The Extraordinary General Meeting of Hemköp has approved the resolutions necessary for the implementation of the combina

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Hemköp has approved the resolutionsnecessary for the implementation of the combination of Hemköp and D&D The Extraordinary General Meeting of Hemköpskedjan AB (publ) ("Hemköp"), held today, has approved to amend the Articles of Association and elect new members of the Board of Directors in accordance with the Board's proposal resolution as well as the Board's resolution as of 28 December 1999 to issue new shares. Hereby one of Hemköp's four conditions of the public share offer to D&D Dagligvaror AB's shareholders has been fulfilled. The Extraordinary General Meeting elected Göran Ennerfelt, Roger Källman, Marcus Storch, Claes Andersson, Peggy Bruzelius, Nils-Erik Johansson, Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Gösta Törnroth and Annika Åhnberg as new members of the Board of Directors. It was decided that the new Board of Directors assumes office upon the implementation of Hemköp's acquisition of D&D Dagligvaror AB, i.e. at such time when all terms and conditions for the completion of the new share issue have been fulfilled. For further information please contact: Håkan Matz, CEO Hemköpskedjan AB Tel: +46-23-589 00 or +46-70-589 22 11 Hemköpskedjan AB (publ) P.O. Box 828 SE-791 39 Falun SWEDEN Tel: +46-23-589 00, Fax: +46-23- 71 19 77 Visitors' address: Hälsingtorget, Falun www.hemkop.se ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/02/10/20000210BIT01110/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/02/10/20000210BIT01110/bit0002.pdf