DISCLOSURE NOTICE

Industrivärden has today acquired 3,226,119 shares in Ossur hf. Industrivärden’s total holding thus amounts to 74,344,119 shares, corresponding to 23.3% of the votes and capital. Stockholm, August 15, 2005 AB INDUSTRIVÄRDEN (publ) AB Industrivärden (publ) Box 5403, SE-114 84 Stockholm, Sweden Phone +46-8-666 64 00, Fax +46-8-661 46 28 Internet: www.industrivarden.net E-mail: info@industrivarden.se