Board of Holmen AB

Board of Holmen AB Shareholders who together represent some 70 per cent of the votes in Holmen AB have notified that at the Annual General Meeting scheduled for April 12, 2000 they intend to propose that the following members of the Board be re-elected: Fredrik Lundberg, Carl Kempe, Hans Larsson, Arne Mårtensson, Bengt Pettersson, Per Welin and Christer Zetterberg. It is also proposed that Per Ericson, President and CEO of Holmen since February 15, 2000, be elected to the Board. The notice convening the AGM will be published on Monday, March 13. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/03/10/20000310BIT00620/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/03/10/20000310BIT00620/bit0002.pdf