Aker is an industrial investment company that exercises active ownership. Co. organizes its business activities in two segments: Industrial holdings and Financial investments. The industrial holdings comprise Co.'s ownership interests in Aker Solutions ASA, Kvaerner ASA, Det norske oljeselskap ASA, Ocean Yield ASA, Aker BioMarine ASA and Havfisk ASA. The financial investments comprise cash, real estate, investments in funds and other financial assets of Co. and holding companies, with the exception of industrial equity investments. Co.'s ownership interests are concentrated in the oil and gas, fisheries/marine biotechnology, maritime assets and finance sectors.

Ambea AB (publ) is a Sweden-based holding company within the care provider group. The Ambea group offers accommodation, support, training and staffing within health and social care. The Group has over 450 units throughout Sweden and in Norway. The Swedish operations comprise the brands Vardaga, Lara and Bemanning. Among other brands, there are Rent a Doctor, Rent a Nurse, Rent a Socionom and Careteam, as well as BoA Mellanvard. The Norwegian operations comprise support and residential care in disabilities and psychiatry through the companies Heimta and Vitale. The Company's main shareholders are ACTR Holding Ab and Actor General Partner SARL Sweden SCA. It operates Malrettet Intervensjon AS, Elevhalsan, Stod och Resurs AB and Tiltaksgruppa fokus as subsidiaries.

Bravida is a Nordic region end-to-end provider of technical installations and service for buildings and industrial facilities. Co. offers integrated solutions in electrical, heating & plumbing and HVAC. Co. provides end-to-end services within these three areas, from consulting and project planning, to installation and service. Co.'s electrical installation business offers integrated solutions for lighting, heating and energy supply. Co.'s heating & plumbing segment provides integrated solutions for water, waste water, energy, heating and cooling.

Eagle Bulk Shipping is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is engaged in the ocean transportation of dry bulk cargoes through the ownership, charter and operation of dry bulk vessels. The company owns a fleet of Supramax/Ultramax dry bulk vessels. Supramax/Ultramax dry bulk vessels are equipped with cargo-handling cranes and grabs. The company provides transportation solutions to a group of customers, including miners, producers, traders, and end users. Typical cargoes the company transports include both bulk cargoes, such as coal, grain, and iron ore, and minor bulk cargoes such as fertilizer, steel products, petcoke, cement, and forest products.

EDB Business Partner is a vendor of IT services in the Nordic region. Co. is organized into three business areas: Solutions; Application Services and IT Operations. The Solutions business area offers a range of software and consulting services for the Nordic banking and finance sector. The Application Services business area delivers a range of consulting services, through Guide Konsult in Sweden and Avenir in Norway. The IT Operations business area comprises network services, infrastructure and applications operations, security services, user support, as well as electronic business support services such as invoice management, payment services, messaging and printing.

Fastighets AB Balder is a Sweden-based company engaged in the acquisition, development and management of residential and commercial real estate. The Company's real estate portfolio is comprised primarily of residential real estate and is located in such cities, as Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lund, Malmo, Norrkoping, as well as in regions outside metropolitan areas of Sweden and in the Copenhagen region in Denmark. The Company's subsidiaries include Balder Storstad AB, Balder Mellanstad AB, Din Bostad Sverige AB, Egby Vindkraftverk AB and Serena Properties AB.

Genmab is a biotechnology company specializing in the creation and development of differentiated human antibody therapeutics focused on the treatment of cancer. Co.'s product pipeline includes one marketed product, Arzerra, daratumumab in late stage clinical development, four antibodies in clinical development, and over 20 in-house and partnered pre-clinical programs. Co.'s Arzerra (ofatumumab) is a human monoclonal antibody which targets an epitope on the CD20 molecule. Co.'s proprietary technologies include the DuoBody technology, which creates antibodies that can target two molecules at once, and the HexaBody technology, which allows for the creation of more potent antibodies.

H. Lundbeck develops, produces and markets drugs for treating diseases of the central nervous system. Products include antidepressants for the treatment of depression, panic disorder, and prevention of relapse/recurrence. Antipsychotic products for psychotic disorders; schizophrenia, anxiety, restlessness and insomnia; treatment of psychotic disorders; acute psychotic episodes, exacerbation of psychotic disorders. Co.'s products inclue Cipralex®/Lexapro® for the treatment of depression and anxiety; Ebixa® for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; Azilect® for the treatment of Parkinson's disease; Xenazine®, Sabril®, Saphris® Sycrest®, Onfi, and other.

