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Telia signs Nordic agreement with Manpower Solutions

Telia and Manpower Solutions have signed a Nordic managed services agreement covering operation, support and development services for Manpower’s total information technology needs. The agreement runs until 2008 and covers the provision of IT support services for workplaces, telephony, Manpower Solutions’ contact centre, WLAN/LAN networks and server operation.With Telia, Manpower Solutions gains an IT partner that takes responsibility for everything from workplace equipment to meet the needs of individual companies, to development, operation and support services for Manpower Solutions’

TECNOMEN´S MISSED CALL NOTICE DEPLOYED BY MOBILKOM AUSTRIA

Tecnomen Corporation PRESS RELEASE 22 December 2004TECNOMEN´S MISSED CALL NOTICE DEPLOYED BY MOBILKOM AUSTRIA mobilkom austria, Austria´s leading mobile operator, has launched Tecnomen´sMissed Call Notice to more than 3 million subscribers. Missed Call Notice alertssubscribers about calls diverted to voice mail and the caller does not leave amessage. With Missed Call Notice, mobilkom austria can provide customers with aneasy-to-use, innovative service, which helps manage their personal communication. Tecnomen has developed a wide range of voice mail services in response to

Scania issues prospectus for Ainax offer

A complete prospectus has now been issued regarding the public offer to Ainax shareholders decided at Scania’s Extra General Meeting on 19 November 2004. It describes the background and reasons for the offer and states the conditions and directions how to accept the offer. The prospectus is available on Scania's homepage www.scania.com , via Handelsbanken and the Stockholm Stock Exchange (Stockholmsbörsen) and will be sent to Ainax shareholders early in January 2005. The acceptance period for the offer is from 12 January until 15 February 2005. Payment will be received in the form of Series

NCC sells housing project in Copenhagen for SEK 197 million

NCC Construction Denmark is selling a housing project in Copenhagen to K/S Teglholms Allé c/o Finansgruppen Erhverv A/S. The purchase price is approximately SEK 197 million, corresponding to DKK 165.6 million. The project will have a positive impact on NCC’s earnings and will be recognized in pace with the progress of construction.The project consists of 122 apartments with ownership rights and the combined floor space amounts to 11,000 square meters. The property has an attractive location at Teglholmen in Copenhagen, a property block under rapid development in the form of many new

Skanska signs contract for sale of Myresjöhus

Skanska and Industri Kapital have signed a binding agreement covering the sale of Myresjöhus. The sale is conditional upon the approval of the appropriate authorities.The purchase price amounts to slightly more than SEK 500 M. The transaction will generate a positive result of about SEK 200 M. This will be included in Skanska’s earnings for the fourth quarter of 2004. Cash flow from the sale will be reported in the first quarter of 2005 and Myresjöhus was deconsolidated as of October 1, 2004. The sale of Myresjöhus is part of the effort to more clearly focus the Skanska Sweden business unit

TELE2 ACQUIRES VOTEC MOBILE IN RUSSIA

New York and Stockholm – Tele2 AB, (“Tele2”), (Nasdaq Stock Market: TLTOA and TLTOB and Stockholmsbörsen: TEL2A and TEL2B), the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company, today announced that it has acquired Votec Mobile, a mobile operator with a GSM licence in the territory of Voronezh, in Southern Russia.Votec Mobile is currently operating mobile services under the AMPS/DAMPS standard and has deployed a limited GSM test network. Voronezh is a prosperous region with a population of 2.5 million, of which around 1 million live in the city of Voronezh. The city is an

Final conversion of B-shares to A-shares in Ericsson

In the fourth and final conversion round 48,149,230 B-shares in Ericsson have been converted to the same number of A-shares. The A-shares are now representing 46.9 percent of the voting rights and the B-shares 53.1 percent of the voting rights.Shareholders in Ericsson have in the fourth and final conversion round tendered 48,149,230 B-shares for conversion to the same number of A-shares. As a result of this conversion round, the total number of shares in Ericsson is now 1,308,779,918 A-shares and 14,823,478,760 B-shares. A total of 652,561,278 B-shares has been converted to A-shares, which

