Board of Directors (Item 11)
Shareholders who represent more than 50% of the total number of votes in the company have proposed to re-elect Messrs. Carl Bennet, Goran Collert, Jan Johansson, Bengt Lofkvist, Kjell Nilsson and Anders Sundstrom and to elect Mr. Sverker Martin-Lof.
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