Custos owns 10.2% of Christian Salvesen plc

Custos owns 10.2% of Christian Salvesen plc Custos has acquired 27,090,000 shares in Christian Salvesen plc, corresponding to 10.2% of the votes and the share capital. The market value of the investment is SEK 467 million. The exchange rate risk has been eliminated by entering forward contracts. Christian Salvesen is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company is one of the leading third-party logistics providers in Europe and had turnover of st over GBP 590 million in the financial year ended March 31 , 1999. Stockholm, August 24, 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/1999/08/24/19990824BIT00150/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/08/24/19990824BIT00150/bit0002.pdf