NOVESTRA INTRODUCES NEW DIVIDEND POLICY

AB Novestra’s Board of Directors has decided on a new dividend policy by which the company aims at distributing 50 percent of its net profit. The new policy will be implemented as from for the financial year 2004.

“We are hoping that the company will be able to deliver positive results moving forward and the Board of Directors finds it reasonable that Novestra, as an investment company, sees to it that its shareholders are given a considerable share of any possible gains in dividend,” Novestra’s Chairman, Theodor Dalenson, says.

For further information please contact Mr Peter Ekelund, Managing Director, phone No. +46 8 545 017 50.

About AB Novestra
Novestra is an independent venture capital investment company with main focus on investments in growth companies in the U.S. and Sweden. Novestra’s portfolio of companies includes Explorica, Inc., MyPublisher, Inc., Netsurvey Bolinder AB, Qbranch AB and Strax Holdings, Inc. as well as the co- investment vehicle Continuum Group Ltd. In addition, Novestra has minor holdings in i.a. DCM AB and Modul 1 Data AB (publ.). Novestra’s shares are listed on the O-List of Stockholmsbörsen.

For information regarding AB Novestra, please see www.novestra.com