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Aker Kvaerner to Relocate Metals Industry Headquarters to Houston

This unit serves the Mining and Metals industry worldwide, providing a full range of contracting services from feasibility studies through full, EPCM projects.  Other Metals offices are located in Santiago, Chile; Toronto, Ontario (Canada), San Ramon, California; and Salt Lake City, Utah.  The unit also cooperates closely with Aker Kvaerner's Australian operations to support Metals projects in Australia and the Pacific Rim, and with the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office of Kvaerner U.S. Inc. for projects in the Iron & Steel industry. The location at Aker Kvaerner's U.S. headquarters, which

HNA/HNB Delisting from the Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Hafslund ASA's Board has decided that Hafslund's A- and B-shares shall be delisted from the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. This settlement has been approved by the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. The final date for share trading on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange will be 16 July 2004.   Hafslund's request regarding striking off the secondary listing from the Copenhagen Stock Exchange is among other factors based on the low turnover in sales with the company's shares on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange compared to the costs related to keeping a secondary listing in Copenhagen. The settlement is

PartnerTech: Production Start for the Group's Biggest Contract Ever

PartnerTech: Production Start for the Group's Biggest Contract Ever A few months ago PartnerTech and EssNet Interactive announced an agreement with Norsk Tipping, the Norwegian State Lottery, covering PC-based gaming terminals. The assignment involves the replacement of all current lottery machines in Norway over the next three years, to be carried out by Norsk Tipping, and is expected to add some SEK 450 million to PartnerTech's net sales. The production will ramp up in smaller volumes and will reach full capacity by the turn of the year. Thursday June 3, Reidar Nordby, CEO of Norsk

Per Erlandsson appointed Chief Executive Officer of Saab's operation in South Africa

Per Erlandsson appointed Chief Executive Officer of Saab's operation in South Africa Saab is forming a company in South Africa as part of a process of strengthening its long-term presence and commitment in the country. Per Erlandsson, Head of Saab Corporate Legal Affairs since 1984 and Secretary of the Board of Directors, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the South African operation. He will take up his new post on August 1, 2004. Since selling the JAS 39 Gripen to the South African armed forces in 1999, Saab has developed an extensive long-term industrial cooperation with South

CANCELLATION OF DEAL INVOLVING SUOMEN RA

LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE June 3, 2004, 5;00 pmCANCELLATION OF DEAL INVOLVING SUOMEN RAKENNUSKONE OY SHARES The deal between Lännen Tehtaat plc and Machinium Ltd concerning theshares of Suomen Rakennuskone Oy has been cancelled followingopposition to it by a minority shareholder in Machinium Ltd. The public sale of Suomen Rakennuskone Oy will continue in accordancewith the planned timetable despite the cancellation of the share deal. LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC Erkki LepistöPresident & CEO More details: Erkki Lepistö, tel. +358 2 8397 4001. Distribution:Helsinki

Bure divests Informator Training Group

Bure divests Informator Training Group Bure is divesting its holding in Informator Training Group (ITG). The sale will not make any impact on Bure's results during the second quarter of 2004. "ITG has been in a tough situation in recent years with a rapidly declining market which created significant result problems. The total agreed purchase price means that Bure has the opportunity to receive repayment of previously granted credits to ITG and that Bure will receive a share of potential future sales profits. The sale is in line with our action plan directed at fewer and larger holdings. At

NCC to build student residences in Oslo for SEK 101 million

NCC to build student residences in Oslo for SEK 101 million NCC Construction Norway has concluded an agreement for the construction of 296 student apartments in Oslo. The order was placed by Oslo- og Akershusskolenes Studentsamskipnad* and is worth approximately NOK 93 million, or about SEK 101 million. The assignment will be implemented in the form of a partnering agreement and the residences will be built at the St. Hanshaugen campus in Oslo. The assignment will be conducted in the form of a turnkey contract and work will commence during the autumn. The first stage will be finalized by

Axfood's sales May 2004

Axfood's sales May 2004 Net sales* (excluding VAT) for stores in Sweden owned by the Group, increased by 7.6% for the month of May, of which same-stores increased by 4.3%. Consolidated net sales for May totalled SEK 2,804 m (2,789), an increase by 0.5% compared with the same period a year ago. Under the period January-May 2004 the increase was 8.5% for stores in Sweden owned by the Group, of which same-stores increased by 4.5%. Consolidated net sales totalled SEK 13,869 m (13,652), an increase of 1.6%. Of total sales, the Swedish operations accounted for SEK 11,747 m (11,552) and Spar

