Hemtex’s Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting approved the change of the fiscal year

12/2/2009 2:40 PM EST

The Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Hemtex AB (publ) today approved the Board of Directors’ resolution that the company’s Articles of Association (paragraph 10) be amended so that the previous definition of the fiscal year as the period from May 1 to April 30 be changed whereby in the future the company’s fiscal year will be the calendar year (January 1 – December 31). This change is being made to adapt to the fiscal year applicable in the Parent Company’s Group.

Majority decision
The decision was unanimous.

Changed financial reporting dates
The year-end report for the abbreviated fiscal year from May 2009 to December 2009 will be published at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2010.
The interim report for January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010 will be published on May 4, 2010. CET 07.00.
The interim report for January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010 will be published on August 17, 2010. CET 07.00.
The interim report for January 1, 20110 to September 30, 2010, will be published on November 9, 2010. CET 07.00.

For information about future reports, refer to the financial calendar in the Investor Relations section on www.hemtex.com.