Pergo Invites Shareholders for Board Vote

Trelleborg, Sweden, July 29—Pergo has invited shareholders to attend an extraordinary general meeting on Aug. 19, 2004 at the headquarters in Sweden. Shareholders who wish to attend the meeting must be recorded in the share register maintained by the Swedish Securities Register Centre ("VPC") as of Aug. 9, 2004; and must notify the company of their intent to attend the meeting by noon Aug. 16, 2004. Shareholders who have placed their shares in trust must re-register the shares in their own names to allow them to participate in the meeting. Such re-registration must have been executed not later than Monday 9 August 2004 and accordingly the trustee should be informed thereof in due time before said date. The company will confirm receipt of notice of participation by sending an admission card to be shown at the Meeting. The shareholder Explorer Capital Investments, representing more than 10% of all votes and shares in the company, has requested an Extraordinary General Meeting to be convened for the election of new Board Members. For this reason, the Nomination Committee of the company has been summoned. Proposal as regards the Board is expected to be made public in good time before the meeting.