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KINNEVIK PURCHASES MILLICOM SWEDISH DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS AND CONVERTIBLES

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN USA, CANADA OR JAPAN Investment AB Kinnevik (“Kinnevik”) today announced that it has purchased 4.050.000 Swedish Depositary Receipts (the “Share Offering”) and USD 35 million of convertible bonds (the “Bond Offering”) in the private placement concluded by Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom”) today. As a result of these purchases, Kinnevik will own 35.7% of the capital and votes in Millicom, assuming that Morgan Stanley’s option to subscribe further securities on the Share Offering is exercised. Assuming full conversion of the convertible bond, including

M-REAL SELLS SAVON SELLU

M-real Corporation Stock Exchange Bulletin 2.12.2004 at 10 a.m.M-REAL SELLS SAVON SELLU M-real Corporation has signed an agreement to sell the businessoperations of Savon Sellu to a company to be founded by Dr. Dermot F.Smurfit in his private capacity and a group of other internationalinvestors. The parties to the deal have set the total price at aboutEUR 20 million out of which about EUR 12 million is related to SavonSellu´s fixed assets. The deal is expected to come into force as fromthe beginning of 2005. Savon Sellu was established in 1968 and it 1produces semi chemicalfluting,

New head of Skanska BOT

Simon Hipperson has been appointed the new President of Skanska BOT. He succeeds Bert-Ove Johansson, who will assume responsibility for the Group’s new Staff Purchasing unit.Skanska BOT is Skanska’s unit for investments in privately financed infrastructure and Public Private Partnership. Simon Hipperson has many years of experience from various roles in the UK’s Private Finance Initiative (PFI) program, the UK program for the private financing of public infrastructure. Most recently, he was Executive Vice President at Skanska UK where he was responsible for construction operations within

Skanska strengthens focus on coordinated purchasing by forming new Group staff unit

Skanska is forming a new central unit to coordinate the Group’s purchasing activities. The Group Staff Purchasing unit’s aim is to better capitalize on the economies of scale and synergy potentials provided by Skanska’s large purchasing volumes. Purchased goods and services comprise about two thirds of the Group’s sales.“There is great potential in coordinating purchasing activities. The ambition with the new central purchasing unit is to stimulate increased regional and global coordination within the Group,” says Petter Eiken, new Executive Vice President, Skanska AB, from January 1, 2005.

Probi AB listed at Stockholm Stock Exchange

As of today, the biotechnology company Probi AB is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange’s O list.Probi is a biotech company that develops and patents probiotic bacteria for use in nutritional products. The probiotic bacteria are licensed to players within functional food, dietary supplements and clinical nutrition. Probi was founded in 1991 and has its’ headoffice in Lund, Sweden. “We warmly welcome Probi to Stockholm Stock Exchange,” says Henrik Paulsson, acting President of Stockholm Stock Exchange. Per Bengtsson, CEO of Probi AB, comments: " The listing on the Stockholm Stock Exchange’

ARTIMPLANT PARTNERS WITH AVANTA FOR SALES OF ARTELON® CMC-I SPACER

Artimplant, a Swedish biomaterials and orthobiologics company, and Avanta Orthopedics, a leader in the small joint market specialized in hand surgery, are pleased to announce the closing of a global license, supply and distribution agreement for Artimplant’s Artelon® CMC-I Spacer, a biological implant for treating arthritis in the base of the thumb. The agreement is application specific. For Artimplant, total revenues from license fee, product sales to Avanta Orthopedics and royalties are estimated to amount to at least SEK 60 million over the next five years. Artelon® CMC-I Spacer was

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 Wednesday, December 1, acquired 250,000 series B shares. The shares were traded between SEK 273.00 and 274.50 with an average price of SEK 273.52.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

Extraordinary general meeting in Broström approved authorisation to the Board to issue shares in order to acquire parts

The Board’s proposal that the extraordinary general meeting authorises the Board, pursuant to the articles of association, without preferential right of the shareholders, on one or several occasions, for a period up until next annual general meeting, to decide on a new share issue of a total of 6,300,000 shares of series B for a consideration of capital contributed in kind, was approved by the extraordinary general meeting on 1 December 2004. “The authorisation enables Broström to continue to develop in an efficient way”, says Lennart Simonsson, CEO of Broström. After full utilisation of

POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES EXERCISE OF OPTION TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL CONVERTIBLE NOTES

SANTA ANA, Calif., December 2, 2004 – Powerwave Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: PWAV) today announced that the initial purchaser in Powerwave’s recent private placement of $150 million of convertible subordinated notes due November 2024 exercised its right, in full, to purchase an additional $50 million of notes. Powerwave expects to use the net proceeds from the exercise of this option to increase financial flexibility for possible future acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security.

