Redemption approved

Resolution at AssiDomän's extraordinary general meeting on 9 October 2000 The extraordinary general meeting of AssiDomän AB held on Monday resolved to invite AssiDomän's shareholders to redeem shares in accordance with the Board's proposal. This resolution entails an offering for redemption of every fifth share in AssiDomän AB at a redemption price of SEK 190 per share, whereby a maximum of SEK 4,498,175,140 will be paid for redeemed shares. The record date for entitlement to redemption rights is 12 October 2000. Information will be distributed to all shareholders at the start of the application period on 20 October 2000. AssiDomän AB Corporate Communications 9 October 2000 For further information, please contact: Peter Månsson, Vice President, Investor Relations Berit Hallberg, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications Telephone: +46 8 655 90 00 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/10/09/20001009BIT00430/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/10/09/20001009BIT00430/bit0002.pdf