STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 26, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Aspiro AB (publ):
Board of directors
At yesterday's annual general meeting of shareholders of Aspiro AB, Tomas Althen, Lars H Bruzelius, Sven-Ake Bergkvist, Lars Jarnryd and Fadi Pharaon were reelected to the board of directors. Claes de Neergaard and Stig Herbern both declined to stand for reelection. Tomas Althen was appointed chairman of the board of directors at the board meeting following election.
Disposition of accumulated deficit
The annual general meeting adopted the board of directors' proposal that the accumulated deficit as recorded in the balance sheet be settled by a transfer from the share premium reserve.
CEO's statement
Aspiro's CEO and president, Lena Wittbjer, opened her speech at the annual general meeting by commenting on Aspiro's development during the past year. She later discussed how the company had focused its business activities towards mobile consumer applications. Ms. Wittbjer also talked briefly about the company's first-quarter results for 2002, which had been released earlier in the day.
Incoming CEO
Aspiro's recently appointed new CEO, Hakan Persson, presented himself briefly and gave his views on Aspiro and the market for mobile services.
For more information, please contact: Lena Wittbjer, CEO, Aspiro AB, tel: +46 (0)40 630 0300 Helena Gynnerstedt, Press Officer, Aspiro AB, tel: +46 (0)40 630 0318
About Aspiro
Aspiro offers mobile teleoperators, portals, companies and organizations a wide range of attractive services designed to meet the individual's needs for information, entertainment and communication via mobile media. The company's vision is to become an external mobile services division for mobile operators and companies with strong brands.
Founded in 1998, Aspiro is today an important player in the global mobile Internet market. Aspiro's business concept, organization and operations are based on many years of experience gained in the mobile telecommunications and IT sectors.
For more information about Aspiro, please visit www.aspiro.com
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