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PAYNOVA ACQUIRES SALES AND SUPPORT COMPANY AND STRENGTHENS PRESENCE IN NORTH AMERICA

Thanks to a series of initiatives and agreements, Paynova has strengthened its presence on the North American market, both through an agreement concerning acquisition of an American sales and support company, with mainly variable remuneration payments related to generated transaction volumes, and through an agreement for locally adapted customer support via a call centre.The aim of the initiative is to improve the service for American e-retailers and users, in order to be able to develop activities and volumes more quickly than would otherwise be possible. “Paynova’s services are in ever

Skandia’s Nominating Committee

Skandia’s Nominating Committee today held its first meeting, where it appointed Paolo Pellegrini, Paulson & Co. Inc., as committee chair. As previously announced, the committee’s members are Carl Rosén (Second and Fourth National Swedish Pension Funds), Lars Förberg (Cevian Capital), Per Granström (Fidelity Investments International), Paolo Pellegrini (Paulson & Co. Inc.) and Sten Trolle (the Swedish Shareholders’ Association). Skandia’s chairman, Lennart Jeansson, is a co-opted member of the committee. The committee’s composition and chair may be changed later as a result of Old Mutual’s

NeoNet AB’s Nomination Committee

In line with information announced in connection to NeoNet’s latest Annual General Meeting, the representatives of the Nomination Committee are hereby announced. The Committee will propose candidates for election to the Board of Directors, such proposal to be decided at the Annual General Meeting 2006. Members of the Nomination Committee: Hans Karlsson, Chairman Staffan Persson Peter Lindell The Nomination Committee intends to announce a proposal of candidates to the Board of Directors in advance of the Annual General Meeting of NeoNet 4th May 2006. Shareholders representing approximately

DECISIONS BY DONE SOLUTIONS CORPORATION'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING ON DECEMBER 19, 2005

Done Solutions CorporationStock Exchange Release December 19, 2005, at 1.00 pmDECISIONS BY DONE SOLUTIONS CORPORATION'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING ONDECEMBER 19, 2005 1. Increase of Share Capital As proposed by the Board of Directors, the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)decided that the Company's share capital be increased by EUR 800,000.00 byissuing 10,000,000 new shares at a per-share book counter-value of EUR 0.08 forsubscription by Gateway Finland Oy, in payment of the acquisition of SunobHolding Oy's share capital based on

House price developments and monetary policy

Thank you for your invitation to Evli Bank. I intend to devote the bulk of my speech to a subject that has been under discussion for a fairly long time but that nevertheless has not become less topical or important, namely the developments in the housing market and the rise in household debt. These factors have potentially significant implications for both of the tasks assigned to the Riksbank – both the assignment of safeguarding financial stability and the monetary policy objective of price stability. That of course means that they also have consequences for the efforts to keep the real

Storebrand ASA divests its shares in Fair Insurance

Storebrand ASA divests the company's 50 per cent ownership stake in the Danish non-life company Fair Insurance to Gjensidige Forsikring. The transaction, which is conditioned upon regulatory approvals, is carried out by divesting Storebrand's 50 per cent of the shares in the holding company Fair Financial Ireland Ltd.The transaction is based on a value for the whole of Fair Insurance of DKK 425 million, and involves a capital gain in the Storebrand Group's accounts of approx. NOK 40 million before tax (based on book values as of Q3 05). The transaction is expected to be completed in the 1st

HiQ assists the Swedish Tax Agency in modernisation of its IT architecture

HiQ has been commissioned to assist the Swedish Tax Agency in its work on producing a specification and developing prototypes for the Agency’s service-based IT architecture.As part of its overall IT strategy, the Swedish Tax Agency’s architecture unit is implementing an initiative to make the Agency’s IT systems more service-oriented. This initiative is primarily aimed at enabling more efficient development in the long term of the tools that support its activities, as well as facilitating system maintenance and operation. HiQ has been commissioned to work with the Swedish Tax Agency on the

Dates Financial Information and Annual General Meeting TradeDoubler AB

December 19, 2005The following dates are valid for 2006Interim Full Year Report 2005, Thursday January 26Q1 Report, Friday April 28Half Year Report, Thursday August 10 (Please note the changed date)Q3 Report, Friday October 27Annual General MeetingAnnual General Meeting, Wednesday May 24 in StockholmTradeDoubler ABFor additional information, please contact:Martin Henricson, CEOOwe Wedebrand, CFOTel: +46 8 405 0800

EQT Opportunity Fund closes at EUR 350 million

EQT, the Northern European private equity group, today announced the close of the EQT Opportunity Fund with commitments of approximately EUR 350 million. While EQT has received significant additional interest, the fund was capped at EUR 350 million, exceeding the initial target by EUR 100 million. The fundraising was officially launched in October. EQT Opportunity Fund will seek to create value by making impact investments in mid sized companies which have a sound underlying business and a clear value creation potential, but which also face problems requiring special expertise to resolve.

