Custos has synthetically repurchased 1.7% of the capital in Custos

Custos has synthetically repurchased 1.7% of the capital in Custos Custos has, in accordance with the mandate from the Annual General Meeting at April 5, 2000, synthetically repurchased 235,752 series A-shares and 234,103 series B-shares, in total 469,855 shares in Custos. This corresponds to 1.7% of the capital and 1.2% of the votes in Custos, based on 27,758,803 outstanding Custos shares. Stockholm, May 11, 2000 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/2000/05/11/20000511BIT00070/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/11/20000511BIT00070/bit0002.pdf