NEW YORK, STOCKHOLM, and BERTRANGE, Luxembourg, May 31, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Millicom International Cellular S.A. ("Millicom") (Nasdaq:MICC) (Stockholmsborsen:MIC), today held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Shareholders in Luxembourg.
The AGM re-elected Vigo Carlund, Donna Cordner, Ernest Cravatte, Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, Daniel Johannesson, Raymond Kirsch, Michel Massart and Cristina Stenbeck as members of the Board of Directors. Tope Lawani was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. PricewaterhouseCoopers was re-elected as Auditor.
Tope Lawani is co-founder and Managing Director of Helios Investment Partners, a private investment firm formed to pursue private equity investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. From 1996 to January 2004 he was Principal in Texas Pacific Group, a global private investment firm. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Finacity, a former member of the Board of Directors of Debenhams and a former alternate member of the Boards of J Crew and Burger King Corp. Tope Lawani has a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Juris Doctor cum laude from Harvard Law School.
The AGM resolved to grant 750,000 share options to certain Directors and employees of Millicom. The options are exercisable at a 15% premium to the closing market price of Millicom shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market on May 31, 2005. The maximum potential dilution of the current issued share capital of Millicom as a result of the granting of these new share options is 0.75%.
The AGM resolved that a Shareholders' Nominations Committee will prepare a proposal of persons to be elected as Directors for the 2006 AGM. This committee will be created during the fall of 2005 in consultation with at least three major Millicom Shareholders and Cristina Stenbeck will act as convenor of this committee. The composition of the Shareholders' Nominations Committee will be communicated in the financial report for the 3rd quarter of 2005.
A second extraordinary shareholders' meeting will be convened for item 9 of the Agenda of the Meeting as the special quorum of 50 per cent of the shareholders was not present. The second extraordinary shareholders' meeting will vote on a resolution in accordance with the requirements of article 100 of the law of August 10, 1915 on commercial companies as amended.
All other resolutions proposed to Millicom's Annual General Meeting of shareholders today in Luxembourg were passed.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors following the AGM, Daniel Johannesson was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Michel Massart was re-appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Ernest Cravatte and Raymond Kirsch were re-appointed and Tope Lawani was appointed as members of the Audit Committee. Daniel Johannesson was appointed as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and Vigo Carlund, Donna Cordner and Cristina Stenbeck were appointed members of the Compensation Committee. Daniel Johannesson, Donna Cordner and Ernest Cravatte, all being independent directors, were appointed as members of the Nominating Committee of the Board as required by the Nasdaq market rules.
Millicom International Cellular S.A. is a global telecommunications investor with cellular operations in Asia, Latin America and Africa. It currently has a total of 16 cellular operations and licenses in 15 countries. The Group's cellular operations have a combined population under license of approximately 332 million people.
This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" with respect to Millicom's expectations and plans, strategy, management's objectives, future performance, costs, revenues, earnings and other trend information. It is important to note that Millicom's actual results in the future could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements depending on various important factors. Please refer to the documents that Millicom has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including Millicom's most recent annual report on Form 20-F, for a discussion of certain of these factors.
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