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DNBNOR - TRANSFER OF SHARES

DnB NOR ASA - transfer of shares in DnB NOR Asset Management Holding (Sweden) AB to DnB NOR Kapitalforvaltning Holding AS Today, 26 September 2005, DnB NOR ASA has signed an agreement to transfer all shares in its wholly owned subsidiary DnB NOR Asset Management Holding (Sweden) AB (a total of 1,351,000 shares) to DnB NOR Kapitalforvaltning Holding AS, another wholly owned subsidiary of DnB NOR ASA. The transfer is in compliance with prevailing rules on intra-group transactions. Compensation will total NOK 1,087,916,000, corresponding to NOK 805.267 per share. The transfer will be effective

Vattenfall reports continued strong earnings

Vattenfall’s results for the first nine months of the year show a continued strong earnings ability. • Net sales: + 13% to SEK 91,878 million (2004: 80,961 million) • Operating profit excl. items affecting comparability: + 22% to SEK 17,480 million (14,326 million) • Net profit after tax: + 39% to SEK 10,343 million (7,432 million) • Third quarter operating profit excl. items affecting comparability: +25.0% to SEK 3,276 million (2,621 million)Compared with the equivalent period in 2004, Vattenfall’s operating profit increased by 31 per cent to SEK 17,466 million (13,322), excluding items

Eniro – Interim report: January - September 2005

July – September· Operating revenues totaled SEK 969 M (977)· Net income for the period was SEK 158 M (112)· Net income per share was SEK 1.02 (0.67)· Operating income before depreciation (EBITDA) was SEK 194 M (192)· Eniro has reached an agreement to acquire the Norwegian company Findexa for a cash payment of NOK 4,515 M and 26.8 million Eniro shares· Order intake for Swedish offline is better than expected. Therefore the market outlook for the estimated organic development for the Swedish offline revenues has been adjusted from -3% to -2% for the full-year 2005· Operations

Stora Enso Interim Review January ? September 2005

STORA ENSO OYJ Stock Exchange Release 27 October at 10.00Stora Enso Interim Review January – September 2005Profitability still low; initiatives to strengthen financial performanceintroduced Third Quarter Results (compared with previous quarter) Stora Enso'searnings per share were EUR 0.08 (EUR 0.00) excluding nonrecurringitems. Operating profit excluding non-recurring items was EUR 106.2(EUR 17.7) million. Profit before tax amounted to EUR 93.0 (EUR 0.1)million excluding non-recurring items. There were no non-recurringitems in the third quarter. Sales at EUR 3 219.2 million were 1.

Release of material regarding third quarter on 28 October 2005

1) Material PowerPoint-presentation, spreadsheets and quarterly report will be available on Orkla's Internet pages www.orkla.com at 8.00 a.m. Norwegian time.   2) Streaming - in Norwegian Both the presentation that takes place in Oslo (Vika Atrium Konferansesenter, Munkedamsvn. 45) at 09.00 a.m. Norwegian time, and the following Q&A-session will be given in Norwegian and streamed directly to Orkla's Internet pages www.orkla.no. For registration to the presentation in Oslo, send an e-mail to info@orkla.no.   3) Speaker's notes in English The speaker's notes in English

Stora Enso creates platform for stronger financial performance

STORA ENSO OYJ Stock Exchange Release 27 October at 9.55Stora Enso creates platform for stronger financialperformance The pulp and paper industry is generally suffering from poorprofitability. Stora Enso is facing several challenges in Europe,such as rising input costs, structural overcapacity and increasedcompetition from low-cost regions. Despite its significant globalpresence and investment focus on new growth markets, the Group’s mainmarket remains Europe, where it is vital to secure better financialperformance and long-term competitiveness. “The two improvement programmes,

DNBNOR - DNB NOR TO ACQUIRE MONCHEBANK IN MURMANSK

DnB NOR to acquire Monchebank in Murmansk DnB NOR has entered into an agreement to acquire Monchebank, headquartered in Murmansk with 180 employees. DnB NOR established a representative office in Murmansk in 1999 and has cooperated with Monchebank for several years. `The acquisition of Monchebank will give us a sound position in an area with exciting prospects once the large oil and gas fields in the Barents Sea are due for extraction,` says Svein Aaser, group chief executive in DnB NOR. The acquisition of Monchebank is in line with DnB NOR`s stated international strategy, which implies

