The Board of OMX has decided to summon shareholders to an extraordinary general meeting in order to address the Board’s motion for a new share issue in conjunction with the acquisition of the Icelandic Stock Exchange, and an extra dividend to shareholders of SEK 3 per share, to be paid on October 31, 2006.
The Extraordinary General Meeting is scheduled for October 23, 2006, at 5.00 p.m. CET, at OMX offices on Tullvaktsvägen 15, Stockholm.
The Board proposes that the General Meeting authorize the Board to increase the company’s share capital by a maximum of SEK 4,140,000, through the issue of a maximum of 2,070,000 new shares for the purpose of acquiring Eignarhaldsfelagid Verdbrefathing HF (owner of the Icelandic Stock Exchange, ICEX, and the Icelandic Securities Register Center, ISD), in accordance with prior communications.
The Board further proposes that the General Meeting approve that a dividend (extra dividend) of SEK 3 per share, or a total of SEK 355,718,721, be paid with October 26, 2006 as the proposed record day and payment scheduled for October 31, 2006.
The Annual General Meeting is scheduled for April 12, 2007, in Stockholm.
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