Clara Bolinder-Lundberg has today been appointed as the new head of corporate communications at Ratos. Clara Bolinder-Lundberg, who has been employed at Ratos since 2001, was most recently head of investor relations. She will succeed Anna-Karin Celsing. Ratos CEO Arne Karlsson: "During her over six years with Ratos, Clara's consistent, market-oriented work has contributed to our high ranking as regards the provision of information by a listed company. Clara will now have overall responsibility for corporate communications and investor relations within Ratos which will guarantee the continued high quality of our dialogue with our business environment.""At the same time, I would like to thank Anna-Karin for her invaluable work for Ratos - I believe there are few cases where strategic information work has been so significant in changing perceptions of a company as was the case for Ratos in 1999-2002." Emma Rheborg has been recruited as Ratos' new Investor Relations Manager. Emma is a business school graduate and joins Ratos from JKL, where she has worked since 2001 as a financial communications consultant. She will begin her position at Ratos on 13 August 2007."Emma has a broad and solid base of expertise in investor relations, and we are happy to have her on board at Ratos," comments Ratos' CEO, Arne Karlsson. For further information, please contact: Arne Karlsson, CEO Ratos, +46 8 700 17 00 Anna-Karin Celsing, Head of Corporate Communications Ratos, +46 8 700 17 49 Clara Bolinder-Lundberg, Head of Investor Relations Ratos, +46 8 700 17 63 or +46 8 70 719 84 43 Emma Rheborg, +46 733 80 22 63 Financial calendar from Ratos: 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, MCC, Medifiq Healthcare, RH/RBM, Superfos and Other holdings.