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Global IP Solutions Strengthens Sales Management in Asia

David Humphreys Appointed Senior Director for Asia SalesHong Kong — July 14, 2008— Global IP Solutions (GIPS) the leading provider ofhigh-quality IP multimedia processing solutions, announced today that it has named David Humphreys to the position of Senior Director, Asia Sales. Humphreys will report to Alan Waldrip, GIPS vice president of worldwide sales and will be responsible for sales andday-to-day operations in the Asia Pacific and Japan regions.Humphreys brings more than 20 years of valuable international sales, operational and general management experience in the enterprise and

Volvo Aero to Partner with Pratt & Whitney on Geared Turbofan™ Engine

Volvo Aero has entered into an agreement with aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney to join P&W’s Geared Turbofan™ engine program. Under this arrangement, Volvo Aero will be responsible for three major components for both the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) and the Bombardier CSeries aircraft engines.The Geared Turbofan engine will be a product unique in the aircraft industry, bringing double-digit reductions in fuel burn, environmental emissions, engine noise and operating costs. For Volvo Aero, the agreement is expected to result in sales of SEK 50 billion during 40 years, the

Invitation to Noreco Q2 08 Presentation / Webcast

Stavanger, 14 July 2008: Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco - OSE:NOR), Noreco will present the results for Q2 2008 on Thursday 24 July 2008 at 09.00 Norwegian time. The presentation will take place at Hotel Continental, Stortingsg. 24 /26 Oslo. The presentation can also be followed by webcast on Noreco`s web page www.noreco.com or at www.oslobors.no/webcast     Noreco will further host an analyst conference call with possibilities for questions and answers later the same day at 14:00 Norwegian time. To join the conference please call 800 888 60 for participants in Norway or

Q-Med AB: Invitation to half-year report conference call

Time: Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 11.30 a.m. CET.To join the conference:Swedish dial in number: + 46 (0)8 505 201 10UK dial in number: +44 (0)20 7162 0025Q-Med participants:Bengt Ågerup, CEOAlexander Kotsinas, CFOMadelene Sandgren, Director Investor Relations and Corporate CommunicationsThe press release for Q-Med AB’s half-year report will be released approximately10.30 on July 24, 2008.The slide presentation will be available at:www.q-med.com/Investors/PresentationsA recorded version of the presentation will be available for seven working days ontel: Sweden +46 (0)

SAS to receive prestigious award for technological progress

SAS was presented with the "Leadership in Technology Award" at the annual award ceremony of the trade magazine, Airline Business, which was held in London yesterday, July 13. SAS received the award primarily for its contributions to “green approaches” and the use of biometry at checking-in.The commendation for the award included: “SAS has demonstrated that a strained commercial position does not necessarily mean that innovation is sacrificed.”“We are happy to receive this fine award in recognition of our progress,” says Peter Söderlund, Vice President, Product Concepts at SAS.“We

Invitation to presentation of 2nd quarter results 2008

14 July 2008 - Aker Solutions will publish its 2nd quarter results 2008 at the Oslo Stock Exchange on Thursday 31 July at 8.30 a.m. Central European Time. The results presentation will be held at Aker Solutions' headquarters, Fornebu at 9.30 a.m. the same morning.   We invite investors, analysts and the media to Aker Solutions' results presentation:   Date: Thursday 31 July Time: 9.30 a.m. CET Location: The Auditorium at Aker Solutions' headquarters, Snarøyveien 36, Fornebu Language: English The presentation will be broadcasted live on http://www.akersolutions.com at

SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH TELESTE 2002B STOCK OPTIONS

TELESTE CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 14.7.2008 AT 12:00 SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH TELESTE 2002B STOCK OPTIONS A total of 3,250 shares in Teleste Corporation have been subscribed for with thestock options 2002B after the increase of shares registered on 12 May 2008. Inaccordance with the Terms and Conditions, the share subscription price with thestock options 2002B stock options is EUR 1.85/share. The share subscription period with the stock options 2002B commenced in February2006. The stock option program was approved by the Annual General Meeting on 8April 2002. These

Summary of Saab’s press conference at air show

Monday saw the start of the world’s largets air show, Farnborough International Air Show, outside London. Saab’s participation includes a press conference with CEO Åke Svensson on Monday morning.Svensson introduced his presentation at the press conference by emphasizing the breadth of Saab, quoting important orders received within Saab’s three business segments; Thailand’s Gripen order, the order for the AT4 and Carl-Gustaf anti-tank systems for USA, Giraffe surveillance radar system from the United Kingdom, and the order for command & control systems for Australia’s new amphibious vessels

Strong interest in Gripen on the world market

This week, as Saab takes part in the world’s largest air show, Farnborough International Air Show, outside London, the world market’s interest in Gripen is greater than ever.Gripen have six customers at present. In addition to Sweden, the NATO member countries of Hungary and the Czech Republic both operate the aircraft, and the UK ETPS (Empire Test Pilots School) uses Gripen as its training platform. In February Thailand placed an order for Gripen and deliveries to South Africa have been underway since April this year.At present, there are binding Gripen tenders for Denmark, Norway, India,

Gunnebo receives order worth over MSEK 30 to supply Swedbank with security solutions

Gunnebo security group has through its subsidiary Gunnebo Nordic AB signed an order worth over MSEK 30 to supply and install closed cash-handling systems, alarms and secure storage for Swedbank’s branches in Sweden.Gunnebo security group has through its subsidiary Gunnebo Nordic AB signed an order worth over MSEK 30 to supply and install closed cash-handling systems, alarms and secure storage for Swedbank’s branches in Sweden.The order, which is the result of a close partnership between Gunnebo Nordic and Swedbank over many years, includes the installation of 150 closed cash-handling

