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AXIS AB: Interim report January-June 2005

Record high first-half earnings• Net sales during the period amounted to SEK 401 M (320). • Operating profit for the period totaled SEK 55 M (3). • Profit before tax was SEK 55 M (3). • Profit after tax was SEK 42 M (3). "Axis continues to retain its leading position in an expanding network video market. I am highly satisfied with the strong sales result, where factors such as expanding partnerships and the generation shift implemented in the product portfolio made a significant contribution to the record earnings for the period." Ray Mauritsson, CEO, Axis Communications The full report

Electrospinning of Artelon® in collaboration with IFP Research and Chalmers University of Technology expand the opportunities for Artimplant

Until recently, Artelon® has been made in the form of fibers, scaffolds, film and granules. It can now also be made as nanostructures, fibers in the 100 nm range that is made by electrospinning.”This is good news for people involved in tissue engineering” says Artimplant CEO Tord Lendau. ”This opens for new opportunities helping the body to heal itself. Possible applications could be wound care, reconstruction of blood vessels or to replace injured cardiac muscle tissue after an infarction. Over the long term this could result in the development of new methods for ”tissue engineering”

Invitation to Telephone Conference

Thursday July 21 approximately at 9.00 (CET), Eniro’s interim report for the second quarter 2005 will be published. A telephone conference will be held the same day at 10.00 (CET).Tomas Franzén, CEO and president, and Joachim Jaginder, CFO, will present the results for the second quarter followed by a Q&A session.To participate, please call in no later than five minutes before the conference starts. Use any of the following dial-in numbers:UK T+44 (0)207 162 0180, password EniroUS +1 334 323 6203, password EniroA recording of the conference will be available on:UK +44 (0)207 031

AKER AMERICAN SHIPPING TO BE LISTED TODAY

Aker American Shipping ASA will, through wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries, build, own and bare boat charter vessels to U.S. vessel operators in accordance with U.S. coastwise laws (The Jones Act). The vessels will be constructed at Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard (KPSI) in Philadelphia, USA.- The listing represents another new chapter in the company`s history. We will continue to work hard to meet expectations, says Dave Meehan, CEO of Aker American Shipping ASA. Having acquired Kværner ASA`s share, the company`s major shareholder is now Aker ASA. Aker will own a minimum of 53.4 per cent

H. Lundbeck, Lundbeck and PAION partner on Phase III compound Desmoteplase for acute stroke

H. Lundbeck A/S and PAION Deutschland GmbH announced today that they have entered into an exclusive partnership agreement for the development and marketing of PAION’s Phase III product Desmoteplase for stroke in Europe, Japan and the rest of the world except the United States (USA) and Canada. Forest Laboratories holds the marketing and development rights in the USA and Canada.

NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT, CHAPTER 2

NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT, CHAPTER 2,SECTION 10 REGARDING CHANGE IN OWNERSHIPElisa Corporation has received the following notice in accordance with Chapter 2,Section 9 of the Finnish Securities Market Act in which Novator InternationalHoldings Ltd notifies of a change in the company's ownership upon completion ofthe share exchange offer announced on July 7 2005: Novator Finland Oy ("Novator") is a party to agreement signed on July 7, 2005whereby Elisa Oyj ("Elisa") shall make a public tender offer (the "Tender Offer")to the shareholders and share

Interim Report, 1st January – 30th June 2005

• Operating income increased by 10.6% (83.9%) to SEK 127.3 million (SEK 115.1 m). • Profit after tax was SEK 41.9 million (SEK 44.6 m). • Earnings per share amounted to SEK 1.54 (SEK 1.68). • Net deposits totalled SEK 2,340 million (SEK 1,740 m), corresponding to 14.4% (15.8%) of the total value of the custodian accounts at the start of the year. Comments from the Managing Director ”The value of custodian accounts with Avanza increased by fully 35% during the first half of the year. This results both from Avanza’s private investors having done well, and strong underlying growth in the form

Discosure Notice – Cherryföretagen

Investment AB Kinnevik (“Kinnevik”) with subsidiaries today announced that it has sold 701,250 A-shares and 7,378,249 B-shares in Cherryföretagen AB (publ) to an institutional investor. After the transaction, Kinnevik with subsidiaries owns 701,250 A shares in Cherryföretagen AB, representing 1.8 per cent economic interest and 7.9 per cent voting interest.For further information, please visit www.kinnevik.se or contact: Vigo Carlund, President & CEO +46 (0) 8 562 000 00 Henrik Persson, Investor Relations +46 (0) 8 562 000 87

