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The Annual General Meeting of Oslo Børs Holding ASA held on Tuesday 8 May approved the annual report and accounts for 2006. The meeting resolved to pay a dividend of NOK 30 per share. The Annual General Meeting also decided a share split, so that one existing share in Oslo Børs Holding ASA is split into five new shares.
A dividend of NOK 30 per share will be distributed to shareholders as registered on 8 May. This represents a total payment of NOK 150 million.
The share split will have as a result that the total number of shares in the company increase from 5,000,000 to 25,000,000, and the nominal value of each share will change from NOK 10 to NOK 2. The share split does not change the value of the company’s share capital. The share will be traded with the new nominal value after the split and excluding dividend from and including 9 May. Payment of the dividend is expected to take place on 21 May.
Svein Støle and Bendicte Schilbred Fasmer were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Oslo Børs Holding ASA was granted a mandate for the company to buy back up to 1% its own shares. This mandate was granted since the Board wishes to make it possible to implement a share purchase program for the employees of Oslo Børs.
