Annual General Meeting in HiQ International AB (publ)

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Annual General Meeting in HiQ International AB (publ) The following resolutions were adopted at the Annual General Meeting in HiQ International AB on 26 April 2001: · The General Meeting resolved that dividends should be paid in an amount of SEK 0.50 per share. The record day in respect of the dividend is Wednesday 2 May 2001. The dividend is expected to be paid out by VPC AB on Monday 7 May 2001. · Hans Karlsson (re-election), Ken Gerhardsen (re-election), Per Östlund (re-election), Lars Stugemo (re-election), Carl Bildt (re- election) and Anders Ljungh (new election) were elected as board members. · The General Meeting resolved in accordance with the proposal by the Board of Directors to issue subordinated debentures in four series with not more than 830,000 detachable warrants attached. Each warrant entitles the holder to subscribe for one share in HiQ International AB at a subscription price amounting to 110 percent of the average exchange quotation of the company's shares during the period commencing 2 May 2001 up to and including 15 May 2001 (Series I), during a ten day period after the interim report for the two first quarters of the year 2001 is submitted (Series II), during a ten day period after the interim report for the three first quarters of the year 2001 is submitted (Series III) and during a ten day period after the press release of unaudited annual earnings figures is submitted (Series IV). All warrants may be exercised during a period of about two years from the date the subscription price was established. The right to subscribe for debentures shall inure to the wholly owned subsidiary HiQ Data AB, which shall detach and transfer the warrants to current and future employees. In the event all warrants are exercised, the share capital of the company will increase by SEK 83,000 corresponding to approximately 1.9 per cent of the share capital. In consideration of previously adopted option plans to the employees, the total dilution amounts to approximately 3.9 per cent. · The General Meeting resolved in accordance with the proposal by the Board of Directors to authorise the Board to issue a maximum of 4,000,000 new shares, at one or more occasions, during the period until the next annual general meeting. The authorisation includes the right to resolve on issues in kind. The Board shall also be authorised to resolve on issues of shares with divergence from the shareholders' pre-emptive rights, provided that such issue of shares is necessary for the company in order to finance acquisitions of other companies in a cost efficient way. · The General Meeting resolved to amend § 8 of the company's Articles of Association whereby a notice to the shareholders' meeting shall be made through public notice in Post- och Inrikes Tidningar and in Svenska Dagbladet or any other newspaper having a nation-wide coverage. At the constituent board meeting held after the General Meeting is was resolved to appoint Hans Karlsson as the chairman of the Board. HiQ International AB (publ) The Board of Directors For more information, please contact: Lars Stugemo, CEO HiQ International AB, tel.: +46 8 588 90 000 HiQ is an IT and management consultancy focusing on high-tech solutions in the fields of telecoms, mobility and simulation technology. The company is a leader in these fields and the Nordic region is its domestic market. HiQ employs 440 people at offices in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. HiQ is listed on the OM Stockholm Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit our web site at www.hiq.se ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/27/20010427BIT00330/bit0003.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/27/20010427BIT00330/bit0003.pdf