Contract finalised between Information Highway/Connecta and

berens/partner is one of Germany's pre-eminent concentrated Internet consulting practices, which brings a long list of renowned clients such as Deutsche Bank, Mannesmann, Deutsche Renault, Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, Henkel and Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt (DM Online).

berens/partner was founded in 1992 and has 130 employees in Düsseldorf, Hannover and Stuttgart. The company focuses on well known, major clients, particularly in banking and finance, manufacturing and retailing, as well as telecom and media. berens/partner also has prominent clients in the healthcare and training sectors, as well as a number of non-profit organisations and services corporations.

berens/partner's key competencies are within strategy, system development, design and marketing, with the provision of, for example, total concept one-to-one marketing solutions as well as CRM-solutions (Customer Relation Management). berens/partner specialises in interactive business and communication solutions and is renowned for its ability to build critical business on-line platforms for the financial markets. berens/partner has also developed CIPS (Configurable Information and Publishing System), an information and content management system. CIPS offers enterprises without technology competencies the ability to manage and maintain information in a user-friendly manner.

Jörg Berens is berens/partner's Chief Executive Officer, founder and main owner. German branch journal Horizont ranked the company as Germany's sixth largest Internet consulting practice and the largest of the unlisted companies.

Stockholm, Sweden, 28 April 2000
Information Highway AB (publ)
Connecta AB (publ)