DNBNOR - PROFITS UP 37 PER CENT IN THIRD QUARTER

DnB NOR: Profits up 37 per cent in third quarter Third quarter 2005 · Profits after taxes rose 37 per cent to NOK 2 665 million (NOK 1 943 million in the third quarter of 2004) · Earnings per share were NOK 1.99 (1.47) · Return on equity came to 19.5 per cent (16.7) Attachment on www.newsweb.no Third quarter 2005 · Profits after taxes rose 37 per cent to NOK 2 665 million (NOK 1 943 million in the third quarter of 2004) · Earnings per share were NOK 1.99 (1.47) · Return on equity came to 19.5 per cent (16.7) · The cost/income ratio was reduced to 48.9 per cent (56.5) · The core capital

Skanska to develop, construct and lease out new head office for ÅF consulting group

Skanska and Ångpanneföreningen (ÅF), a large Swedish engineering consulting group, have signed a contract under which Skanska is to develop, build and lease out premises for ÅF’s new headquarters at Haga Norra in Solna, Stockholm. The 15-year lease with ÅF covers 18,000 square meters.The new office building houses a total of 28,000 square meters, making it one of the largest new office projects initiated in Stockholm in the new millennium. Skanska’s investment amounts to approximately SEK 800 M. Construction will begin in mid-2006, with occupancy scheduled for October 2008. The construction

INTERIM REPORT JANUARY – SEPTEMBER 2005

• Turnover during the period amounted to SEK 669.1 (585.5) million, an increase of 14 percent. • Operating income amounted to SEK 59.0 (369.8) million. Adjusted for revenues and expenses of a one-time nature, operating income amounted to SEK 69.3 (38.9) million. • Net income after tax amounted to SEK 46.8 (316.3) million. • Earnings per share for the period were SEK 1.89 (12.75). • The very positive development for all products within Hospital Healthcare continues: +53%. • The reorganization in Latin America is completed. Sales in Mexico are being resumed during the fourth quarter. Queries

ELISA CORPORATION'S AGM AND EARNINGS RELEASES IN 2006

ELISA CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 27 OCTOBER 2005 AT 9.00amELISA CORPORATION'S AGM AND EARNINGS RELEASES IN 2006 Elisa Corporation's Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, 27 March 2006. Elisa Corporation will disclose its financial statements for 2005 on Thursday, 9February 2006.In 2006, Elisa Corporation will publish its interim reports as follows: - Q1 on Tuesday, 25 April 2006 - Q2 on Tuesday, 25 July 2006 - Q3 on Friday, 20 October 2006 ELISA CORPORATION Vesa Sahivirta Director, IR and Financial Communication Distribution: Helsinki Stock

TELE2 PREPARES FOR LEGAL MERGER OF VERSATEL INTO TELE2

Stockholm – Further to the earlier press releases of Tele2 Finance B.V. (“Tele2”), issued together with Versatel Telecom International N.V. (“Versatel”) and funds advised by Apax Partners, dated 18 July 2005, 17 August 2005, 8 September 2005, 13 September 2005, 10 October 2005 and 14 October 2005, Tele2 announces that it has instructed its financial and legal advisors to make all necessary preparations for the anticipated triangular legal merger of Versatel into Tele2.CONTACTS Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, President and CEO: + 46 8 562 640 00 Håkan Zadler, CFO: + 46 8 562 640 00 Per Borgklint,

Nobia Interim Report January-September 2005

+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+-------+|  |July |Jan. |Jan. |Oct. || | | | | || |-Sept. |-Sept. |-Dec. |-Sept. |+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+-------+|Key figures |2005 |2004 |2005 |2004 |2004 |2004/05|+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+-------+|Net sales, SEK m |2,930|2,707|9,151|8,487|11,337|12,001 |+-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+-------+

JARI KINNUNEN APPOINTED ELISA CORPORATION'S NEW CFO

ELISA CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 27 OCTOBER 2005 AT 8.45amJARI KINNUNEN APPOINTED ELISA CORPORATION'S NEW CFO Jari Kinnunen, MSc Econ (43), has been appointed as Elisa Corporation's new ChiefFinancial Officer with effect from 1 December 2005. Mr Kinnunen is currentlyworking as Elisa's Vice President, Business Development. He previously held thepositions of President and CEO at Yomi Plc and Chief Financial Officer at ElisaKommunikation GmbH in Germany. The present CFO, Tuija Soanjärvi, is moving toanother company. ELISA CORPORATION Vesa SahivirtaDirector, IR and Financial

