Highlights of Esselte's 2001 Annual General Meeting

Highlights of Esselte's 2001 Annual General Meeting · The proposed cash dividend of SEK 2.00 per share was approved. Board The Annual General Meeting elected the following Board members; Fritz Fröhlich, Anders Igel, Kurt Jofs, Bo Jungner, Sven Ohlsson and Brian E. Stern were all re-elected. Björn Larsson, Chief Executive Officer A-Com AB, was elected as a new member. Arne Karlsson declined re-election. At the Board meeting following the election, Sven Ohlsson was re-elected Chairman of the Board. Esselte is the leading global office supplies manufacturer with annual sales exceeding SEK 11 billion, subsidiaries in 31 countries, selling office products in over 120 countries and employing more than 7,000 people. Esselte brings innovation, efficiency and style to the way people work in the office and at home. Our principal brands are: DYMO, Pendaflex, Leitz, Esselte and Curtis. Esselte AB is listed on the Stockholm and London stock exchanges. To learn more about Esselte, visit our website at www.esselte.com. For further information please contact: Anders Igel, CEO +46 (0) 70 519 13 78 Ulrik Svensson, CFO +44 (0) 7770 746344 Thomas Groth, IR +44 (0) 7881 628851 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/26/20010426BIT02550/bit0001.pdf