Rights issue and other proposed resolutions approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting
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UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN
An Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of Norsk Hydro ASA (Hydro)
was held today, June 21, 2010, at 09:00 (Oslo time). 743,851,737 shares were
represented at the meeting, corresponding to 61.6 percent of the share capital.
The Extraordinary General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposed
resolutions as set forth in the notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting
issued on May 28, 2010, and the final terms of the rights issue and terms for a
Board authorization to issue consideration shares to Vale Austria Holdings where
the Board's proposals were announced earlier today.
The Hydro share will, for trades subject to the ordinary T+3 settlement in the
Norwegian Central Securities Depository (VPS), consequently trade exclusive of
the right to receive subscription rights in the rights issue from and including
tomorrow, June 22, 2010. Detailed terms of the rights issue will be included in
the prospectus, expected to be published on or about June 25, 2010.
The minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting are attached, and are also
available on www.hydro.com/rightsissue.
Investor contact
Contact Stefan Solberg
Cellular +47 91727528
E-mail Stefan.Solberg@hydro.com
Press contact
Contact Halvor Molland
Cellular +47 92979797
E-mail Halvor.Molland@hydro.com
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under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"),
and may not be sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an
exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act. Hydro does not intend
to register any portion of the offering of the securities in the United States
or to conduct a public offering of the securities in the United States. Any
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strategies for Hydro, such as planned expansions, investments or other projects,
(c) targeted production volumes and costs, capacities or rates, start-up costs,
cost reductions and profit objectives, (d) various expectations about future
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uncertainty. Various factors could cause our actual results to differ
materially from those projected in a forward-looking statement or affect the
extent to which a particular projection is realized. Factors that could cause
these differences include, but are not limited to: our continued ability to
reposition and restructure our upstream and downstream aluminium business;
changes in availability and cost of energy and raw materials; global supply and
demand for aluminium and aluminium products; world economic growth, including
rates of inflation and industrial production; changes in the relative value of
currencies and the value of commodity contracts; trends in Hydro's key markets
and competition; and legislative, regulatory and political factors.
No assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been
correct. Hydro disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)
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Minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting: http://hugin.info/106/R/1425672/373817.pdf
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