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YIT?S INTERIM REPORT, JAN 1. - JUNE 30, 2005: PROFIT BEFORE TAXES IMPROVES BY A THIRD

STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE AUG. 5, 2005 at 8:00YIT’S INTERIM REPORT, JAN 1. - JUNE 30, 2005: PROFIT BEFORE TAXES IMPROVES BY A THIRDProfit before taxes rises by one-thirdAll the business segments improved their operating profit and profitability. Operating profit grew by 27 per cent on the previous year and was EUR 95.5 million (1-6/2004: EUR 75.4 million). The operating profit margin was 6.8 per cent (5.4%). Profit before taxes grew by 34 per cent to EUR 90.0 million (EUR 67.2 million).Return on investment at the end of the 12-month period ending at the conclusion of the review period

European Aeronautical Group UK Ltd. gains approval to ED-76 today.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 3 August issued its first ED-76 Letter of Acceptance (LoA) Type 1 to European Aeronautical Group UK Ltd. The LoA number is EASA.LOA.0001 ED-76 is the European equivalent of RTCA Do200A and contains Standards for Processing Aeronautical Data. With the advent of P-RNAV the Aviation Authorities decided in the interests of Air Safety, that operators should purchase their FMS databases from an approved supplier. As there were no suppliers with the required approvals at the time, it became incumbent on the operators to ensure their data was accurate and

Carl G. Langenskiold named President, CEO of M2; Leads M2 in the company’s future high-tech era

[Stockholm, Sweden, August 4, 2005.] In a strategic appointment designed at strengthening M2 Engineering’s global position in the highly-specialized, technology-driven optical disc industry, Carl G. Langenskiold has been named president and chief executive officer of the M2 Group, of Stockholm, Sweden, a leading worldwide manufacturer of optical disc production systems and equipment.Langenskiold, together with Stefan Olin, founded M2 Engineering in 1995 at the dawn of the optical disc industry. Langenskiold has been in the forefront of M2’s global success over the last decade and helped

Vattenfall AB aims at full ownership of German subsidiary

Vattenfall AB has exceeded the threshold of 95 percent holding and votes in its German subsidiary Vattenfall Europe AG, and has requested the Management Board to prepare a so-called ‘squeeze out' of the remaining minority shareholders."The takeover of the remaining shares in Vattenfall Europe AG concludes a process that began in November 1999 with our acquisition of 25.1 percent of HEW AG," explains Vattenfall’s President and CEO Lars G. Josefsson. "We now make it plain that Vattenfall has come to Germany to stay. We are creating stable conditions for our continued growth on the European

Strategic expansion within the NOTE group

NOTE is opening a representative office in southern China and is moving the subsidiary NOTE Components to the Stockholm region in the autumn. This is part of the strategic investment being implemented through Sourcing.NOTE is opening a new representative office, which will be in operation by 1 August 2005. The positioning of the office has been carefully chosen: the city of Shenzhen is in Guandong Province in southern China, facilitating distribution to Europe. "We are looking forward to being able to sign direct collaborative contracts with Chinese component manufacturers shortly. This is

ARI KIVINIITTY APPOINTED CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AT KCI KONECRANES

KCI KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 4.8.2005 kl. 10.30 1ARI KIVINIITTY APPOINTED CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AT KCI KONECRANES Ari Kiviniitty, 48, M.Sc. (Eng), has been appointed Chief Technology Officer(CTO) and member of the KCI Konecranes Group management team effective October14, 2005. He will be responsible for the company's technology strategy anddevelopment. He also assumes responsibility for Group wide quality management. Hewill report to Pekka Lundmark, President and CEO. Mr. Kiviniitty has been with KCI Konecranes since 1983. He is currently workingas Vice

New chief auditor appointed for Industrivärden

Authorized Public Accountant Anders Lundin (born 1956), from Öhrlings Pricewaterhouse Coopers AB, the auditing firm elected by Industrivärden’s Annual General Meeting, has been appointed as the new chief auditor of Industrivärden. Lundin is also auditor of the listed companies ASSA ABLOY AB, Axis AB, Bong Ljungdahl AB, and SÄKI AB. Ingvar Pramhäll (born 1942), who served as chief auditor of Industrivärden since 1999, has left his assignment in connection with retirement. Stockholm, August 4, 2005 AB INDUSTRIVÄRDEN (publ.) For further information, please contact: Carl-Olof By, Executive Vice