Interim report, January 1 – September 30, 2005

Pointsec sales increase for fifth consecutive quarterTHIRD QUARTER • Sales for the quarter increased to SEK 61.3 M (53.1). Excluding divested operations, sales increased 21% from SEK 50.6 M. • Sales of Pointsec products increased for the fifth consecutive quarter and amounted to SEK 51.4 M, which was an increase of 37%, compared with the corresponding quarter in the preceding year. • Operating profit amounted to SEK 9.7 M (4.8). REPORT PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER • Sales during the period increased by 24% to SEK 192.7 M (155.6). • Operating profit amounted to SEK 31.9 M (17.6). •

ELISA'S JULY-SEPTEMBER PRE-TAX RESULT AMOUNTED TO EUR 28 MILLION

ELISA CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 27 OCTOBER 2005 AT 8.30amELISA'S JULY-SEPTEMBER PRE-TAX RESULT AMOUNTED TO EUR 28 MILLION . July-September pre-tax profit amounted to EUR 28 million(50). Revenue was EUR 326 million (333).· Elisa’s total number of subscriptions in the mobilecommunications business grew substantially. After Saunalahtitransferred its customers to Elisa’s network, there wereapproximately 2 million subscriptions.· Compared to the previous quarter, Elisa’s number of mobilephone subscriptions, exclusive of MVNOs, rose by approximately16,000 subscriptions, and the

H. Lundbeck, Lundbeck and Forest Laboratories announce Lexapro® patent litigation trial date reschedules to March 15, 2006

Forest Laboratories, Inc., an international pharmaceutical manufacturer and marketer, and its partner H. Lundbeck A/S of Denmark, announced that the Federal District Court, District of Delaware has today rescheduled the start of its pending patent litigations trial regarding Lexapro® (escitalopram oxalate) from December 5, 2005 to March 15, 2006. A pretrial conference has been scheduled for February 7, 2006. Forest and Lundbeck remain confident in the strength and validity of the Lexapro patent.

Interim Report for New Wave Group AB (publ) Q3 January–September 2005

The profit for the third quarter increased by msek 27.8 to msek 56.4 (28.6)– Sales increased by 28 % to SEK 2 029 (1 590) M during January – September. – Profit after net finance increased by SEK 0.2 M to SEK 122.4 (122.2) M. Acquired units contributed with SEK 15.1 M. – The total cost for new establishments amounted to SEK 25.7 M. – Profit after tax increased to SEK 93.6 (92.7) M and profit per share decreased to SEK 1.45 (1.46). – Sales for the third quarter increased by 47 % to SEK 774 (525) M and profit after finance by MSEK 27.8 to MSEK 56.4 (28.6). – The Corporate Profiling business

Boss Media and Svenska Spel prepare launch of Internet poker

Boss Media and Svenska Spel are preparing to expand the companies’ partnership, which already includes an instant gaming platform www.svenskaspel.se. Now the companies are planning a possible expansion of their cooperation.Svenska Spel has applied for a license for Internet poker. Boss Media is now implementing a number of preparatory measures so that a government license can be transformed as quickly as possible into an attractive poker site at www.svenskaspel.se, based on the cooperation that currently exists regarding the instant gaming platform. “We are naturally very pleased to win the

HAROLD PINTER AT SWEDISH PUBLISHER ERSATZ

HAROLD PINTER AT SWEDISH PUBLISHER ERSATZ The 2005 Nobel Laureate for Literature, Harold Pinter, will be published in Sweden by the publisher Ersatz. 28 of Pinter’s 29 plays will be collected in three volumes. The first one, “Tolv gånger Pinter” (Twelve times Pinter) will be released on November 14. Harold Pinter’s drama The Pinter collection that Ersatz is now publishing holds almost all of Pinter’s collected plays in Swedish. The first volume, “Tolv gånger Pinter” (Twelve times Pinter), will be released on November 14. The second volume, “Elva gånger Pinter” (Eleven times Pinter), will be

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