STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 10, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Sapa: Message from the Chairman of the Board
Elkem ASA, representing approximately 73 % of the shares in Sapa AB have announced that they intend to nominate the following members to the Board of Directors of Sapa AB. I have been in contact with AMF and Investment AB Oresund, representing approximately 13 % of the shares in Sapa and they have confirmed that they intend to support the following nominations.
Reelection: Staffan Bohman (President and CEO), Anders Carlberg, Ole Enger, Lennart Evrell, Leif Gustafsson, Baard Haugen and Mats Qviberg.
New election: Karin Aslaksen, member of Elkem's group management as senior vice president Human Resource. Karin Aslaksen is 44 years and has been with Elkem since 1998 when she got her Ph.D. at NTH in Trondheim.
The intention is to elect Ole Enger, President and CEO of Elkem, as new chairman of the Board. I will consequently leave Sapa's Board of Directors. At the same time Elkem's nominations committee has expressed its intention to propose me to be elected into Elkem's Board of Directors, which I have accepted.
Stockholm, February 2004
Per-Olof Eriksson Chairman of the Board
For further information please contact: Per-Olof Eriksson, telephone +46-8-459 59 11
Sapa is an international industrial group, which develops and markets value-added aluminium profiles, profile-based components and systems, and heat exchanger strip in aluminium. Sapa will in 2003 have a turnover of approximately 12 billion SEK, with 7,600 employees all over Europe and in USA and China. Sapa is one of Europe's leading companies within its field and the customers are found in the transport, building, engineering and telecom industries. Sapa is listed on the O-list of Stockholmsborsen.
Further information about Sapa can be found on our web site www.sapagroup.com
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