Interim Report January 1–June 30, 2005

• Industrivärden’s net asset value was SEK 41,171 M on August 2, 2005, compared with SEK 36,563 M at the start of the year, entailing an increase of SEK 4,608 M for the year to date. Net asset value on June 30, 2005, was SEK 38,401 M (34,443). • Net asset value per share on August 2, 2005, was SEK 213, compared with SEK 189 per share at the start of the year. Including reinvested dividends, net asset value per share was SEK 220. Net asset value per share on June 30, 2005, was SEK 199 (178). Average annual growth in net asset value over the last ten-year period, including reinvested dividends,

KCI KONECRANES H1/2005: NEW ORDERS FOR QUARTER REACH ALL-TIME RECORD

KCI KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 4 August, 2005 10.00 a.m. 1 (15)KCI KONECRANES H1/2005: NEW ORDERS FOR QUARTER REACH ALL-TIME RECORD 279,1 MEUR new orders received in Q2/2005First half-year orders growth 40,9 % (organic growth 23 %)Sales growth follows: 34,6 % (organic 19 %)Operating profit (EBIT) 14,1 MEUR (6,2 MEUR in H1/2004)Special Cranes profitability still weak; turnaround expected in H2/2005IFRS valuation of currency forward contracts continues to burden EPSStrong cash flow from operations despite of fast growth: 24.7 (19.7) MEURFull year sales growth now

Interim report for the six months ended June 30, 2005

- Invoicing was the highest ever for a single quarter, SEK 1,251 M. Growth was 14 percent, compared with the preceding year. - Operating profit for the quarter increased by 20 percent and amounted to SEK 285 M (237). The operating margin for the quarter was 22.7 percent (21.6). - Invoicing for the six-month period was SEK 2,430 M (2,158). - Net profit for the six-month period was SEK 372 M (300). - Earnings per share before dilution for the six-month period amounted to SEK 12.80 (10.40). For additional information, contact Kai Wärn, President and CEO (Tel: +46 223-401 10) or Tomas Eliasson,

Deutsche Entertainment Group chooses Boss Media’s Casino System

Boss Media has signed an agreement with Deutsche Entertainment Group, an established online gaming operator focusing on the European market, under the terms of which Boss Media will deliver a casino system during autumn 2005.Deutsche Entertainment Group currently operates two established Internet casinos: www.euro888.com and www.nordcasino.com. As a result of the agreement with Boss Media, another Internet casino will be added to the company’s already successful gaming operation. The new casino will be operated using the name www.kaisercasino.com. The system is scheduled to be delivered and

Axfood’s sales July 2005

Net sales* (excluding VAT) for stores in Sweden owned by the Group, increased by 2.4% for the month of July, of which same-stores decreased by 4.4%. Consolidated net sales totalled SEK 2,765 m (2,851), a decrease by 3,0% compared with the same period a year ago.Under the period January-July 2005 the increase was 3.2% for stores in Sweden owned by the Group, of which same-stores decreased by 3.2%. Consolidated net sales totalled SEK 18,873 m (19,697), a decrease of 4.2%. Of total sales, the Swedish operations accounted for SEK 16,022 m (16,659) and Spar Finland for SEK 2,851 m (3,038).

Interim report January-June 2005

Quarter 2005 2005 2004 January-June II I II 2005 2004 Net turnover, MSEK 1 704 1 739 1 764 3 443 3 584 Operating profit,MSEK 20 66 95 86 350 Operating margin, % 1 4 5 2 10 Profit after 3 49 74 52 309 financial items, MSEK Net profit, MSEK 2 35 51 37 220 Earnings per share,SEK 0.04 0.68 0.99 0.72 4.13 2005 compared with the same period in 2004 · Net turnover amounted to MSEK 3,443 (3,584). · Net profit was MSEK 37 (220). · Earnings per share were SEK 0.72 (4.13). · Improved order situation for Billerud’s packaging paper. Falling prices for market pulp. · Operating profit was MSEK 86 (350).

