Custos has acquired additional shares in ASG AB

Custos has acquired additional shares in ASG AB Custos has acquired additional B shares in ASG AB. After the acquisition Custos controls 969,000 A shares and 4,454,027 B shares corresponding to 32.5 per cent of the share capital and 48.6 per cent of the voting rights. Stockholm, December 17, 1997 AKTIEBOLAGET CUSTOS (publ) Christer Gardell Chief Executive Officer For further questions please contact Mr Christer Gardell (+46 8 440 57 70) ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1997/12/17/19990212BIT00400/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1997/12/17/19990212BIT00400/bit0002.pdf