Custos has synthetically repurchased 11.8% of the capital in Custos

Custos has synthetically repurchased 11.8% of the capital in Custos Custos has, in accordance with the mandate from the Annual General Meeting at April 14, 1999, synthetically repurchased 2,317,496 series A-shares and 1,438,080 series B-shares, in total 3,755,576 shares in Custos, corresponding to 11.8% of the capital and 10.0% of the votes in Custos. Stockholm, January 14, 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/2000/01/14/20000114BIT00030/bit0001.pdf http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/01/14/20000114BIT00030/bit0002.doc