Atle's shares in HL Display now transferred to Ratos

Atle's shares in HL Display now transferred to Ratos When Ratos and 3i made a public offer for Atle in spring 2001, it was announced that the intention was to transfer all Atle's shares in HL Display to Ratos. The transfer of Atle's shareholding in HL Display was completed today. Ratos's holding in HL Display subsequently amounts to 109,216 A shares and 2,115,854 B shares. The holding therefore corresponds to 28.9 % of the capital 20.2 % of the votes in HL Display. For further information, please contact: Clara Bolinder-Lundberg, Head of Corporate Communications, +46 8 700 17 49 Financial calendar: Year-end report for 2001 21 February 2002 Three-month report 2002 5 May 2002 Ratos is a listed private equity company. The business concept is to maximise shareholder value over time by investing in, developing and divesting primarily unlisted companies. Ratos thus offers stock market players a unique investment opportunity. The net asset value of Ratos's investments is nearly SEK 9 billion. Ratos's holdings include Arcorus, Atle Industri, Camfil, Capona, Dahl, DataVis, DIAB, Dynal Biotech, Esselte, Exceed, Gadelius KK, Haendig, Haglöfs, Hilding Anders, Hilton Group, HL Display, Industri Kapital, Intervect, Kronans Droghandel, Lindab, Martinsson, Programmera, Q-Labs, Superfos, Telelogic and Telia Overseas. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/11/13/20011113BIT00960/bit0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/11/13/20011113BIT00960/bit0001.pdf