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MILLICOM SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE STOCK SPLIT

MILLICOM SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE STOCK SPLIT New York, London and Luxembourg - February 17, 2004 - Millicom International Cellular S.A. ("Millicom") (Nasdaq: MICC) announces that the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held on Monday, February 16, 2004 approved a stock split of the issued shares of Millicom, by which each share with a par value of $6 is split into four new shares with a par value of $1.50 each. The stock split will be effective on February 20, 2004 with a record date of February 17, 2004. This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" with

Eniro: Year-End Report for 2003

January - December -Operating revenues amounted to SEK 4,901 M (4,737) -Net income increased to SEK 258 M (loss: 764) -Net income per share increased to SEK 1.49 (loss: 4.34) -Operating income before depreciation (EBITDA) increased to SEK 1,378 M (940) -Items affecting comparability amounting to an expense of SEK 33 M and goodwill write-downs amounting to SEK 304 were charged against operating income before interest and taxes -The Board of Directors proposes an increase in the dividend of 29% to SEK 1.80 (1.40), totaling about SEK 300 M -The Board of Directors also proposes a redemption of

Melodifestivalen in the mobile phone

Aspiro has signed an agreement with Swedish mobile operator Telia to produce ring tones out of all competing melodies participating in the Swedish Melodifestival 2004 (Swedish national contest prior to the Eurovision Song Contest). The ring tones will be offered to Telia's subscribers in connection to each semifinal at Telia’s mobile site "Telia Go" and at the web sites www.telia.se and www.startsidan.telia.se.The Swedish song contest "Melodifestivalen" has drastically gained in popularity during the last couple of years. The six TV-shows covering last year's contest attracted totally 19

Boliden sells Myra Falls mine

Boliden sells Myra Falls mine Boliden and the Canadian publicly listed mining company Breakwater Resources Ltd ( Breakwater) have signed a letter of intent whereby Boliden plans to sell its wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary Boliden Westmin (Canada) Limited (BWCL) to Breakwater. BWCL is the owner of the Myra Falls mine. Boliden will receive 18 million newly-issued Breakwater shares with a current market value1 of around SEK 67 million. - The sale of Myra Falls is a logical step now that we have completed the transaction with Outokumpu. We can now concentrate our management resources fully on

Year-end report for 2003

JM Group Year-end report 2003 More stable market and broader range of homes · Net sales totalled SEK 7,787m (8,872) and profit for the year after tax amounted to SEK 187m (253) · Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 267m (368) · Property sales of SEK 2,219m (3,015) provided capital gains of SEK 411m (523) · The number of residential units sold during 2003 rose sharply by 27% to 3,189 (2,511) · Return on equity amounted to 6% (7). Earnings per share amounted to SEK 7 (9) · The improved housing market in the fourth quarter and better product adjustment increased sales of residential

Telia to offer free MMS during weekends

Telia to offer free MMS during weekends Starting February 20, Telia will offer free MMS service during the weekends. As of this date, Telia's mobile subscribers will be able to send MMS messages free of charge on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Free MMS messages can be sent starting at midnight Thursday until midnight Sunday, for a 72-hour period. The offer is valid for consumer and corporate subscribers and for all Telia mobile subscription s, including Telia Refill prepaid card customers. During all other times of the week, MMS messages cost SEK 3.80 each. The free weekend MMS offer is

Management & 3i acquire Instone International Limited

Management & 3i acquire Instone International Limited London, 16 February, 2004 · Edgar Ekeseth (CEO) and his management team together with 3i and a number of private investors have acquired Instone International Limited from Miller Holdings Limited of the UK. · 3i and a group of private investors invested £3m ($5.5m). · Instone International is the world's leading specialist provider of travel services to the global shipping industry. In 2003, including its Franchise Partners and Global representatives, Instone had gross ticket sales of close to £100 m ($182m). Instone International

NOTIFICATION UNDER THE MARKET SECURITIES

HK Ruokatalo Oyj STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN, 16 Feb. 2004, at 1.10pmNOTIFICATION UNDER THE MARKET SECURITIES ACT Under Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Finnish Market Securities Act, wehereby announce that HK Ruokatalo Oyj has received the followingdisclosure about change in ownership. Warrants attached to HK Ruokatalo’s 1998 Employee Shares was exercisedin January 2004, increasing the number of the company’s A Shares by595,705. Due to this Sampo Life’s ownership in HK Ruokatalo has fallenbelow one-twentieth (1/20). Sampo Life now owns HK Ruokatalo’s shares as follows: No.

