Annual General Meeting of AB Sardus

Share repurchase program and employee options program are approved

The Annual General Meeting of AB Sardus on April 18, 2002 adopted the proposal of the Board of Directors and the President for a dividend of SEK 4.25 (4.25) per share for the fiscal year 2001. The record date for the dividend payment will be April 23 and the dividend is expected to be mailed from VPC ( Swedish Securities Register Center ) on April 26. Board of Directors and auditors Raoul Hasselgren, Rolf Lydahl, Ragnar Bringert, Elisabet Annell, Ulf Brasen, Göran Havander and Lisbeth Sachs were reelected members of the Board of Directors. The KPMG auditing firm was chosen in 1999 to serve for four years. Share-repurchase program The Meeting approved a share-repurchase program comprising no more than 10 percent of the Company's shares during the period prior to the 2003 Annual General Meeting. The repurchases must be made in the open market or through an offering directed to all shareholders. One of the purposes of the repurchases is to make it possible to pay partly in shares in connection with acquisitions of companies. Employee options program The Meeting also approved an employee options program for approximately 30 senior executives. In accordance with the proposal, holders of the options may subscribe for Sardus shares during the period beginning May 6, 2003 through May 6, 2008 . The subscription price will be 110 percent of the average market price during the period beginning April 19 through May 3, 2002 . The program comprises approximately 350,000 options. If all option rights are exercised, Sardus' share capital will increase in a maximum amount of approximately SEK 2.3 M, equal to approximately 4.6 percent of the share capital and voting rights. Stockholm, April 18, 2002 AB SARDUS (publ) The Board of Directors For additional information, please call President Ragnar Bringert. Telephone: 070-593 62 73 or 042-37 02 50.