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DECISIONS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF ELISA CORPORATION

On 19 March 2007, and in accordance with the proposal of the Board ofDirectors, Elisa's Annual General Meeting decided to pay a dividendof EUR 0.50 per share for 2006 and extra dividend of EUR 1.00 pershare, in total EUR 1.50 share be distributed. The dividend approvedby the Annual General Meeting will be paid to shareholders listed inthe company's share register maintained by the Finnish CentralSecurities Depository Ltd on 22 March 2007. The dividends will bepaid out starting on 29 March 2006. The Annual General Meeting confirmed the financial statements for theperiod in question.

AMENDMENT TO THE REGISTRATION OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF KONECRANES PLC

Paragraph 4 of the Articles of Association has amended to be consistent withthe decision made by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. 4 § in itsentirety is as follows: “The Company has a Board of Directors consisting of notless than five (5) and not more than eight (8) ordinary members. The Boardmembers' term of office expires at the closing of the following Annual GeneralMeeting following their election. The Board of Directors elects a Chairman fromamong its members to serve the Board until the end of its term. The ManagingDirector may be an ordinary member of the Board of

INCREASE IN KONECRANES' NUMBER OF SHARES REGISTERED

The 90 800 new Konecranes shares subscribed for with the Konecranes' 1999B-series, 2001 A-series and 2003 B-series stock options have been recorded inthe Trade Register on 19 March, 2007.The subscription price has been booked according to the decision made by theAnnual General Meeting of Shareholders on 8 March, 2007 in its entirety to theinvested non-restricted equity fund. Following these subscriptions the numberof Konecranes' shares increased to 60 272 220 shares and Konecranes' sharecapital remained at the level of EUR 30 072 660. Trading in with the new shares will start on or

JM's Board of Directors Proposes Incentive Program

JM's Board of Directors proposed today that the Annual General Meeting 2007 resolve to approve a convertible debenture program aimed at JM employees in Sweden and a performance share program aimed at the company’s senior executives within the JM-group. The programs are aimed to further strengthen commitment to the company. Equivalent programs will be established coming years, on condition of approval by the Annual General Meeting each year.Convertible program in brief:- The Board proposes that JM raise a debenture loan through the issue of convertible debentures with term of four years.-

Enea Receives Order worth 3MUSD for Outsourcing of Test Operations

Stockholm, Sweden March 19, 2007. -- Enea (Nordic Exchange/Small Cap/ENEA), a world leading provider of telecom software and services, today announced an agreement with a global telecom company concerning outsourcing of test operations. The agreement has an estimated value of 3MUSD over two years.The agreement covers audit, process improvement, quality assurance as well as training for and outsourcing of test operations. Enea will assist with test expertise and an outsourcing function at the customer’s office in Sweden to gradually shift the majority of the test operations to Enea’s office

LÄNNEN TEHTAAT ANNUAL REPORT 2006 PUBLISHED

LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC Stock exchange announcement March 19, 2007LÄNNEN TEHTAAT ANNUAL REPORT 2006 PUBLISHED Lännen Tehtaat Annual Report for 2006 with financial statements has beenpublished today in Finnish and English. An annual summary of Stock exchangereleases and announcements is available in the Annual Report and on the companyweb pages at www.lannen.fi/en/investor_information. The Annual Report can also be read at www.lannen.fi/en/investor_information. TheAnnual Report will be mailed in week 12 to the shareholders with more than 100shares. A printed version of the Annual

ANALOG DEVICES AND GLOBAL IP SOLUTIONS DEBUT SUPPORT OF BLACKFIN PROCESSORS WITH GIPS VOICEENGINE EMBEDDED SOFTWARE

- Market leaders to highlight improved voice quality and reduced time-to-market for VoIP developers at 2007 Spring VON Conference March 19 – 22.NORWOOD, MA  March 19, 2007  Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) today announced that Global IP Solutions (GIPS) has ported and optimized its VoiceEngine Embedded software application for the ADI Blackfin® family of processors. GIPS’ VoiceEngine Embedded is designed for use in CPU-based VoIP equipment such as hardware residential gateways and IP phones, and has been used by a number of key players in the VoIP market including Nortel, Skype, WebEx,

