ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FOR HAFSLUND ASA (HNA) - ACCOUNTS AND DIVIDEND FOR 2000 AND ELECTIONS
Of the totale shares registered for the meeting, 79.932.022, were 59.723.291 A Class shares with voting rights and 20.208.731 B Class shares.
The accounts for 2000 were unanimously decided upon. The General Meeting decided to pay a dividend of NOK 1,20 per share for the year 2000. The dividend will be paid out on the 5th 2001. of June.
The shareholders meeting also approved the Auditors fee for 2000.
The proposal from the Board of Directors to be enable Hafslund ASA to purchase own B-shares was approved by the General Meeting. The highest face value of the share buyback program was set to NOK 11.463.420, equivalent to 10% of the total outstanding shares.
Further the General Meeting decided to change the bylaws of the company according to the proposal from the Board. The changes mean that the Corporate Assembly will be removed as the company no longer has more than 200 employees.
After recommandation from the Nominee Committee Bjørn Eidem was re-elected as chairman. Elected Boardmembers were Jens P.Heyerdahl jr, Tønnes Thomstad and Nils Bjørnebekk (new) for two years, and Åke Hugusson for one year. Bjørnebekk replace Åse Nilsen and Hugusson replace Lars A. Christensen.
The General Meeting elected Borger A. Lenth (chairman), Øyvind Refsnes and Leif Josefsson as members of the Nominee Committee.
Oslo, 15 May 2000
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The new Boardmembers:
Nils Bjørnebekk (66) is Chaiman of the board in Østfold Energi AS
Åke Hugusson (60) is Financial manager in Sydkraft AB.