Annual General Meeting of shareholders in Hufvudstaden

Annual General Meeting of shareholders in Hufvudstaden Hufvudstaden held its Annual General Meeting today in the World Trade Center in Stockholm. The Meeting adopted the Board of Directors' proposal of a dividend of SEK 0.85 per share. The record date is March 24, 2000 and the estimated date of dividend payment is March 29, 2000. Fredrik Lundberg, Claes Boustedt, Mats Jansson, Curt G Olsson, Ivo Stopner and Bo Waldemarson were reelected to the Board of Directors and Bengt Braun and Hans Mertzig were elected as new members. Bo Ribers was elected as new individual auditor in charge and Stefan Älgne was elected as new deputy. Both are authorized public accountants of the authorized auditing firm KPMG Bohlins AB. At the subsequent statutory meeting of the Board, Fredrik Lundberg was reelected as Chairman. Stockholm, March 21, 2000 Hufvudstaden AB (publ) Ivo Stopner President Questions will be answered by Ivo Stopner, telephone +46 8 762 90 00. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/03/21/20000904BIT00970/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/03/21/20000904BIT00970/bit0002.pdf