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Interim Report Jan-Jun 2004

Interim Report Jan-Jun 2004 REDUCED INDEBTEDNESS AND CONTINUED RESULT IMPROVEMENT IN THE PORTFOLIO COMPANIES - The parent company's reported net equity (net asset value) after full subscription to outstanding warrants amounted to SEK 1,965M on 30 June. Shareholders' equity is equivalent to SEK 1.51 per share after full dilution (discounted value) and to SEK 1.65 per share without discounting. - On 23 August, equity per share after full dilution was calculated at SEK 1.47 (discounted value) and at SEK 1.60 without discounting. - The parent company's net loan liability, after taking full

ASSA ABLOY sells Folger Adam Security

The Detention business has annual sales of SEK 100 M and the transaction has a positive effect on ASSA ABLOY's operating margin. The sale of the Folger Adam Security Detention business is a part of ASSA ABLOY's 'Leverage and Growth' program which aims to create a firm foundation for sustainable and profitable growth through better utilization of Group strengths.   ASSA ABLOY acquired Folger Adam Security in August 2000 as part of its purchase of the Intruder Security Group from Williams Plc.      For further information, please contact  Göran Jansson, Deputy CEO and CFO, tel.

Changes in SCA's business groups and management structure

Changes in SCA's business groups and management structure Since 2000 SCA's operations have grown 8% annually. Growth has largely been driven by company acquisitions within the hygiene products and packaging areas and in recent years primarily in North and South America, Asia and Australia. To meet the demands arising in an increasingly globalized business, changes will be made in SCA's business groups and management structure. To further enhance the efficiency of controlling the growing Asian and Australian business, these operations will be combined in the new Asia business group, with

Interim Report January-June 2004

Interim Report January-June 2004 Setra Group AB (publ) is Sweden's largest wood products company with annual sales totalling approximately SEK 5,500 million and some 1,450 employees. The Group is divided into two business areas: Setra Sawn Products and Setra Wood Products. Setra Sawn Products comprises 12 sawmills with an annual production of approximately 2.3 million cubic metres. External sales amount to approximately SEK 4,100 million. About 35% of annual volume is sold in the Swedish market. Exports are primarily to the UK, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Norway, Italy and Japan. Setra

Vattenfall updates press image service for journalists

Vattenfall updates press image service for journalists Vattenfall is improving its service to journalists with a new joint Press Image Bank on our web sites in Sweden, Germany and Poland. There we will provide portraits of executive management and key persons at Vattenfall as well as photos of our plants, net operations and other activities. The pictures come with captions and information in the language of each country respectively. Press images are available in high and low resolution and may be downloaded from the press pages of vattenfall.com, vattenfall.se and vattenfall.pl. They may

Publishing dates for financial information 2005

Publishing dates for financial information 2005 27 January Year-end Report for 2004 5 April Annual General Meeting 26 April 3-month Interim Report 21 July 6-month Interim Report 26 October 9-month Interim Report Stockholm, 24 August 2004 SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET SCA (publ) Communications and Investor Relations SCA produces and sells absorbent hygiene products, packaging solutions and publication papers. Based on customer needs, value-added products are produced for consumers, institutions, industry and the retail trade. Net sales amount to more than SEK 85 billion annually. At the

Increased profit for Hufvudstaden

Interim Report January - June 2004 Increased profit for Hufvudstaden · Profit for the period after tax amounted to SEK 512.2 million (162.3). The increase can be attributed mainly to profit on the sale of properties, totalling SEK 316 million after tax. · Excluding special projects, gross profit from property management increased by 3.4 per cent to SEK 391.4 million (378.6). · Net sales for the Group for the period amounted to SEK 687.4 million (679.0) · The rental vacancy level at the period-end was 9.1 per cent (8.3 at the year-end for comparable holdings) · Profit per share was SEK 2.48 (

