NOVESTRA’S 10 LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS

As at June 30, 2003, Novestra had 3 533 shareholders of which the ten largest shareholders amounted to 61.85% as follows.

Laxey Partners (UK) Ltd 3 579 300 15.30%
W. Thorpe McKenzie 3 126 400 13.37%
Theodor Dalenson med familj 2 129 880 9.10%
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. 1 842 771 7.88%
TSWII, L.P. 1 000 000 4.27%
Nordic Strategies Management AB 900 000 3.85%
Globinvest, Inc. 525 000 2.24%
William H. Vandeveer 500 000 2.14%
Bear, Sterns & Co. 476 500 2.04%
Bertil Villard incl. company 387 500 1.6%
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Total the 10 largest shareholders 14 467 351 61.85%
Total other shareholders 8 923 629 38.15%
Total as at 2003-06-30 23 390 980 100.00%

For further information please contact Cecilia Janson, Information Manager, AB Novestra, phone No. +46 8 545 017 50.

About AB Novestra
Novestra is an independent venture capital investment company with focus on investments in growth companies in the U.S. and Sweden. Novestra’s portfolio of companies includes Explorica, Inc., MyPublisher, Inc., Netsurvey 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