Custos has synthetically repurchased 12.1% of the capital in Custos

Custos has synthetically repurchased 12.1% 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 1,546,660 series B-shares, in total 3,864,156 shares in Custos, corresponding to 12.1% of the capital and 10.0% of the votes in Custos. Stockholm, January 17, 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/2000/01/17/20000117BIT00020/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/01/17/20000117BIT00020/bit0002.pdf