Today, Tuesday, February 19th, 2008, Oberthur Technologies S.A. published a public offer to the shareholders in XPonCard Group AB. The current rules of the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm AB state that a listed company will be placed on the observation segment if the company is subject to a public offer or if a bidder has disclosed its intention to raise such a bid in respect of the company.
With reference to what is stated above, the shares in XPonCard Group AB (ISIN code SE0000224578 and order book ID 984) will be placed on the observation segment.
The shares will be transferred with effect from Wednesday, February 20th, 2008.
