Norwegian Competition Authority declines the merger of Aspiro’s and Opplysningen’s search services

The Norwegian Competition Authority today informed Aspiro of its decision to decline the merger between Opplysningen Mobil AS and Aspiro Søk AS. In July, Aspiro made public the sales of its search services to Opplysningen. The basis for the Competition Authority’s decision will be made available on their web site www.konkurransetilsynet.no.

This means that Aspiro will continue to run the search business as usual. For the nine month period January – September 2008, the relevant search business generated net sales of SEK 43.1 m and EBITDA of SEK 36 m. Aspiro will consider appealing the Competition Authority’s decision to the Ministry while simultaneously evaluating other options.

Aspiro discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 3.30 p.m. on 4 December.