New Vice President Marketing for KappAhl

Meta Ågren takes the position as Vice President Marketing and becomes
new member of the management team. Meta Ågren is today senior partner
of the advertising agency Forsman & Bodenfors where she has worked
since 2002."KappAhl is a strong brand, especially in the Nordic markets. Our
expansion program will among others involve the international
development of our brand. I am very happy to add Meta to our
management team with her experience of marketing in international
companies and of well-known brands," says Christian W. Jansson,
President and CEO of KappAhl.

Meta Ågren has studied international economics at Lund University and
has previously worked for Unilever and Johnsson & Johnsson. She will
take up her position in August.

For more information, please contact:
Christian W. Jansson, President and CEO               Tel. +46 709 95
02 01
Meta Ågren
                                                            Tel. +46
733 75 78 26



KappAhl is a leading fashion chain with around 4,000 employees and
nearly 300 stores in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Poland. KappAhl
sells value-for-money fashion for many people - men, women and
children - but focuses particularly on women from 30 to 50. All
clothes are designed by in-house designers. In 1999, KappAhl was the
first fashion chain in the world to be environmentally certified in
line with international standards. The head office and distribution
centre are located in Mölndal, on the outskirts of Göteborg. In the
12-month period that ended on 31 August 2007, KappAhl's net sales
were SEK 4.5 billion and the operating profit was SEK 618 million.
KappAhl is listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm. Further
information about the company is available at: www.kappahl.com and
financial information is available at: www.kappahl.com/ir.

KappAhl Holding AB (publ) discloses the information provided herein
pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial
Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for
publication at 15.01 on 9 April 2008.