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Telelogic Secures Additional US$1.25 Million Deal with Leading U.S. Defense Supplier

Global Provider Renews Maintenance Agreement for Telelogic DOORS®, Telelogic SYNERGY and Telelogic TAU®MALMÖ, Sweden – December 17, 2004 – Telelogic (Stockholm Exchange/TLOG), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development, today announced that a leading U.S. defense supplier has extended its existing maintenance agreement for Telelogic’s complete application lifecycle management solution in a deal worth US$1.25 million. “The on-going commitment to Telelogic’s DOORS, Telelogic SYNERGY and Telelogic TAU by one of the world's leading defense suppliers

Arca Systems is successful in patent dispute

Steco Logistics GmbH is trying to prevent sales of Arca Systems Ortus returnable transit packaging by claiming that Arca is infringing Steco intellectual property. Arca Systems can now inform that on the 5th April 2004 the appeal court in Florence, Italy, after having appointed technical expertise evaluating both the alleged infringement as well as the validity of the patents in question, overturned completely the preliminary injunction decided by the court of first instance. Accordingly the technical expertise established that Arca Ortus does not infringe Steco’s patent and the validity of

CLINICAL AND REGULATORY CHANGES AT ASTRAZENECA- GUIDANCE FROM SIR TOM McKILLOP, CHIEF EXECUTIVE

AstraZeneca is committed to the development of innovative medicines but Exanta and Iressa, two products based on breakthrough science, have suffered setbacks. Following the non-approval of Exanta by FDA, we accelerated a significant programme of change in the development and regulatory functions, based on the learning from these and other experiences. Today’s announcement of John Patterson’s appointment to the Board as Executive Director responsible for DeveIopment is a further step in this process. John Patterson is highly experienced in clinical and regulatory development and has been

ASTRAZENECA BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT

AstraZeneca PLC today confirms the appointment of Louis Schweitzer as non-executive Chairman with effect from 1 January 2005. Percy Barnevik will retire from the Board as Chairman and a Director on 31 December 2004. The appointment of Louis Schweitzer as Chairman was anticipated in the announcement of his appointment as a non-executive Director on 11 March 2004. The Company also announces the appointment to the Board of Dr John Patterson as an Executive Director with effect from 1 January 2005 with responsibility for Development. Martin Nicklasson will become Executive Vice-President,

GEFITINIB (IRESSA™) LUNG CANCER ISEL TRIAL SHOWS NO OVERALL SURVIVAL ADVANTAGE IN A HIGHLY REFRACTORY POPULATION

AstraZeneca today announced that the initial analysis of the primary endpoint of Study 709, IRESSA Survival Evaluation in Lung cancer (ISEL) with 1692 patients has been conducted, and shows that IRESSA failed to significantly prolong survival in comparison to placebo in the overall population (HR 0.89, p=0.11, Median 5.6 vs 5.1 months), or in patients with adenocarcinoma (HR 0.83, p=0.07, Median 6.3 vs 5.4 months). There was a statistically significant improvement in tumour shrinkage (objective response rate), which did not translate into a statistically significant survival benefit.

Telelogic Signs $1.2 Million License Contract with Leading American Defense/Aerospace Company

World leading producer of large and small jet engines for commercial and military aircraft selects Telelogic SYNERGY™ to replace existing CM solutionsMALMÖ, Sweden – December 17, 2004 – Telelogic, (Stockholm Exchange: TLOG), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development, today announced that it has signed a $1.2 Million license and maintenance agreement with a leading American producer of jet engines for commercial and military aircraft. The company is a world leader in the provision of aircraft engines. The five-year contract will deploy Telelogic

PONSSE´S FINANCIAL REPORTING SCHEDULE IN 2005

PONSSE OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 17 DECEMBER 2004 1.00 P.M.PONSSE´S FINANCIAL REPORTING SCHEDULE IN 2005 Ponsse Group will publish its financial statements of the year2004 on 11 February 2005 at 9.00 A.M. and its annual report during week10/2005. Ponsse´s Annual General Meeting will be held on 15 March2005 in Iisalmi. Ponsse will publish three interim reports in 2005: The first quarter on 20 April 2005 at 9.00 A.M.The second quarter on 20 July 2005 at 9.00 A.M.The third quarter on 19 October 2005 at 9.00 A.M. PONSSE OYJ Mikko PaananenCFO Further information:Mikko Paananen,

Sardus acquires two sandwich companies Launches new business unit for light meals