Lagercrantz Group's Board of Directors decides on repurchase of own shares

Lagercrantz Group's Board of Directors decides on repurchase of own shares The Board of Directors of Lagercrantz Group AB has today decided to exercise the authorization it has received from the Annual General Meeting held August 24, 2004 to repurchase shares in the Company. The purpose of repurchases is to allow adjustment of the Group's capital structure and to enable the Group to acquire companies or businesses in the future with payment in own shares. By holding own shares in treasury the Company also secures its undertaking under the personnel option program for members of senior

Statutory Board of Directors Meeting in Lagercrantz Group AB

Statutory Board of Directors Meeting in Lagercrantz Group AB Chairman, Vice Chairman and President Anders Börjesson was re-elected as Chairman. Tom Hedelius was re-elected as Vice Chairman. Per Ikov was appointed to continue as President and Chief Executive officer. Stockholm, August 24, 2004 Lagercrantz Group AB (publ) Board of Directors For further information, contact: Per Ikov, President and CEO, Lagercrantz Group AB, telephone +46 8 700 66 70 Lagercrantz Group, which is listed on the O-list of Stockholmsbörsen (the Stockholm Stock Exchange) has revenues of about SEK 1.5 billion and has

BT Industries AB (publ) Interim report January - June 2004

BT Industries AB (publ) Interim report January - June 2004 - BT Industries growing in a growing market - Orders received SEK 6,725 m. (6,020), +12% - Net sales SEK 6,173 m. (5,881), +5% - Income after net financial items SEK 419 m. (338), +24% The full interim report is available as a PDF file only. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/08/24/20040824BIT20510/wkr0001.pdf The full report

BT INDUSTRIES, January - June 2004

BT INDUSTRIES, January - June 2004 Stronger market and stronger BT January - June Amounts in SEK m. 2004 2003 Orders received 6,725 6,020 Net sales 6,173 5,881 Income after net financial items 419 338 Net income 266 201 Market development The global market for lift trucks is continuing to grow following an initial turnaround in 2003. The increase in demand was seen first in the counterbalanced truck segment, then later in warehouse trucks. During the first half of this year growth in demand for warehouse trucks notably accelerated, at the same time that gains continued for counterbalanced

Annual General Meeting in Lagercrantz Group AB August 24, 2004

Annual General Meeting in Lagercrantz Group AB August 24, 2004 Among resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting in Lagercrantz Group AB held August 24, 2004 were the following: Dividend A dividend of SEK 0.90 per share was resolved. Discharge from liability for members of the Board of Directors and the President The Annual General Meeting granted discharge from liability to the members of the Board of Directors and the President for management during 2003/2004. Board of Directors The Annual General Meeting passed a resolution in accordance with the proposal of the Nomination Committee.

Virgin Atlantic signs long-term agreement with Carmen Systems

Virgin Atlantic signs long-term agreement with Carmen Systems Carmen Systems AB announces that Virgin Atlantic Airways, Britain's second largest airline serving 22 destinations worldwide, has signed a long-term agreement for the use of Carmen's Crew Planning solutions for all 3,800 crew. The agreement is worth more than EUR 3 million. According to Matthew Lee, Director Flight Operations at Virgin Atlantic, the simulation capabilities through the use of Carmen's optimization solutions and proprietary rule language, Carmen Rave, will help Virgin Atlantic to control costs in an entirely new

Nordisk Renting Interim Report 1 January - 30 June 2004

Nordisk Renting Interim Report 1 January - 30 June 2004 - Group profit before profit from sales of property and tax amounted to SEK 182m (153). Profit after tax totalled SEK 167m (128). - Properties were acquired and new investments made to a total of SEK 577m (1 075). In addition, agreements concerning future new investments worth SEK 765m (340) were entered into. Sales of property for the period amounted to SEK 503m (60), of which SEK 448m according to option agreements. - The Group's net sales for the period amounted to SEK 695m (749), and on 30 June the balance sheet total equalled SEK

