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Aker Kvaerner awarded environmental contract for Hydro on Oseberg Field Centre

Maximum injection capacity for produced water from the Oseberg Field Centre will be around 20,000 cubic metres per day.  The new equipment must meet Statens Forurensingstilsyn's target of zero emission. The contract includes engineering, procurement and  prefabrication onshore, as well as the installation of 200 tons steel/piping and miscellaneous equipment at the Oseberg Field Centre.  The tie in to the exisiting process plant will be prepared during the first week of June next year when the Field Centre is due for a six-day shut-down. The engineering and procurement of long lead

Medivir AB enters into License and Research Collaboration Agreement on Hepatitis C

Medivir AB today announced that it has signed a license and research collaboration agreement on Hepatitis C with Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The goal of the research collaboration is to discover and develop orally active protease inhibitors of the NS3/4A protease of HCV. Medivir has developed a novel series of potent HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitors. These HCV inhibitors exhibit antiviral properties in a cell-based assay and have drug-like properties. Tibotec will be responsible for the global clinical development of these compounds and has acquired

PARTICIPATION IN MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. PRIVATE PLACEMENT

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN USA, CANADA OR JAPANInvestment AB Kinnevik (“Kinnevik”) today announced that it is fully supportive of the private placement announced today by Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom”), a company in which Kinnevik is an approximately 35% shareholder. Kinnevik intends to participate in the offering. Kinnevik will agree not to sell any Ordinary Shares and/or SDRs of Millicom, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such Ordinary Shares and/or SDRs, for a period of 120 days For further information, please visit www.kinnevik.se or contact: Vigo

AB Volvo repurchase 250,000 B 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 Monday, November 29, acquired 250,000 series B shares. The shares were traded between SEK 276.00 and 277.50 with an average price of SEK 276.68.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 to exceed a total purchase amount of SEK 4,300,000,000. After the repurchase, AB Volvo is in possession of a total of 6,950,246

KYRO CORPORATION?S INCREASE OF SHARE CAPITAL ENTERED IN TRADE

Kyro Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 30 NOVEMBER 20049.00 amKYRO CORPORATION’S INCREASE OF SHARE CAPITAL ENTERED IN TRADEREGISTER The increase of the share capital of Kyro Corporation carried outon the basis of the bonus issue decided by the ExtraordinaryShareholders’ Meeting held on 25 November 2004 has today beenentered in the Trade Register. The Company’s share capital was increased by a bonus issue fromEUR 6,348,000 to EUR 12,696,000. In the bonus issue, each shareentitled its holder to receive one new share without payment. 39,675,000 newshares were issued. The

MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. ANNOUNCES: Concurrent Offerings of 8 Million Ordinary Shares in the form of Ordina

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN USA, CANADA OR JAPANLuxembourg, Sweden, November 30, 2004 – Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom”, or the “Company”) announced today that it intends to offer 8 million of its Ordinary Shares in the form of Swedish Depositary Receipts (“SDRs”) or Ordinary Shares (the “Share Offering”) and that it intends to offer $175 million of convertible bonds convertible into Ordinary Shares and/or SDRs (the “Bonds”, or the "Bond Offering"). The offerings, which are subject to market and other conditions, are being made without preferential rights for shareholders,

Lennart Svantesson resigns as President of Bure

Lennart Svantesson has resigned as President of Bure. He will remain as President until the Annual General Meeting in April, or until a successor has been appointed. Lennart Svantesson will continue to be linked to Bure as he will remain Chairman of Bure’s major portfolio companies: Carl Bro, Systeam, Mercuri and Vittra, and as Board Member of Scribona, initially up to and including the 2006 Annual General Meetings. Lennart Svantesson took over as President of Bure Equity AB in March 2003 when Bure was in an acute financial crisis.”Through his extensive industrial experience, Lennart has

Government chose SAS for foreign travel

SAS has been selected as the Swedish government’s single largest supplier for destinations in North America and Europe (including London and Paris). In most cases, SAS was also selected as supplier in both business and economy class. “This is positive news for us,” says Håkan Olsson, responsible for the bidding from SAS and its partners in Sweden. “Particularly considering the competition that exists in the market.” Last summer, the government conducted a similar procurement process for domestic routes and selected SAS as the supplier on 61 of 63 routes. In recent days, the procurement of

Rekordtidlig tyvstart på vinteren.

Onsdag 1. desember går startskuddet for bestilling av vinterferien i 2006. Star Tour regner med at rundt 10 000 kunder vil sikre seg en plass til sol og varm før den nye katalogen er i hyllene. Katalogen kommer i april neste år. - Vi starter forhåndssalget halvannen måned tidligere. Vinteren er populær, og mange vil tilbake til de samme stedene, forteller Jørn Kristiansen, daglig leder hos Star Tour. – Det er gjerne høst- og vinterferien som går først. Vi ser at flere er ute et drøyt år i forveien for å sikre seg en plass her. Av reisemålene er Thailand det som blir først utsolgt, fortsetter

Karin Forseke: Appointment to the board of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the United Kingdom

Karin Forseke has accepted the appointment as a non-executive Director of the board of the Financial Services Authority (FSA). She will be acting on the board in a purely personal capacity. The appointment will take effect from 1 December 2004. For further information, please refer to the enclosed HM Treasury press release, or contact Karin Forseke (+46 8 5886 90 10), or Birgitta Henriksson, (+46 8 676 86 39).

