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Offer document made public in relation to Fujitsu Services’ recommended cash offer to the shareholders of and holders of convertible participation certificates issued by Mandator

Fujitsu Services Overseas Holdings Limited (“Fujitsu Services”) announced a recommended public cash offer to the shareholders of and holders of convertible participation certificates issued by Mandator AB (publ) (“Mandator”) to acquire all shares in and convertible participation certificates issued by Mandator (the “Offer”). The Board of Directors of Mandator has unanimously recommended the Offer.


London, 10th October 2007 — Fujitsu Services has today published an offer document in relation to the Offer. The offer document is available at uk.fujitsu.com/fulloffer and at www.nordea.se/placera.

The offer document and acceptance form will be distributed to shareholders of and holders of convertible participation certificates issued by Mandator whose holdings are registered in their own names with VPC AB (the Swedish Securities Register Centre) on 9 October 2007.

The acceptance period of the Offer commences on 11 October and expires on 31 October 2007. Settlement will begin as soon as possible thereafter. Fujitsu Services reserves the right to extend the acceptance period as well as to defer the date for settlement.

Fujitsu Services has retained Nordea Corporate Finance as financial adviser, Roschier Advokatbyrå as legal adviser and Brunswick Group as communications advisor in connection with the Offer.


About Fujitsu Services

About Fujitsu Services Fujitsu Services is a leading European information technology services company. Its business is helping its customers realise the value of information technology through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed service contracts. It serves customers in the private and public sectors across Europe including retail, financial services, healthcare and government. With an annual turnover of £2.46 billion (€3.59 billion), it employs over 19,000 people across 20 countries.
Headquartered in London, Fujitsu Services is the European IT services arm of the US$43.2 billion (€32.5 billion) Fujitsu Group.

About Mandator

Mandator is an IT consultancy company which provides services within systems integration, applications development and management and IT infrastructure. The Company had 514 employees at year-end 2006, with operations in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia and the UK. Mandator's priority sectors are manufacturing sector, the telecom industry and the public sector, together accounting for approximately 72 per cent of sales in 2006. The Company enjoys a strong position in Sweden and has long established relationships with Swedish municipalities and several top bluechip companies in Sweden. Clients include amongst others Ericsson, Sandvik, Volvo Car, Volvo Group, Symbian, NCC, Sony Ericsson, Tele2, FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) and Vägverket (Swedish National Road Administration). In 2006 sales amounted to approximately SEK [493] million and the operating profit to approximately SEK [27] million. The Company was formed in 1982 and its shares are listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm, Small Cap.
Visit www.Mandator.com for more information