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Nordic Capital’s holding of shares in Finnveden amounts to 86.4 per cent

-Nordic Capital’s holding after the extended acceptance period amounts to 86.4 per cent of the votes and 86.5 per cent of the capital in Finnveden -Nordic Capital extends the offer until February 18, 2005 -Finnveden will be de-listed from the Stockholm Stock Exchange as from February 21, 2005Cidron Invest AB’s, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordic Capital Fund V, ("Nordic Capital") public offer to the shareholders in Finnveden AB (publ) ("Finnveden") has in total during the ordinary and the extended acceptance periods been accepted by shareholders representing 1,995 shares of series A and 20,

Ericsson unlocks the mobile media potential at MIDEM in Cannes 2005

Ericsson is leading the way in the mobile media market as a business partner and matchmaker between the music industry and mobile operators. Ericsson enables this by developing attractive mobile music and video services for consumers. MIDEM 2005, the leading international music market, is the venue of choice to unlock the full mobile media potential."Ericsson drives the mobile music development and has great knowledge and experience on how to create successful mobile services and generate new revenues for operators and content providers," says Kurt Sillén, Vice President, Ericsson Mobility

Haldex expands in China

In order to better exploit the business opportunities on the growing Chinese market, a decision has been made to establish local manufacturing in China of several of the group’s products. The capital expenditures amount to 130 MSEK split equally between 2005 and 2006. The group’s sales in China are in a 5-year period targeted to grow from today’s 100 MSEK towards 1 billion SEK.The Chinese vehicle industry shows a substantial growth and increasingly demands modern technology. Haldex has been present on the Chinese market for several years through a sales company in Shanghai and has developed

VRT in Belgium has chosen “DAB by Factum”

VRT, the public service Flemish Radio- and Television Company (Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep), has chosen to order a complete DAB head end system with full redundancy from Factum Electronics AB. In stiff competition, Factum will replace the existing DAB equipment at VRT. The Factum equipment consists of a redundant multiplexer system, redundant audio encoders, dynamic range controllers, redundant data broadcasting servers and the newly developed seamless redundancy switch. A comprehensive package of training and software development tools, is also part of the order. During 2004 Factum

RNB RETAIL AND BRANDS enters into strategic purchasing alliance with New Wave Group.

For many years, Polarn O. Pyret, a business area of RNB RETAIL AND BRANDS, has undertaken parts of its purchasing in China and Eastern Asia. In conjunction with plans to increase the share of purchases from these regions, the business area has entered into a strategic purchasing alliance with New Wave Group.”An efficient and quality-assured purchasing organization is essential for a strong brand such as Polarn O. Pyret. The alliance with New Wave Group gives us access to a well-functioning purchasing and controller organization. At the same time, we can influence volumes and our negotiating

“Secured eMail nominated for Best Email Security Solution 2005”

Secured eMail has been selected as a Reader Trust Award "Finalist" in the category of Best Email Security Solution by SC Magazine for the SC Global Awards 2005.The SC Awards are the Oscars of the IT world and other attendees include Computer Associates, Novell, McAfee and Symantec. SC Magazine is the longest running information security magazine in the world with the widest distribution. It is read by decision makers and IT professionals in over 50 countries worldwide. “We are thrilled to receive this nomination” says Rami Avidan, COO of Secured eMail AB “It is recognition of the quality

Haendig to acquire Lundbergs Produkter

Haendig is acquiring, through its subsidiary Duri Holding, Lundbergs Produkter. The two companies' complementary range of products and services will greatly strengthen the customer offering."Haendig's expressed strategy is to further strengthen its position with companies with strong brands in the DIY sector," says Haendig's CEO Thomas Holmgren. "This acquisition complements our brands portfolio while Lundbergs offers additional resources for further expansion in the Nordic region." Both Lundbergs and Duri have strong brands within the DIY sector as well as in the professional segment.

Polarn O. Pyret continues to grow – new stores opened in Sweden, Norway and Estonia

Polarn O. Pyret is continuing its expansion with the opening of five stores during the spring of 2005. One store is being opened by Polarn O. Pyret AB in Sweden. Three franchise stores will be opened in Norway and one franchise store in Tallinn, Estonia.Polarn O. Pyret will then have 60 stores, 37 proprietary stores and 23 franchise outlets. The number of stores outside Sweden is nine (seven in Norway, one in Estonia and one on Iceland). For more information, concact RNB´s CEO, Mikael Solberg, +46 708 18 44 40 or the President of Polarn O. Pyret, Cecilia Tufvesson Marlow, +46 733 97 95 34.

Taxis hailed a black hole as confidential data gets taken for a ride

A Global survey of 900 taxi drivers shows thousands of valuable mobile phones, Pocket PCs and laptops are forgotten in taxis every day.STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January 24, 2005 – Businesses and individuals are being urged to use the password and encryption facilities available on the recent crop of high memory capacity mobile smartphones, in order to protect the sensitive information held on them. This advice comes in light of a survey released today which shows forgetful travellers have a tendency to leave their mobile devices in the back of taxis. During the last 6 months in the nine major

Skanska will take a SEK 685 M (GBP 51 M) charge in the fourth quarter 2004 on LNG contract in the UK. Preliminary consolidated operating income for 2004 approximately SEK 3.8 bn

Skanska will take a SEK 685 M (GBP 51 M) charge in the fourth quarter 2004 on an LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) engineering and construction contract in the UK. This contract was not included in the sale of the LNG specialist group Whessoe (an engineering and construction subsidiary of Skanska UK) in mid 2004 because the project was already in construction. Whessoe continued to provide engineering and technical procurement services to Skanska UK to finish the project.During the process numerous engineering related changes and delays have contributed to the loss. The work necessary to overcome

