PRV APPROVES MERGER WITH KINNEVIK
PRV APPROVES MERGER WITH KINNEVIK Invik & Co. AB ("Invik") today announced that PRV, the Swedish Patent and Registration Office, has notified Invik and Industriförvaltnings AB Kinnevik ("Kinnevik") that it has formally approved the execution of the merger of the two companies. The notification period, during which Kinnevik's creditors had the right to oppose the ongoing merger between Invik and Kinnevik, ended on 28 June 2004 and no creditor opposed the merger. For further information, please visit www.invik.se or contact: Anders Fällman, President & CEO +46 (0) 8 562 000 20 Henrik Persson,