<p> Arkeon Finance</p>
<p> Direct Trading procedure</p>
<p> Reference price will be the last trade price on the Marché Libre central order book.</p>
<p> - 26 May 2005 (evening): closing of the trading on the Marché Libre. All remaining orders will be cancelled. - 27 May 2005: opening of trading POWEO shares on Alternext.</p>