Proposed changes to OM´s Board of Directors

Proposed changes to OM's Board of Directors At the Annual General Meeting of OM, due to be held on March 20, the shareholders representing around 50 per cent of the companies' shares and votes will propose that the number of ordinary members of the Board remain unchanged at eight. Re-election will be proposed for Gunnar Brock, Jan R. Carendi, Thomas Franzén, Per E. Larsson, Nils-Fredrik Nyblæus, Bengt Rydén and Olof Stenhammar. Adine Grate Axén will be proposed as a new member of the Board. Sven Nyman has declined to be put forward for re-election. Adine Grate Axén (born in 1961) is since 1996 head of Corporate Finance and since 1999 member of the Management Group at Investor AB. She is a Board Member of Grand Hôtel Holdings and Hi3G Access AB and a representative of the Securities Council and The Swedish Industry and Commerce Stock Exchange Committee. Adine Grate Axén holds an MSc of Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics. The fees to the Board of Directors are proposed to remain unchanged; with SEK 700 000 to the Chairman of the Board, SEK 300 000 to the Deputy Chairman of the Board if appointed and SEK 150 000 to the Board members. The fees to the Auditors are proposed to remain unchanged, according to account. OM's Annual General Meeting will be held on March 20 at 17.30 hrs in the Berwaldhallen, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3, in Stockholm. For further information or comments, please contact Olof Stenhammar, Chairman of the Board, OM+46 8 405 66 42 Anna Eriksson, VP Brand & Communications, OM+46 8 405 66 12 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/03/12/20020312BIT00980/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/03/12/20020312BIT00980/wkr0002.pdf