TDC Annual General Meeting - Resolutions
March 17 2005 - 1:36PM
PR Newswire (US)
TDC Annual General Meeting - Resolutions KOBENHAVN, Denmark, March
17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today the Annual General Meeting of
TDC approved the Company's 2004 Annual Report. In addition, the AGM
adopted the proposal put forward by the Board of Directors
regarding the appropriation of profit. A dividend of DKK 12.50 will
be paid per share of a nominal value of DKK 5. A resolution to
discharge the Board of Directors and Executive Committee was
adopted. In addition the following amendments to the Articles of
Association were adopted: a) The Company's share capital is reduced
by cancellation of a part of the Company's holding of own shares,
totalling a nominal amount of DKK 90,421,815. The reduction amount
has been paid to a shareholder by way of the Company's purchase of
those shares that will be cancelled. In total, the Company has paid
DKK 3,408,902,425.50 for the shares, so that in addition to the
nominal reduction amount, a total amount of DKK 3,318,480,610.50
has been paid to the shareholder. After the reduction, the share
capital will amount to DKK 991,875,885. The implementation of the
reduction of the share capital is subject to the expiration of a 3
month advertisement period in which no creditors have proven their
claims. b) The lifting of the provision according to which no
shareholder shall be entitled to own and/or control shares
corresponding to more than 9.5 percent of the authorized share
capital of the Company, unless the Board of Directors consents. In
relation hereto a number of amendments to the Articles of
Association were adopted. c) In future one state-authorized auditor
is elected. d) In future the Chairman of the General Meeting is to
be elected by the Board of Directors. The following members of the
Board of Directors were re-elected: Thorleif Krarup, Niels Heering,
Kurt Anker Nielsen, Christine Bosse, Preben Damgaard, and Per-Arne
Sandstrom. The members of the Board elected by the employees remain
Jan Bardino, Leif Hartmann, Steen Jacobsen and Bo Magnussen.
PricewaterhouseCoopers was re-elected as state-authorized public
accountants to TDC A/S. The AGM approved an authorization to the
Board of Directors -- until the next Annual General Meeting -- to
let the company acquire own shares at a nominal value of up to 10
percent of the share capital in accordance with section 48 of the
Danish Companies Act. For further information please contact TDC
Investor Relations on tel. +45 33 43 76 80. DATASOURCE: TDC A/S
CONTACT: TDC Investor Relations: +45-33-43-76-80
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