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EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
18 February 2003
At a Board meeting following the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, Vigo Carlund was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Cristina Stenbeck was elected as Vice Chairman.
Lance R. Primis is the former President and Chief Operating Officer of The New York Times Company, where he was responsible for operations including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, twenty one regional newspapers, The New York Times Information Services Division, ten sports and leisure magazines, eight network-affiliated television stations and two radio stations. Mr Primis has also served on the Board of Directors of the International Herald Tribune. He now runs his own management consulting firm, and is currently a member of the Board of Torstar Corporation, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and AvalonBay Communities, Inc., listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Paddy Byng is Managing Director of Ledbury Limited. He was formerly Senior Vice President, International Marketing and Business development at the Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, with responsibility for global advertising, marketing and public relations. He previously spent eight years in senior positions with leading international advertising agencies.
Cristina Stenbeck is a member of the Board of Directors of Invik & Co AB and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Emesco AB, one of Metro's largest shareholders.
Anders Fällman is President and CEO of Invik & Co AB, the investment holding and financial services company, which is also one of Metro's largest shareholders.
Vigo Carlund has served as a non-Executive Board Director of Metro International since January 2003 and is President and CEO of Industriförvaltnings AB Kinnevik, which is Metro's largest shareholder.
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