Aker Solutions wins two drilling equipment contracts

14 July 2008 - Aker Solutions has been awarded two contracts with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd in South Korea for the delivery of identical drilling equipment packages for Odebrecht's two new drillships. The total contract value for Aker Solutions is approximately USD 260 million. The scope of work for Aker Solutions is to deliver complete drilling equipment packages consisting of engineering, equipment deliveries and commissioning services.Mads Andersen, executive vice president of Aker Solutions commented "winning this contract has reinforced our positive

Getinge Group Q2 Report 2008

Reporting period January – June• Orders received increased by 15.7% to SEK 9,184 million (7,940), corresponding to organic growth of 6.9%• Net sales increased by 15% to SEK 8,558 million (7,444)• Profit before tax rose by 16% to SEK 756 million (652)• Net profit increased by 17.5% to SEK 544 million (463)• Earnings per share increased by 17% to SEK 2.61 (2.23)• EBITA before restructuring rose by 28.6% to SEK 1,390 million (1,081)• Strong cash flow in second quarter• Continued strong earnings outlook for the year

Northland Begins to Outline New Open Pit Iron Resources at Pellivuoma, Sweden

Buck Morrow, the President of Northland, would like to provide an update on Northland's recent drilling at the Pellivuoma iron deposit.  Pellivuoma is located about 15km west of the Tapuli iron ore deposit that Northland is fast-tracking to production.  Early results of the work suggest that Pellivuoma may contain a substantial tonnage of low-stripping ratio, open pittable magnetite resources within hauling distance of the proposed Tapuli-Stora Sahavaara iron ore processing facility, which could significantly extend the life of the planned complex.   Pellivuoma is a near-surface

Stora Enso's associated company Veracel's permits questioned

STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 11 July 2008 at 15.30 GMTStora Enso's associated company Veracel in Brazil has received a decision issuedby a federal judge in Bahia originating from a claim of 1993 in which Veracel(at that time Veracruz Florestal Ltda.) was accused of having deforested a minorarea (64 hectares) of native forest in 1993. In the decision, the judge claims i.a. that Veracel's permits issued by theState of Bahia are not valid and that no environmental impact assessment studywas undertaken for the licensing. According to the decision, 47 000 hectares ofVeracel's

Mandatory notification of trade

Reference is made to today's press release regarding the closing of the subsequent offering of new shares in Nordic Mining ASA. CEO Ivar S. Fossum and VP Commercial Ottar Nakken have been allocated new shares as follows in the share issue:   Ivar S. Fossum has been allocated 90,000 shares at a subscription price of NOK 1.50 per share. Fossum's new shareholding is 502,172 shares.   Ottar Nakken has been allocated 20,000 shares at a subscription price of NOK 1.50 per share. Nakken's new shareholding is 765,000 shares.   For questions please contact CFO Lars K. Grøndahl on

Subsequent offering closed

Reference is made to stock exchange notice dated 27 June 2008 and prospectus of the same date issued in connection with the subsequent offering of up to 13 333 334 new shares at a subscription price of NOK 1.50 per share.   In total 3 562 783 new shares were subscribed to a price of NOK 1.50 per share. Gross proceeds from the subsequent offering were NOK 5 344 174.50. As a consequence, the share capital in Nordic Mining ASA will increase to NOK 9 548 009.10 consisting of 95 480 091 shares with a nominal value of NOK 0.10 per share.   Allocation letters will be distributed 14

Flagging - Tomra Systems ASA

The share capital reduction approved by the General Meeting of Tomra Systems ASA on 23 April 2008, followed by a decision to cancel 9,670,139 of the company's own shares, was registered by the Register of Business Enterprises as having been carried out on 11 July 2008. Consequently, Orkla ASA's shareholding in Tomra ASA now exceeds 15 %. Orkla ASA owns 24,000,000 shares in Tomra Systems ASA, which is equivalent to 15.48 % of the share capital. The transaction does not entail any change in the number of shares owned by Orkla ASA in Tomra Systems ASA.   Orkla ASA Oslo, 11 July 2008

REDUCTION OF SHARE CAPITAL

Tomra Systems ASA has completed a reduction of the share capital by way of cancellation of 9,670,139 shares at par value NOK 1.00. The capital reduction was granted by the ordinary General Meeting held 23 April 2008 as part of a share buyback program. Under this program, 10,000,000 TOMRA shares were bought back in the period between 20 December 2006 and 5 March 2008. The buyback transactions were continuously disclosed at the Oslo Stock Exchange and on www.tomra.com. Out of the total 10,000,000 shares that were bought back, 329,861 shares were used to

TeliaSonera closes the acquisition of ComHouse

TeliaSonera has received the approval of the Norwegian competition authority to close the acquisition of the remaining 66.6 percent of the shares in ComHouse, a holding company for the retail chains KlartSvar and Telebutikken in Norway, increasing its holding to 100 percent. The purchase price for 66.6 percent of the shares will be approximately SEK 185 million (NOK 157 million), based on an enterprise value of the entire company of approximately SEK 383 million (NOK 325 million). The transaction was announced on June 17, 2008.“ComHouse has demonstrated healthy growth and earnings, and

THE EAST CAPITAL FINANCIALS FUND ACQUIRES 33.33 % OF THE COLLECTION AGENCY “MORGAN & STOUT” FOR EUR 1.02M

“We are excited about this opportunity to invest in a young company with a rapidly developing collection business and look forward to working closely with the management and shareholders of Morgan & Stout to develop the company further,” said Kestutis Sasnauskas, Managing Director of East Capital Private Equity and Partner in the East Capital Group.Managing Partner of Morgan & Stout Dimitrios Somovidis believes that East Capital’s participation will help the company realize its expansion plans, bring experience and know-how and make the company more attractive to investors and creditors.

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