NCC to construct soccer arena in Fredrikstad, Norway, for SEK 260 million

NCC Construction AS of Norway has entered into an agreement with local owners regarding the construction of a new soccer arena in Fredrikstad with a contract value of SEK 260 million (NOK 223 million).The soccer arena will have a capacity of 12,500 seats, plus relating service space. The agreement will be conducted on a turnkey basis and construction will commence on September 1 and is scheduled for completion on February 1, 2007. For further information, please contact: Øyvind Kvaal, Director of Communications and Community Relations, tel. +47 900 76 910

ANNOUNCEMENT AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIES

SysOpen Digia Plc Stock Exchange Release 8 July 2005, 4:10 p.m. /TRANSLATIONANNOUNCEMENT AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE FINNISH SECURITIESMARKET ACT As required by Chapter 2, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Market Act,SysOpen Digia Plc today received an announcement of changes in the Company'sownership. Accordingly, Mr. Pekka Sivonen's holding in SysOpen Digia Plc accounts for lessthan one-fifth (1/5) of voting rights and share capital, as a result of PekkaSivonen's sale of his holding in SysOpen Digia Plc shares on 8 July 2005. Previously, Pekka Sivonen held a

Haldex signs a USD 250 million syndicated revolving credit facility

Haldex has signed a USD 250 million syndicated revolving credit facility with 11 international banks. The facility has a maturity of five years with two extension options.The syndication was launched at USD 225m and successfully oversubscribed with Haldex choosing to increase the Facility to USD 250m as well as scale back the banks commitments. The Facility will be used to refinance Haldex’s USD 225 million facility dated 9th December 2002 as well as general corporate purposes, but at a lower cost. The participating banks are : Handelsbanken and SEB Merchant Banking as Mandated Lead

TOMRA - Security solution in Germany

Reference is made to press releases made by DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH ("DPG") and Bundesdruckerei GmbH. See www.bve-online.de and www.bundesdruckerei.de for the full text of both press releases.In summary, DPG was recently founded to establish and administer a national deposit system for non-refillable beverage containers in Germany. An important pillar in such a system is the security marking of deposit containers. DPG has signed a pre-contract with Bundesdruckerei to deliver such a security solution. TOMRA is Bundesdruckerei's partner in this endeavour.   A field test will be

Aker Kvaerner reduces rent expenditures in new headquarters

"We see both practical advantages and opportunities for being more efficient when bringing our technology departments and our many projects closer together - in addition to the direct savings on rent expenditures," says President & CEO Inge K. Hansen in Aker Kvaerner. Today, Aker Kvaerner's businesses and projects are spread in three different buildings in the Oslo area.     Aker Kvaerner is a world leader in a number of high-tech markets, such as development and design of advanced subsea solutions, and process equipment for production of oil and gas, as well as marine operations.

Invitation to presentation of 2nd quarter results 2005

We invite investors, analysts, and the media to the results presentation, which will take place in the Auditorium at the Aker Kvaerner office at 9:30 am on Thursday 28 July 2005. The address is Prof. Kohtsvei 15, Lysaker. In addition, a conference call will take place on the same day at 4 p.m. CET. The dial-in number is +44 (0) 207 162 0181, password  "Aker Kvaerner." The material will be available at www.newsweb.no and www.akerkvaerner.com the same morning. ENDS   For further information, please contact: Investor relations:Lasse Torkildsen, Vice President, Aker Kvaerner,

PAYNOVA AND TORGET LAUNCH NEW ONLINE SHOPPING PORTAL

Paynova and Sweden’s leading online shopping portal, Torget.se, have launched a common portal based on an American model: Paynovashop.se. Hundreds of shops within popular fields such as travel, music and films, electronics, food and drink, health, sport and leisure, telephony, games and gaming will be included from the start. The portal will give e-retailers and consumers increased options to shop and pay simply and securely over the Internet.Exclusive offers, student discounts, competitions, gift vouchers and coordinated marketing campaigns for a large number of products and services can

