Tripep’s new issue oversubscribed

Tripep AB (publ) (”Tripep”) has carried out a new issue of shares with preferential rights for existing shareholders. The issue of shares has attracted great interest and the issue was substantially over-subscribed. The issue guarantee will therefore not be called. The subscription in full of the share issue means that Tripep raises approximately SEK 28 million excluding issue costs. The new share issue increases the number of shares in Tripep by 5,083,333. Following the new issue, the share capital amounts to SEK 4,066,666:60 divided into 20,333,333 shares, each share with a nominal value of SEK 0.20. The total number of issued warrants is 5,083,333 of series F and 5,083,333 of series G. For every share subscribed and paid for, two warrants will be received free of compensation; one per series F and series G respectively. Four series F warrants grant the right to subscribe to a new share in the period August 1, 2005 – January 31, 2006 at the subscription price of SEK 8.00 per share. Four series G warrants grant the right to subscribe to a new share in the period August 1, 2005 – August 31, 2006 at the subscription price of SEK 12.00 per share. For more information, please contact: Rolf L. Nordström, Chairman, Tripep AB Tel: +44 20 7839 8686, mobile phone: +44 7776 137 400 E-mail: rolf.l.nordstrom@btinternet.com Jan Nilsson, CEO, Tripep AB Tel: +46 8 449 84 80, mobile phone: +46 70 466 31 63 E-mail: jan.nilsson@tripep.se