Announcement on the outcome of Schibsted’s offer to the shareholders in Aspiro

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THIS OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN.

On November 3, 2005 Schibsted ASA (”Schibsted”) made a public offer to acquire all outstanding shares in Aspiro AB (publ) (”Aspiro”), in accordance with the Securities Council’s decision regarding the application of the mandatory bid rules stipulated by the Swedish Industry and Commerce Stock Exchange Committee (Sw. Näringlivets Börskommitté) (”the Offer”). The Offer expired on December 13, 2005. A few shareholders in Aspiro, representing a total number of 63,460 shares, corresponding to 0.03 per cent of the shares and votes in Aspiro, have accepted the Offer. Schibsted has not acquired shares outside the Offer and consequently, Schibsted owns after the Offer, directly or indirectly, 83,073,622 shares corresponding to 43.8 per cent of the shares and votes in Aspiro. Settlement is expected to occur on or about December 20, 2005. Schibsted ASA Board of Directors For further information please contact: Sverre Munck, Executive Vice President, Schibsted ASA, phone number +47 9168 6699 Schibsted is one of the leading media groups in Scandinavia. Schibsted’s headquarters are in Oslo. Most of the Groups operations are related to Norway and Sweden, but the Group has operations in an additional seven European countries; Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, France and Spain. Schibsted’s present activities relate to media products and rights in the field of newspapers, television, film, publishing, multimedia and mobile services. The news, information and entertainment is communicated in a variety of formats; paper, the Internet, television, cinema, video, DVD and wireless terminals (mobile telephones, PDAs etc.). In 2004 operating revenues amounted to NOK 9.7 billion and operating profit amounted to NOK 884 million. At year-end 2004/2005 the Group had 5,276 employees, 2,983 of whom are outside Norway. Schibsted is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange since 1992.

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