Fabege is delisted from Stockholmsbörsen

The Board of Directors of Fabege AB has decided to delist the Company from Stockholmsbörsen’s O-list. The last day of trading is January 14, 2005. The application is a result of the fact that Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB now controls 97 percent of the shares in Fabege AB and has called for a compulsory redemption of the remaining shares. Fabege AB (publ) The Board of Directors For further information, please contact: Erik Paulsson, Chairman, Fabege, telephone +46 8 555 148 18, +46 733 87 18 18 Olle Knaust, President, Fabege, telephone +46 8 555 148 10 or +46 733 87 18 10 Åsvor Brynnel,

AB Volvo announces repurchase of 380,000 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 Tuesday, December 21, acquired 380,000 series B shares. The shares were traded between SEK 260.50 and 262.50 with an average price of SEK 261.64. And has acquired 15,000 series A shares. The shares were traded between SEK 250.50 and 252.00 with an average price of SEK 251.41.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

Orkla acquires Russian confectionery company SladCo

The SladCo Group holds strong positions in a number of confectionery market segments in Russia. The group has production facilities in Yekaterinburg (Ural) and Ulyanovsk (Volga).   SladCo, which means "sweet" in Russian, was introduced to the Russian market in 2001 as both a brand and the company name.   Since 1997, the company's major owners have been funds managed by Baring Vostok Capital Partners, one of Russia's leading private equity firms. Personnel, including the managing director Garry Wilson, have agreed to continue working with the company after Orkla's acquisition.

Allotment of employee stock options in Biotage

Contact: Jeff Bork, President and CEO Tel: +46 734 22 16 60 Uppsala, December 21, 2004. At the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on April 22, 2002, a global employee stock option program was adopted for the employees of the group. The Board has on December 21, 2004 resolved to allot 446,000 employee stock options to 203 persons in accordance with the option program, of which members of the senior management receive a maximum of 10,000 - 30,000 stock options each, members of the junior management receive a maximum of 3,600 - 10,000 stock options each, other members of management and

Telelogic Signs US$1.2 Million Deal with Leading U.S. Telecom Manufacturer

MALMÖ, Sweden – December 21, 2004 – Telelogic (Stockholm Exchange/TLOG), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development, today announced a license deal worth $1.2 million for Telelogic TAU® Generation 2 automated development and testing tools with a US telecom manufacturer. Telelogic TAU will be added to Telelogic DOORS®, the manufacturer’s corporate standard solution for requirements management, enabling the customer to benefit from requirements driven development. The tools committed to in this one year license deal include Telelogic TAU Generation2,

Broström has come to another agreement about acquisition of parts in part-owned vessels

Broström has come to an agreement about acquiring parts in the vessels BRO TRADER, BRO AXEL and BRO ANTON. The acquisitions will be paid by new issued shares in Broström. The acquisitions refer to 50 per cent of each of the vessels BRO TRADER (14,320 dwt, built in 1988), BRO AXEL (16,800 dwt, built in 1998) and BRO ANTON (16,800 dwt, built in 1998). Broström owns since previously 50 per cent of the current vessels that are serving in Broström’s European product and chemical tanker shipping operations. On 1 December 2004 the Extraordinary General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors to

Volvo CE will present new 70ton hydraulic excavator at ConExpo 2005

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is in the final development stages of a new 70ton Volvo hydraulic excavator. This machine will be presented to the worldwide construction industry at the ConExpo 2005 trade fair in Las Vegas, USA in March 2005.The new Volvo excavator has been engineered in close cooperation with customers from key markets throughout the world. It has been designed for a number of different segments within the construction equipment industry, including civil engineering, heavy construction, building and extraction. The excavator will be shown at ConExpo in two

Saab to divest Short Range Radio activities

Saab is divesting its activities in the field of short range radio communication, currently operated by the wholly owned subsidiary Saab Communication AB.The buyer is the newly formed Telephonics Sweden AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephonics Corporation based in New York, US. “The divestment is a stage in the increased focus on our core business. We believe the operation will have better conditions to develop within Telephonics, which is an internationally well-established player in the communication products sector,” says SaabTech’s President Björn Erman. The transfer will take place

Leading Spanish IT Company Signs €1.5 Million Agreement to Adopt Telelogic’s ALM Solution