INVITATION TO ELISA CORPORATION?S CONFERENCE CALL

ELISA CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 8 JULY 2005 AT 12.00pmINVITATION TO ELISA CORPORATION’S CONFERENCE CALL Due to high demand Elisa will arrange another conference call forinvestors and analysts on the subject of Elisa’s share exchangeoffer for Saunalahti shares on Friday 8 July at 1.00 pm Finnish time.The conference call number is +358 9 2848 6726 and the PIN code 4623. ELISA CORPORATION Vesa SahivirtaDirector, IR and Financial Communication DISTRIBUTION:Helsinki Stock ExchangeMajor media

Peab acquires a larger land area in Klagshamn

Peab has acquired the real estate property Tygelsjö 76:1 in Klagshamn, south of Malmö. The area has an extent of about 1.400 acres and it is today partially planned for house building. The purchase money amounts to SEK 72 million. Peab has earlier developed the area together with the former owner ISAB II. - Klagshamn, situated next to the entrance of the Öresund bridge, is today one of the most expansive areas in the Öresund region. We now continue the development of the area in order to create attractive living with reasonable living costs, says Peab’s deputy MD Jan Johansson. For further

3G Gamers Get No Refuge from Mobile Media

“Trapped and surrounded by the most dangerous enemies in the universe – your friends”Oslo, Norway, July 8th, 2005 - The Mobile Media Company today announced the availability of Mobile Interaction’s ground breaking No Refuge and the all new No Refuge Universe real-time mobile multiplayer sci-fi shoot’em ups on Mobile Media’s MoConDi platform for 3G networks. Powered by MOVE from Terraplay Systems AB, No Refuge was a milestone for mobile gaming, supporting true multiplayer real-time action. Public and private sessions support up to eight players in a game environment randomly chosen and

3G Gamers Get No Refuge from Mobile Media

“Trapped and surrounded by the most dangerous enemies in the universe – your friends”Oslo, Norway, July 8th, 2005 - The Mobile Media Company today announced the availability of Mobile Interaction’s ground breaking No Refuge and the all new No Refuge Universe real-time mobile multiplayer sci-fi shoot’em ups on Mobile Media’s MoConDi platform for 3G networks. Powered by MOVE from Terraplay Systems AB, No Refuge was a milestone for mobile gaming, supporting true multiplayer real-time action. Public and private sessions support up to eight players in a game environment randomly chosen and

RNB’s sales in June 2005

RNB’s total sales in proprietary stores in June 2005 amounted to SEK 109.6 M, compared with SEK 70.9 M in the corresponding month a year earlier, which is an increase of 54.6%.Sales in comparable stores in June rose by 14.8%, compared with the corresponding month in the preceding year. The number of proprietary stores amounted to 93 at June 30, 2005, compared with 84 a year earlier. For further information, contact: Mikael Solberg, President and CEO, RNB RETAIL AND BRANDS +46 (0)8-670 95 95, +46 (0)708-18 44 40, e-mail: mikael.solberg@rnb.se Göran Blomberg, CFO, RNB RETAIL AND BRANDS +46 (0)

NCC continues construction of housing at “Nydalen Kvarter”

NCC Construction AS in Norway has entered into an agreement with the group that owns “Nydalen Kvarter” regarding the construction of 166 apartments in Nydalen, Oslo. The contract is worth SEK 199 million (NOK 170 million). As part of an earlier phase of the project, NCC is building 110 apartments in the area.Construction work will start immediately and is scheduled for completion in December 2006. The new contract, which will be conducted on a turnkey basis, pertains to 16,877 square meters of floor space. For further information, please contact: Jan-Terje Johansen, Project Manager, tel. +

Micronic’s strong display market continues

Taby, Sweden, July 8, 2005 - Micronic Laser Systems AB (Stockholm Exchange’s "Attract 40 list": MICR) today presented the Group’s Interim Report for January 1 - June 30, 2005. Order intake during the first six months in 2005 was SEK 557 (388) million, of which the second quarter order intake was SEK 329 (170) million.  Net sales during the first six months amounted to SEK 390 (241) million, of which the second quarter sales was SEK 160 (144) million.  Operating result for the first six months amounted to SEK -46 (-26) million, of which the second quarter operating result was SEK -55 (6)

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