Annual General Meeting in Vitrolife AB (publ)
At Vitrolife’s Annual General Meeting yesterday, May 10, the following was among the decided: • No dividend will be paid for the financial year 2004. • Re-election of Board members Patrik Tigerschiöld, Per Båtelson, Lars Hamberger and Madeleine Olsson-Eriksson, in accordance with the nominations committee’s proposal. • Decision regarding the adoption of a resolution regarding instructions concerning principles for the appointment of the company’s election committee. The instructions also contain rules for the election committee’s tasks, meetings and changes to the instructions. • Authorization for the Board, for the time up until the next Annual General Meeting and on one or more occasions, to take a decision on the issue of a maximum of 1,800,000 shares in total, corresponding to approximately 9.8 percent of the company’s share capital. The issue may deviate from the shareholders' pre-emptive rights through a non-cash issue. The reason for the possible deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive rights is to prepare the ground for a possible company acquisition. At the Board meeting following election which was held after the Annual General Meeting, Patrik Tigerschiöld was elected Chairman of the Board. May 11, 2005 Gothenburg, Sweden The Board Questions should be addressed to: Magnus Nilsson, CEO, phone +46 31 721 80 00 or +46 708 22 80 61. Anna Ahlberg, CFO, phone +46 31 721 80 13 or +46 708 22 80 13.