The ordinary Annual General Meeting of Swissmetal Holding Ltd, Dornach, took place today in the “treff.zwölf” restaurant – the former Swissmetal canteen – in Dornach. The meeting was attended by 60 shareholders representing 55.7% of the total share capital.

The meeting approved the Annual Report, Financial Statements and Consolidated Financial Statements for 2008. The Holding's available earnings of CHF 1.9 million were carried forward to new account. The actions of all management bodies were ratified in accordance with the Board of Directors’ proposal.

The meeting approved the Board of Directors’ proposal to re-elect four current Board members and appoint two additional new members. Dr J. Friedrich Sauerländer, Dr Dominik Köchlin, Dr Roger Bühler and Max Locher were then all re-elected for a further one-year period of office. The meeting elected the two proposed new directors Ferdinand Stutz and Dr Jürg Henz by a large majority. PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Basel, was appointed statutory auditor and Group auditor for a further twelve months.

All the Board of Directors’ proposals were approved by a clear majority of voting shares.