Fabege sells one residential property and two small commercial properties

Fabege sells one residential property and two small commercial properties Fabege has sold another residential property, Brunfisken 24, in Stockholm's Östermalm section, for SEK 106.5 M. Brunfisken consists of 48 apartments with total space of 5,041 square meters, of which 2,508 sq. m. is residential space. The price exceeds the property's market value as of December 31, 2003 by 19 percent and the buyer is a tenant- owner association. The capital gain for Fabege amounts to SEK 40 M. As a result, Fabege has now sold eight of the 12 residential properties in central Stockholm that it retained

Teleca expands Obigo® with camera applications

Teleca expands Obigo® with camera applications Teleca and Scalado today announced that Scalado's mobile imaging solution CAPS will be integrated with Obigo®, Teleca's world-leading application software suite for mobile phone manufacturers. By integrating Scalado's mobile imaging solution with Obigo, Teleca will be able to provide handset manufacturers with state-of-the-art camera applications. The integration of the CAPS (Camera phone Application Platform Suite) solution with Obigo, allowing for cross-triggering functions involving other Obigo applications, significantly improves the user's

Kraftig tillväxt för Epsilon: Epsilon söker 100 nya ingenjörer

Kraftig tillväxt för Epsilon: Epsilon söker 100 nya ingenjörer Teknikkonsultföretaget Epsilon har beslutat att anställa ett hundratal ingenjörer under året. Företaget har nyligen skrivit flera viktiga ramavtal med stora kunder, och efterfrågan på teknikkonsulter har ökat markant de senaste månaderna. - Sedan avnoteringen från Stockholmsbörsen har Epsilon genomgått kraftiga förändringar, vilket har belastat resultaträkningen. Som avnoterat bolag har Epsilon snabbare kunnat återhämta sig, och står nu väl rustat inför en förväntad uppgång på marknaden, säger Dan Olofsson, Epsilons ägare.

Report from Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

As earlier announced, Aspiro has entered into an agreement to acquire mobile service supplier Cellus. An Extraordinary General Meeting has today approved of the acquisition and entailing new share issues. The purchase price amounts to SEK 125.8 million and consists of a cash consideration of SEK 61.3 million and 28,675,000 newly issued shares in Aspiro. Aspiro will finance the cash consideration by means of a rights issue in Aspiro of approximately SEK 80.3 million. 100 percent of the rights issue subscription amount is secured with guarantees. By acquiring Cellus, Aspiro will take the

William Demant Invest A/S invests in Össur hf.

Danish William Demant Invest A/S (subsidiary of the Oticon Foundation) acquires 20 million shares in Össur hf. (ICEX: OSSR)The investment equals 6.28% of the share capital and has been purchased at ISK 55.5 per share. Seller of the shares is Mallard Holding SA. The majority of the shares of Mallard Holding SA is owned by Mr. Össur Kristinsson the founder of Össur hf.  After the sale Mallard Holding AS owns 18.7% of the shares in Össur hf.   Niels Jacobsen, chairman of William Demant Invest A/S: "The Oticon Foundation has decided to invest significant funds in companies whose business

Trade subject to notification

A total of 1,989,438 options have currently been issued. Moreover, Orkla has an exposure through a cash-settled financial derivative of 450,000 underlying shares in the hedge position related to the remaining part of the cash bonus programme.   Orkla currently holds 7,598,756 shares. The resolution adopted by the Annul General Meeting to amortise 1,607,151 shares is expected to be carried out in August this year. When the amortisation has been implemented, Orkla will hold a total of  5,991,605 of its own shares.

Halebop launches new WAP portal - Halebop GoGo

Halebop launches new WAP portal - Halebop GoGo Halebop is now launching a new version of its operator-independent WAP portal. The new portal, called Halebop GoGo, offers visitors a range of attractive and entertaining mobile services under a user-friendly menu. Halebop GoGo has a simple user interface with more and faster services. A few examples are ring tones, games, video clips from Sweden's Hultsfred Rock Festival and a collection of links. Halebop GoGo is open to people with a WAP/GPRS-enabled mobile handset, regardless of the mobile operator they use. With GPRS activated on a prepaid

Fraport AGM 2004: Fraport Annual General Meeting Concluded

Fraport AGM 2004: Fraport Annual General Meeting Concluded Frankfurt, Germany - More than 1,400 shareholders and shareholder representatives attended the third Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide. Held at the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt-Hoechst, Germany, the AGM official ended at about 17:30 today. At the AGM, the actions of Fraport's executive board and of Fraport's supervisory board were both ratified with 99.98 percent of the votes. The AGM was chaired by Karlheinz Weimar, the Hesse minister of finance and Fraport's supervisory board chairman.