Anoto Group AB appoints new CFO

Anoto Group announces the appointment of Mats Blom as the new Financial Officer of the company, effective January 1, 2005. Mats Blom is a finance executive with many years experience as CFO and Business Developer. Most recently, he served for two years as Senior Manager at Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services.Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Mats served for two years as Chief Financial Officer of AddTrust in Malmö. Mats has also held senior financial management positions at Active Biotech, Gemini Consulting and Procter & Gamble. With operations more and more being concentrated in Lund,

PAYNOVA LAUNCHES PAYOUT SERVICE WITH CINT

Paynova has signed a partnership agreement with Cint Index AB for handling payments made to the 200,000 or so members of Cint’s national and international consumer panels. Participants are paid for taking part in questionnaire surveys. Paynova gains a significant number of new users, all of whom are given Paynova wallets, into which money is deposited for them by the clients.Cint’s member base and developed system platform, together with Paynova’s payment services and wallet users, form the basis for the new marketing services and for the partnership. By combining their technical platforms

Leading Japanese retailer Ito-Yokado behind roll-out

Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. will roll-out Pricer’s ESL system in more than 150 stores in Japan constituting the largest ESL roll-out outside Europe, as communicated in a Pricer press release on August 5th 2004. Ito-Yokado is the largest retailer in Japan – the second largest retail market in the world. The IY Group, with about 60 subsidiaries and affiliates, is active and well known in most parts of the world through its more than 17,000 stores. Oshman’s, Robinson’s and Denny’s and most of all 7-Eleven are some of Ito-Yokado’s well known chains. With an increased number of stores to over 170,

TELIASONERA FINLAND OYJ SUES ELISA MATKAPUHELINPALVELUT OY FOR ALLEGED PATENT

ELISA CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 29 NOVEMBER 2004 AT 3.30pmTELIASONERA FINLAND OYJ SUES ELISA MATKAPUHELINPALVELUT OY FOR ALLEGED PATENTINFRINGEMENT Elisa Matkapuhelinpalvelut Oy has been sued by TeliaSonera Finland Oyj, whichdemands a total of EUR 13.2 million compensation for patent infringement anddamages. The patent dispute relates to the technical implementation of the ElisaHeimopalvelu. Elisa denies patent infringement allegations. ELISA CORPORATION Vappu VienamoActing Vice President, Corporate

Lars Lundquist appointed new Chief Credit Officer of FöreningsSparbanken

Lars Lundquist has been appointed new Chief Credit Officer of FöreningsSparbanken. He will assume his new post on March 1, 2005 and will be an adjunct member of the Group’s executive management. Mr Lundquist currently holds the position as Head of Credit and County Risks at Swedbank Markets. Lars-Erik Kvist remains as Chief Credit officer and Head of Group Staffs and as a member of the Group’s executive management until March 1, 2005. New head of Telephone- and Internetbanks Jan Alexandersson has been appointed new Head of FöreningsSparbanken's Telephone- and Internetbanks as of December 1,

Nolato Nomination Committee

At the Annual Meeting of Nolato AB on April 28, 2004, the Chairman of the Board was commissioned to contact five of the largest shareholders in the Company at the end of the third quarter to discuss proposals for nomination of committee members. These dicussions have led to that the following individuals have been asked to become members of the Nomination Committee and have accepted. Henrik Jorlén, representing the Jorlén family, chairman Gun Boström, representing the Boström family Erik Paulsson, representing the Paulsson family Erik Sjöström, representing Skandia The Chairman of the Board,

Saab and Airbus sign contract for A400M

Saab AB and Airbus have today signed an agreement for the development and production of the crew entrance door for the A400M military transport aircraft. The contract value could be up to MSEK 400 considering the market potential and makes Saab a risk-sharing partner in the A400M program.“We are proud that Airbus has chosen Saab Aerostructures to develop and produce the crew entrance door for the A400M. We look forward to take part in the A400M project as a partner. We have enjoyed good cooperation with Airbus for many years, and the fact that they have chosen us as a supplier in this

Organizational change - Business Area Ventilation

As of 1st January 2005, Hannu Paitula will take up his new position as Business Area Manager for BA Ventilation. Hannu Paitula has worked in the Ventilation business for 20 years, and has previously worked for Fläkt, ABB and Fläkt Woods Group as a CEO.   Johan Bergkvist, currently the Business area Manager for Business area Ventilation, as of 1st January 2005, Johan Bergkvist will work with business development within the Business area Ventilation.   Grevie, 29 November 2004   Kjell ÅkessonCEO

Axis introduces network dome cameras with pan/tilt/zoom control over IP networks

Axis Communications launched today two high performance network dome cameras for professional security surveillance and remote monitoring applications. The AXIS 231D and AXIS 232D Network Dome Cameras further strengthen Axis' position as the leading provider of quality network video solutions.Axis' new series of network dome cameras offer the combined functionality of a legacy analog dome with the best features found in a high quality network camera. The AXIS 231D and AXIS 232D deliver high quality, full frame rate Motion JPEG video with the capability to remotely control pan, tilt and zoom

Swedish Match chooses Document Automation from ReadSoft

Swedish Match, the major tobacco company in Sweden, has chosen ReadSoft to improve order handling efficiency at their subsidiary Swedish Match Distribution. ReadSoft DOCUMENTS for Forms will minimize manual reading and processing of the order forms which are sent to Swedish Match from their customers around Sweden. This is one of ReadSoft’s largest forms-processing deals in Sweden this year.The customers of Swedish Match order large amounts of tobacco products to their stores each day. The orders are often faxed, and up until today the incoming forms have been received and handled manually.

NCC to build premises in Asker, Norway, for SEK 141 million

NCC Construction AS has entered into an agreement with Briksdalen Eiendom regarding the construction of new office and commercial premises at Slependen in the Municipality of Asker. The project is valued at approximately SEK 141 million (NOK 131 million) and will be implemented in part as a Partnering project.*Project work will commence no later than January 3, 2005 and the estimated construction period is 22 months. The project comprises a total of 38,000 square meters. A three-story garage facility accounts for 23,100 square meters of the total and the two-story office and commercial

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