Leif Garph and Charlotta Wikström nominated as Board members of Kungsleden

Leif Garph and Charlotta Wikström nominated as Board members of Kungsleden

Press Release
20 February 2009

The Election Committee has informed listed Swedish property company Kungsleden
AB (publ) that it will be proposing Leif Garph and Charlotta Wikström for
election as new Board members at the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on
22 April 2009. They are to succeed Jens Engwall and Anna Weiner Jiffer, who have
declined re-election. The Election Committee will be proposing the re-election
of the other Board members, namely Bengt Kjell, Magnus Meyer, Jan Nygren, Jonas
Nyrén, Per-Anders Ovin and the company's Chief Executive Thomas Erséus. The
Election Committee is also proposing re-election of Bengt Kjell as Chairman of
the Board.

In spring 2009, Leif Garph will also take up a position as Chief Executive
Officer of privately owned property developer and manager Sparbössan Fastigheter
AB. He is chairman of SSSB, a public utility that owns and manages student
residences in Stockholm and is a Board member of the SFI Swedish property index.
Mr Garph's most recent employment was as Chief Operating Officer of Swedish
property company Vasakronan AB (2002-2008) and he previously held a number of
senior positions in property corporation Skandia Fastighet (1994-2002),
including heading up Skandia Fastighet's Nordic property investments.

Charlotta Wikström has been HR Director of search services group Eniro AB since
2007. She was also Corporate Communications Manager of legal practice Mannheimer
Swartling Advokatbyrå (2005-2007), Marketing Director of the Stockholm Stock
Exchange (2000-2004) and held corresponding positions in telecom groups Com Hem
AB and Telia AB. Charlotta Wikström holds a B.Sc. (Econ.).

Kungsleden's Election Committee has the following members: Carl Rosén, Chairman,
representing the Second AP (Pension Insurance) Fund, KG Lindvall representing
Swedbank Robur fonder, Gunnar Balsvik representing Kåpan Pensioner
Försäkringsförening, Olle Florén representing Olle Florén and companies, and
Chairman of the Board Bengt Kjell.

The Election Committee's complete proposals for resolution at the AGM 2009, more
information on the candidates for Board membership and a statement of the
Election Committee's activities will be reported by no later than publication of
the notice convening the AGM.

Kungsleden discloses the information in this press release according to the
Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Trading Act. The
information was provided for public release on 20 February 2009 at 09.00 a.m.



For more information, please contact: 
Bengt Kjell, Chairman of the Board, tel +46 (0)8 666 6441, mobile +46 (0)70 594
5398 

Detta pressmeddelande finns tillgängligt på svenska på www.kungsleden.se 

Kungsleden's strategy is to ensure sustainable high and stable returns
proceeding from its existing holding, and through acquisitions and divestments.
As of 31 December 2008, the property portfolio comprised 603 properties with a
book value of SEK 28.6 bn. The holding was located in a total of 132
municipalities, although concentrated on the Swedish provinces of Götaland and
Svealand, and the Öresund region. Kungsleden has been quoted on the OMX Nordic
Exchange Stockholm since 1999.