PAYNOVA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH ADLIBRIS

Paynova has signed an agreement with Sweden’s leading Internet bookstore AdLibris AB. The agreement also covers the AdLibris associated company eLib AB, which is Scandinavia’s largest company in the field of production and distribution of electronic books (e-books). Paynova’s payment solution will thus be used by market-leading companies for sales in the Internet’s three big e-retail areas: travel, CDs and now books.AdLibris is the biggest and fastest-growing Internet bookstore in Sweden and the company is estimated to achieve a turnover of approximately MSEK 200 this year (2003: MSEK 128).

Employee-elected members of the Board of Directors

Board observers elected by the employees are: Gunn Liabø and Diana Lorentzen.   Deputy employee-elected members are: Stein Eliasson, Per Arnfinn Solberg, Terje Utstrand, Marianne Østlie and Marianne Torp. Personal deputy member for Jonny Bengtsson is Monica Bengtsson. Personal deputy member for Diana Lorentzen is Uffe Gardel.   The Board of Directors of Orkla ASA include the following members: Johan Fr. Odfjell (Chairman), Kjell E. Almskog, Anne Birgitte Lundholt, Åse Aulie Michelet, Svein S. Jacobsen, Peter Ruzicka, Stein Erik Hagen, Jonny Bengtsson, Aage Andersen and

Final count shows bigger oversubscription in Medivir's new share issue

Final count shows bigger oversubscription in Medivir's new share issue The final count for Medivir's new share issue shows that 4,263,695 B shares, corresponding to 99.16 percent of those offered, were subscribed through the exercise of subscription rights. Including the B shares that were subscribed without the support of subscription rights, the new share issue was oversubscribed by approximately 22 percent. Thus, the final result was higher than the preliminary result announced on 28 May 2004. The proceeds from the new share issue will total SEK 322.5m. The 35,987 B shares subscribed

HiQ wins strategically important order from FMV

HiQ wins strategically important order from FMV HiQ has received a new development assignment from FMV, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. The order concerns the development of an international edition that is to be used in simulators for training foreign pilots on the JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft. "Developing the simulators involves advanced technology at the highest level and HiQ are specialists in simulators for the defence sector. We have worked in this area since 1992. As other countries choose the JAS 39 Gripen, this will increase opportunities for us to carry out

Banks increasingly invest in their Internet services

Banks increasingly invest in their Internet services Cybercom Group's annual bank survey results show that SkandiaBanken is ranked as Sweden's best Internet bank - for the second consecutive year. The banks plan to invest even more in Internet services development. According to the Cybercom Group's annual survey regarding Internet bank services (private parties), SkandiaBanken is ranked as Sweden's best Internet bank. "SkandiaBanken has well-developed account and payment services, which is something that customers really appreciate," says Björn Julin, business developer within the Cybercom

THE SALE OF RAISIO CHEMICALS CONCLUDED

Raisio Group plc Stock Exchange Release 3 June 2004 at 8.00 a.m. Finnish timeTHE SALE OF RAISIO CHEMICALS CONCLUDED After the approval of EU commission last week and the fulfilment of otherconditions, Raisio Group has sold all shares of Raisio Chemicals to CibaSpecialty Chemicals. The enterprise value of the deal is EUR 475 million. The sales profit ofabout EUR 200 million will be specified when the closing accounts arecompleted. In the future, Raisio’s target is to create added value to its customersand success to its owners by developing innovative solutions for nutritionand

PROHA'S DOVRE INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTION CLOSED AND THE NUMBER OF SHARES CONSTITUTING THE PURCHASE PRICE CONFIRMED

Proha Plc Stock Exchange Bulletin June 2, 2004 at 4.35 p.m. PROHA'S DOVRE INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTION CLOSED AND THE NUMBER OF SHARES CONSTITUTING THE PURCHASE PRICE CONFIRMED Proha Plc closed the transaction on the remaining 60% of Dovre International AS's (Dovre) share capital. After the transaction the Proha Group has the full ownership of Dovre. Proha's Board of Directors confirmed that 7,850,000 new Proha Plc shares constitute the purchase price, which is about 12.8% of the total number of Proha shares after the issue. After the subscription of shares the share capital of Proha Plc will

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