Cognos Announces Offer to Acquire Frango

Cognos Announces Offer to Acquire Frango Cognos offers SEK 85 in cash per share for all B-shares outstanding in Frango in a recommended public tender offer totalling SEK 390.8 million (USD 52.2 million) OTTAWA, ON and BURLINGTON, MA, August 24, 2004- Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management (CPM), today announced a cash offer to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Frango, a Stockholm-based company specializing in consolidation and financial reporting solutions. With this acquisition, Cognos significantly

Akzo Nobel and BASF agree on two Coatings deals

Akzo Nobel and BASF agree on two Coatings deals Arnhem, the Netherlands, August 24, 2004 - Akzo Nobel has agreed to divest part of its liquid coatings activities in the agricultural, construction and earthmoving equipment (ACE) segment to BASF. In a separate deal, Akzo Nobel will acquire BASF Coatings' Wood Construction business (joinery). The financial details of the two transactions were not disclosed. The BASF business had sales of EUR 17 million in 2003; the ACE business EUR 9 million. The divestment involves the ACE activities of Akzo Nobel's Car Refinishes business in Germany, Austria,

Nokia teams with Pointsec Mobile Technologies to deliver advanced security for mobile devices

Nokia teams with Pointsec Mobile Technologies to deliver advanced security for mobile devices Pointsec® for Symbian OS file encryption product protects sensitive data on Nokia mobile devices. STOCKHOLM, Sweden and ESPOO, Finland, August 24, 2004 - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Pointsec Mobile Technologies today announced that they have jointly developed a solution designed to protect enterprise customers' data on mobile devices. The new Pointsec file encryption solution enables the encryption of any user data such as e-Mail, SMS and MMS messages, calendar and contacts as well as memory card data.

Enlight solution for IT Rollout selected by DHL

Enlight solution for IT Rollout selected by DHL Enlight x.hlp solutions for assuring knowledge in large IT rollout projects have been selected by DHL Express Benelux. The Enlight x.hlp solution was used for the rollout of DHL's new Customer Service system in the Netherlands, and was subsequently acquired for possible use in other DHL countries. For more information - Contact Øyvind Lundgreen, CEO Enlight AB, Office + 46 (0) 8 - 597 960 00, Mobile +46 (0) 703 - 187 682 About DHL With annual revenues of nearly 22 billion euro in 2003 and over 160.000 employees, DHL is the global market leader

Tiscali: Disposal Tiscali Norway

Tiscali: Disposal Tiscali Norway Cagliari, 23rd August 2004. Tiscali announces today the disposal of its Norwegian subsidiary, Tiscali AS, to Telenor Telecom Solutions AS, a subsidiary of Telenor ASA (TEL, Oslo Stock Exchange; NASDAQ). The consideration is NOK 49.9 million (ca EUR 6 million) in cash. The disposal of Tiscali Norway is another step in the strategic plan announced by the Tiscali Group aimed at focusing managerial and financial resources in its key markets and follows the recent sales of Tiscali Austria and of Tiscali South Africa. As of 31st July 2004, Tiscali Norway had

Change in number of shares

Change in number of shares An application has been made to the London Stock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority by Skandia Insurance Company Ltd. (publ) for the listing of 547,440 ordinary shares allotted pursuant to the exercise of warrants in connection with Skandia's stock option programme. The total number of issued Skandia shares is thereafter 1,024,172,460. The stock option programme was decided upon at Skandia's annual general meeting in 2000. Detailed information of the programme can be found in Skandia's annual report for 2003. The listing of the new shares does not require any

SCA enhances efficiency at Östrand pulp mill

SCA enhances efficiency at Östrand pulp mill Production of kraft pulp at Östrand's pulp mill in Timrå, Sweden, currently amounts to 395,000 tons and is based mainly on raw materials from the SCA Group's own forests. SCA's annual consumption of pulp amounts to 1.5 million tons, most of which in the hygiene products operations. The Group purchases more than 1 million ton of pulp annually on the market. The soda recovery boiler at the mill was installed 25 years ago and was dimensioned at the time for considerably lower production than today. Continued operation of the boiler requires

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