ELEKTA HAS REPURCHASED OWN SHARES FOR SEK 100 M

ELEKTA HAS REPURCHASED OWN SHARES FOR SEK 100 M

PRESS RELEASE			
Stockholm, Sweden, February 8, 2008

During the period January 24 through February 8, 2008, Elekta has repurchased
951,300 B shares at an average price of SEK 105.11 totaling SEK 99,992,816. 

These repurchases were carried out in line with the Board's decision on February
23, 2008, to mandate the executive management to initiate repurchase of shares
in an amount of SEK 100 M.

Elekta's current holding of own shares (treasury stock) thereby amounts to
2,582,171 B shares. 

The Annual General Meeting on September 25, 2007, resolved to cancel 1,630,871
of these shares and the cancellation process has started. The Board intends to
propose to the next AGM that the recently repurchased 951,300 shares also should
be cancelled. 

The total number of shares in Elekta as of January 31, 2007 amounts to
93,903,316 divided between 3,562,500 A shares and 90,340,816 B shares.







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For further information, please contact:

Peter Ejemyr, Group VP Corporate Communications, Elekta AB
Tel: +46 733 611 000 (mobile), e-mail: peter.ejemyr@elekta.com  


About Elekta

Elekta is an international medical technology group, providing oncologists,
radiation therapists, neurosurgeons and many other medical specialists with
state of the art tools to fight serious disease.

Elekta provides advanced clinical solutions, comprehensive management and
information systems as well as services for improved cancer care and management
of brain disorders. 

Elekta's systems and solutions are used in over 4,500 hospitals around the
world. Clinical and information management solutions include, among others,
Leksell Gamma Knife® for non-invasive treatment of brain disorders, Elekta
Axesse™ and Elekta Synergy® for stereotactic and image guided radiation therapy
and radiosurgery as well as the MOSAIQ™ suite of software for image-enabled EMR
and efficient management of clinical and patient data.

With over 2,000 employees globally, the corporate headquarter is located in
Stockholm, Sweden and the company is listed on the Nordic Exchange under the
ticker EKTAb. More information about Elekta can be found at www.elekta.com.