Payout of redemption amount

Payout of redemption amount Following the district court's approval providing force of law, and the decision having been registered by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office, the redemption of shares in AssiDomän can be completed. AssiDomän pays SEK 190 cash for each share registered for redemption. The payout is expected to take place on 29 March 2001. A total of SEK 4,411 million is to be paid to the shareholders. The registration period for AssiDomäns share redemption offer expired on 16 November 2000. The offer covered the redemption of every fifth share at SEK 190 per share. The offer involved the registration of 23,215,855 shares for redemption, which corresponded to 98.1 per cent of the maximum number of redeemable shares in accordance with the offer. Since 6 December the shares registered for redemption have been available for trading via the OM Stockholm Stock Exchange. Trading will now cease. The last day for trading shares is 21 March 2001. The record date for payout of the redemption amount is 26 March 2001. The payout of the redemption amount will involve the transfer of SEK 4,411 million to AssiDomän's shareholders. Through the redemption, the number of shares is reduced by 23,215,855. Following the redemption, the number of shares in AssiDomän will total 95,157,179. AssiDomän AB Corporate Communications 15 March, 2001 Information on the redemption of shares can be obtained via the company's website www.asdo.se. In Sweden, the company provides a telephone service dealing with tax matters; call 020-43 92 00 between 1 March and 2 May 2001. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/15/20010315BIT00910/bit0003.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/15/20010315BIT00910/bit0003.pdf