Communiqué from the Annual General Meeting of Sectra AB

Communiqué from the Annual General Meeting of Sectra AB "The fiscal year 2000/2001 is the best year in Sectra's history. We achieved record levels in sales and earnings," said Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO of Sectra AB, in his address to the meeting today, which was attended by approximately 100 shareholders. "The new year has started very promisingly, with order bookings more than SEK 65 million during the first two months." At the Annual General Meeting the Board of Directors' proposal to distribute a dividend of SEK 0.30 per share, or a total of SEK 9,828,283.50 to the shareholders was approved. Thomas Ericson, Gündor Rentsch, Torbjörn Kronander and Jan-Olof Brüer were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors and Carl-Erik Ridderstråle was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. Carl- Erik Ridderstråle, Tech. Lic, is President and CEO of BT Industries AB and member of the Boards of KMT and Svedala AB. The meeting authorized the Board of Directors to approve - on one or more occasions prior to the next Annual General Meeting - the issue of a maximum of 3,276,095 Series B shares, representing an increase of no more than SEK 3,276,095 in the share capital of the company. The authorization may be exercised on one or more occasions, but only in connection with acquisitions. If the authorization is fully exercised, the share capital will be diluted by approximately 10 % and the voting rights by approximately 6 %. The meeting also approved the Board of Directors' proposal to issue convertible debentures in a total maximum amount of SEK 25 million, to be directed to Group employees and the elected Board of Directors. The conversion price will be 135% of the volume-weighted average of prices paid for the company's shares on the "O" List of the Stockholm Exchange during the period beginning June 22, 2001 and ending July 6, 2001. The debentures may be converted as of May 15, 2004 through June 14, 2004. Assuming full subscription and full conversion of the debentures, the share capital will be diluted by approximately 1,0 % and the voting rights by approximately 0.6 %. The meeting also approved the Board of Directors' proposal to issue a maximum of 80.000 more stock options for Group personnel in the US. Assuming full exercise of the stock options, employees will acquire shares in the company corresponding to approximately 0.3 % of the share capital and 0.1 % of the voting rights. For further information, please contact: Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO Sectra AB, + 46 13 23 52 09, job@sectra.se Visit our website http://www.sectra.com Sectra's operations Sectra has its roots in Linköping Technical University and is one of Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in the IT area. Since the mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of high-technology medical IT and telecommunications products. Today, the business includes products in medical systems, secure communication systems and wireless information systems. Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 185 employees. Sales for the fiscal year May 2000-April 2001 reached SEK 292 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the Stockholm Exchange. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/06/29/20010629BIT01420/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/06/29/20010629BIT01420/bit0002.pdf