Minutes Of The Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Opera Software ASA was held at Felix Conference Center, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway on June 17, 2004.

31 186 128 shares were represented, of which 7 000 938 were represented by proxy. There is a total of 97 510 247 shares in the Company. Hence, 31.9 % of the shares were represented. 23 shareholders were physically present.

The meeting was opened by Christian H. Thommessen, Chairman of the Board.

The following was resolved:

1. Election of a chairman for the meeting and two individuals to countersign the minutes

  • Christian H.Thommessen was elected to chair the meeting.
  • Christian Pettersen and Tore Rynning Nilsen were elected to countersign the minutes.

2. Approval of the Notice and Agenda

  • The notice and agenda were approved.

3. Approval of the annual accounts for 2003 for Opera Software ASA and the Opera Group and the annual report of the Board of Directors.

  • The annual accounts, report of the Board of Directors, including application of the result were approved.
  • Henning Aass, the Company's auditor, had no remarks to any of the above.

4. Election of one new Board member.

  • Nils Rydbeck was elected as a new member of the Board.

5. Approval of the auditor's remuneration

  • The remuneration to the auditor of NOK 205.000,- was approved.

6. Determination of the Board's remuneration

  • The following remuneration is proposed by a group of shareholders:
    • John Patrick: USD 25.000,-
    • Nils Rydbeck: USD 25.000,-
    • Chairman of the board: NOK 250.000,-
    • All other board members: NOK 25.000,-
  • The above compensation will be effective as from January 1 2004. Payment for the first six months of 2004 will be made soon and biannually thereafter.
  • There were no objections or comments to the above remuneration plan. The Board will work on the assumption that the proposed remuneration plan will be formally approved by the General Meeting in 2005.

7. Election of three members of the election committee

  • Ole Petter Lorentzen, Geir Ivarsøy and Christian Thommessen were elected.

8. Management's status report

  • The management presented a status report.
Christian H. Thommessen,
Chairman of the board
Christian Pettersen
Tore Rynning Nilsen