STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 27, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The shareholders of OMHEX Aktiebolag (publ) ("OMHEX") are hereby given notice to attend an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at 15.00 CET at OMHEX's headquarters at Tullvaktsvagen 15, (Frihamnen) in Stockholm, Sweden.
Notice, etc.
Shareholders who wish to participate in the General Meeting of Shareholders must be registered in the register of shareholders held by VPC AB ("VPC") no later than Friday, August 20, 2004 and also notify the Company of their participation in the General Meeting of Shareholders either by post to OM HEX AB (publ), 105 78 Stockholm, Sweden, or by telephone at +46 8 405 60 00, not later than 16.00 CET on Friday, August 27. The shareholder's name, social security number/corporate identity number, address, telephone number and the number of accompanying assistants wishing to attend must be stated when giving notice. Notice can also be given online on OMHEX's website at www.omhex.com.
In order to facilitate admission to the General Meeting of Shareholders, powers of attorney, certificates of registration and other documents of authorization must be sent to the Company at the above address not later than Friday, August 27, 2004.
To be entitled to vote at the General Meeting of Shareholders, shareholders whose shares are nominee registered through the notary department of a bank or with an individual securities broker must temporarily re-register their shares at VPC in their own names. Such re- registration must be completed not later than Friday, August 20, 2004. Accordingly, shareholders must notify nominees of their requests for such registration well in advance of the above-mentioned date. As Finnish shareholders within the Finnish book-entry system (APK) are nominee registered with VPC, APK will automatically re-register these shareholders on Thursday, August 19, 2004. Please note that these Finnish shareholders must still notify the Company of their intention to participate as described above.
PROPOSED AGENDA
1. Opening of the General Meeting of Shareholders. 2. Election of a Chairman for the Meeting. 3. Preparation and approval of the voting register. 4. Adoption of the Agenda for the Meeting. 5. Election of one or two persons to attest the minutes of the Meeting. 6. Determination of whether the Meeting was duly convened. 7. Proposed resolution in respect of amendment of # 1 of the Company's Articles of Association. 8. Closing of the Meeting.
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
Item 7 - Proposed resolution in respect of amendment of # 1 of the Company's Articles of Association. As a result of the introduction of a new branding strategy within the Group, the Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting of Shareholders resolve to amend the wording of # 1 of the Company's Articles of Association as follows:
Current wording Proposed wording (change in italics)
No. 1 No. 1
The name of the Company is OM HEX The name of the Company is OMX
Aktiebolag. The Company is a public Aktiebolag. The Company is a public
company (publ). company (publ).
Stockholm, July 2004
OM HEX Aktiebolag (publ)
The Board of Directors
For more information or comments, please contact
Anna Rasin, VP Marketing & Communications OMHEX +46 8 405 66 12
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