STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 20, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The shareholders in OMX AB (publ) ("OMX") are hereby invited to attend an Extraordinary General Meeting on Friday, August 19, 2005, at 12:00 CET at OMX's headquarters at Tullvaktsvagen 15 (Frihamnen) in Stockholm. Registration, etc.
Shareholders who intend to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting must be registered in the register of shareholders kept by VPC AB ("VPC"), not later than Tuesday, August 9, 2005, and inform OMX of their intention to attend, either by post to OMX AB, SE-105 78 Stockholm, Sweden, or by telephone +46-8-405 60 00, not later than Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 16:00 CET. Registration must include the shareholder's name, social security/corporate registration number, address and telephone number, as well as the number of accompanying assistants. Registration can also be made on OMX's website at www.omxgroup.com.
Powers of attorney, registration certificates and other documentation of eligibility should be received by OMX at the above address not later than August 17, 2005, to facilitate admission to the Extraordinary General Meeting.
Shareholders whose shares are nominee registered through the notary department of a bank or with a private securities broker must temporarily register their shares with VPC in their own name to be entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. This re-registration must be made by Tuesday, August 9, at the latest. Thus, shareholders must notify their nominee of such registration well in advance of August 9, 2005.
Instructions to holders of shares registered on owner accounts in the Finnish APK central securities depository Since Finnish shareholders who have their shares registered in owner accounts in the Finnish central securities depository (``APK") are nominee registered with VPC, APK will automatically reregister these shareholders on Monday, August 8, 2005. Finnish shareholders must themselves notify OMX of their intention to attend in accordance with the instructions above. Instructions to holders of shares registered in the Danish central securities depository
Danish shareholders who have their shares registered with the Danish Central Securities Depository ("Vaerdipapircentralen") must reregister their shares with VPC in their own name to be entitled to participate and vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Registration to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting and the re-registration of shares must be made well in advance of 16.00 CET on Friday, August 5, 2005. Registration and the request for re-registration of shares should be made to Danske Bank A/S, 4535 Aktiebog, Holmens Kanal 2--12, DK-1092 Copenhagen K, Denmark, by telephone+45-4339 2885 or by telefax +45-4339 4669. On Monday August 8, 2005, Danske Bank will forward such registrations to OMX and conduct any necessary re-registration of shares with VPC.
PROPOSED AGENDA 1. Opening of the Meeting 2. Election of the Chairman of the Meeting 3. Establishment and approval of the voters' list 4. Approval of the Agenda 5. Election of one or two persons to verify the minutes 6. Determination as to whether the Meeting was duly convened 7. Election of a member of the Board 8. Proposal of fee to be paid to Board members 9. Closing of the Meeting
PROPOSALS FOR DECISION Point 7: Election of a member of the Board. Adine Grate Axen, Urban Backstrom, Bengt Halse, Birgitta Klasen, Tarmo Korpela, Henrik Normann, Markku Pohjola and Olof Stenhammar were elected to the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting on April 7, 2005. Henrik Normann resigned from the Board on June 1, 2005.
The Nominating Committee(1) proposes that Hans Munk Nielsen be elected as member of the Board until the next Annual General Meeting. If the candidate proposed by the Nominating Committee is elected, the Board will then consist of Adine Grate Axen, Urban Backstrom, Bengt Halse, Birgitta Klasen, Tarmo Korpela, Hans Munk Nielsen, Markku Pohjola and Olof Stenhammar.
The Nominating Committee's proposal is supported by shareholders representing approximately 35 percent of all of the voting rights and shares in the company.
Hans Munk Nielsen was born in 1946 and is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Danish company TDC A/S. He is also Chairman of the Board of CMO Fonden and Deputy Chairman of a number of companies within the TDC group. In addition, he is a member of the boards of Nordea Invest and the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
More information about the proposal of the Nominating Committee can be found on OMX's website at www.omxgroup.com. Point 8: Proposal of fee to be paid to members of the Board Henrik Normann has indicated he will abstain from the Board fee in view of the brief period during which he has been a member of the Board.
The Nominating Committee proposes that Hans Munk Nielsen be paid the fee of SEK 200,000 (same as the other Board members, except the Chairman), reduced by an amount corresponding to the period, beginning with the 2005 Annual General Meeting, during which Hans Munk Nielsen was not a member of the Board.
Personal details that shareholders submit to OMX will only be used in conjunction with the Extraordinary General Meeting and any registration and processing it may involve.
Stockholm, in July, 2005 OMX AB (publ) Board of Directors
(1)The Nominating Committee has comprised Eva Halvarsson, Director of the Swedish Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications, KG Lindvall, member of the Board of Robur Fonder, Tom Ruud, Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking at Nordea, Olof Stenhammar, Chairman of the Board of OMX AB, Marcus Wallenberg, President of Investor AB. Marcus Wallenberg was the Chairman of the Meeting and Olof Stenhammar the convenor.
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