BNS Industrier has now received clearance from all relevant competition authorities

Not for release in or distribution into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. The Offers are not being made to shareholders whose participation in the Offers requires an offer document, registrations or measures other than those required by Swedish or Danish law, respectively.

In connection with BNS Industrier AB’s public offers to the shareholders of Karlshamns AB (publ) and Aarhus United A/S, necessary applications was filed with the competition authorities in Sweden, Germany, Norway, Poland, USA and Mexico in order to obtain permission to carry out the transaction. Permission to carry out the transaction has now been granted by all relevant competition authorities. As has previously been announced, the acceptance period for the offers runs up to September 20, 2005[1]. BNS Industrier will announce no later than September 26, if the conditions for the consummation of the offers have been fulfilled, or if BNS Industrier decides to waive such conditions which have not been fulfilled. Provided that the offers are completed settlement, both with regard to the consideration in the form of shares in BNS Industrier and with regard to consideration in the form of cash, will take place no later than September 29, 2005. Trading in the BNS Industrier share will start on Nya Marknaden in connection with commencement of settlement. For further information please contact: Mikael Ekdahl, BNS Industrier AB, +46-709-77 72 03 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] 15.00 Swedish time for acceptance of the offer for Karlshamns AB (publ) and 20.00 Danish time for acceptance of the offer for Aarhus United A/S.