Trading in Connecta and Information Highway shares stopped - new information will be released Thursday February 24, 2000

Trading in Connecta and Information Highway shares stopped - new information will be released Thursday February 24, 2000 After consultation with the OM Stockholm Stock Exchange's Market Issues Committee, trading in Information Highway AB's and Connecta AB's shares on the OM Stockholm Stock Exchange was stopped as discussions regarding a possible merger between Connecta AB and Information Highway AB are being held. Further information will be released on Thursday, February 24, 2000. A pressconference will be held on Thursday, February 24, 2000, 10 am at IVA conference center (Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademin), Wallenbergsalen, Grev Turegatan 16, Stockholm, Sweden (http://www.iva.se/konferens.html). The pressconference will be broadcasted (in Swedish) on the web. Stockholm, February 23, 2000 Connecta AB (publ) Information Highway AB (publ) For more information, please contact: * Göran Wågström, CEO Information Highway, tel +46 8 635 15 20, +46 70 526 27 58, goran.wagstrom@infohwy.se * Christer Jacobsson, CEO Connecta, tel +46 8 412 30 20, +46 70 571 74 47, christer.jacobsson@connecta.se * Anders Swensson, CFO Connecta, tel +46 8 412 30 23, +46 70 346 22 78, anders.swensson@connecta.se * Ulf Karnell, VP Corp. Comm. Information Highway, tel +46 70 514 17 39, ulf.karnell@infohwy.se Information about the companies: http://www.ih.com/ [Information Highway website in English] http://www.connecta.se/connectauk/ [Connecta website in English] ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/02/23/20000223BIT00580/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/02/23/20000223BIT00580/bit0002.pdf