Decisions taken at AssiDomän's 2001 AGM

Decisions taken at AssiDomän's 2001 AGM At the Annual General Meeting of AssiDomän AB on Tuesday, the dividend for 2000 was determined at SEK 6.50 per share. The record date for this dividend is Monday 28 May 2001. In addition, the Annual General Meeting decided on the distribution, pursuant to Sweden's legal precedent Lex ASEA, of all the shares in Billerud AB ("Billerud"), which the company holds on the record date designated below. The distribution is conditional, in part, on Billerud's listing on Stockholmsbörsen no later than 17 December 2001 and, in part, on Billerud's having published a listing memorandum. The record date for the distribution of shares in Billerud shall be the date decided on by the Board of Directors, falling within the period from the fourteenth day, inclusive, to the sixtieth day, inclusive, after the date on which the conditions for distribution are met in accordance with the above information, although not later than 28 December 2001. AssiDomän currently holds fifty per cent of the shares in Billerud. As a result of an agreement with Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB, AssiDomän may acquire a maximum of a further twenty per cent of the total number of shares in Billerud, although may not hold more than a maximum of seventy per cent of the total number of shares in Billerud subsequent to the acquisition. Should AssiDomän acquire shares in accordance with this, these shares shall also be distributed to AssiDomän's shareholders. The book value of shares which may be distributed amounts to a maximum of MSEK 2,285. Board members Björn Björnsson, Jan Blomberg, Hans Carlsson, Gunnel Duveblad, Bernt Magnusson, Gunnar Palme, Carl Wilhelm Ros and Per Tegnér were re-elected. At the statutory board meeting following the Annual General Meeting, Bernt Magnusson was re-elected Chairman. AssiDomän AB Corporate Communications 22 May 2001 For further information please contact: Berit Hallberg, SVP Corporate Communications, Tel.: +46 8 655 9106 Peter Månsson, VP Investor Relations, Tel.:+46 8 655 9278 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/05/22/20010522BIT00460/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/05/22/20010522BIT00460/bit0002.pdf