The Sixth AP-fund, the estate of Ingemar Petersson, Ove Jerselius through
company, Rune Glavare, Anders Wiklander through company and three other
individuals make a public cash offer of 140 SEK per share to the other
shareholders in Norrporten ("the Offer") through the jointly owned
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company NS Holding AB ("NS Holding")

For each share in Fastighetsaktiebolaget Norrporten ("Norrporten"), SEK
140 in cash is offered. No commission will be charged. The Offer
represents a premium of 29 % or 27 %, based on the average last price paid
30 or 10 trading days preceding the temporary suspension of dealings in
the Norrporten share, August 17, 2000, respectively.


NS Holding is controlled by the Sixth AP-fund, the estate of Ingemar
Petersson (main shareholder in Norrporten), Ove Jerselius through company,
Rune Glavare, Anders Wiklander through company and three other
individuals. The owners of NS Holding own 23.4 % of the number of shares
and votes in Norrporten and will transfer their shares in Norrporten to NS
Holding.

Skanska Invest AB, owner of 25.0 % of the number of shares and votes in
Norrporten, has declared a positive view of the Offer and intends to
transfer its shares in Norrporten under the Offer. Initia AB, a fully
owned company of the Petersson family, owner of 24.6 % of the number of
shares and votes in Norrporten, has undertaken to transfer its shares
under the Offer.

The Chairman of the Norrporten Board of Directors, Thomas
Alexandersson, and the CEO, Anders Wiklander, are Chairman of the Board
and CEO, respectively, in NS Holding.

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The Board of Directors of Norrporten will evaluate the Offer based
upon an independent valuation (fairness opinion).

It is expected that the prospectus will be distributed to the
shareholders in Norrporten on or about September 14, 2000.

NS Holding has received binding credit commitments from Handelsbanken
to cover the requisite financing of the Offer.

Background to the Offer
Norrporten was established in 1992 and was introduced 1994 on the O-list
of OM Stockholm Exchange. The company is a pure property company focused
on property holdings and management in the northern part of Sweden, with
headquarters located in Sundsvall and local branches in Luleå, Umeå and
Östersund. In 1997, the company was transferred to the A-list at OM
Stockholm Exchange. Norrporten has expanded successively through larger
acquisitions and today owns properties with a total area of about 515,000
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