Ratos: AGM 11 April 2007


Ratos's Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 11 April at
17.30 CET in Berwaldhallen, Stockholm. The complete notice of the
meeting is available at www.ratos.se where attendance can also be
notified. Complete AGM documentation will be available at Ratos's
head office and on the company's website www.ratos.se from 28 March.

Board of Directors
The Nomination Committee proposes election of Annette Sadolin as a
new Board member and re-election of Board members Olof Stenhammar,
Lars Berg, Staffan Bohman, Göran Grosskopf, Arne Karlsson (CEO), Jan
Söderberg and Per-Olof Söderberg. Peggy Bruzelius has declined
re-election. Olof Stenhammar is proposed as Chairman of the Board.
Olof Stenhammar is also proposed as Chairman of the AGM.

Annette Sadolin, who is proposed for election as a new Board member,
has had a long international career within the insurance industry,
primarily General Electric. Among other positions, she was a member
of the Board and management of General Electric's reinsurance
companies in Europe, Asia and the US and was CEO of the Danish
company GE Frankona. She retired from GE in 2003 and today sits on
the boards of several major companies, including Topdanmark, Dansk
Standard and Lindab International AB. Annette Sadolin, who was born
in 1947, has a law degree from Copenhagen University. She lives in
Copenhagen.

Of the proposed Board members, all except Olof Stenhammar, who has
been on the Board of the company for more than 12 years, and the
company's CEO Arne Karlsson are independent of Ratos and its
management. Two Board members, Jan Söderberg and Per-Olof Söderberg,
are non-independent of major shareholders.

A more detailed presentation of proposed Board members and the work
of the Nomination Committee is provided on the company's website
www.ratos.se.

Proposed dividend
The Board proposes an ordinary dividend of SEK 5.50 per share (4.19)
of class A and B. In addition, an extra dividend is proposed of SEK
5.50 per class A and B share. The record date for the right to
received dividends is proposed as 16 April and dividends are expected
to be paid on 19 April.

Purchase of treasury shares
The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting gives
the Board a mandate to decide, during the period until the next
Annual General Meeting, on repurchase of a maximum number of shares
so that the company's holding of treasury shares does not exceed 7%
of all the shares in the company. The purpose of the buy-backs is to
give the Board more room for manoeuvre in its work to create value
for the company's shareholders.

Incentive programme
The Board proposes a decision to issue a maximum of 775,000 call
options on repurchased Ratos-shares to be transferred at a market
premium to key people within Ratos. The intention is that option
purchases should be partly subsidised. It is further proposed that
the Annual General Meeting decides on a transfer of a maximum of
775,000 shares in the company when the above-mentioned options are
exercised.

In addition, the Board proposes that the Annual General Meeting
decides to introduce a cash-settled option programme related to
Ratos's investments in new holdings. It is proposed to carry out the
programme through issuance of synthetic options which key people
within Ratos will be entitled to acquire.



For further information, please contact:
Olof Stenhammar, Chairman of the Board, +46 8 700 17 45




Financial calendar from Ratos:

Annual General Meeting           11 April 2007
Interim report January-March     9 May 2007
Interim report January-June      21 August 2007
Interim report January-September 9 November 2007



Ratos is a listed private equity company. The business concept is to
maximise shareholder value over time by investing in, developing and
divesting primarily unlisted companies. Ratos thus offers stock
market players a unique investment opportunity. The equity of Ratos's
investments is approximately SEK 11 billion. Ratos's holdings include
Anticimex, Arcus Gruppen, Bisnode, Bluegarden, Camfil, DIAB,
GS-Hydro, Haendig, Haglöfs, HL Display, Hägglunds Drives, Inwido,
Jøtul, Lindab, Medifiq Healthcare, RH/RBM, Superfos and Other
holdings.

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