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Getinge AB's profit before tax Q2 2005 amounts to approximately 304 SEK million (358 SEK million Q2 2004), which deviates from the market’s expectations (consensus forecast). Getinge’s business is mainly based on sales of capital equipment for the health care market and is characterised by long lead times. As a consequence, there is a significant variation in profits from quarter to quarter. Outlook for full-year 2005 As at the end of the first quarter this year, the group is still positive in its outlook for the full financial year 2005. Orders received rose organically by 8.2% in the

TRANSCOM SECOND QUARTER 2005 RESULTS CONFERENCE CALL

THURSDAY, 21 JULY 2005 Host: Keith Russell - President and Chief Executive Officer Transcom WorldWide S.A., the European CRM solution provider, will release its financial results for the second quarter 2005 at 09.00 (CET)/ 08.00 (UK) on Thursday, 21 July, 2005. The company will host a conference call to present the results at 10:30 (CET)/ 09.30 (UK). The teleconference will also be webcast at http://www.transcom.com To participate in the conference call, please register at: http://www.sharedvalue.net/transcom/q205/default.asp The dial in number to join the conference call will be available

Precise Biometrics opens office in United Kingdom

Precise Biometrics is expanding and is now opening an office in London. The aim of the new office is to further strengthen Precise Biometrics' position on the biometrics market and to actively increase participation in the coming schemes to introduce national ID cards throughout Europe, starting with the United Kingdom.The market for security and ID controls continues to develop, and there is huge potential for growth, particularly when it comes to biometrics and smart cards. This is true of both the national markets, as ID cards using biometrics are planned for a number of European

Interim Report, January – June 2005

Rental revenues amounted to SEK 1,355 M (1,364). The vacancy rate rose compared to last year to 11% (10) in terms of rental revenues, primarily as a result of the acquisition of Kista Science Tower. Compared with the preceding quarter, the vacancy rate was down 2 percentage points due to a large proportion of new leasing. Income after financial items increased to SEK 543 M (473), primarily as a result of an improvement in net financial items. The market value of the properties increased to SEK 33,249 M (31,620). The realized increase in value amounted to SEK 3 M (4), while the unrealized

Mobile phone becomes walkie talkie

- Vodafone Sweden invests in Push to Talk Since summer 2004 Vodafone Sweden and Nokia have jointly been evaluating the communication service Push to Talk for the Swedish market. The service, which enables mobile phones to be used like a walkie-talkie, has been given the thumbs up by users in tests. Vodafone Sweden will be launching the service commercially in September for both corporate customers and consumers. Vodafone Sweden has bought Nokia’s network solution Push to Talk over Cellular. Vodafone Push to Talk is a service that enables two or more people to establish direct contact via

Tripep’s new issue oversubscribed

Tripep AB (publ) (”Tripep”) has carried out a new issue of shares with preferential rights for existing shareholders. The issue of shares has attracted great interest and the issue was substantially over-subscribed. The issue guarantee will therefore not be called. The subscription in full of the share issue means that Tripep raises approximately SEK 28 million excluding issue costs. The new share issue increases the number of shares in Tripep by 5,083,333. Following the new issue, the share capital amounts to SEK 4,066,666:60 divided into 20,333,333 shares, each share with a nominal value

Ratos to buy Norwegian Arcus-Gruppen

Ratos has today concluded an agreement to acquire 85% of Norway's leading supplier of wine and spirits, Arcus-Gruppen. Arcus-Gruppen's best known brands include Linie Aquavit, Løiten, Braastad Cognac and Vikingfjord Vodka. Co-investors are one of the company's previous owners HOFF Norske Potetindustrier ("HOFF") with nearly 10% and management with just over 5%. Ratos's investment amounts to NOK 434 million (approx. SEK 520 million).Arcus-Gruppen was formed in 1996 on the initiative of the Norwegian government. The Group then took over production, import/export and national distribution of

Micronic Establishes Regional Applications and Technical Center in Japan for the Asian market

Taby, Sweden, July 12, 2005 – Micronic Laser Systems AB, a leading global supplier of laser pattern generators for photomasks, today announced the opening of its Asia Technical and Applications Center (ATAC) in Tokyo. The facility, Micronic’s first tech center outside of Sweden, marks an important step in the company’s Asian expansion and its commitment to customer support.The 1,000-square-meter facility provides application and technical support for Micronic’s numerous display and semiconductor customers throughout the region. ATAC features a suite of Micronic pattern generators, metrology

OptiMail AB - Half Year Report 1 January - 30 June 2005

- Turnover for the first half of 2005 was MSEK 124.2 (224.1) - OptiMail’s result after tax for the first half of 2005 was MSEK -7.1 (9.1) - Earnings per share for the first half of 2005 were SEK -0.54 (0.69) - The development of the result in OptiMail is positive, but a weaker improvement than expected will probably not make it likely that OptiMail will achieve a positive result after financial items but before capital gains for 2005 - The board’s earlier indication of a the net result of the full year remains. CityMail Sweden is developing better than plan and will probably generate higher

Interim Report for January - June 2005

Important events in the second quarter - Shares were sold in SEB for SEK 1,925 m., in AstraZeneca for SEK 1,282 m., and in ABB for SEK 935 m. - Investor Growth Capital invested in Mindjet and sold its remaining position in Tessera. An agreement was reached to divest Bredbandsbolaget. EQT invested in ISS and Sanitec and reached an agreement to acquire Brandtex. Dometic and Flexlink were sold. Agreements were reached to sell Sirona and IHI. - The mobile broadband operator 3 Scandinavia secured external loan financing totaling SEK 10.5 bn. The company’s owners are initially guaranteeing the

