Annual General Meeting of AarhusKarlshamn AB

Annual General Meeting of AarhusKarlshamn AB

At the Annual General Meeting of AarhusKarlshamn AB (publ) today, it was
resolved in accordance with the following.

Board of Directors
The number of board members was extended from eight to ten. The AGM re-elected
the Directors Melker Schörling, Carl Bek-Nielsen, Martin Bek-Nielsen, John
Goodwin, Mikael Ekdahl, Ebbe Simonsen, Märit Beckeman and Jerker Hartwall and
elected Anders Davidsson and Ulrik Svensson as new Directors of the Board.
Melker Schörling was elected Chairman of the Board and Carl Bek-Nielsen was
elected Vice Chairman of the Board.

The Directors' fees was determined to SEK 2,100,000 in total, to be allocated
with SEK 400,000 to be paid to the Chairman, SEK 300,000 to the Vice Chairman
and SEK 200,000 to each of the other Directors elected by the AGM but not
employed by the Company. 

Dividend
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the Meeting resolved
to declare a dividend of SEK 4,00 per share. 24 May 2007 was determined as
record date for the dividend, and payment from the Central Securities Depository
(Sw: VPC) is expected to commence on 29 May 2007. 

Nomination-, Remuneration- and Audit Committee
Re-election of Carl Bek-Nielsen, Henrik Didner (Didner & Gerge Fonder) and Jan
Erenius (AMF Pension) as members, and election of Mikael Ekdahl as new member of
the Nomination Committee before the AGM 2008, whereby Mikael Ekdahl was
appointed Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

At the Statutory Meeting following the AGM, Mikael Ekdahl and John Goodwin were
re-elected members of the Remuneration Committee and Mikael Ekdahl and Martin
Bek-Nielsen were re-elected members of the Audit Committee for the time period
through the next Statutory Meeting.

Guidelines for remuneration to senior executives
The AGM resolved on the adoption of guidelines for remuneration to senior
executives designed to ensure that AarhusKarlshamn from an international
perspective may offer a competitive remuneration in accordance with market
conditions in order to attract and keep skilled employees. The total
remuneration to senior executives shall consist of a fixed basic salary, an
annual variable remuneration, pension benefits, company car and severance pay.

The variable remuneration shall have a predetermined cap and be based on
performance in relation to annually established targets. The targets shall be
related to the earnings of the company and may also be connected to the
individual area of responsibility. The annual variable remuneration shall as a
maximum amount to 50 per cent of the fixed basic salary. In addition to the
abovementioned variable remuneration, share or share price related incentive
programs may be implemented from time to time.

In case of resignation by a senior executive, the notice period shall usually be
six months. In case of notice of termination by the company, the notice period
and the period during which severance pay is paid shall, all in all, not exceed
24 months. The pension rights shall be either benefit or fee-based, or a
combination of both, with an individual pension age, however, not lower than 60
years. The guidelines in their entirety are published on the company's website.

For further information, kindly contact

Jerker Hartwall
President and CEO 
Phone: +46 (0)40 627 83 00
E-mail: jerker.hartwall@aak.com

Anders Byström
CFO 
Phone: +46 (0)40 627 83 00
Mobile: +46 709 885613,
E-mail: anders.bystrom@aak.com

Bo Svensson     	
CIO 
Phone: + 46 (0)454 820 00 or +46 (0)40 627 83 00
Mobile: + 46 (0)708 182 193
E-mail: bo.svensson@aak.com

AarhusKarlshamn is the world's leading producer of high value-added speciality
vegetable fats. These fats are characterized by a high technological content and
are used as substitute for butter-fat and cocoa butter, transfree solutions for
fillings in chocolate and confectionery products, and in the cosmetics industry.
AarhusKarlshamn has production facilities in Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands,
Sweden, Great Britain, Uruguay and the US. The company is organised in three
Business Areas; Chocolate and Confectionery Fats, Food Ingredients and Technical
Products & Feed. Further information on AarhusKarlshamn can be found on the
company's website www.aak.com.