The Sardus foods group, which focuses on sandwich toppings and light meals, has acquired Allt Smörgås, based in Stockholm, and Smörgåsfabriken, based in Norrköping. The acquired companies manufacture and sell ready-to-eat sandwiches and salads, primarily to the convenience foods trade and gas stations. The companies, which are approximately equal in size, are both profitable and in a strong growth phase. In 2004 they had combined net sales of approximately SEK 120 M. The acquisition is part of the Sardus's expansion strategy, which involves a focus on light ready-to-eat meals. The acquisition

Fox Valley Seminar 2004

Fox Valley Seminar 2004The Fox Valley seminar, once again very popular, took place at Fox ValleyTechnical College, Appleton, USA. Some 50 of the participants came from theMiddle West, but there were also a lot of guest from farther away. The main theme was to present technical back-up information for high-qualityprinting. There were presentations on corrugating, corrugator crew motivation,corrugator control and how to handle dust problems. David McKinney (Lewisburg)gave an excellent presentation from a customer's point of view on litho,digital and direct flexo printing. There were

Kemiart Forerunner 2004 award to Box Pak and GSK

Kemiart Forerunner 2004 award to Box Pak and GSKThe Kemiart Forerunner Award 2004 was given to Box Pak (Malaysia) Berhad forits Horlicks malted food drink packaging. The brand owner is GlaxoSmithKlineConsumer Healthcare. Box Pak has truly been a forerunner, in actively marketingpackaging made of coated Kemiart liners to its customers. The competition entries were evaluated from the brand marketing and technicalprinting points of view. The winning entry, the Horlicks corrugated box, hadbeen upgraded from a brown printed box to a coated liner package. The newpackaging conveys a message

ATRIA TO ADVANCE IN BALTIC STATES

ATRIA GROUP PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 17 December 2004ATRIA TO ADVANCE IN BALTIC STATES According to a letter of intent signed in October, Atria plans to purchase sharesin Estonian company AS Valga Lihatööstus. AS Valga Lihatööstus is the secondlargest company in its field in Estonia, its turnover is approximately EUR 20million and it has a local market share of about 15 %. Following the conclusionof this deal Atria will have subsidiaries in both Lithuania and Estonia. Thepurpose of this strategy is to expand and to achieve a market share in the BalticStates which is

Autoliv to Fully Own Leading China Airbag Company

(Stockholm, Dec. - 17, 2004) - - - Autoliv Inc. (NYSE: ALV), the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, has completed an agreement to purchase the outstanding 40% shareholding in its Chinese airbag company, Autoliv (Shanghai) Vehicle Safety Systems, which will now become a wholly owned Autoliv subsidiary. The deal to purchase the remaining shares from the partner Shanghai Shengsheng is subject to approval by local authorities and anticipated to be complete in January 2005. Autoliv (Shanghai) was the first company in China to locally produce airbags in April 2002 and remains the

Volvo Aero signs its largest commercial aircraft engine contract ever

Volvo Aero and General Electric Company have signed an agreement whereby Volvo Aero will be responsible for the design and manufacture of three major components for the new GEnx engine. Volvo Aero will make its largest investment ever in a new commercial aircraft engine program. Volvo Aero anticipates revenue in the range of SEK 20 billion if projected sales estimates are achieved. The GEnx Engine will power the new Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner and the new Airbus A350 aircraft.According to the agreement, signed in Seattle on December 15, 2004, Volvo Aero becomes a revenue-sharing participant (RSP)

Sales success for Scania's Euro 4 engines

Scania is the first heavy truck maker to deliver trucks fitted with engines with lower environmental impact, meeting the emission standard valid from 1 October 2005 (Euro 4). Since the start of production in September, Scania has received orders for more than 1,000 trucks. Trucks with Euro 4 engines are favoured by lower road fees in countries like Germany, Austria and Switzerland.In Germany – where Euro 4 engines give a fee reduction of 20 cents per 10 kilometres when the Maut system becomes operational on 1 January – Scania has so far sold about 500 trucks. The demand is also high not

Carnegie and Max Matthiessen enter co-operation

Carnegie and Max Matthiessen have entered an exclusive co-operation agreement regarding pension and insurance advice. Carnegie’s pension and insurance advice service through Carnegie Pension Consulting AB will be taken over by Max Matthiessen and Carnegie’s fund management products – own as well as externally supplied ¬– will be offered to Max Matthiessen’s 135,000 clients. “There is increasing interest in long-term pension savings, our clients are demanding broader independent financial advice, and we want to be ahead of the game. The co-operation with Carnegie gives Max Matthiessen’s

