Annual General Meeting of AB SKF
Annual General Meeting of AB SKF The Annual General Meeting of Aktiebolaget SKF, Parent Company of the SKF Group, was held in Göteborg on Thursday, April 18, 2002, under the chairmanship of Mr Anders Scharp. The income statements and the balance sheets of the Parent Company and the Group were adopted, together with the Board's proposal for distribution of surplus. The proposed dividend of SEK 6.00 per share was approved. To be entitled to receive the dividend for 2001, shareholders must be recorded in the share register on April 23. The following Board members were reelected: Mr Anders Scharp, Mr Sune Carlsson, Mr Sören Gyll, Mr Helmut Werner, Mr Vito H Baumgartner, Ms Ulla Litzén, Mr Clas Åke Hedström and Mr Philip N Green. The Annual General Meeting also decided to introduce a conversion clause in the Articles of Association of AB SKF with the following wording. "Shares of Series A shall on request by their owners be converted to shares of Series B. A conversion request, which shall be done in writing and state the number of shares to be converted, shall be made to the company. The company shall without delay notify the conversion to the Patent- and Registration Office for registration. The conversion is executed when the registration has taken place." At the statutory meeting of the Board following the Annual General Meeting, Mr Anders Scharp was elected Chairman. Göteborg, April 18, 2002 Aktiebolaget SKF (Publ.) . Further information can be obtained from: Lars G Malmer, Group Communication, tel +46-31-3371541, +46-705-371541, e-mail: lars.g.malmer@skf.com Marita Björk, Investor Relations, tel +46-31-3371994, +46-705-181994, e- mail: marita.bjork@skf.com Aktiebolaget SKF, SE-415 50 Göteborg, Sweden, tel: +46-31-3371000, fax: +46-31-3372832, www.skf.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/04/18/20020418BIT01380/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/04/18/20020418BIT01380/wkr0002.pdf