Resolutions made at Axfood AB's Annual General Meeting

Resolutions made at Axfood AB's Annual General Meeting

Election of directors
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Axfood resolved on 10 March 2009 that the
company's board shall consist of seven members. The AGM resolved to re-elect
Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Peggy Bruzelius, Maria Curman, Marcus Storch and Annika
Åhnberg. In addition, the AGM resolved to elect Odd Reitan as a new director.
Fredrik Persson was elected as Chairman of the Board.

Dividend and record date
The AGM approved an ordinary dividend of SEK 8 per share. The record date was
set as 18 March 2009. Dividends are expected to be sent out by Euroclear Sweden
AB on 18 March 2009.

The Board constituted itself after the AGM, with Fredrik Persson as Chairman and
Marcus Storch as Vice Chairman.


For further information, please contact:
Fredrik Persson, Chairman of the Board, Axfood AB, tel. +46-8-701 61 00
Anders Strålman, President and CEO, Axfood AB, tel. +46-70-293 16 93
Camilla Weiner, Head of Corporate Communications, Axfood AB, +46-73-404 70 62

Axfood AB conducts retail trade through the wholly owned store chains Hemköp,
Willys, Willys hemma and PrisXtra, comprising slightly more than 220 stores, and
wholesale trade through Dagab and Axfood Närlivs. In addition, Axfood
collaborates with a number of proprietor-run stores that are tied to Axfood
through agreements. These include stores within the Hemköp chain as well as
stores run under the Handlar'n and Tempo profiles. In all, Axfood collaborates
with over 500 proprietor-run stores. Axfood is listed on the Nordic Large Cap
list of the OMX Nordic Exchange. Axel Johnson AB is the principal owner, with
approximately 46% of the shares.