Annual General Meeting of ASSA ABLOY AB



At today's Annual General Meeting of shareholders in ASSA ABLOY AB,
the following members of the Board were re-elected: Gustaf Douglas,
Melker Schörling, Carl-Henric Svanberg, Carl Douglas, Per-Olof
Eriksson, Lotta Lundén, Johan Molin and Sven-Christer Nilsson. Gustaf
Douglas was elected Chairman of the Board and Melker Schörling and
Carl-Henric Svanberg were elected as deputy chairmen.

Dividend
The Annual General Meeting established the dividend proposed by the
Board of Directors and the Managing Director amounting to SEK 3.25
per share. Wednesday 2 May 2007 was established as record day, and
payment from VPC (the Securities Register Center) is expected to
start on Monday 7 May 2007.

Remuneration to the Board
The fees to the Chairman and the Board of Directors will be unchanged
and amount to
SEK 3,250,000 (excluding fees for committee work).

Nomination Committee
The General Meeting decided to elect Melker Schörling, Gustaf
Douglas, Marianne Nilsson, Swedbank Robur and Björn Lind, SEB fonder
members of the Nomination Committee until the end of the Annual
General Meeting 2008. Melker Schörling was elected Chairman of the
Nomination Committee.

Determination of Guidelines for Remuneration to Management
The Annual General Meeting resolved upon guidelines for remuneration
to management principally entailing that salaries and other terms of
remuneration of the management shall be in accordance with market
conditions.

Incentive Program for employees within ASSA ABLOY
The Annual General Meeting resolved to introduce a global incentive
program for employees within the ASSA ABLOY Group, in accordance with
the proposal of the Board as earlier released. The offer is expected
to comprise around 28 000 employees in 17 countries.

For more information, please contact:
Johan Molin, President and CEO, tel: +46 8 506 485 42
Tomas Eliasson, CFO and Executive Vice President, tel: +46 8 506 485
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