STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 13, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- This is the announcement regarding the Annual General Meeting of Telia AB (Publ), Tuesday April 23, 2002, at 4:00 p.m. at Stockholm International Fairs (Alvsjo), eastern entrance, Sweden.
Telia intends to publish the notification of the Annual General Meeting in Post-och Inrikes Tidningar, Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Industri on Thursday March 14. The call center will be open from 9 a.m. for notification of attendence.
The shareholders of TELIA AB (publ.) are hereby summoned to the ordinary Annual General Meeting at Stockholm International Fairs, eastern entrance, Alvsjo, Sweden, at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2002.
The doors will open at 2:30 p.m., and coffee will be served before the meeting starts.
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Presentation of mobile services.
Right to Participate
Shareholders wishing to participate in the Annual General Meeting must
-- be listed as shareholders in the printout of the register of
shareholders issued by VPC AB on Friday, April 12, 2002, and
-- have notified Telia AB of their intent to participate in the
Annual General Meeting not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 17, 2002.
Notice, etc.
Notice of participation can be furnished in writing to Telia AB, Box 6761, SE-113 85 Stockholm, Sweden, by telephone +46 (0)8-507 126 20 or, for private individuals, via the Internet at www.telia.com/agm or www.telia.se/bolagsstamma. Notice may be provided by phone on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The notice must include name, social security/corporate registration number, telephone number (office hours) and number of accompanying assistants. To facilitate admission to the Annual General Meeting, powers of attorney, registration certificates and other authorizing documents should be sent to the Company at the above address by Friday, April 19, 2002. Please note that any powers of attorney must be submitted in the original, and thus cannot be sent via the Internet.
In order to be able to participate in the Annual General Meeting, shareholders who have allowed their shares to be registered in trust must temporarily re-register their shares in the register of shareholders under their own names by Friday, April 12, 2002. These shareholders must notify their trustees of this well in advance of Friday, April 12, 2002 so that the shares can be re-registered. Please observe that this procedure may also be applicable for shareholders who are using a banks share deposit and/or are trading via the Internet.
As a service to those who are unable to attend, the President's speech and the presentation materials furnished at the Annual General Meeting will be posted on our homepage at www.telia.se, Investor Relations, and www.telia.com, Investor Relations, as of the day after the meeting.
Proposed Agenda
Opening of the Annual General Meeting
1. Election of meeting chairperson
2. Election of two people to check the meeting minutes along with
the chairperson
3. Preparation and approval of voting register
4. Adoption of agenda
5. Confirmation that the meeting has been duly and properly convened
6. Presentation of the Annual Report and Auditor's Report,
Consolidated Financial Statements and Group Auditor's Report for
2001. Speech by President Marianne Nivert in connection herewith
7. Resolution to adopt the Income Statement, Balance Sheet,
Consolidated Income Statement and Consolidated Balance Sheet for
2001
8. Resolution concerning appropriation of the Company's profits as
per the adopted Balance Sheet, and setting of record date for
the stock dividend
9. Resolution concerning discharging of members of the Board of
Directors and the President from personal liability for the
administration of the Company in 2001
10. Resolution concerning number of board members and deputy board
members to be elected by the Annual General Meeting
11. Resolution concerning compensation for the Board of Directors
12. Election of Board of Directors. The election will be preceded by
information from the chairperson concerning positions held in
other companies by the candidates
13. The shareholder Ralf Sass's proposal for establishing an ethnical
council
14. The shareholder Ralf Sass's proposal that the Board of Directors
are to draw up a program of information etc. Closing of the
meeting
Item 8 - Dividend
The Board of Directors proposes that a dividend of SEK 0.20 per share be distributed to the shareholders, and that April 26, 2002 be set as the record date for the dividend. If the Annual General Meeting adopts this proposal, it is estimated that disbursement from VPC AB will take place on May 2, 2002.
Item 13 - Establishment of an ethnical council
The shareholder Rolf Sass's proposal mainly means that the General Meeting shall establish a specific company-organ, an ethnical council, with the duty to present its point of views to the General Meeting and to the Board of Directors about how the company are to act in matters that don't fall within the supervision of the auditors. For example personnel-matters or matters regarding the selection of suppliers.
Item 14 - The draw up of a program of information etc.
The shareholder Rolf Sass's proposal mainly means that the General Meeting shall decide that the Board of Directors shall launch an internal information-program and act for more simple ways of information.
Complete proposed resolutions and Annual Report
The Annual Report, the Auditor's Report for fiscal 2001, the complete proposed resolution concerning the establishment of an ethnical council and the complete proposal that the Board of Directors is to draw up a program of information etc. will be available at the Company as of Tuesday, April 9, 2002. All the documents will be kept available at Telia AB, Investor Relations, MArbackagatan 11 in Farsta, Sweden, and are available by request to anyone who wishes to obtain them by writing to: Telia AB, Box 6761, SE-113 85 Stockholm, Sweden or by telephone to: +46 (0)8-507 126 20.
Items 1, 10, 11 and 12 concerning board members and compensation, etc.
A nominating committee comprising representatives from Telia's major owners: the Swedish state, Alecta, SEB Fonder/SEB Trygg Liv and Robur, plus Telia's Chairman of the Board has prepared certain items of business in advance of the meeting. Shareholders representing roughly 78% of the stock and votes in the company have stated their support for the following proposals:
-- Meeting chairperson: Claes Beyer.
-- Number of board members: Eight members, with no deputy members.
-- Board compensation: Compensation unchanged, i.e. SEK 500,000 for
the Chairman and SEK 200,000 to each of the other board members
who are elected by the Annual General Meeting and who are not
employees of the Telia Group.
-- Board election: Re-election of Peter Augustsson, Carl Bennet,
Ingvar Carlsson, Anders Igel, Marianne Nivert, Lars Olofsson,
Lars-Eric Petersson, and Caroline Sundewall.
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