D. Carnegie & Co AB - the extraordinary general meeting approved the authorisation for the board to issue new shares

D. Carnegie & Co AB - the extraordinary general meeting approved the authorisation for the board to issue new shares At an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of D. Carnegie & Co AB held on 15 May 2001, a resolution was adopted authorising the Board of Directors, on one or more occasions during the period until the next annual general meeting of the shareholders, either subject to shareholders' pre-emption rights or by way of derogation therefrom, to adopt a resolution regarding a new issue of not more than 3,335,000 shares each with a nominal value of SEK 2, entailing an increase in the company's share capital of not more than SEK 6,670,000. The shareholders have decided not to take up their pre-emption rights in order to widen ownership in the company. This is in conjunction with a planned listing of the company's shares on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. For further information, please contact: Lars Bertmar (CEO), tel: +46 8 58 86 90 20 Mats-Olof Ljungkvist (CFO), tel: +46 8 58 86 90 13 Birgitta Henriksson (Investor Relations), tel: +46 8 676 86 39 Monica Ewert (Corporate Communications), tel: +46 8 58 86 90 16 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/05/16/20010516BIT01130/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/05/16/20010516BIT01130/bit0002.pdf