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Telelogic SYSTEM ARCHITECT Wins eWEEK Excellence Award for Systems and Application Management

- SYSTEM ARCHITECT Achieves ‘Excellence’ as Only Enterprise Architecture and Modeling Tool -Malmö, SWEDEN, and Irvine, CALIF. – June 1, 2006 – Telelogic, the leading provider of software solutions that align advanced systems and software development with business objectives, today announced that Telelogic’s SYSTEM ARCHITECT enterprise architecture and modeling tool set has been named the winner of the eWEEK’s Sixth Annual Excellence Award in the Networking: System and Application Management category. The eWEEK Excellence Awards program provides enterprise professionals with a comprehensive

DNBNOR - DNB NOR HYPOTEK INCORPORATED IN DNB NOR BANK

On 31 May 2006, the Board of Directors of DnB NOR Hypotek AS approved the merger plan between DnB NOR Bank ASA as the acquiring company and DnB NOR Hypotek AS as the acquired company. The Board of Directors of DnB NOR Bank ASA approved the merger plan at a board meeting on 30 May 2006. Complete statement on www.newsweb.no On 31 May 2006, the Board of Directors of DnB NOR Hypotek AS approved the merger plan between DnB NOR Bank ASA as the acquiring company and DnB NOR Hypotek AS as the acquired company. The Board of Directors of DnB NOR Bank ASA approved the merger plan at a board meeting on

New board member appointed for Husqvarna

(ELUX) Mr. Robert F. Connolly, a US citizen, has been appointed member of the board of directors of Husqvarna AB. Mr. Connolly, born 1943, has a broad experience of retailing in the United States and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Business).The proposal of Mr. Connolly has been prepared in consultation with the Electrolux nomination committee. Previously, Peggy Bruzelius, Börje Ekholm, Tom Johnstone, Anders Moberg, Gun Nilsson, Peder Ramel, Lars Westerberg and Bengt Andersson were appointed members of the board of directors of Husqvarna AB. Lars Westerberg has been appointed chairman. For more

Boss Media’s partner-based poker network grows

Boss Media recently concluded agreements with two Cypress-based gaming operators Bashedeger and The BetArena. Both companies will go live with Boss Media’s poker solution in August. In addition to these customers, eight more operators have joined Boss Media’s poker network to date this year: Hellenic Poker, Magic Number, Fun Time Bingo, EuroTelegroup, Maharaja Club, Mr Poker, Fortuno and BetClick. All of these operators will launch their poker offering not later than in the third quarter of this year. ”Succeeding with linking ten new operators to our poker network in the first months of the

Changes in top management at Gunnebo

Gunnebo makes the following changes of its Group Management Team:- Åke Sundby will join the Gunnebo Security Group on 1 July as head of Competence Centre Outdoor Perimeter Security. He will be based in Salzkotten, Germany. Sundby is a graduate economist with many years of experience from senior positions with Sandvik and Atlas Copco and was head of A&M Electric Tools GmbH, Winnenden, Germany, until December 2005. He will be a member of the Gunnebo’s Group Management Team. - Philip Mozes, presently head of Competence Centre Outdoor Perimeter Security and Gunnebo’s Country Manager for the

High participation in commission-free equalisation offer

In conjunction with the listing of the shares in Catena, shareholders who did not have full trading lots in Catena after the distribution were offered the opportunity commission-free to purchase or sell the number of shares required to achieve a holding corresponding to whole trading lots (a trading lot corresponds to 200 shares). The primarily reason for the offer was to increase the number of shareholders with whole trading lots and, consequently, facilitate share trading and improve liquidity of the Catena share. The offer was made to solely to shareholders residing in Sweden.

Share interests

Old Mutual plc (the “Company”) announces that it has today received notification from Barclays PLC dated 30 May 2006 informing the Company that the notifiable interest of Barclays PLC in the Company’s ordinary share capital, for the purposes of Part VI of the UK Companies Act 1985, has reduced from 5.00% to 4.87% represented by an aggregate holding of 267,304,240 shares held through the following entities: Absa Bank Ltd 756,650 Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 9,587 Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 12,042,620 Barclays Global Fund Advisors 16,631,433 Barclays Global Investors Australia Ltd 4,

Framfab omits brokerage fee for shareholders

Framfab is offering its shareholders the opportunity to buy or sell the number of shares required to hold even lots.The offer is good for one transaction between 8 and 22 June. All shareholders with odd lots will receive information and a form in the mail before the notification period begins. The purchase or sales price will be based on the average of all transactions conducted as part of the offer. “This offer allows our shareholders to easily acquire even lots with no brokerage fee,” says Tobias Bülow, Framfab AB Communications Manager. “Even lots facilitate active shareholding and

Skandia Group Dealing arrangements following delisting from the Stockholm Stock Exchange

Old Mutual plc (“Old Mutual”) draws attention to today’s announcement by its subsidiary, Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia (publ) (‘Skandia’), relating to dealing arrangements that will be in place after the delisting of the Skandia’s shares from the Stockholm Stock Exchange on the 5 June 2006 The full text of Skandia’s announcement is available on the Old Mutual website at www.oldmutual.com. Hard copies are also available from Corporate Affairs, Old Mutual plc, 5th Floor, Old Mutual Place, 2 Lambeth Hill, London EC4V 4GG or Old Mutual Square, Isibaya Building, 2nd Floor, 93 Grayston Drive,