NOTE AB signs a strategic co-operation agreement

NOTE, one of Scandinavia’s leading contract manufacturers has signed a strategic co-operation agreement with Jaltek Systems in the UK.In line with NOTE’s vision of becoming one of Europe’s leading EMS providers by 2009, NOTE launched a Gateway in the UK at the end of 2004. It was also the intention of NOTE to have an excellence facility in the UK during 2005 to offer existing and new customers the full range of services from design through to low volume production in the UK, then seamlessly transferring production into low cost high volume facilities in NOTE’s facilities in Eastern Europe.

Release of material regarding second quarter on 10 August 2005

The results will be presented to investors and analysts in the following ways:    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 08.30 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

Acta Holding ASA - Announcement of 2nd quarter 2005 interim results

Acta Holding ASA will release 2nd quarter 2005 interim results on Thursday August 11 2005 08:30 (CET). Acta`s management would like to invite brokers, analysts, shareholders and press to the press conference, that will be held by CEO Simen Mørdre and CFO Jan Rune Steinsland, and that takes place in Felix Conference Center, Aker Brygge, Oslo. The presentation can also be seen live or on demand via the service Irdirect. Please use the link that can be found on Actas Investor Relations Internet pages www.acta.no. The link will be available shortly before the presentation:   ***

ReadSoft brings census up to date in Laos

Software company ReadSoft has been trusted to deliver systems to count and compile information about the six million inhabitants of Laos. The project is run by the National Statistics Centre (NSC) in Laos, together with Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB)/Statistics Sweden and ReadSoft’s local partner Datamation. For the first time in Laos, computers are used to scan and interpret more than 1.1 Million forms gathering information about the country’s population.During the last 5-6 years, SCB has introduced computerized scanning in several census projects around the world. Laos is the latest in a

Securitas to publish Interim Report 2005 on Friday, August 12, 2005

Securitas will publish its January-June 2005 financial report on Friday August 12 at 8.00 a.m. (CET). The report will be available on Securitas web site immediately after publishing.Agenda (CET)8.00 a.m. Report ReleaseThe report will be sent as a press release and will automatically be published on www.securitasgroup.com when released.9.30 Presentation slides will be available at www.securitasgroup.com10.00-11.00 Information meeting:Securitas Senior Management to present the report and answer questions.Venue: Securitas Building, Lindhagensplan 70, SE-102 28 Stockholm, Sweden.

Management changes in NetCom

Mr August Baumann has been appointed President of NetCom, the second largest mobile operator in Norway and a subsidiary of TeliaSonera, the largest telecommunications group in the Nordic and Baltic countries. August Baumann will assume his new responsibilities from September 1, following the resignation of NetCom´s President Barbara Thoralfsson who has resigned on her own initiative to pursue other interests.Barbara Thoralfsson has successfully headed NetCom since 2000, when TeliaSonera acquired the company. Under her leadership NetCom has continuously expanded and attracted an increasing

TeliaSonera January-June 2005

Six-month Period • Net sales increased to SEK 42,556 million (40,189). • Net income totaled SEK 5,985 million (7,116) and earnings per share totaled SEK 1.12 (1.40). • Free cash flow increased to SEK 8,315 million (5,785). Second Quarter • Net sales increased 6.5 percent to SEK 21,752 million (20,422). • Good development in most operations, but price pressure and migration from fixed to mobile and Internet in Sweden and Finland decreased EBITDA margin to 33.1 percent (35.9). • Operating income excl. non-recurring items amounted to SEK 4,385 million (5,063). • Strong customer growth year on

Juho Lipsanen appointed President of TeliaSonera Finland

Mr Juho Lipsanen is appointed President of TeliaSonera Finland and will also be a member of TeliaSonera´s Executive Management. He will start in his new position as of October 11, 2005. Juho Lipsanen will report to TeliaSonera´s President and CEO Anders Igel.Juho Lipsanen will join TeliaSonera from a publicly listed major Finnish media corporation, Alma Media Oyj, where he has worked recently as President and CEO. During 1994 - 2002 he has held several management positions in ABB Ltd. in Switzerland, such as President of ABB New Ventures and CFO of the worldwide Automation division. “I am

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