ANALOG DEVICES AND GLOBAL IP SOLUTIONS DEBUT SUPPORT OF BLACKFIN PROCESSORS WITH GIPS VOICEENGINE EMBEDDED SOFTWARE

- Market leaders to highlight improved voice quality and reduced time-to-market for VoIP developers at 2007 Spring VON Conference March 19 – 22.NORWOOD, MA  March 19, 2007  Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) today announced that Global IP Solutions (GIPS) has ported and optimized its VoiceEngine Embedded software application for the ADI Blackfin® family of processors. GIPS’ VoiceEngine Embedded is designed for use in CPU-based VoIP equipment such as hardware residential gateways and IP phones, and has been used by a number of key players in the VoIP market including Nortel, Skype, WebEx,

Net revenues February 2007

The Mekonomen Group reported net revenues of SEK 177.2 M for February, an increase of 7.1 per cent compared with the year-earlier period (165.4). The currency effect on net revenues was negative in an amount of SEK 3.1 M and, adjusted for the currency effect, net revenues improved by 9.2 per cent compared with February 2006.Accumulated net revenues amounted to SEK 369.6 M, which corresponds to an increase of 8.0 per cent compared with the preceding year (SEK 342.3 M). The currency effect on accumulated net revenues is negative in an amount of SEK 5.2 M and, adjusted for the currency

PCI Biotech file patents for combination of siRNA and the PCI technology

Oslo, Norway, March 19, 2007 Photocure's daughter company PCI Biotech is developing a proprietary technology for site-specific drug delivery and drug enhancement called Photochemical Internalisation (PCI). PCI Biotech has, according to an agreement with Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF, filed two patent applications covering the combination of siRNA (short interfering RNA) and the PCI technology. PCI Biotech plans to explore this field of the PCI-technology and will sponsor a dedicated research position within this field the next three years. The siRNA molecule may be used to

Annual General Meeting of Swedish Match AB (publ)

The shareholders of Swedish Match AB are hereby notified of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Monday 23 April 2007 at 16:30 (CET) in Stockholm, Sweden.The Board of Directors proposes a dividend of 2.50 SEK per share. The proposed record date for entitlement to receive a cash dividend is 26 April 2007. The Board also proposes that the current mandate to repurchase up to 10 percent of all shares in the Company be prolonged for a maximum amount of 3,000 MSEK. In addition the Board will also propose cancellation of 13,000,000 previously repurchased shares, with a

Industry Leaders Form Consortium to Develop End-to-End Specification for IPTV

AT&T Inc., Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), France Telecom, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Siemens Networks, Sony, and Telecom Italia today announced the founding of the Open IPTV Forum, an industry consortium that will work to define an interoperable end-to-end specification for delivery of IPTV services.   The forum, which is fully open to participation across the communications and entertainment industries, will focus on development of open standards that could help to streamline and accelerate deployments of IPTV technologies, and help to maximize the benefits of IPTV for consumers, network

Ericsson reaches 87.4 percent of Tandberg Television shares

In the voluntary public cash offer to acquire all outstanding shares in Tandberg Television (OSE:TAT), Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has received acceptances and purchased shares representing 87.4 percent of Tandberg Television. Ericsson waives the 90 percent acceptance condition.   The received acceptances and the 12,273,343 shares already purchased by Ericsson represent a lower acceptance ratio than the condition set out in Section 2.5a in the offer document. However, Ericsson has decided to waive this condition. The acceptance level may be altered due to possible corrections and changes

ELEKTA HAS REPURCHASED OWN SHARES FOR SEK 100 M

PRESS RELEASEStockholm, Sweden, March 19, 2007During the period March 12 through March 16, 2007, Elekta has repurchased 759,271 B shares at an average price of SEK 131.65 totaling SEK 99,958,778.Accordingly, Elekta’s current holding of own shares (treasury stock) amounts to 759,271 B shares, which Elekta’s Board intends to propose to the AGM to be cancelled.These repurchases were carried out in line with the Board’s decision on March 8, 2007, to mandate the executive management to initiate repurchase of shares in an amount of SEK 100 M.The total number of shares in Elekta (prior to

