Nocom extends acceptance period for merger offer to stockholders in IAR Systems AB

Nocom AB (publ) has decided to extend the acceptance period for their merger offer to stockholders of IAR Systems AB (publ) to the end of business on Friday March 11, 2005. TurnIT AB, owner of approximately 75% of all shares of IAR Systems, has declared its acceptance of the offer to include IAR Systems in the proposed merger but has agreed to retain its shares during the acceptance period. The new Nocom will retain this ownership of IAR Systems when the merger with TurnIT is made effective. By the end of the original acceptance period owners of 3,980,337 shares of IAR Systems, representing

PROPOSAL ON THE COMPOSITION OF YIT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE MARCH 3, 2005 13:00PROPOSAL ON THE COMPOSITION OF YIT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORSIt will be proposed to YIT Corporation's Annual General Meeting on March 16, 2005, that the number of members of the Board of Directors be set at five.Shareholders representing over 30% of all of the company's votes have announced that, at the Annual General Meeting, they will table a motion for setting the number of Board members at five. The same parties have proposed that the following persons, all of whom have given their consent, be elected to seats on the Board: Ilkka Brotherus, managing

M-real to invest at Simpele

M-real to invest at SimpelePress release 2.3.2005 M-real will invest EUR 60 million in Simpele mill's board production. Theinvestment will ensure that Simpele maintains its current strong marketposition also in the future. The improved grades of the well-appreciated andreliable high-performance paperboards - Simcote and Simwhite - will continue tobe of the highest quality. The availability of the products and service ofsheeted products will also be improved. M-real Simpele is one of M-realConsumer Packaging's core production assets and will, as a result of theinvestment, retain its

Ilkka Hämälä appointed Botnia's Senior Vice President, Deliveries

Ilkka Hämälä has been appointed to the post of Senior Vide President,Deliveries, with effect from 1. August 2005. He will also continue as head ofthe Botnia´s Production Competence Centre.

Ordinary general meeting held at Gardermoen Airport Hotel

Broadband build-out finished in Tierp

The residents of the Municipality of Tierp will soon have broadband. The build-out of Tierp’s new municipality-wide network is finished and most households and companies in the municipality will have access to broadband service. The network, provided by TeliaSonera Network Sales, will give residents broadband with speeds from 250 Kbit/s up to 24 Mbit/s.Most of the telecom switching centres in the Municipality of Tierp have been upgraded for ADSL, which utilises copper cable in the existing telephone network and allows a very high broadband penetration rate, even in rural areas. Many of the

LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE REACHED IN THE COMBINATION OF SYSOPEN PLC AND DIGIA INC.

Sysopen Plc STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 3 March 2005 at 12.40 p.m.LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE REACHED IN THE COMBINATION OF SYSOPEN PLC AND DIGIA INC. The combination of Sysopen Plc (SysOpen) and Digia Inc. (Digia) is subject to thesatisfaction of, among others, the condition that the share exchange offer madeby SysOpen shall have been accepted to such an extent that SysOpen will, upon thecompletion of the share exchange offer, hold no less than 21,344,700 Series Ashares of Digia, corresponding approximately to 88.6 percent Series A shares andthe voting rights of Digia attached to such shares.

MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. ANNOUNCES: Offer to exchange outstanding 10% Senior Notes due 2013 for new registered 10% Senior Notes due 2013

Luxembourg, New York, Stockholm, March 3, 2005 – Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom”) announces an offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange all of its outstanding 10% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Old Securities”) for its new 10% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “New Securities”) which have been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer are set forth in a prospectus which is being distributed to all record holders of the Old Securities by the Exchange Agent, The Bank of New York. The prospectus may be obtained

