Song Networks Holding AB´s CTO acquires 166,000 shares in the company
Song Networks Holding AB's CTO acquires 166,000 shares in the company Song Networks Holding AB (NASDAQ: SONW, Stockholm Stock Exchange: SONW) announces that Tommy Ekström, the CTO and founder has acquired 166,000 shares for a private capital insurance fund. Tommy Ekström, the CTO and one of the company's founders, has acquired 166,000 shares in Song Networks Holding AB for a private capital insurance fund. The acquisition has been carried out through the sale of privately held shares in the company. These shares are no longer subject to insider regulations. For further information, please contact: Song Networks Holding AB Jenny Moquist, Investor Relations Phone: +46 8 5631 0219 Mobile: +46 701 810 219 E-mail: jenny.moquist@songnetworks.se Song Networks Holding AB About Song Networks, the former Tele1 Europe, (NASDAQ: SONW, Stockholm Stock Exchange: SONW) Song Networks is a rapidly expanding data, internet and telecommunications operator with activities in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. The company provides broadband solutions for data, internet and voice, to large and mid-range businesses in the Nordic region. Song Networks is currently the only pan Nordic data, internet and telecommunications operator investing in local access networks with broadband capacity. The company is constructing networks in the 80 largest cities in the Nordic region. The access networks, which are linked by a long-distance network, will be one of Europe's fastest data and internet super-highways with an initial capacity for customers of up to one gigabit. The company was founded in 1995 and has approximately 1,300 employees. The head office is in Stockholm and there are an additional 24 offices located in the Nordic region. For further information, please visit our website at www.songnetworks.net Certain statements contained in this press release contain "forward- looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities law. Such statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Song Networks Holding AB only, and performance is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to, adverse regulatory, technological or competitive developments; decline in demand for the company's services or products; inability to timely develop, introduce and market new technologies, products and services; pricing pressures resulting from competition; unforeseen construction delays; and the inability to successfully manage systems failures or shutdowns and service interruptions or reduced services to customers. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and uncertainties affecting the company, please refer to Song Networks Holding AB's reports that are filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's annual report on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/09/17/20010917BIT00620/bit0003.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2001/09/17/20010917BIT00620/bit0003.pdf