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

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN USA, CANADA OR JAPANLuxembourg, Stockholm, December 1, 2004 – Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom” or the “Company”) announced today that it has priced its offerings of 8 million Ordinary Shares in the form of Swedish Depositary Receipts (“SDRs”) or Ordinary Shares (the “Share Offering”) and $175 million of convertible bonds convertible into Ordinary Shares and/or SDRs (the “Bonds” or “Bond Offering”). The Ordinary Shares were priced at $23.24 per Ordinary Share (SEK 156.90 per SDR), today’s closing price on NASDAQ. Payment for and settlement of the

Maxim Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Two Manuscripts Describing Pre-Clinical Anticancer Ac

SAN DIEGO, December 1, 2004 – Maxim Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: MAXM) (SSE: MAXM) announced today the publication of two manuscripts in the Journal of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics (Mol Cancer Ther 2004 3: pp. 1365-1374 and 1375-1384) describing Maxim’s MX116407 anticancer drug candidate as part of a novel class of microtubule inhibitors with vascular targeting activity. The manuscripts characterize MX116407 as a potent caspase activator with strong antitumor activity in pre-clinical in vitro and in vivo studies. MX116407 appeared highly effective in mouse tumor models, producing tumor

Borregaard sells book paper and mechanical pulp business

The sale is an element of the ongoing process of restructuring entities that are outside Borregaard's core areas.   Book paper has been produced at Borregaard Hellefos AS in Hokksund, a company that has a turnover of around NOK 190 million and 110 employees, while mechanical pulp has been produced at Borregaard Vafos AS in Kragerø, which has a turnover of around NOK 140 million and 55 employees. The sale also comprises the sales organisation that has served these enterprises.   The parties have agreed not to disclose the conditions of transfer. The sale is expected to generate a

November oil production

West Siberian Resources Ltd’s oil production continues to increase. Production during November 2004 amounted to approximately 141,800 barrels, or 4,725 barrels per day. The daily production was 13 percent higher than in October and approximately 61 percent higher than the average third quarter production.In October, oil production amounted to 125,000 barrels, or 4,000 barrels per day. Third quarter oil production totalled 269,000 barrels or on average 2,929 barrels per day. In November, oil production started from well no 129, the fourth well drilled in the Middle Nyurola field in West

Ericsson's M-USE service delivers world-class mobile music to Tele2's customers

European operator Tele2 today launched Ericsson's mobile music service M-USE. The service, which is branded "MusicBox" by Tele2, allows Tele2 customers to easily download a wide variety of music content from BMG, Sony Music, and Warner Music to their mobiles. Content from additional record labels will be available soon. The "MusicBox" service, which can be found on top of Tele2's mobile portal GoLive, is integrated, hosted, and managed by Ericsson.With M-USE, Tele2 can now offer its customers a large selection of mobile music content from many of the world's most popular artists. Unlike

Ericsson and Warner Music International sign content distribution agreement across 28 countries in Europe

Under the agreement, Ericsson receives the right to distribute both traditional mobile content types such as polyphonic ringtones as well as newer formats such as mastertones (ringtones based on original recordings), artist logos, artist autographs, ringbacktones, and more. "Warner Music has a very impressive line-up of artists and together with our customers, we will make Warner's music available to mobile consumers throughout Europe," says Hans Vestberg, Senior Vice President, Business Unit Global Services, Ericsson. "Ericsson experiences very high demand for our mobile music service M-

Agreement signed regarding the combination of Copenhagen Stock Exchange and OMX

OMX AB (publ) (“OMX”) and Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S (“CSE”) have today signed a Combination Agreement regarding the combination of OMX and CSE, as agreed in the Letter of Intent that was signed and communicated in a press release dated November 15, 2004. The proposed combination of the two companies will provide benefits for the customers – issuers, members and investors – through increased liquidity, efficient member access and a broader range of services. The combination is also expected to provide benefits for the shareholders through cost synergies as well as an expected higher

