AKKA TECHNOLOGIES

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The Global placement Before first listing, a proportion of the shares will be included in a public placement in France and an international private placement in some countries excluding the United States of America. Underwriters: CM CIC SECURITIES The Open Price Offer Number of shares in the OPO: If demand in the OPO allows it, the definitive number of shares allocated in the OPO is at least equal to 10% of the total number of shares offered before the exercise of the extension clause. Conditions applying to both global placement and OPO The first share price will be set at the end of the OPO and will take account of the demand expressed in the global placement. The prices of the global placement and the OPO are the same. The definitive price will be set on April 14th, 2005 after centralisation of the OPO and should be published by Euronext Paris in a notice that same day. The final share price may be set outside the aforementioned range.</p>