AAK has entered a partnership with Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, and palm oil corporation Musim Mas to address deforestation outside of palm oil concession areas in Aceh, Indonesia. The five-year program will positively impact some 1,000 independent smallholders. Aceh is a priority landscape as 87 percent of the Leuser Ecosystem – a protected area important for both biodiversity and carbon storage – lies within the province. “This partnership is an important part of AAK’s sustainable sourcing approach”, says Anne Mette Olesen, Chief Strategy & Sustainability

Hexagon will host a Capital Markets Day on 30 September 2021. During the event, President and CEO Ola Rollén will, together with members of Group Management, present their views on current market trends, growth opportunities and key strategic focus areas. The event will be held virtually from 13:00 CET and will run until approx. 18:00 CET. The full agenda will be available closer to the event. During the live event you will have the opportunity to submit questions for the presenters. The presentations will also be available on demand after the event. Please register via the link

Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions, today announced the launch of HxGN MineMeasure (https://hexagonmining.com/solutions/drill-and-blast-portfolio), a tailored solution combining blast design software, high-precision drilling, blast movement monitoring, fragmentation analysis and enterprise analytics. Backed by a consultative team of dedicated technical experts, MineMeasure brings accuracy and precision to every step of the drill and blast (D&B) process with the potential to save companies millions of dollars. MineMeasure drives excellence and focuses on the

ASSA ABLOY has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Hardware and Home Improvement (“HHI”) division of Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB) for a purchase price of MUSD 4,300 on a cash and debt free basis. Spectrum Brands’ Hardware and Home Improvement (“HHI”) division is a leading provider of security, plumbing, and builders’ hardware products to the North American residential segment with a diversified product offering of locksets, faucets, and builders´ hardware. HHI has a varied portfolio of innovative products, including patented SmartKey technology and electronic, smart and biometric

Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions, today announced (http://www.BLK2021.com) the introduction of the Leica BLK ARC and the Leica BLK2FLY, extending its iconic and award-winning BLK series known for speed, portability and mobility with fully autonomous mobile reality capture. The autonomous reality capture solutions are the latest innovations in Hexagon’s comprehensive portfolio of accessible, easy-to-use digital reality capture sensors. The Leica BLK ARC is a laser scanning sensor purposely built to improve the autonomous navigation of robots and other carrier

The long-term incentive program for employees (“Warrants Program series 2017/2022:2”) implemented at the annual general meeting on May 17, 2017 has resulted in the number of shares and votes in the company having increased during August 2021 by 336,000 shares and votes, through conversion of subscription warrants into new shares in the company. As of August 31, 2021, there are in total 256,849,938 shares and votes in the company. For more information, please contact: Gabriella Grotte Head of IR and Corporate Communications Mobile: +46 737 16 80 01 E-mail: gabriella.grotte@aak.com

Securitas is pleased to invite investors, analysts and financial media to our Virtual Investor Day on Tuesday  December 7, 2021, at 14.00 CET to approx. 17.00. The event will provide a strategic and financial update, including status and achievements of our transformation programs and our intelligent security services journey. A formal invitation including the program will follow closer to the event. Further information: Investors: Micaela Sjökvist, Head of Investor Relations, mobile: +46 (0) 76 116 7443; micaela.sjokvist@securitas.com Media: Helena Andreas, SVP Communications &

ASSA ABLOY has acquired Omni-ID, a leading manufacturer of RFID tags and industrial IoT hardware devices for passive and active tagging, tracking, monitoring and alerting applications, based in the US. "I am very pleased to welcome Omni-ID into the ASSA ABLOY Group. Omni-ID is a strategic technological addition to the ASSA ABLOY Group and reinforces our current RFID and IoT offering and provides complementary growth opportunities,” says Nico Delvaux, President and CEO of ASSA ABLOY. “In addition to broadening our value-added RFID components and active identification devices offering,

ASSA ABLOY has acquired Capital Door Service, a leading pedestrian door distributor and service company in California, Nevada and Arizona. "I am very pleased to welcome Capital Door Service into the ASSA ABLOY Group. I welcome this complementary addition, specializing in entrance automation, to our business,” says Nico Delvaux, President and CEO of ASSA ABLOY. “Capital Door Service with its strong market position will further strengthen our geographic coverage in Western U.S. I welcome the team to ASSA ABLOY and I am convinced that we will continue together our successful journey,”