Custos has synthetically repurchased 9.1% of the capital in Custos

Custos has synthetically repurchased 9.1% of the capital in Custos Custos has, in accordance with the mandate from the Annual General Meeting at April 14, 1999, synthetically repurchased 1,811,796 series A-shares and 1,080,180 series B-shares, in total 2,891,976 shares in Custos, corresponding to 9.1% of the capital and 7.8% of the votes in Custos. Stockholm, December 23, 1999 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/1999/12/23/19991223BIT00050/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/12/23/19991223BIT00050/bit0002.pdf