NCC offers opportunity to round off shareholdings

Holders of NCC AB shares will be offered a commission-free opportunity to purchase or sell the number of shares required to achieve exact round lots. A round lot of NCC AB shares is currently 200.

The offer, which is being implemented in cooperation with FöreningsSparbanken/Swedbank Markets, will be directed to shareholders following the company’s Annual General Meeting on April 4, 2005. The shareholders concerned will receive further information from NCC during the spring. Of NCC’s 24,000 shareholders, approximately 20,000 have unequal shareholdings. Of these, 12,000 shareholders have holdings corresponding to less than a round lot, meaning fewer than 200 shares. “The Board of Directors hopes that many shareholders will take this opportunity to round off their holdings in NCC without having to pay commission. In our opinion, the offer lowers the administrative costs and contributes to stimulate trading in NCC shares, which would benefit all shareholders,” says Alf Göransson, President and Chief Executive Officer of NCC AB. According to the Swedish Securities Council, the offer is compatible with standard practices in the stock market. For further information, please contact: Ulf Thorné, Press Relations Manager, NCC Group, +46 8 585 523 46, +46 70 214 77 27 Hans Westerberg, Vice President Equity Capital Markets, Swedbank Markets, + 46 (0)8 585 925 11