STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 07, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Shareholders at the OMX Annual General Meeting convened earlier today in Stockholm voted in favor of all resolutions proposed at the meeting, including:
The Annual General Meeting approved the Board's proposal that no dividend be distributed to the shareholders.
The current Board members, Adine Grate Axen, Urban Backstrom, Bengt Halse, Birgitta Klasen, Tarmo Korpela, Henrik Normann, Markku Pohjola and Olof Stenhammar, were re-elected. Olof Stenhammar was elected as Chairman of the Board.
The fees to the Board of Directors remain unchanged with SEK 700,000 to the Chairman of the Board and SEK 200,000 to each Board member. In addition, SEK 50,000 will be paid to each of the members of the Audit and Remuneration Committees, which is an increase of SEK 25,000. Auditors' fees will be paid in the usual manner against authorized invoices.
In addition, the Annual General Meeting resolved on the principles for the Nominating Committee as proposed in the invitation to the Annual General Meeting. The principles can also be found on OMX's website, www.omxgroup.com.
President and CEO Magnus Bocker's address to the meeting can also be read on OMX's website.
This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net
The following files are available for download:
http://wpy.waymaker.net/client/waymaker1/WOLReleaseFile.aspx?id=86258&fn=wkr0001.pdf