Hexagon Composites is divided into three business segments. Co.'s Hexagon Ragasco segment manufactures low-pressue composite cylinders, such as cylinders for propane gas; and Co.'s Hexagon Lincoln/Hexagon Raufoss segment develops and supplies complete storage and transport systems for natural gas and hydrogen to the bus and automotive industry and for bulk transport of compressed gas. The Group's activities are divided into the following regions: Europe, North America, South-East Asia, Middle East and South America.

Nokian Tyres is a tyre manufacturer. Co. mainly sells its products in the aftermarket. Co. and its subsidiaries include the Vianor tyre retail chain, which provides wholesale and retail services in Co.'s primary markets. The core business units in Co. and its subsidiaries are Passenger Car Tyres, which develops, manufactures, and markets summer and winter tyres for passenger cars and delivery trucks as well as SUVs; Heavy Tyres, which focuses on special tyres; as well as Vianor, which provides tyres for all vehicles: passenger cars, vans, trucks, and heavy machinery. In addition to Nokian-branded tyres, the Vianor tyre retail chain sells other tyre brands and a variety of motoring products.

Co. is the parent company of a group engaged in the provision of insurance services and the marketing and sale of insurance policies such as worker's compensation insurance, personal accident insurance, motor vehicle insurance, motor third party liability insurance, fire and other property insurance; and cargo insurance.

SAS is engaged in providing transportation services. The core business of Co. is operating passenger flights on a Nordic and international route network. Co.'s three main operational hubs in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo form the backbone of its flight network. In addition to passenger flights, Co. provides air cargo and other aviation services at selected airports in its route network. Co.'s operations include Scandinavian Airlines. In addition to the airline operations of the consortium Scandinavian Airlines System, Scandinavian Airlines also comprises ground operations, technical operations, SAS Cargo and Blue1. Scandinavian Airlines includes SAS Cargo and SAS Ground Handling.

Sparebanken Nord-Norge is engaged in the provision of financial products and services in North Norway. In addition to loans, deposits, payments transmission services, leasing and factoring, such financial products and services also include most savings products as well as life-and non-life insurance. Co. is active within the areas of real estate brokerage, trading in securities, active investment management, value assessment and other corporate services. Co. has 81 branches throughout North Norway. As of Dec 31 2008, Co.'s total assets were NOK65,507,000,000 and its total deposits were NOK34,572,000,000.

Sparebanken Ost (the Bank) is a Norway-based regional bank. The Bank is engaged in the provision of both banking and financial products and services to individuals and businesses. The Bank's primary market area is the lower part of Buskerud county and the Drammen region. Its product and service offering includes loans, cards, payment services, savings accounts, pension funds, life and non-life insurance, investment services and foreign exchange. As of December 31, 2011, the Bank had such subsidiaries, as Sparebanken Ost Boligkredit AS, a mortgage company; AS Financiering, a car financing company; Sparebanken Ost Eiendom AS, which was engaged in real estate development and operations, and Ost Prosjekt AS, a subsidiary supporting the Bank's activities. As of December 31, 2011, the Bank's largest shareholder was MP Pensjon (9.89%).

Sparebanken Vest is engaged as an independent banking and financial services group based in Bergen and with branches in the counties of Hordaland and Sogn & Fjordane. Co. also is engaged in estate agency activities and real estate management activities. As of Dec 31, 2002, Co. had total assets of NOK35 billion and total deposits of NOK22 billion. The banks market area comprises the regions Nordfjord, Sogn, Nordhordland, Hardanger/Midthorland, West, Sunnhordland, Bergern North and Bergen South.

Storebrand ASA is the parent company in a financial group. Co. is a provider of pension savings. Co. provides range of products within life insurance, property and casualty insurance, asset management and banking, to companies, public sector entities and private individuals. Co.'s corporate organization includes the business areas of Savings, which comprises of non-guaranteed Defined Contribution in Norway and Sweden, Asset Management and Bank products to the retail market; Insurance, which includes Co.'s risk products; Guaranteed Pensions, which includes long-term pension savings products that give customers a guaranteed rate of return; and Other.