WORLD FIRST AS CIS SEEKS CUSTOMERS' VIEWS ON SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT

Co-operative Financial Services [REMOVED GRAPHICS] News Release WORLD FIRST AS CIS SEEKS CUSTOMERS' VIEWS ON SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT Investor power received a massive boost today (1 March, 2004) when Co- operative Insurance Society (CIS) became the first insurance company in the world to invite all its customers to have a say in the development of its Socially Responsible Investment policy. CIS, which is a major investor in shares, property and bonds, will devise a unique Socially Responsible Investment policy based on the results of a consultation with its five million

NOTE Xperi changes name

NOTE Xperi is changing its name to NOTE Lund on March 1. Xperi joined the NOTE Group in October 2002. Because of the strong brand that Xperi had established in southern Sweden, the company was called NOTE Xperi.”As a result of our in-house development department and geographical location, NOTE Xperi has become an important piece of the puzzle within the NOTE Group. We are proud to be working in a successful group of companies, working together to continue to grow NOTE. Now as we work our way toward an IPO and become more public, we feel that it is important to draw attention to our

Nordisk Renting AB - year-end report 2003

Nordisk Renting AB - year-end report 2003 · Increased growth of profit from current operations · An increasing part of public sector customers both in Sweden and Finland · Powerful new recruitment drive For further information, please contact Reinhold Geijer, CEO, Nordisk Renting AB, +46 (0)8-670 98 00 Nordisk Renting enables financially strong companies and public sector organisations to focus more on their core business, by offering long-term leasing solutions. By leasing property in the long term from Nordisk Renting, rather than owning it, companies create room to expand and develop

ReadSoft to launch new ground-breaking technology at AIIMexpo and CeBIT

ReadSoft to launch new ground-breaking technology at AIIMexpo and CeBIT In March, ReadSoft, the world-leading provider of document automation software, will unveil new ground-breaking technology solutions on both sides of the Atlantic at two of the most important IT and document management events - AIIMexpo 2004 in New York and CeBIT in Hannover. The announcements are the result of ReadSoft's intense R&D activities as well as uncompromising efforts to meet future customer needs and expectations with full-scale solutions for document automation. ReadSoft's new, groundbreaking solutions will

Aker Kvaerner refocused

"We will create a financially strong industrial group with activities within oil, gas, energy and process, and a strong and separate shipbuilding group. Non-core activities and ownership positions will remain in the holding company," stated Helge Lund, Group President and CEO of Aker Kvaerner.   "The three-way reorganisation is consistent with our long term strategy, and we are convinced that this change will benefit all of our stakeholders," Helge Lund continued. "Each entity will be strong and financially sound. Employees, leaders and boards will be able to concentrate on core

Preliminary annual accounts and fourth quarter report 2003

Operating profit before amortisation of goodwill and pensions (EBITA) amounted to NOK 506 million for the group. This is down from NOK 723 million for the previous year. Operating profits in 2003 for Engineering & Construction and the Finnish shipyard Kvaerner Masa-Yards were considerably better than in 2002. However a deficit of NOK 728 million at the Kvaerner Philadelphia shipyard weakened these results. Goodwill and pension amortisation without cash effects amounted to a total of NOK -600 million. Exceptional items incurred in concluding major disputes amounted to NOK -463 million.

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Notice of Annual General Meeting Shareholders in Gunnebo AB (publ) are herewith invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the company which will be held at 5.00 p.m. on Monday, 29 March 2004, in the Chalmers Studentkår building at Chalmersplatsen 1, Göteborg. Light refreshments will be served from 4.00 p.m. Notification Shareholders who wish to participate in the Annual General Meeting shall be entered in the register of shareholders maintained by VPC AB by no later than Friday, 19 March 2004 and have notified the company by no later than noon on Tuesday, 23 March 2004 by writing to

Teligent announces General Meeting

Teligent announces General Meeting Teligent AB today announces that the Annual General Meeting will be held on March 30, at 5 pm at Quality Globe Hotel, Arenaslingan 7, Stockholm- Globen, Sweden. Right to participate In order to be entitled to vote at the AGM, shareholders must - be recorded in the register of shareholders - have sent in an application Entry in the register of shareholders Shareholders must be recorded in the register of shareholders at Värdepapperscentralen, VPC AB (Swedish Central Securities Depository) by 19 March 2004 at the latest in order to participate in the general

SCA carries out hygiene products acquisition in Asia

SCA carries out hygiene products acquisition in Asia SCA has acquired the Asia-based baby diaper company Drypers for a purchase price on a debt-free basis of SEK 640 M (USD 87 M). The company has its registered office and production in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and had sales in 2003 of SEK 550 M. Drypers is the market leader in baby diapers in Malaysia (27%) and Singapore (32%) and also has fast-growing market positions in Thailand and the Philippines. In recent years, markets in the area have shown growth exceeding 5%. Drypers also holds a strong position in the incontinence segment. The

METRO GOES NATIONAL IN POLAND

METRO GOES NATIONAL IN POLAND Metro International S.A. ("Metro"), publisher of the world's largest newspaper, today announced that it is expanding its Warsaw edition to cover four additional major cities in Poland. From today Metropol will be distributed in Cracow, Poznan, Wroclaw and Trojmiasto and will become the fourth largest newspaper in Poland. The new editions feature local as well as national news coverage and information listings. Metropol was launched in Warsaw in November 2000. 140,000 copies of Metropol are currently distributed in Warsaw each morning, attracting over 325,000

Annual report 2003

Annual report 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/07/05/20040705BIT00180/wkr0001.pdf Annual report 2003

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TÜV Pfalz Doubts Findings of SFK Accident Commission

