Proposal for New Board of Directors of Drott


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 14, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The company has received the following proposal for Drott's (Other OTC:DOTBF) Annual General Meeting:

AMF Pension, HQ funds, Investment AB Oresund, Latour, Nordea funds, Robur, Skandia Liv and Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB, representing approximately 38% of the shares and votes in Drott, propose that the following Board of Directors be elected at Drott's Annual General Meeting on April 8, 2003.

It is proposed that Peggy Bruzelius and Goran Nord be reelected to the Board of Directors and that Anders Boos, Urban Jansson, Roland Nilsson, Lars Soderblom and Jonas Wahlstrom be elected as new members. The proposed board has announced that it intends to appoint Urban Jansson as chairman and Jonas Wahlstrom as deputy chairman.

Lars Wohlin, who turns 70 this year, has declined reelection. Jan Blomberg, Wilhelm Lauren, Mats Mared and Esbjorn Olsson will also step down from the Board in connection with the Annual General Meeting.

For further information: Contact abovementioned shareholders

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http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/03/14/20030314BIT00380/wkr0001.doc

http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/03/14/20030314BIT00380/wkr0002.pdf



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