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Meeting Of The Board Of Oslo Børs On 24 August 2005

Date 24/08/2005

At its meeting today, the Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit shares in three companies to listing. The companies are: Media & Research Group, Consafe Offshore and Deep Sea Supply.

Media & Research Group ASA to be listed on Oslo Børs
The Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit shares in Media & Research Group ASA to listing on the SMB List of Oslo Børs.

The Board stipulated that prior to the first day of listing the company must, through its planned share issue and distribution sale of shares, satisfy the requirements for the number of holders of one round lot or more of the company´s shares set out in Oslo Børs Circular No. 5/2001. The company must also publish a prospectus that is approved by Oslo Børs.

The Board authorised the President of Oslo Børs to fix the date of the first day of listing, which is to be no later than 3 October 2005.

About Media & Research Group
Media & Research Group (MRG) operates in the Nordic market within the Advertising and Marketing Service sector as a leading provider of Information & Research products. Through MRG's two business areas; Information gathering and data processing (NORSTAT) and Market research and analysis (Opinion), the Company holds strong positions within selected market segments and is currently the fifth largest Information & Research group in the Nordic market.

MRG was established in 2000 and has its headquarter in Oslo with 97 employees and approx. 1.200 freelance interviewers. In 2004 the company had total revenues of NOK 149 million and EBITDA of NOK 13.5 million.

Consafe Offshore AB to be listed on Oslo Børs
The Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit shares in Consafe Offshore AB to listing on Oslo Børs.

The Board agreed to exempt the company from the requirement that a listed company must have carried on the major part of its activities for at least three years.

The Board stipulated that prior to the first day of listing the company must, through its planned share issue, satisfy the requirements for the number of holders of one round lot or more of the company´s shares set out in Oslo Børs Circular No. 5/2001. The company must also publish a prospectus that is approved by Oslo Børs.

The Board authorised the President of Oslo Børs to decide whether the company should be listed on the SMB List or the Main List, and to fix the date of the first day of listing, which is to be no later than 3 October 2005.

About Consafe Offshore
Consafe Offshore AB (publ) is a company that owns, markets and operates a fleet of accommodation and construction support service vessels to the international offshore oil & gas market.

The Consafe Offshore fleet comprises of modern accommodation and construction support service vessels as follows: The semi submersible Safe Astoria which is being converted at the KeppelFELS Shipyard and is to be delivered in October 2005.

The semi submersible Safe Bristolia which is being converted at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China and will be delivered in February 2006. Safe Concordia which is a new built semi submersible dynamically positioned accommodation and construction support vessel. The Safe Esbjerg which is an accommodation and construction support service jack-up that is committed to Mærsk Olie and Gas AS in the North Sea (Danish sector) for a three year contract

Deep Sea Supply ASA to be listed on Oslo Børs
The Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit shares in Deep Sea Supply ASA to listing on the SMB List of Oslo Børs.

The Board agreed to exempt the company from the requirement that a listed company must have been in existence and carried on the major part of its activities for at least three years.

The Board stipulated that prior to the first day of listing the company must, through its planned share issue, satisfy the requirements for the number of holders of one round lot or more of the company´s shares set out in Oslo Børs Circular No. 5/2001. The company must also publish a prospectus that is approved by Oslo Børs.

The Board authorised the President of Oslo Børs to fix the date of the first day of listing, which is to be no later than 3 October 2005.

About Deep Sea Supply
Deep Sea Supply ASA (DSS) was founded to acquire a fleet of supply vessels and to establish itself as one of the leading supply ship owners and operators. DSS acquired 6 modern AHTS (Anchor Handling, Tug and Supply) vessels from Tidewater on July 26, 2005 for a total consideration of mUSD 188 (~ NOK 1,2 billion). In order to finance the acquisition the Company raised mNOK 420 (~mUSD 65) through a private placement, with on outlook for the Company to become listed in Q3 on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE).

The Company is incorporated as a Norwegian public limited liability company with registered office in Arendal. CEO of DSS, Odd Brevik, has long experience from the supply industry, amongst other as managing director of formerly OSE-listed Viking Supply Ships. The strategy of DSS is to operate a modern supply vessel fleet with high exposure to the spot market, and to have an opportunistic attitude towards buying and selling vessels.