Danzas Group reaches 78.0 per cent of the issued equity and 60.4 per cent of the votes in ASG

Danzas Group reaches 78.0 per cent of the issued equity and 60.4 per cent of the votes in ASG Basel/Bonn, 29 October 1999 - Deutsche Post AG and Danzas Sweden AB, which is a subsidiary of Danzas Holding AG, which in turn is a subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG, is acquiring further 171,446 Series B shares in ASG AB (publ). Danzas Sweden and Deutsche Post have already purchased 9,621,994 Series B shares in ASG. After the purchase, Danzas/Deutsche Post own a total of 9,793,440 Series B shares in ASG amounting to 78.0 per cent of the issued equity and 60.4 per cent of all the votes. Danzas Sweden and Deutsche Post own 8,293,344 and 1,500,096 Series B shares in ASG respectively. For further information, please contact: Patrick Kaiser, Head of Corporate Communications, Danzas Management Ltd., Tel. +41 61 268 76 12, E-Mail: patrick.kaiser@ch.danzas.com Prof. Dr. Gert Schukies, Head of Corporate Communications, Dr. Martin Dopychai, Head of Press Office, Deutsche Post AG, Tel. +49 228 182 99 88, E-Mail: pressestelle@deutschepost.de ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/10/29/19991029BIT00080/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/10/29/19991029BIT00080/bit0002.pdf