NEW HEAD OF WASTEWATER TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS DIVISION

Tomas Wängberg will shortly be taking over as head of the Wastewater Technology Solutions division.For the past few years, Tomas Wängberg has been President and CEO of Pharmadule Emtunga, which is owned by 3i and a global leader in hi-tech modular facilities for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and offshore industries. He previously gained extensive experience at ABB, where he held various positions in the former Power segment, most recently as Executive Vice President of ABB Alstom. During his time with ABB, he was stationed in Sweden, the USA, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.Tomas

AKER COMPLETES DIVESTITURE OF AKER YARDS SHAREHOLDING

Aker`s 40.1 percent ownership interest in Aker Yards has been sold mainly to non-Norwegian investors. Following the share sale, Aker no longer holds any shares in Europe`s largest shipbuilding group.- We are satisfied with the sales price we achieved. Aker Yards` share price has increased five-fold over the past three years, says Leif-Arne Langøy, Aker`s Chairman & CEO and Chairman of Aker Yards. The per-share price at which Aker Yards stock was sold is NOK 40 above the NOK 460 per share that Aker received for its more limited divestiture on 19 January 2007. The premium corresponds to 8.

Notice to attend Orc Software AB’s (publ.) Annual General Meeting of shareholders

The shareholders of Orc Software AB (publ.) are hereby invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders to be held on Wednesday April 25, 2007, at 5 p.m. (CET) at the offices of Orc Software, at Birger Jarlsgatan 32A, 5th floor, Stockholm, Sweden.RegistrationShareholders who wish to participate at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders must– be registered in the shareholders’ register maintained by VPC AB (“VPC”) on Thursday April 19, 2007, and– notify the company at:Orc Software AB (publ.), Årsstämman, Box 7742, 103 95 Stockholm, Swedenor by telephone at +46 8

Medivir receives shares and cash payment from Epiphany Biosciences.

A completed share issue by San Francisco based Epiphany Biosciences, Inc., Medivir’s licensing partner for the shingles project MIV-606 (also known as EPB-348), has led to Medivir obtaining shares in Epiphany corresponding to a 2 % ownership in the company.Several US and international institutions including Wexford Capital, Windsor Bay Capital, Global Trust Ventures, China Development Industrial Bank, and other investors have invested in the new share issue which raised USD 36m. The share issue proceeds will be used for the continued development of MIV-606 and Epiphany’s other discovery

Annual General Meeting of Alfa Laval AB (publ)

The shareholders in Alfa Laval AB (publ) are herewith summoned to the Annual General Meeting on Monday, April 23, 2007 at 4.00 p.m. at Scandic Hotel Star, Glimmervägen 5, Lund, Sweden. Registration for the Meeting will commence at 3.30 p.m. Refreshments will be served after the Meeting.Translation of the Swedish notice to convene the Annual General Meeting of Alfa Laval AB (publ). In case of discrepancies between the Swedish notice and the English translation, the wording of the Swedish notice shall prevail.Program for shareholdersIn conjunction with the Annual General Meeting there

CFO OWE WEDEBRAND LEAVES TRADEDOUBLER

Owe Wedebrand has announced his decision to leave TradeDoubler and take up a position with another employer. Owe Wedebrand joined TradeDoubler in 2005 as CFO.   I am sorry Owe Wedebrand has decided to leave TradeDoubler, he has been an essential and valuable member of the company during our journey from being an unlisted company to the position TradeDoubler enjoys today. We wish him the best of luck in his new position says CEO William Cooper.    The search for a replacement will begin immediately.   TradeDoubler AB (publ)   For further information, please contact:

INVITATION TO PRESS- AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCE 28 MARCH

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB presents the first quarterly results for 2007 and invites to a press conference on Wednesday 28 March at 10.30. There will also be a telephone conference in English the same day at 14.00.The three month results for the period December 1, 2006 to February 28, 2007 will be released at approximately 08.00, on 28 March. The results will then be published on www.hm.com.The press conference starts at 10.30 in Aulan, Salénhuset, Norrlandsgatan 15 in Stockholm. CEO Rolf Eriksen will present the three month results together with Head of Investor Relations Nils Vinge. The

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