General Meeting of the Shareholders of Custos

General Meeting of the Shareholders of Custos The Shareholders of Aktiebolaget Custos (publ) are hereby invited to the Extraordinary General Meeting on Tuesday, July 25, 2000 at 10.00 a.m. at SalénHuset (the Forum Hall), Norrlandsgatan 15, Stockholm, Sweden Notice of Attendance To be entitled to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting, the shareholder shall be registered in the shareholders' register kept by the Swedish Securities Register Centre (VPC AB) on Saturday, July 15, 2000 (by reason of this day being a Saturday, the registration in the shareholders' register must, however, be effectuated no later than on Friday, July 14, 2000) as well as give notice of attendance to the Company no later than on Friday, July 21, 2000 at 4.00 p.m. Notice of attendance at the Extraordinary General Meeting may be given in writing to AB Custos, P.O. Box 1738, SE-111 87 Stockholm or by telephone + 46 - 8 - 440 57 70 or via telefax + 46 - 8 - 440 57 80. When giving notice of attendance, please state name, personal or organisation number (day of birth), address and telephone number. Nominee shareholders who have registered their shares by a bank or an investment firm must, in order to be entitled to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting, temporarily register its shares in their own name. Such registration must be effectuated on Friday, July 14, 2000, which means that the shareholder before such date must notify its nominee. Agenda 1. Opening of the General Meeting 2. Election of Chairman of the General Meeting 3. Preparation and approval of the voting list 4. Approval of the agenda for the General Meeting 5. Election of two persons to check the minutes 6. Determination of whether the Extraordinary General Meeting has been duly convened 7. The proposal by the Board of Directors to amend the Articles of Association (see below) 8. Other matters 9. The conclusion of the General Meeting Amendment of the Articles of Association (item 7) The Board of Directors proposes to amend § 4 of the Articles of Association so that the Company will have shares issued of only two series, ordinary shares (previously named A-shares) and shares of series C. This entails a conversion of all shares of series B, carrying one-tenth of a vote, to ordinary shares, carrying one vote. Also, as a result hereof, a number of editorial changes will be made in § 4, paragraphs 1, 4 and 5. According to the Swedish Companies Act, the resolution in question to amend the Articles of Association requires, in order to be valid, that shareholders representing two-thirds of both the votes cast and the shares represented at the meeting are in favour of the resolution, and that owners of half of all shares belonging to the class whose rights are impaired and nine-tenths of the shares of this class represented at the meeting approve of the amendment. The complete proposal of the Board of Directors to amend the Articles of Association will be made available at the Company's office as from Monday, July 17, 2000 and sent to shareholders which so request. The Board of Directors will also send written notice to all shareholders whose address is known to the Company. * * * Stockholm, June 21, 2000 AKTIEBOLAGET CUSTOS (publ) The Board of Directors This notice is published in Swedish and English. In the event of any difference between the English version and the Swedish original, the Swedish version shall govern. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/06/21/20000621BIT00560/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/06/21/20000621BIT00560/bit0002.pdf