ASSA ABLOY Interim Report January -- March 2003 on April 29


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 23, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The ASSA ABLOY (Other OTC:ASAZF) Group will release the first quarter results on Tuesday, April 29, 2003. We have the pleasure of inviting you to two separate activities.

Investors' Meeting and Web Conference at Operaterassen in Stockholm

Bo Dankis' presentation of the first quarter results 2003 will be sent live on ASSA ABLOY's website www.assaabloy.com.

The agenda for the investors' meeting and web conference on Tuesday 29 April will be as follows (Swedish time, GMT + 1):


 15:00 Investors' meeting and live web conference starts
       Presentation of the first quarter results 2003 by Bo Dankis,
       President and CEO
 15:30 Questions and answers (you can call in on telephone 
       nr: +44 208 828 847 00)
 16:00 Closing of investors' meeting and web conference

Telephone Conference

We kindly ask you to call in to the telephone conference on +44 (0) 207 162 01 35. Or you can pre-register on http://213.86.178.134/inv/reg.html?Acc=2108080700&Conf=127462.

The agenda for the telephone conference on Tuesday, April 29 will be as follows (Swedish time, GMT + 1):


 17:00 Call in to the conference
 17:10 Review of the first quarter results 2003 by Bo Dankis, 
       President and CEO, and Goran Jansson, Executive Vice 
       President and CFO
 17:30 Questions and answers
 17:40 Closing of telephone conference

Copies of the first quarter results 2003 presentation will be available one hour before the conference starts at www.assaabloy.com.

An instant replay will be available directly after the telephone conference for five working days on +44 (0) 208 288 44 59, access code: 200712.

If you have any questions concerning the two activities, please contact Hedvig Wennerholm, telephone number +46 (0) 70 564 85 71 or e-mail hedvig.wennerholm@assaabloy.com.

ASSA ABLOY AB, P.O. Box 70340, SE-107 23 Stockholm Tel: +46-8-506 485 000, Fax: +46-8-506 485 85 www.assaabloy.com

The ASSA ABLOY Group is the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of locking solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for security, safety and convenience. The Group has about 30,000 employees and annual sales of approximately EUR3 billion.

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