Reference is made to the conference call in English today at 12:00 CET (11:00 GMT) in order to give a market update before the summer. The conference call will be followed by a Q&A session.

 

Please find below information on share issues in 2Q, continued quality improvement and satisfied customers as a basis for the call.

 

How to join the conference call:

 

Dial in phone number: +44 20 7138 0825

Code: 7325429

 

Participants will be asked for their name and company before entering the call and are therefore advised to dial in at least 5 minutes early to avoid delays.

 

 

A replay will be available the following seven days by calling +44 (0)20 7806 1970 with code 7325429#.

 

 

 

Share issues in 2Q

 

  

US Real estate mandate - US Opportunities

 

- more than NOK 1 billion

 

- largest ever first issue for a new asset class or product initiative

  

- US Opportunities AS - NOK 560,192,690

 

- 56,019,269 shares @ 10 NOK/share

 

- US Opportunities AB - SEK 554,870,910

 

- 55,487,091 shares @ 10 SEK/share

  

 

Global Real Estate Mandate 

 

- Global Eiendom Utbetaling AS - NOK 108,751,718.25

 

- 10,714,455 shares @ 10.15 NOK/share

 

- Global Fastighet Utbetaling AB - SEK 107,989,047.25

 

- 10,639,315 shares @ 10.15 SEK/share

 

  

Global Shipping Mandate 

 

- Global Shipsholding 2 AB - SEK 39,170,040

 

- 1,920,100 A shares @ 11 SEK/share

 

- 1,804,894 B shares @ 10 SEK/share

 

- Global Shipping 2 AS - Opened June 2nd, to be closed during 3rd quarter

  

 

Global Infrastructure 

 

- Global Infrastructure 1 AS - NOK 128,412,997.59

 

- 12,577,179 shares @ 10.21 NOK/share

 

- Global Infrastructure 1 AB - SEK 202,837,359.12

 

- 19,964,307 shares @ 10.16 SEK/share

 

  

Global Private Equity 

 

- Global Private Equity 2 AB - SEK 136,572,626.96

 

- 13,182,686 shares @ 10.36 SEK/shares

 

- Global Private Equity 2 AS

 

- Private placing, closes today - 27.06.2008

 

  

Continued Quality Improvement

  

- Based on critique in the press, Acta will this summer:

   

- Improve the way we inform about product fees

 

- Make it easier for the clients to understand the cost of the products

 

- The ambition is to create a new industry standard on information of costs and return on investments

  

- Change the fee structure

 

- A shift to more managment based fees

 

- Lower fees at time of purchase

  

- Introduce a more restrictive attitude to gearing of investments

 

- Will no longer offer loans with collateral in securities

 

- Lower the limit for customers maximum debt ratio

 

- Limit risk in the customers' portfolios

  

- Avoid to present investment solutions on controversial arenas

 

- We have held investment seminars at some senior citizens' community centres in co-operation with some pensioner associations

 

- Clarification:

 

- Acta has NOT arranged investment seminars at retirement homes

 

- Acta has NOT sold any investment products at seminars

 

- Acta understands that arenas like this demands carefulness

 

- Still, Acta believes that it is wrong to discriminate on age itself

            

 

Satisfied customers

  

- Good financial return over time

 

- Massive support from customers in spite of negative media coverage

 

- Many customers have been in contact with the company and expressed support

 

- Some customers have written reader's letters to the newspapers

 

- Customers say that they do not share the opinion portrayed in the media

  

- Acta will prove that the company deserves the customers' support

 

- Build on high customer satisfaction in Norway and Sweden

 

- Establish customer councils in order to improve the advisory process and product information

 

- Establish a customer hot line to compliance as a low barrier service for complaints

  

 

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Stavanger, 27th June 2008

Acta Holding ASA

 

Christian Tunge

Chief Financial Officer