Länsförsäkringar strengthens its market position in banking and insurance

Länsförsäkringar strengthens its market position in banking and insurance As shown in the quarterly statistics for the fourth quarter of 2003 released by the Association of Swedish Insurance Companies, Länsförsäkringar's market share in non-life insurance rose by 1.4 percentage points to 30.7%. The market share in life assurance measured in new sales was unchanged, 10.5%. Länsförsäkringar's banking operations continued to grow. The market share in deposits increased during the period December 2002 to December 2003 from 2.6% to 2.9%. The market share in housing loans (first mortgages)

Peab builds for the Bothnia Line

Peab builds for the Bothnia Line Peab has won an order to build a railway embankment and two railway bridges for the Bothnia Line, just south of Örnsköldsvik. The client is Botniabanan AB and the contract is worth SEK 131 million. The contract covers the construction of a railway embankment, 7 kilometres long, and two railway bridges, 70 and 45 metres long. Groundwater protection for an area of approx. 35 000 sq. m. around Bjästatjärn water catchment is also included in the contract. This is the second big Bothnia Line contract Peab has won recently. In October 2003, Peab was commissioned

Haldex wins an important engine fuel pump order and initiates production also in Europe

Haldex wins an important engine fuel pump order and initiates production also in Europe Hydraulic Systems, a division in the Haldex group, has been awarded the fuel transfer pump business at one of the world's leading diesel engine manufacturer. The order value is estimated at 30 million Euro over the next five years. To support this business, fuel pump production will be initiated at Haldex plant in Hof, Germany, in addition to the current production in Rockford, Illinois, USA. Haldex currently supplies fuel transfer pumps for various kinds of injection systems on diesel engines. The

Sun Microsystems selects Terraplay Systems to join its Game Advisory Board

Sun Microsystems selects Terraplay Systems to join its Game Advisory Board Stockholm, February 16, 2004. Terraplay Systems to work with Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the future development of Java(TM) technology based gaming Terraplay Systems, the Swedish based multiplayer real-time network solutions company, has been selected by Sun Microsystems to join their Game Advisory Board. The Board is tasked with mapping out the future development of Java(TM) technology based gaming initiatives from Sun and will draw on the specific expertise of a variety of major companies invited to participate.

2003 Year- end report: Total return of 16.2%

2003 Year- end report: Total return of 16.2% Favourable market developments, with a rising equity market and falling interest rates, boosted the return on fund capital for the Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3) in 2003. The total return amounted to 16.2% (after expenses). At year-end, the market value of AP3's fund capital stood at SEK 142.5 billion, compared to SEK 120.2 billion at the start of the year. Asset management income amounted to SEK 19.8 billion. For the market-listed part of the portfolio, which excludes real estate and private equity, the return was 17.2%. This was

Stora Enso's converted shares recorded i

STORA ENSO OYJ Stock Exchange Announcement 16 February 2004 at 11.00Stora Enso's converted shares recorded in Finnish trade register During the 31 December 2003–4 February 2004 conversion periodthere were five conversions and a total of 10 341 seriesA shares were converted into R shares. The shares were recordedin the Finnish trade register today, 16 February 2004, andtrading in the new R shares will start on 17 February 2004. Breakdown of shares after conversion: A shares 181 172 833R shares 683 311 666Total 864 484 499 For further information, please contact:Ulla Paajanen-

Autoliv Buys Back Stock

Autoliv Buys Back Stock (Stockholm, February 16, 2004) - Autoliv Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIV) - the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems - has re-initiated its stock repurchasing program and on Friday, February 13, bought 40.000 Autoliv shares. Of these shares 20.000 were bought in Stockholm at an average price of SEK316.59 and 20.000 in New York at an average price of $44.31. Under the existing authorizations from May 2000 and April 2003, Management has the right to buy back up to 20 million Autoliv shares. Of these authorizations, 8.1 million shares have been repurchased at an

MERGER OF INVIK & CO. AB AND INDUSTRIFÖRVALTNINGS AB KINNEVIK

MERGER OF INVIK & CO. AB AND INDUSTRIFÖRVALTNINGS AB KINNEVIK - Kinnevik to be absorbed by Invik in a statutory merger - Each Kinnevik A share to be exchanged for 0.35 Invik A shares and each Kinnevik B share to be exchanged for 0.35 Invik B shares - Current cross-ownership is dissolved and net asset value per share increases through an elimination of Invik's Kinnevik shares and Kinnevik's Invik shares. - Invik to implement a 10 for 1 stock split in order to increase liquidity - The merger will not result in any mandatory bids for MTG or Tele2 - The merged company will be traded on the

MERGER OF INVIK & CO. AB AND INDUSTRIFÖRVALTNINGS AB KINNEVIK

MERGER OF INVIK & CO. AB AND INDUSTRIFÖRVALTNINGS AB KINNEVIK - Kinnevik to be absorbed by Invik in a statutory merger - Each Kinnevik A share to be exchanged for 0.35 Invik A shares and each Kinnevik B share to be exchanged for 0.35 Invik B shares - Current cross-ownership is dissolved and net asset value per share increases through an elimination of Invik's Kinnevik shares and Kinnevik's Invik shares. - Invik to implement a 10 for 1 stock split in order to increase liquidity - The merger will not result in any mandatory bids for MTG or Tele2 - The merged company will be traded on the

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