TÜV Pfalz Doubts Findings of SFK Accident Commission / Fraport AG: TÜV Pfalz' Statement Confirms Our Objective Criticism of the SFK Opinion Frankfurt am Main (ots) - TÜV Pfalz (the technical inspection agency of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) criticized the recent report of the SFK Accident Commission as not being verifiable in parts. The SFK found that the planned new landing runway at Frankfurt Airport is allegedly incompatible with the nearby Ticona chemical plant. "The SFK's opinion on the expansion of Frankfurt Airport contains statements and assessments which were not

HEXAGON ACQUIRES SHEFFIELD'S U.S. METROLOGY OPERATIONS

HEXAGON ACQUIRES SHEFFIELD'S U.S. METROLOGY OPERATIONS Hexagon has signed an agreement to acquire the metrology operations of the U.S. based company Sheffield Automation LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary within the ThyssenKrupp Group. Hexagon will operate the business through a new company - Sheffield Measurement Inc. The initial turnover is estimated to amount to approx. 17 MUSD, consisting of sales of measuring machines and related services. Sheffield Measurement Inc. will initially employ some 85 people. Sheffield is a strong global trademark within the metrology industry, holding brand

Scania becomes engine supplier to John Deere in Brazil

Scania becomes engine supplier to John Deere in Brazil John Deere, the world's largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery and tractors, has signed a contract with Scania in Brazil to supply engines for their combine harvesters. The first phase of the agreement is for 200 engines, 177 of which will be used directly in the harvesting of this year's Brazilian sugar cane crop. "We need to act very quickly," says Paulo Renato Herrmann, Marketing Director of John Deere, Brazil. "The engines must be installed no later than March of this year, when the harvesting season begins in the Brazilian

SHAREHOLDER GROUP?S PROPOSAL FOR COMPOSI

Fiskars Corporation Stock Exchange Release February 27, 2004 at 3.00 pm.SHAREHOLDER GROUP’S PROPOSAL FOR COMPOSITION OF FISKARS BOARD The Corporation has been notified that a group of shareholdersrepresenting about 57% of the votes in Fiskars Corporation, willpresent the following proposal concerning the election of Boardmembers and Auditor to the Annual General Meeting of FiskarsCorporation to be held on 16 March 2004: The group proposes that the Board of Directors be composed ofseven members: Mr. Göran J. Ehrnrooth, Mr. Mikael von Frenckell,

JM proposes change of auditors

JM proposes change of auditors JM's Board of Directors, in co-operation with JM's Nomination Committee, has completed auditor procurement procedures. Following a thorough procurement process, the Board has recommended the Nomination Committee to propose that the Annual General Meeting to be held on 28 April appoints Ernst & Young as the company's auditors. The Nomination Committee supports the Board's recommendation. For additional information please contact: Claes Magnus Åkesson, CFO, JM AB, +46 8 782 89 71. Stockholm, 27 February 2004 JM AB Corporate Communications This and earlier press

Notification of ownership - Norsk Vekst Forvaltning ASA (NVF)

Acquisition of Henry Cooke finalized

Acquisition of Henry Cooke finalized Billerud has today, after approval by the British competition authority, the OFT, acquired 100 percent of the shares in the British packaging paper company Henry Cooke Ltd. Stockholm 27 February 2004 Billerud AB (publ) Bert Östlund President & CEO For further information, please contact: Bert Östlund, +46 8 553 335 01 For further information about Billerud, please visit www.billerud.com. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available

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KCI KONECRANES PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 1 27 February, 2004 1.00 p.m.PROPOSAL REGARDING TWO NEW MEMBERS TO THE KCI KONECRANES BOARD OFDIRECTORS The following addition is made to the information communicated earlierin the convocation to the Annual General Meeting: Shareholders,jointly representing more than10 percent of all the votes in KCIKonecranes, have informed the Company that they support the electionof Svante Adde and Lennart Simonsen as new members of the KCIKonecranes Board of Directors until the end of the next

TeliaSonera Finland aquires real estate property Sturenportti

TeliaSonera Finland aquires real estate property Sturenportti TeliaSonera Finland Oyj will aquire the shares in real-estate company Kiinteistö Oy Sturenportti from the Sonera Pension Fund at the price of 32.5 MEUR. Kiinteistö Oy Sturenportti´s assets consists of real estate property Sturenportti in Helsinki and is part of TeliaSonera Finland´s head quarter premises. TeliaSonera Finland will renovate the real estate at a cost currently estimated to 15 MEUR. TeliaSonera Finland estimates that under the current general real-estate price and financing cost levels, buying the premise, rather

NetCom reducing SMS price by 21 percent for prepaid customers

NetCom reducing SMS price by 21 percent for prepaid customers From 1 March, TeliaSonera's subsidiary, NetCom, is reducing its SMS prices from NOK 1 to NOK 0.79 per text message. "Competition on the Norwegian mobile market is getting a lot harder. NetCom's customers should always know they will get more for their money with us than with our competitors. NetCom gives its support to the competition which benefits the customers," says Barbara Thoralfsson, President of NetCom. The price reduction totals NOK 80 million annually based on the number of SMS texts currently being sent. This latest

Financial statement 2003

Opcon AB (publ) Financial statement 2003 Interim report for 1 October-31 December 2003 Sales turnover in 2003 amounted to SEK 247.0 million (282.9 m), of which SEK 62.3 million (69.7 m) was in the final quarter. The loss after financial items was SEK 26.3 million (-18.4 m), of which SEK 11.7 million (-12.1 m) was in the final quarter. Earnings have been negatively affected by lower sales turnover, restructuring costs and the low exchange rate of the US dollar. The loss after tax was SEK 19.3 million (-12.7 m), of which SEK 8.8 million (-8.2 m) was in the final quarter. Earnings per share