Seek and Ye Shall Find: Mobile Search Expands across Europe

Millions can now explore, find and connect with Mobile Search as coverage extends to Denmark, France, Italy, Norway and SpainEspoo, Finland - Nokia today announced the expansion of Mobile Search, a free software solution for the high-performing Nokia Nseries multimedia computers and other Nokia devices based on the S60 platform. Mobile Search provides people with an easy, fast and direct way to find what they want, when they want it. The Mobile Search application fast-tracks the user directly to the desired contact number, with just one click. Users of this online search tool in select

New marketplace for Skandia shares

As previously announced, Skandia has applied for a delisting of Skandia shares from the Stockholm and London Stock Exchanges. Skandia's shares were delisted from the London Stock Exchange on 12 May 2006. The last day for trading in Skandia shares on the Stockholm Stock Exchange will be 5 June 2006. To facilitate continued trading in Skandia's shares after the delistings, Skandia has now reached an agreement with Handelsbanken on telephone-based trading via Handelsbanken starting on 7 June 2006, as follows: Shareholders who wish to sell their shares, and investors interested in buying

EXERCISE OF CALL OPTION ON OBDUCAT SHARES

United Brokers Stockholm AB have given Obducat’s Board of Directors their notice of intent to exercise the call option which was granted to United Brokers in connection with Obducat’s new issue of shares with preferential rights in spring 2005. The option entitles United Brokers to subscribe for 25 million Series B shares in Obducat at an issue price of SEK 1,12 per share in cash, i.e. a total of SEK 28 million.In accordance with the new regulations that came into force on 1 January 2006, the new shares may not be traded without previous authorisation and registration of a prospect. A soon

Vestas Wind Systems, large Vestas order for the Australian market

The Vestas Group has received an order for 53 units of the V90-3.0 MW wind turbine for the Lake Bonney Stage 2 wind power project in South Australia. The order has been placed by Lake Bonney Windpower Pty Ltd. The order comprises supply and commissioning of the turbines as well as a five-year service and maintenance contract. Delivery of the wind turbines begins in the third quarter of 2006, and commissioning of the final wind turbines is planned to take place in the first quarter of 2008.

Katarina Mellström New CEO at Mandator

Mandator's Board of Directors today appointed Katarina Mellström the new CEO and Group President of Mandator. Katarina is currently at Ericsson, where she is head of Ericsson's advisory services within business consulting, technical consulting and training."Mandator is in an expansive phase and in recent times has developed its business relations with important key customers. I'm pleased that Katarina Mellström, with her good qualifications, now wishes to contribute to the further development of the company's strong position as a technology-oriented and business-savvy IT consultancy,"

Ratos: Camfil Farr expands

Air filter company Camfil Farr has acquired IF Luftfilter AB (IF) and at the same time concluded an agreement in principle to acquire its German co-operation partner within gas turbine and power plant filters, Kaefer-Raco Engineering GmbH.IF and Kaefer-Raco have combined annual sales of SEK 460m and a total of approximately 200 employees. The total purchase price for the two companies amounts to approximately SEK 230m. The acquisition of IF means that both Camfil Farr's and IF's Nordic customers will be offered a broader product range and a strengthened sales and service organisation.

DETAILS OF DIVIDEND

Transcom WorldWide S.A., the European CRM and debt collections specialist, today announced that Friday, 2 June 2006 will be the ex-dividend date for the one-time extraordinary dividend approved by shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on 30 May 2006. In accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association the first 2% of the dividend of €0.35 per share will be paid to B shareholders, with the balance remaining after the deduction of the 2% from the €0.35 being split equally per share between the A and B shares. Holders of Transcom A Shares will therefore receive €0.343 per

New orders for Block Watne May 2006

(Oslo, 1 June 2006) Block Watne Gruppen secured a net order intake of NOK 131.4 million during May, compared with NOK 124.7 million for the same month of 2005. This is an increase of 5.4 per cent.   The total net order intake for the year so far is NOK 757.7 million. This represents an increase of 7.7 per cent compared with the same period of 2005 (NOK 706 million).   Block Watne Gruppen reports its order intake on a monthly basis as described in the company's IR policy (www.blockwatne.no - Investor).   Block Watne Gruppen ticker code is BWG.     Further

Akzo Nobel N.V. Offer for Sico Inc. Successful

Arnhem, the Netherlands and Longueuil, Québec, Canada, June 1, 2006 – Akzo Nobel N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: AKY; NASDAQ: AKZOY) and Sico Inc. (TSX: SIC) jointly announced today that Sico shareholders holding approximately 97% of the outstanding Sico common shares on a fully-diluted basis and all of the Sico Class B preferred shares have accepted the Offer dated April 25, 2006 of 9168-1528 Québec Inc. (the Offeror), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Akzo Nobel, for all of the issued and outstanding common shares and Class B preferred shares of Sico Inc. All conditions of the Offer have

New Senior Vice President Human Resources of Billerud

Billerud has appointed Cecilia Lundin as new Senior Vice President Human Resources and member of the Senior Management Team of Billerud as of August 1, 2006. She will replace Anna-Lena Nyberg who will retire according to plan on June 30, 2006. At present, Cecilia Lundin is Head of Human Resources at Novartis Sverige AB. She also has experience as Business Unit Manager within Adcore Consulting AB and as Organisation Development Manager and Unit Manager within Ericsson Business Consulting. Solna 1 June 2006 Billerud AB (publ) Per Lindberg Managing Director and CEO For further information,

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