INTERIM REPORT January – June 2005

•Sales amounted to SEK 8,433 m. (8,370) •Net income for the period was SEK 386 m. (519) •Earnings per share amounted to SEK 3.52 (4.65) •Order bookings during the first half-year amounted to SEK 6,962 m. (8,734) •The order backlog totaled SEK 43 billion (46) •Operating income was SEK 570 m. (763) and income after financial items was SEK 544 m. (725). Operating income includes a provision of SEK 250 m. allocated for the helicopter project •The whole year projection is adjusted with the provision regarding the helicopter project Statement by the CEO “The first half-year developed in line with

External financing of SEK 165 million secured for Q-Med’s oxalate project

Through a recently completed transaction Q-Med became the sole owner of a project that aims to reduce oxalate-based kidney stones, which occur primarily in children with a congenital liver defect and patients with intestinal disease. The project is now entering a new, exciting phase which requires focused efforts to be successful. A product company, OxThera AB, has been formed for this purpose, and the project has received a financial injection of SEK 165 million via a new share issue directed at the risk capital companies Health Cap and SLS Venture (Scandinavian Life Science Venture). Q-

EQT sells ADR-Haanpää to Pamplona Capital Partners I

EQT Finland B.V. (“EQT”) and the Haanpää family have signed and closed the sale of ADR-Haanpää Oy to Pamplona Capital Partners I, LP. ADR-Haanpää is the leading road transportation and logistics services company for liquid chemicals in the Nordic region. Since 1999, when EQT acquired a majority stake in ADR-Haanpää Oy from the Haanpää family, ADR-Haanpää has strengthened and professionalized its organization, and expanded its service offering and geographic presence. Under EQT’s ownership the company has grown, organically and through acquisitions, from EUR 71 M in sales in 1999 to EUR 128

Aker Kvaerner to cease Pharmaceutical operations in Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA

While the operations in Bridgewater have been unable to book additional contracts in the United States, the Aker Kvaerner group will continue to service other parts of the international pharmaceutical industry from the company's entities based in Europe. Aker Kvaerner Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is now communicating with its customers to assure current contractual obligations are fulfilled and will retain a task force to complete these projects.  Aker Kvaerner Plant Services Group, Inc., another member of the Aker Kvaerner family of companies has future plans to pursue plant services work in

HNA/HNB Correction mandatory notification of trade

Reference is made to notice given 7 July 2005.   In connection with Hafslund ASA's local wage settlement 2005, all permanent employees in more than 50% position were offered to acquire up to 614 Hafslund B-shares. The background for the offer is the agreement made with the employee organisations with regards to the wage settlement for 2005.   A further 3 420 B-shares have been allocated. A total of 428 866 Hafslund B-shares have been allocated. After this transaction, Hafslund's balance of own shares is 248 866 of class B-shares, which is the equivalent of 0.31 % of total

Munters AB will be holding a Conference Call

following the announcement of Munters Interim Report for the second quarter 2005. Date: Monday, 25 July Time: 2.00 pm CET (1.00 pm GMT) Mr Lennart Evrell, CEO and Mr Bernt Ingman, CFO will give an update on the progress during January - June 2005 in a conference call for investors, analysts and journalists. There will be a session for questions after the presentation. To join the call, dial: + 44 (0) 20 7162 0180 In time for the call you will find a copy of the presentation under investor relations/management presentations on our website www.munters.com A recording of the conference call

HNA/HNB Mandatory notification of trade

Reference is made to notice given 7 July 2005.   In connection with Hafslund ASA's local wage settlement 2005, all permanent employees in more than 50% position were offered to acquire up to 614 Hafslund B-shares. The background for the offer is the agreement made with the employee organisations with regards to the wage settlement for 2005.   A further 3 420 B-shares have been allocated. A total of 428 886 Hafslund B-shares have been allocated. After this transaction, Hafslund's balance of own shares is 258 886 of class B-shares, which is the equivalent of 0.31 % of total

news release (Sweden)

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership adds €19.3 million property to its European real estate portfolio with the purchase of Coimbra Retail ParkScottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), the asset management arm of Lloyds TSB, has purchased the Coimbra Retail Park in Portugal for €19.3 million. This is a significant purchase for SWIP, following in-depth research of the European real estate market. The property was purchased on behalf of a European real estate portfolio which already contains three properties in France. The retail park has a net initial yield of 6.65%, expected to rise

Boliden’s Tara zinc mine in Ireland back in full production

Boliden’s zinc mine Tara in Ireland is now back in full production since the mill breakdown has been repaired. The effect on the operating results will be, as earlier reported, over SEK 40 million. The company will now be able to completely fulfil its contracted deliveries for the remainder of the year and therefore lifts its earlier declared partial Force Majeure. The direct effect of the motor breakdown at one of the grinding mills involved in the milling process was a decline of the production of the zinc and lead concentrate by around 40 per cent. However, the metal production at

Volvo Aero Norge AS selected as supplier to Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)

Volvo Aero Norway has today entered an agreement with Pratt & Whitney to produce the intermediate case for the F135 engine for the Joint Strike Fighter. This component will be produced in addition to the low-pressure turbine (LPT) shaft, which Volvo Aero Norway already produces for the F135 engine.This is a highly important milestone for Volvo Aero Norway. With this agreement, the company gains a significant foothold in one of the most important military engine programs for many years. The production of the intermediate case strengthens the company’s position within its strategic product

Breakthrough in Japan for Stirling AIP

Kockums has signed a contract with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) concerning delivery of Stirling engines for Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) systems of Japan´s submarine programme. The order has been placed following several years evaluation of Stirling engines aboard the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) training submarine. Japan has decided to adopt the AIP system that is based on Kockums’ Stirling engine technology for its new submarines. – We are very pleased for the new orders for Stirling engines from Japan, including our long-term co-operation with KHI. It demonstrates

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