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Wilh. Sonesson to double sales and earnings through acquisition of

10/17/2003 3:25 AM EST

Vitamex personal care group

· Wilh. Sonesson is to acquire the personal-care group Vitamex AB and
will thus become one of the leading consumer-healthcare companies in the
Nordic region with sales of SEK 1.2 billion. The seller is Royal Numico
of the Netherlands and the purchase consideration amounts to SEK 280 M.
· Wilh. Sonesson doubles operating profit
· ...

Wilh. Sonesson has begun repurchase of own shares

8/20/2002 8:55 AM EST

On August 12, 2002, the Board of Wilh. Sonesson AB (publ) resolved,
supported by the resolution of the Annual General Meeting on April 24,
to acquire at most 1,000,000 of the company's own shares. Combined with
shares repurchased previously, this brings the total number of
repurchased shares (treasury stock) to approximately 5.2 percent of the
total shares issued.

Effective August...

Wilh. Sonesson AB (publ.) Interim Report January 1 - June 30, 2002

8/14/2002 10:09 AM EST

Interim Report
January 1 - June 30, 2002

* Streamlining of Consumer Healthcare completed
* Acquisition of Bioglan
* Successful launch of Jabu'she
* Net sales of SEK 419.4 M (188.4)
* Operating profit before amortization of goodwill SEK 25.4 M (2.4)
* Profit after financial items SEK 0.5 M (loss: 11.8)

Second quarter
* Net sales SEK 217.5 M...

Wilh. Sonesson's Board approves buy-back of shares

8/14/2002 9:59 AM EST

The Board of Wilh. Sonesson decided at a Board meeting yesterday, August
12, 2002, supported by the authorization the Board received from the
Annual General Meeting on April 24, 2002, to acquire Sonesson shares.
Share acquisitions will be conducted on Stockholmsbörsen (the Stockholm
Exchange) and at a price per share that is within the price range
registered on Stockholmsbörsen at the time...

Wilh. Sonesson sells product rights in Germany through its Bioglan subsidiary

7/18/2002 8:39 AM EST

Wilh. Sonesson sells product rights in Germany through its Bioglan
subsidiary

Wilh. Sonesson AB acquired the pharma company Bioglan AB in Malmö on 13
May 2002.
In connection with the acquisition Bioglan sold its whole research
operation to a public English company.

As previously announced Bioglan gave the buyer an option to acquire
rights to marketed products, primarily...

Wilh. Sonesson's revised schedule for sale and listing of Active Capital

6/6/2002 5:27 AM EST

On April 24, 2002, the Annual General Meeting of Wilh. Sonesson resolved
to focus the operations of the Group on the Consumer Healthcare sector
(that is, pharmaceuticals, naturopathic preparations and personal care
products) by selling the other operations, which are combined in the
company Active Capital, to shareholders.

The previously published schedule was based on the assumption...

Wilh. Sonesson acquires pharmaceuticals company Bioglan

5/13/2002 10:37 AM EST

· Sales of SEK 86 M within the skincare and pain-relief product areas
· Substantial increase in earnings per share
· Positive cash flow from two profitable operations
· Established distribution to pharmacies in the Nordic region
· Production with dermatological focus

Background and reasons

Wilh. Sonesson has acquired the Bioglan AB pharmaceuticals company...

Wilh. Sonesson - timetable for purchase of shares in Active Capital

4/25/2002 11:08 AM EST

Wilh. Sonesson's Annual General Meeting, held on April 24, 2002,
resolved to propose the division of operations into two separate
companies, Wilh. Sonesson Consumer Healthcare and Active Capital, and to
distribute holdings in Optilink to Wilh. Sonesson's shareholders. The
intention is to create improved conditions for the companies and to
generate greater shareholder value.

Annual General Meeting of Wilh. Sonesson AB (publ)

4/25/2002 11:06 AM EST

At the Annual General Meeting of Wilh. Sonesson, held on April 24, 2002,
the following decisions were made.

The income statement, balance sheet, consolidated financial statements
and Consolidated Auditors' Report for the 2001 financial year were
adopted. The Group's profits were distributed in accordance with the
proposal by the Board of Directors. The members of the Board and the

Wilh. Sonesson's information memorandum published

4/18/2002 5:29 AM EST

As previously announced, the Board of Wilh. Sonesson has decided that it
will propose to the Annual General Meeting, to be held on April 24,
2002, a division of operations into two separate companies, Wilh.
Sonesson Consumer Healthcare and Active Capital and to distribute the
holding in Optilink among Wilh. Sonesson's shareholders. The reason is
to create better conditions for the company...

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