The SAS Group Annual Report for 2004 Approved


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 8, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The SAS Group's and the Parent company SAS AB's year end report for the fiscal year 2004 was approved by the SAS Board in SAS AB and was published on February 10th, 2005.

At a Board meeting today in SAS AB the SAS Group's and the Parent Company SAS AB's Annual report was presented and approved.

The full 2004 Annual Report, including the SAS Group, is available as a .pdf file on the Internet, www.sasgroup.net and printed version will be distributed to shareholders and other stakeholders as from week 11. The Annual Report is also available on www.waymaker.se

Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

The ordinary Annual General Meeting in SAS AB will be held on April 13th 2005, at 4 p.m. CET at Bern's salonger, Kammarsalen, in Stockholm. Shareholders are also entitled to participate in the Annual General Meeting from venues in Copenhagen (Radisson SAS Falconer Hotel) and in Oslo (Please note change of location in Oslo since the publication of the year end report on February 10, 2005 to Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel).

For further information please contact:

Sture Stoelen, Head of SAS Group Investor relations, + 46 8 797 1451

SAS GROUP INVESTOR RELATIONS

www.sasgroup.net

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Annual Report 2004