Outokumpu Technology awarded minerals processing contracts at Ravensthorpe, Australia

Outokumpu Technology has been awarded orders for the Australian EUR 800 million Ravensthorpe Nickel Project worth over EUR 35 million. The scope of Outokumpu's minerals processing technology includes design, supply, delivery and installation.The contracts include the largest-ever thickener order in Australia and consist of six 42m diameter counter current decantation high compression units, four 30m neutralisation high rate thickeners, three 20m beneficiation paste units and two 20m pressure acid leach paste thickeners. A further contract includes two shell supported drum scrubbers with

Procom Adds Powerful, Affordable New SATA Model to its Midrange NAS Filer Line, Establishing New Level of Value in Networked Storage

New NetFORCE 900 Provides up to 4.8TB Capacity in 3U Enclosure, Uses Procom's Innovative Enterprise-Class OS, and is Ideal for Both Primary and Secondary StorageIRVINE, Calif., Dec. 17, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Addressing the needs of cost-sensitive customers, Procom Technology, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRCM), a value leader in network attached storage (NAS) solutions, has introduced a powerful new high-capacity, budget-priced model to extend its recently developed line of SATA-based NAS filers. The new NetFORCE 900 provides up to 4.8 terabytes of raw storage capacity in a mere 3U (5.25-inch) enclosure

AB Volvo announces repurchase of 300,000 B shares and 15,000 A shares

Further to the decision taken by AB Volvo's Board of Directors on June 17, 2004, regarding repurchase of own shares, AB Volvo has, on Thursday, December 16, acquired 300,000 series B shares. The shares were traded between SEK 267.00 and 269.00 with an average price of SEK 267.82. And has acquired 15,000 series A shares. The shares were traded between SEK 255.50 and 257.00 with an average price of SEK 256.01.On June 17, 2004, the Board of AB Volvo decided to acquire through purchase on Stockholmsbörsen (Stockholm Exchange) a maximum of 22,076,045 Series A and/or Series B shares, however, not

Impact of IFRS on the SKF Group

Beginning 2005, the accounting policies of the SKF Group will be in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS, as adopted by the European Union (EU) and the interim report on the first quarter 2005 will be the first IFRS report for SKF.In this press release you will find how the transition will impact SKF's reporting. As can be seen in the attached material the effect on SKF will only be very small. For questions and explanations you are welcome to take part in a teleconference, which will be held in English, on Friday December 17 at 14.00 (CET), 13.00 (UK), 8.00 a.m.

FöreningsSparbanken extends period for share repurchase

FöreningsSparbanken’s board of directors today has decided to extend the period for the repurchase of the bank’s shares until the 2005 annual general meeting. Within the framework of the authorization received from the annual general meeting, the board decided on May 3 to repurchase a maximum of 26 million shares, corresponding to approximately 5 percent of all shares in the bank, during the period through year-end 2004. As previously, repurchases will take into consideration the bank’s capital situation, current regulations and market conditions. The purpose of the repurchase program is to

FISKARS FINANCIAL INFORMATION 2005

Fiskars Corporation Stock Exchange Release December 16, 2004, 4.15 p.m.FISKARS FINANCIAL INFORMATION 2005 Fiskars Corporation will publish three Interim Reports in 2005:- the first covering the period of January - March on May 11, 2005,- the second January - June on August 12, 2005, and- the third January - September on November 9, 2005. The 2004 Financial Statement Bulletin will be published on February 15, 2005.Comparative IFRS information will be published on March 21, 2005.The ordinary general meeting will be held on March 23, 2005.The

Delisting from the London Stock Exchange

The SKF B shares are today traded in Stockholm and London.SKF has decided to leave the London Stock Exchange. The trading of SKF's shares on the London Stock Exchange is negligible and therefore does not support a listing. The trading is intended to be discontinued on January 20, 2005. Göteborg, December 16, 2004 Aktiebolaget SKF (Publ.) For further information, please contact: PRESS: Lars G Malmer, SKF Group Communication, tel. +46 (0)31 337 1541, e-mail: Lars.G.Malmer@skf.com IR: Marita Björk, SKF Investor Relations, tel. +46 (0)31 337 1994, e-mail: Marita.Bjork@skf.com

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