“Top ten” in mobile phone sales at Telia’s stores in February

February ranking - January ranking - Handset model - Note 1 - 3 - Sony Ericsson T630 - GO + K + R 2 - 5 - Sony Ericsson K700i - GO + K 3 - 2 - Nokia 3510i - R 4 - 7 - Sony Ericsson K500i - GO + K + R 5 - 4 - Siemens A65 - R 6 - New - Sony Ericsson S700i - GO + K 7 - 10 - Samsung SGH-D500 - GO + K 8 - 9 - Nokia 5140 - GO + K 9 - 1 - Nokia 3310 - R 10 - 6 - Samsung SGH-E330 - GO + K Explanation for abbreviations under Note: R – sold with Telia Refill prepaid card; GO – sold with preconfigured Telia GO subscription; K – with built-in camera, (+K – sold packaged with camera), 3G – for both GSM

STILL MUCH TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE COMPETITION IN THE EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET

New York and Stockholm – Member States’ delayed introduction of the new regulatory framework for electronic communications has created an unclear legal situation, which is being used by former monopolists to maintain and increase their market shares. There are also signs that former monopolists continue to abuse their dominant positions, resulting in higher prices for Europe’s consumers and businesses.– There are no reasons or excuses for waiting to open up new market segments, says Jan Tjernell, head of regulatory affairs, Tele2. Europe’s consumers and businesses can save EUR 2.5 billion

Measures to be implemented in response to Kristin platform accident

The accident occurred on 31 January 2005 at 06:34, when an employee of Dalseide & Fløysand Group AS was caught in a hydraulically operated, watertight sliding door of a watertight hull bulkhead of the Kristin platform, which was moored at Aker Stord. The man died at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen that evening at approximately 18:30 from the injuries sustained in the accident. The committee appointed to investigate the fatal accident concluded that the accident was caused by two factors: an unexpected closure of the sliding door, due to a broken spring in the mechanism that opens

Peab and Banverket will electrify Blekinge Coastline

Peab has won the contract to carry out the electrification works at Blekinge Coastline. Blekinge Coastline is today a non-electrified railroad between Kristianstad and Karlskrona. The contract also contains rebuilding of railway yards in Solvesborg, Morrum, Karlshamn, Brakne-Hoby and Ronneby, lowering of tracks, reconstruction of bridges, and extensive works with tracks, electricity and signals. The railroad-technical part will be carried out by Balfour Beatty Rail AB. Banverket (the National Railroad Association) is the client and the contract amounts SEK 280 million. The project is a

Atlas Copco completes acquisition of U.S. based tightening specialist, GSE tech-motive tool

Stockholm, Sweden, March 3, 2005: Atlas Copco-owned Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company has completed its acquisition of the assets of GSE tech-motive tool from SPX Corporation. GSE tech-motive tool has annual sales of approximately MUSD 24 (MSEK 170). 67 employees and contract workers will transfer with the business. The purchase price has not been disclosed.GSE tech-motive tool, based in Michigan, in the United States, manufactures and distributes specialized tightening solutions for customers with safety critical assembly applications, primarily in the motor vehicle industry. In addition to

Vestas Wind Systems, Vestas receives order for 84 units of the V80-1.8MW wind turbine for expansion of project in Oklahoma, USA

The Vestas Group has received an order for 84 units of the V80-1.8 MW wind turbine for the expansion of an existing wind power plant located in southeast Oklahoma, USA. Zilkha Renewable Energy, headquartered in Houston, Texas, and Kirmart Corporation located in Wichita Falls, Kansas are the co-developers of the wind power plant. Vestas will supply, install and commission the wind turbines. Furthermore, the order includes a five-year service and maintenance contract.

Alfa Laval takes profit improvement measures

Alfa Laval has decided to further optimize its global manufacturing structure. The high speed separator manufacturing unit in Madrid, Spain, will be phased out and closed. The Life Science assembly unit in Toronto, Canada, will be closed down by the end of June 2005.The company will set up a unit for high speed separators in China, with the objective to gain competitive advantages by getting closer to the Asian/Pacific market, where North East Asia has developed to be the leading market for the ship building industry. The new set-up in China will be an assembly unit and the core components

Notice of Annual General Meeting in Micronic Laser Systems AB (publ.)

