Extraordinary General Meeting of Bure Equity AB
· The EGM approved the transfer of the shares in - Xdin AB - Stark Film och Event AB - The Materials Division within Simonsen Sverige AB · The EGM decided to reduce the statutory reserve to cover a loss and potential buy-backs of warrants
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Bure Equity AB (publ) held on 9 December 2004 dealt with the following business: Transfer of the shares in Xdin AB The EGM approved Bure Equity AB’s transfer of all the company’s 16,701,611 shares in its subsidiary, Xdin AB, in accordance with the share transfer agreement entered into on 1 November 2004 with Acreloten 244 AB and Acreloten 245 AB. These companies are controlled by the President, the Chief Financial Officer and twelve other senior executives in Xdin AB. The purchase price amounts to SEK 31,500,000. If the transferred shares are sold within 27 months, Bure will be entitled to a supplementary purchase price equivalent to 50 per cent of any capital gain. The buyer has the right to redeem the supplementary purchase price at specified amounts within specified time intervals. Transfer of operation in Simonsen Sverige AB and of the shares in Simonsen Norge A/S The EGM approved the transfer of Simonsen Sverige AB’s operation in its Materials Division and of all its 50 shares in the Norwegian subsidiary, Simonsen Norge A/S, in accordance with a transfer of operation agreement and a share transfer agreement entered into with AB Grundstenen 103532 on 29 October 2004, a company which is owned by the former President and Board Member of Simonsen Sverige AB. In accordance with the aforementioned agreement, the purchase price for the operation including the shares in Simonsen Norge A/S shall amount to SEK 3,700,000 kronor plus an amount equivalent to the operation’s book values on the day of taking possession. Transfer of the shares in Stark Film och Event AB The EGM approved that Bure Equity AB’s subsidiary, Business Communication Group Scandinavia AB, could transfer of all of its 4,000 shares in the subsidiary, Stark Film och Event AB, in accordance with the transfer agreement entered into with AB Grundstenen 103421on 29 October 2004, which is a company owned by the President and eight other senior executives in Stark Film och Event AB. In accordance with the aforementioned agreement, the purchase price for the shares shall consist of a fixed purchase price of SEK 1,800,000 and a supplementary purchase price which could amount to SEK 1,800,000 based on a specified operating profit. Reduction of the statutory reserve to cover loss The EGM decided on a reduction of the statutory reserve by SEK 207,500,000 to cover a loss in accordance with the adopted balance sheet on 31 December 2003. Reduction of the statutory reserve for buy-backs of warrants The EGM decided on a reduction of the statutory reserve by SEK 300,000,000 to enable buy-backs of Bure Equity AB’s listed warrants of series 2003/2007 in accordance with the Board of Director’s assessment. As a court approval is required to implement this reduction, Bure will now proceed with an application for such approval. All the aforementioned decisions by the EGM were unanimous. Gothenburg, 9 December 2004 Bure Equity AB (publ) Board of Directors For further information, please contact: Lennart Svantesson, President +46 31-708 64 20, +46 733-11 00 11 Anders Mörck, Chief Financial Officer +46 31-708 64 41, +46 706-46 52 11 Johanna Pettersson, IR/Information Officer +46 31-708 64 49, +46 708-35 76 51