ABSTRACT

Chapter 2, section 1 A takeover bid regarding such shares as referred to in the second paragraph may only be made by a party who has provided an undertaking to the securities exchange which operates the regulated market on which the company’s shares are admitted to trading, to:

1. comply with the regulations adopted by the securities exchange for such bids; and 2. submit to the sanctions which may be imposed by the securities exchange for breach

of such regulation. The provisions of the first paragraph shall apply to takeover bids in respect of:

1. shares in a Swedish limited company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market in Sweden;

2. shares in a foreign limited company whose shares are admitted to trading solely on a regulated market in Sweden;

3. shares in a foreign limited company whose shares are not listed in the state where the company is domiciled but which are admitted to trading on a regulated market in Sweden and are also admitted to trading on another regulated market within the European Economic Area, provided the shares were first admitted to trading on a regulated market in Sweden; or

4. shares in a foreign limited company whose shares are not listed in the state where the company is domiciled but which are admitted to trading simultaneously on one or more other regulated markets in the European Economic Area, provided the company has given notice that the Financial Supervisory Authority is to be the supervisory authority.