Shareholders in Micronic Laser Systems AB (publ.) are hereby given notice to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM), to be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at 5 pm at Näsby Slott (Room: Gallerian), Djursholmsvägen 30, Täby, SwedenParticipation Shareholders, who wish to participate in the AGM, must be recorded in the register of shareholders held by VPC AB (the Swedish Securities Register Centre) by March 24, 2005 and must notify the Company of their intention to participate in the AGM in writing to Micronic Laser Systems AB (publ), P.O. Box 3141, SE-183 03 Täby, Sweden, or by telephone +46 (

Convening the Annual General Meeting of Kungsleden AB (publ)

Kungsleden AB (publ) is convening its Annual General Meeting on Thursday 7 April 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Skandia Cinema, Drottninggatan 82, Stockholm, Sweden. The Notice to Attend states the matters to be considered at the Annual General Meeting pursuant to the Articles of Association and: • The Board of Directors’ proposal to the AGM to implement a 2:1 share split, through an amendment to §5 of the Articles of Association. Regarding the election of the Board of Directors, the Nomination Committee has proposed the re-election of Jens Engwall, Mats Israelsson, Bengt Kjell, Jonas Nyrén, Anna

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Tetra Laval Acquires Simonazzi

The Tetra Laval Group and the SIG Group has today signed an agreement to acquire SIG Simonazzi (filling equipment) and SIG Alfa (labelling equipment).These two companies had combined sales of € 320 million in 2004 and have approximately 1500 employees. The acquired companies will merge with Sidel – the industry group within Tetra Laval focused on plastic packaging equipment. - Through this acquisition, Sidel will be better positioned to respond to customers’ needs in the beverage-filling and labelling segments. By adding Simonazzi’s and Alfa’s equipment to Sidel’s product offering we will

STORA ENSO OYJ SHARE REPURCHASE

STORA ENSO OYJ ANNOUNCEMENT 02.03.2005STORA ENSO OYJ SHARE REPURCHASE Trade date 02.03.2005 Bourse trade BUY Share STERV Amount 100 000 shares Average price/share 11,57 EUR Highest price/share 11,59 EUR Lowest price/share 11,55 EUR Total cost 1 156 910 EUR After repurchases 02.03.

Montagu Private Equity announces the acquisition of LEO Animal Health

2 March 2005Montagu Private Equity (“Montagu”) has today agreed to acquire LEO Animal Health (to be renamed “VetXX”), a subsidiary of privately owned Danish pharmaceutical company LEO Pharma, for an undisclosed consideration. Montagu will acquire LEO Animal Health in partnership with the company’s incumbent management team who will have a shareholding of approximately 12%. Jens Ingwersen will continue as chief executive of LEO Animal Health. LEO Animal Health is a major European player within dermatology, ophthalmology and otology (skin, eye and ear diseases). It also produces pet diet food

Broadband network inaugurated in Municipality of Malung

The residents of the Municipality of Malung will soon have access to broadband. Malung’s new broadband network, which covers more than 98 percent of the people living in the municipality, was officially inaugurated on Wednesday, March 2, by municipal officials and the network provider TeliaSonera Network Sales. Households and companies in the Municipality of Malung can now order broadband services with speeds from 250 Kbit/s up to 24 Mbit/s.Like other municipalities in the Dalarna region (west central Sweden), the Municipality of Malung signed an agreement with TeliaSonera Network Sales for

Bus boom for Scania in Sweden 283 buses sold in two months

Scania has been highly successful on the Swedish bus market, selling 283 urban and interurban buses worth around SEK 600 million since the beginning of 2005. The biggest single order is for 123 ethanol-fuelled suburban buses to Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, the public transport operator in greater Stockholm. The deal is yet another move in Stockholm’s ambition since 15 years to run its public transport system without fossil fuels.For Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), the deal means a continued investment in environmentally adapted public transport. Stockholm already has the world’s largest