Philip Mozes new President for Gunnebo Perimeter Protection
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Philip Mozes, a 49 year-old Dutch citizen, has been appointed President of Gunnebo Perimeter Protection and a member of Gunnebo's Group management. He takes up his new positions on September 1, 2003.
Securitas Acquires Regional Guarding Company in Spain
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Securitas' division Security Services Europe has acquired Ebro Vigilancia & Seguridad SA in Zaragoza, Spain in order to strengthen its operations in the Aragon region.
Astex Discovers Novel Form of a Key Protein Implicated in Diabetes and Obesity
CAMBRIDGE, U.K., June 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Astex Technology, the fragment-based drug discovery company, today announced that its scientists have made a major discovery relating to a key protein implicated in diabetes and obesity. The work describes a novel form of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) and is reported in the latest edition of the leading science journal Nature (1). Astex scientists used the Company's proprietary structural biology technologies to determine the three-dimensional shape of a novel form of PTP1B that may have major implications for its biological function and role in disease.
Peab to Enlarge the University Library in Lund
FOERSLOEV, Sweden, June 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Peab has won the contract to build a new library building for the University of Lund in southern Sweden. The client is Akademiska Hus I Lund AB.
EQT Divests TAC to Schneider Electric
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- EQT has signed an agreement with Schneider Electric to divest TAC. Schneider Electric will pay approximately four billion SEK for TAC on a cash and debt free basis. Completion of the transaction is subject to approval from the relevant competition authorities.
Extraordinary General Meeting of Stockholders in Enea Data AB (publ) on June 11, 2003
TABY, Sweden, June 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- An extraordinary general meeting of stockholders in Enea Data AB decided in accordance with the Board's proposal to approve a new capital stock issue in the company.
Compulsory Acquisition of Biora AB Ordinary Shares
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Straumann AG Holdings ("Straumann") has announced that it has acquired approximately 91 percent of the Ordinary Shares of Biora AB pursuant to its public offer. Straumann has called for the compulsory acquisition of the remaining outstanding Biora Ordinary Shares. Accordingly, the Biora Board has decided to refer the compulsory acquisition matter to an arbitration board. The Board of Biora has also decided to submit an application for de-listing Biora's Ordinary Shares from the "O-list" of the Stockholm Stock Exchange ("SSE"). Information regarding the last trading day for Biora's Ordinary Shares on the SSE will be announced at a later date.
Tele2 Signs MVNO Agreement in Finland
STOCKHOLM, Sweden and NEW YORK, June 12, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Tele2 AB ("Tele2", "the Group") (Nasdaq:TLTOA) (Nasdaq:TLTOB) (Stockholmsborsen:TEL2A) (Stockholmsborsen:TEL2B), the leading alternative pan-European telecommunications company, today announced that it has signed an MVNO agreement with Radiolinja Origo, the number two GSM operator in Finland, with a market share of 30%.
Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation
BALTIMORE, June 11, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Law Offices Of Charles J. Piven, P.A. announces that a class action was commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of CorTS Trust II for Provident Financial Trust I (NYSE:KVN) (NYSE:UNM) UnumProvident Corporate-Backed Trust Securities ("CorTS") Certificates pursuant to an initial public offering on or about April 18, 2001 and/or in the aftermarket for CorTS through and including March 24, 2003 (the "Class Period").
