Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in ASSA ABLOY AB

The shareholders of ASSA ABLOY AB are hereby invited to attend the
Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday 24 April 2008 at 3.00
p.m., in the Auditorium of Moderna Museet, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm.

The Annual General Meeting will discuss the proposal of The
Nomination Committee regarding the election of a new Board of
Directors:

 The Nomination Committee proposes that the Meeting resolves as
follows:

-         Re-election of Gustaf Douglas, Carl Douglas, Johan Molin
and Sven-Christer Nilsson
-         New election of Birgitta Klasén, Eva Lindqvist, Jorma
Halonen, Lars Renström and Ulrik Svensson
-         Re-election of Gustaf Douglas as Chairman of the Board

Melker Schörling, Carl-Henric Svanberg, Per-Olof Eriksson and Lotta
Lundén have declined re-election.

Information on all the members proposed for the Board of Directors of
ASSA ABLOY AB and reports on the work of the Board of Directors and
the Nomination Committee are available on the company website
www.assaabloy.com.

For more information, please contact:
Johan Molin, President and CEO, tel no: +46 8 506 485 42
Tomas Eliasson, CFO and Executive Vice President, tel no: +46 8 506
485 72