Ericsson offers easy, device-independent 'push' e-mail and calendar access

Ericsson Enterprise has introduced the latest generation of its Ericsson Mobile Organizer (EMO) that offers enterprise users easy-to-use access to corporate e-mail and other Personal Information Management (PIM) data on the move. Unlike a number of competitive systems, the new EMO 5.0 is a true 'push' solution that offers up-to-date information without requirements for proprietary hardware, special devices or operator tie-ins.EMO 5.0 provides push e-mail and calendar data to users of most Symbian smartphones and Microsoft Windows Mobile smartphones or PDAs. E-mails, calendar updates and

Broadband network finished in Herrljunga with 99% penetration

The build-out of a new municipality-wide broadband network is now finished in Herrljunga, in southwest Sweden. The network, provided by TeliaSonera Network Sales, was officially inaugurated by the Municipality of Herrljunga on Wednesday, December 1. Approximately 99 percent of the municipality’s residents now have access to broadband service, of which 60 percent can have speeds up to 8 Mbit/s.Residents in the municipality are now free to choose one of the operators that will provide broadband services to consumers and companies through the new network. Depending on their choice of broadband

Bro Etienne delivered

Broström’s latest newbuilding, named BRO ETIENNE earlier this month, has been delivered from the Chinese yard Jinling Shipyard. The vessel, which is a 37,300 dwt product tanker, is Broström’s first out of three ordered and is included in a series of six vessels Broström is building together with its partner Rigel Schiffahrts GmbH. The remaining three vessels will be delivered during 2005. After her maiden voyage from South-East Asia to Europe BRO ETIENNE will be serving under Broström’s cargo contracts with the major oil companies in the European trade. Göteborg, 1 December 2004 BROSTRÖM AB

PhotoCure - Hexvix® marketing application found fileable in 26 European countries

Oslo, Norway, 1 December 2004. PhotoCure ASA announces today that its European marketing authorisation application for Hexvix® for diagnosis of bladder cancer has been validated and found fileable in the European Mutual Recognition procedure in 26 EU/EEA countries. The procedure starts today, and each country has committed to take a decision to recognise the already approved Swedish application within 90 days. National marketing authorisation in each country will be issued following the approval of the Hexvix® product information for doctors and patients in the local language.

OMX Exchanges Monthly Statistics November 2004

• Stockholm Stock Exchange and Helsinki Stock Exchange changed the names of their OMX and HEX25 indexes on November 15, 2004. The new name of the OMX index is OMXS30, with the letter S standing for Stockholm. The HEX25 index’s new name is OMXH25, with the letter H standing for Helsinki. The figures designate the number of shares included in the tradable index. The introduction of a joint index family is part of OMX Exchanges’ aim to create an integrated Nordic and Baltic market. • Vilnius stock exchange experienced an all-time-high in number of equity trades on November 25. The number of

New agreements give Pergo a positive financial effect

- Licence agreement signed with Malaysian flooring company Pergo has signed a licence agreement with Robina, a leading laminate flooring company in Asia, regarding production rights for Pergo’s technology SmartLock™. The agreement with Robina will create new income for Pergo. Also the settlement with Unilin, which was communicated on November 9, will have a positive effect on earnings. For 2004 the effect of both agreements is believed to amount to approximately SEK 15 M. For 2005, Pergo believes the positive effect can amount to 30 M.The signing of a licence agreement with Robina has been

NCC sells residential project in Copenhagen for SEK 154 million

NCC Construction Danmark A/S is selling a residential project at Amerika Plads in Copenhagen to a joint venture company comprising Nordkranen A/S and Cargill Value Investment. The purchase consideration is slightly more than SEK 154 million (DKK 130 million). The project will generate a positive earnings effect and will be recognized as profit in pace with the progress of construction.The project consists of 63 apartments with ownership rights and will comprise a total residential volume of 6,000 square meters. The apartments are attractively located in central Copenhagen, by Amerikakajen,

SUBSCRIPTION FOR YIT SHARES BY EXERCISING THE 2002 SERIES C SHARE

YIT CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT December 1, 2004 14:001 (1)SUBSCRIPTION FOR YIT SHARES BY EXERCISING THE 2002 SERIES C SHARE OPTIONS FROM AUGUST 23 TO NOVEMBER 30, 2004Through the exercise of the 2002 Series C share options, after the previous entry in the Trade Register on August 23, 2004, a total of 114.134 YIT Corporation shares have been subscribed for by November 30, 2004.Each Series C share option entitles its holder to subscribe for two YIT Corporation shares having a nominal value of one euro. The subscription price is EUR 6.545 per share.The increase in the share

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