Broström makes new acquisitions and enters into co-operation

• Broström enters into a close co-operation with Furetank Rederi AB, on the island of Donsö outside Göteborg. • Acquires Danish Nordtank Shipping A/S and parts of three of Furetank’s vessels. Broström’s activity in the North European product tanker market is one of the company’s strategical core businesses. The business has been built up during many years and is mainly based on long-term customer relations where Broström by Contracts of Affreightment offers high quality logistics services with modern tonnage. As the demand for these services has increased the business has expanded

Proventus and Bonnier make an offer for Alma Media’s Broadcasting division

Proventus has the ambition to actively take part in the restructuring of the Nordic TV market and has therefore previously acquired shares in TV4 and Alma Media. Proventus and the media group Bonnier jointly make an offer for Alma Media’s Broadcasting division, which comprises inter alia the Finnish TV channel MTV3, a majority holding in the Finnish radio station Radio Nova and 23.4 percent of the shares in Swedish TV4 AB. Alma Media has previously convened an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on January 31, 2005 in order to decide on the divestment of the group’s Broadcasting division.

Upcoming financial information from Cybercom Group Europe

Publication dates 2005:The preliminary year-end 2004 report will be published on Wednesday, 9 February 2005 (note the date change). The 2004 annual report will be published in early April. The interim report for January - March will be published on Thursday, 21 April. The AGM will be held on Friday, 22 April. The interim report for January - June will be published Wednesday, 17 August. The interim report for January - September will be published on Thursday, 20 October. The preliminary year-end report for all of 2005 will be published on Tuesday, 7 February 2006. For more information,

Contracts for Ormen Lange merged

Aker Kvaerner was in 2003 and 2004 awarded three separate contracts for the Ormen Lange project at Nyhamna on the west coast of Norway. One contract was for the engineering, procurement and project management support for the onshore plant. A second contract was for the engineering, procurement and construction activities for the gas reception and export area. It also included the slug catcher, the flare tower and emergency shut down valves for the gas terminal. The third was the main installation contract. Originally the contract value for these three contracts was approximately NOK 7.35

Henrik Lange appointed President, SKF Industrial Division

Henrik Lange has been appointed President, SKF Industrial Division. He will take up his position on January 24. He replaces Alrik Danielson who will leave the Group to become CEO of Höganäs.Mr. Lange is at present Senior Vice President, SKF Group Business Development. He is 43 years old and has a MBA in International Economics and Business Administration from Handelshögskolan in Göteborg. Henrik Lange has held a number of executive positions within SKF and has been Managing Director of SKF Poland and SKF Austria. He has also been Managing Director of Johnson Pump. He is married and has

NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO IN HÖGANÄS

Alrik Danielson, 42 years old, MBA, has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Höganäs AB.At present Alrik Danielson is President of the SKF Group’s Industrial Division, turnover of SEK 15 billion and 10 500 employees, and member of the Group’s Executive Committee. He joined SKF in 1987 and has held a number of executive positions within the Group including President of SKF do Brazil.Alrik Danielson will assume his new position on May 11, 2005 in connection with Höganäs AB’s Annual General Meeting, when Claes Lindqvist retires as earlier announced.Höganäs 21

CLINICAL TRIALS INITIATED AND SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE REACHED IN THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN KARO BIO AND MERCK & CO., INC.

Clinical trials have been initiated for the most advanced compound in the drug discovery and development collaboration between Merck & Co., Inc. and Karo Bio. The advancement of this compound, in clinical development to address an important unmet clinical need, has triggered a significant milestone payment from Merck to Karo Bio.The collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) was initiated in November 1997 with the objective of developing new treatments targeting estrogen receptors, which may be particularly relevant in women's healthcare, but also in other major clinical areas. The

OptiMail AB Unaudited Results 2004

- Full-year turnover in 2004 was MSEK 428.8 (307.9) - OptiMail’s profit after tax for 2004 was MSEK 18.0 (12.0) - Earnings per share for the full year of 2004 were SEK 1.40 (0.90) - The Board of Directors proposes an increased dividend of SEK 0.75 per share - During the fourth quarter, OptiMail has received a major breakthrough order in Germany, based on the postal license for the German market - A weak start to 2005 and operating losses are anticipated for the first quarterFor full report see link below.

Broström in new partnership with Dunya

The Turkish shipowner Dunya has joined forces with Broström by entering into a long-term co-operation agreement that will eventually add up to ten vessels to Broström’s commercial fleet. Dunya Shipping, based in Istanbul, Turkey, is presently operating a fleet of three 47,000 dwt oil product tankers; the GÖLKÖY, the GÖNEN and the GANMUR built in 2000/2000/2001 respectively. The company has a total of a further eight similar size product tankers on order at shipyards in Korea from where the first three vessels will be delivered in 2006. A further four vessels are due for delivery in 2007

Vestas Wind Systems, supplementary information regarding the change in the board of management of Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Mr Ditlev Engel will take up the position of President and CEO of Vestas Wind Systems A/S as from 1 May 2005. We have managed to arrange the change of CEO in the spring 2005 so that the present CEO, Mr Svend Sigaard and Mr Ditlev Engel for a period will be working together in the company. Already from 1 March 2005 Mr Ditlev Engel will have the opportunity to learn about Vestas’ strategy, business processes and organization as well as to become acquainted with some of the Group’s business units.

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