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The
protracted boardroom upheaval at the company follows a dispute
with the Norwegian government last year over Telenor's handling
of an investigation into affiliate Vimpelcom's dealings in
Uzbekistan.
A statement from the company on Monday said that deputy chairman
Frank Dangeard and board members Marit Vaagen and Burckhard
Bergman had asked to be relieved of their duties ahead of
Wednesday's meeting of the Telenor corporate assembly that
appoints board members.
Telenor said that two new board members, Jacob Aqraou and Siri
Beate Hatlen, had been proposed by its nomination committee and
it is considering putting forward a third candidate.
Vimpelcom, in which Telenor holds a 33 percent stake, said in
February that it would pay $795 million to resolve U.S. and
Dutch investigations into a bribery scheme in Uzbekistan, in the
second-largest global anti-corruption settlement in history.
The latest departures from Telenor's top management follow the
October resignation of then-chairman Svein Aaser, with the chief
financial officer and legal director following suit last month
after a report by auditing firm Deloitte found weakness in the
company's handling of the Vimpelcom case.
The report did not find that any Telenor employees had been
involved in corrupt actions or any other legal offences.
The Norwegian government owns 54 percent stake of Telenor, which
has more than 200 million subscribers in 13 markets across
Europe and Asia.
(Reporting by Terje Solsvik; Editing by David Goodman)
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