Peab to build for LKAB in Kiruna

Peab has been contracted to build a new enrich plant KA3 and an inward freight including a stock for homogenization in Kiruna. LKAB is the client and the contract amounts to SEK 518 million. The work will begin in December 2005 and it is estimated to be ready during December 2007. For further information contact: Staffan Nilsson, Region Manager Peab +46 733 37 12 00 Gösta Sjöström, Information manager Peab +46 733 37 10 10 Previous press releases from Peab are available at www.peab.com

Restructuring of Elkem's silicon metal operations in the USA

At the same time, an agreement was signed for an option to sell the appurtenant hydropower plant to the D.E. Shaw investment fund. These agreements will give a total proceeds for Elkem of approximately USD 130 million.   Implementation of the sales is expected to be concluded during the first half of 2006. The transaction will result in a pre-tax accounting gain for Elkem, but in connection with Orkla's acquisition of Elkem, however, Orkla will ascribe excess value to fixed assets, and therefore no accounting gain will be recognised in Orkla's consolidated accounts in connection with

SLS Venture invests in promising US oncology company

SLS Venture, a Scandinavian venture capital company, has co-invested in the US oncology company, Light Sciences Oncology, Inc., which is about to start a Phase III clinical trial of its promising liver cancer treatment.Light Sciences Onclogy, Inc., a privately held company based in Seattle, United States, is focused on the development and commercialization of the Light Infusion TechnologyTM (LitxTM) for the treatment of solid tumors. The financing round, totalling US$67 million of Series A Preferred shares, will enable Light Sciences Oncology, Inc. to further develop its rich clinical

New President appointed at Skanska Latin America

A new president has been appointed for Skanska’s business unit in Latin America since the current President, Mario Piantoni, will retire at the end of the year. He will be succeeded on January 1, 2006 by Gustavo Vago.Gustavo Vago has more than 20 years experience from various positions within Skanska Latin America. His most recent post was Vice President and Operating Director. “We wish to thank Mario for his major contribution. In a difficult period, he has directed a restructuring of Skanska Latin America, which has resulted in a focused and profitable company. At the same time, we also

TELE2 SELLS ITS UK AND IRELAND OPERATIONS TO THE CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROUP PLC

Stockholm – Tele2 AB, (“Tele2”), (Stockholmsbörsen: TEL2A and TEL2B), the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company, today announces that it has sold its fixed telephony operations Tele2 UK Communications Ltd in the UK and Tele2 Telecommunications Services Ltd in Ireland to The Carphone Warehouse Group plc (“Carphone Warehouse”).Tele2 has marketed fixed telephony in the UK since the end of 2003, and in Ireland since September 2004. As with every new country launch, Tele2’s aim in the UK and Ireland was to become one of the leading alternative operators by offering cheap

TELE2 SELLS ITS UK AND IRELAND OPERATIONS TO THE CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROUP PLC

Stockholm - Tele2 AB, ("Tele2"), (Stockholmsbörsen: TEL2A and TEL2B), the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company, today announces that it has sold its fixed telephony operations Tele2 UK Communications Ltd in the UK and Tele2 Telecommunications Services Ltd in Ireland to The Carphone Warehouse Group plc ("Carphone Warehouse").Tele2 has marketed fixed telephony in the UK since the end of 2003, and in Ireland since September 2004. As with every new country launch, Tele2's aim in the UK and Ireland was to become one of the leading alternative operators by offering cheap

Teleca adjusts the forecast

The Board of directors’ new forecast for 2005: For the group: Continued increased sales and slightly lower operating earnings (EBIT) than last year (SEK 109 million). For the Products division: Significantly increased sales compared with last year. Operating earnings (EBIT) lower than last year (SEK 14 million). The Board of directors’ previous forecast for 2005: For the group: Continued increased sales and significantly higher operating earnings (EBIT). For the Products division: Significantly increased sales compared with last year. Operating earnings (EBIT) lower than last year. For more

SWECO wins major order from NCC when LKAB invests in a new pelletizing plant

LKAB is continuing its growth offensive with construction of the new pelletizing plant KK4 in Kiruna. SWECO BLOCO has been chosen for building design and awarded a contract worth more than EUR 6.3 million.”We are very pleased that LKAB and NCC have entrusted us with building design of KK4. SWECO BLOCO has longstanding experience in advanced assignments of this type, not least for LKAB which we have worked with for many years,” says Richard Furuhovde, Project Manager at SWECO BLOCO. Building design of KK4 will be carried out on behalf of NCC. The assignment will be conducted as a partnering

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NCC to build LKAB plant for just over SEK 1,100 million

NCC has been commissioned by LKAB to build a pelletizing plant in Kiruna. The order is worth slightly more than SEK 1,100 million and is for the largest partnering project to date in the Nordic region.The order includes landscaping and construction work for LKAB in Kiruna and the plant will substantially increase the production capacity for pellets. The assignment will comprise project design and construction of a new pelletizing plant and a plant for the outward freight of pellets. Construction will commence immediately and the pelletizing plant is scheduled to be in operation by March,

DNBNOR - GO-AHEAD FOR DNB NORD

On 16 December 2005, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance granted DnB NOR Bank ASA permission to acquire 51 per cent of Bank DnB NORD AS. Full statement on newsweb.no On 16 December 2005, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance granted DnB NOR Bank ASA permission to acquire 51 per cent of Bank DnB NORD AS. Corresponding permissions have previously been granted by the authorities in Denmark, Poland and the Baltic states. The necessary permissions are thus in place for the establishment of DnB NORD as of 1 January 2006. DnB NOR will establish DnB NORD in cooperation with the German financial services

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