Spanish IT company standardizes on Telelogic DOORS®, Telelogic SYNERGY™, and Telelogic TAU® Generation2 in a four year agreement .MALMÖ, Sweden – December 21, 2004 – Telelogic (Stockholm Exchange: TLOG), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development, today announced that a leading Spanish information technology and defense systems company headquartered in Madrid, has signed a four year agreement worth €1.5 million to adopt Telelogic’s complete Automated Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution with the implementation of Telelogic DOORS, SYNERGY, and TAU

TeliaSonera rejects Swedish Competition Authority’s accusation of price squeezing

The Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket, KKV) announced today that it is taking legal action against TeliaSonera Sweden for acting in violation of the competition rules for the broadband market. TeliaSonera Sweden rejects the KKV’s assertion that TeliaSonera Sweden has been practicing price squeezing and that TeliaSonera Sweden has acted in violation of the competition rules for the broadband market in Sweden. In the opinion of TeliaSonera Sweden, the pricing used in both the retail and wholesale market, which KKV’s accusation pertains to, was commercially motivated and in line

6,400 shareholders took advantage of commission free trading

Shareholders in Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB (publ) with less than 100 shares (one round lot) have been offered the opportunity of either making their holding up to one round lot or of selling all their shares, free of commission. About 6,400 shareholders, of a total of about 18,600 at whom the offer was aimed, applied for purchase or sale. Of these applications, 2,900 were for sale and 3,500 for purchase. Overall the applications resulted in net purchases of 76,000 shares. "It is very positive and gratifying that 3,500 shareholders took this opportunity of increasing their holdings in

M-REAL ANNOUNCES PROFITABILITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN ZANDERS AND MAP MERCHANTS UK

M-real Corporation Stock Exchange Bulletin 21.12.2004 at 3.00 p.m.M-REAL ANNOUNCES PROFITABILITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN ZANDERS ANDMAP MERCHANTS UK M-real initiates two profitability improvement programs in Germanyand in the UK. They are part of M-real´s EUR 200 million savings andefficiency improvement program which was launched in early 2004. Theprogram proceeds as planned. As estimated in August, positive impacton profitability will be EUR 30 million in 2004. In Germany, as part of M-real Zanders´ profitability improvementprogram the number of employees will be reduced by 330

Thomas Lynch co-opted to the Board of Tripep

The former Vice Chairman and CFO of Elan Corporation Thomas Lynch has accepted an offer to join the Board of Tripep. Mr. Lynch also participated in the recently completed Tripep private placement. The Board of Directors of Tripep has resolved to accept the recommendation of the nomination committee that Thomas Lynch be co-opted as Director of the Board with immediate effect. The nomination committee proposes that Thomas Lynch be elected as a full member of the Board at the next Annual General Meeting in April of 2005. Mr. Lynch worked in a variety of capacities in Europe’s largest biotech

Nomination Committee for NeoNet AB

In accordance with information announced in connection to NeoNet’s Annual General Meeting, the representatives of the committee are hereby announced. Under the leadership of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the committee will propose candidates for the Board of Directors, such proposal to be decided at the Annual General Meeting. The nomination committee shall comprise of the following representatives: Staffan Persson, Chairman Hans Karlsson Peter Lindell The nomination committee intends to announce a proposal of Board of Directors in advance of the Annual General Meeting of NeoNet

NCC International Projects ceases being a business area

On January 1, 2005, NCC International Projects will no longer be a business area within the NCC Group. In conjunction with this, business area president Per Nielsen will leave NCC’s Group management.On March 24, 2004, NCC announced that project operations in Africa, Asia and Central America would gradually be phased out and that projects in progress would be completed. NCC is instead concentrating its operations in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region, where the civil engineering market is expected to grow in the years immediately ahead, partly as a result of the EU’s expansion. As a result of

PONSSE TO ESTABLISH A SUBSIDIARY IN RUSSIA

PONSSE OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 21 DECEMBER 2004 2.30 P.M.PONSSE TO ESTABLISH A SUBSIDIARY IN RUSSIA Ponsse Oyj is to establish Russian subsidiary in early 2005. The newsubsidiary’s head office will be in the St Petersburgarea. It will sell and service Ponsse’s products and develop andprovide support to dealer network in Russia. Also OOO Zeppelin Russlandserves as Ponsse’s dealer in Russia. "The outlook on the Russian forest machine market is promising. Some160 million cubic metres of wood are harvested each year in Russiaand we can expect increased investment in raw wood

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