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Proposal for Election of Board of Directors of Hoganas AB

    HOGANAS, Sweden, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nomination Committee
appointed in advance of the 2004 Annual General Meeting of Hoganas AB,
consisting of Ulf G Linden (Chairman of Lindengruppen AB), Tomas Nicolin of
the Third National Pension Fund, Peter Rudman of Nordea's Funds and Henrik
Didner of Didner & Gerge Funds, has decided to recommend that this year's
Annual General Meeting elect Jenny Linden Urnes as a new AGM-elected full
member of the Board of Directors of Hoganas AB in succession to Jacob
Palmstierna, who will be retiring by reason of age at the 2004 Annual General
Meeting.
    Otherwise the Nomination Committee recommends that the composition of the
Board remain unchanged, i.e. that Ulf G Linden, Per Molin, Bernt Magnusson,
Hans Miver, Claes Lindqvist, Magnus Lindstam and Agnete Raaschou-Nielsen be
re-elected.  This proposal is supported by shareholders representing more than
50% of the total votes in Hoganas AB.
    Ms Linden Urnes was born in 1971 and gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in
philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, in 1995. She is a member
of the Board of Directors of AB Wilh. Becker and of the boards of AB Wilh.
Becker's major international subsidiaries. She is also Chairman of the Board
of the Fargfabriken Foundation, a center for contemporary art and architecture
in Stockholm.

    CONTACT:  Claes Lindqvist; President and Chief Executive Officer of
Hoganas, +0046-42-33-80-58.


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CONTACT:
Claes Lindqvist; President and Chief
Executive Officer of Hoganas, +0046-42-33-80-58