Extraordinary General Meeting in Securitas Direct

ESML Intressenter AB, representing more than 85% of the votes in
Securitas Direct, has requested that the Board convenes an
Extraordinary General Meeting for the purpose of electing a new Board
and certain related matters.

The Board of Securitas Direct therefore has resolved to convene an
Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on Tuesday 15 April 2008 at
10.00 a.m. CET at Salénhuset, Norrlandsgatan 15 in Stockholm.

The notice to attend is attached in its entirety to this press
release.

On account of those shareholders having had representatives on the
Nomination Committee of Securitas Direct having sold their shares in
the company to ESML Intressenter AB, the said representatives have
collectively resigned from the Nomination Committee. Proposals on
nomination matters from single shareholders can for the time being be
submitted to the Chairman of the Board, c/o Securitas Direct AB, P.O.
Box 4519, SE-203 20 Malmö, Sweden.

For further information, please contact:
Ulf Mattsson, Chairman of the Board, telephone +46 (0)709 76 04 66


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Securitas Direct is a leading provider of high-quality security
services to homes and small businesses. The company's success is
based on a strong growth focus, scalable concepts and highly
developed local entre-preneurship. Operations span three geographic
markets covering nine European countries. In 2007 Securitas Direct
reported net sales of SEK 3,816 million, operating profit of SEK 275
million and net customer portfolio growth of more than 15%. Number of
customers amounts close to 950,000. Securitas Direct's class B shares
have been listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange since 29 September
2006.

SECURITAS DIRECT AB (publ)
Kalendegatan 26, Box 4519      Tel: +46 40 25 45 00
SE-203 20 Malmö                Fax: + 46 40 97 51 22
SWEDEN                         E-mail: ir@securitas-direct.com
Corp. id. no: 556222-9012      Web: www.securitas-direct.com





Extraordinary General Meeting in Securitas Direct AB (publ)
The Shareholders of Securitas Direct AB are hereby invited to attend
the Extraordinary
General Meeting to be held at 10.00 a.m. CET on Tuesday 15 April
2008, at Salénhuset, Norrlandsgatan 15, Stockholm, Sweden.
Registration for the Meeting starts at 09.00 a.m. CET.


A.         RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE

Shareholders who wish to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting
must:

 1. be recorded in the share register kept by the Swedish Central
    Securities Depository ("VPC AB") on Wednesday 9 April 2008, and
 2. notify the company of their intention to attend the Extraordinary
    General Meeting in writing to Securitas Direct AB, "Extraordinary
    General Meeting", P.O. Box 47011, SE-100 74 Stockholm, Sweden, or
    by telephone +46 8 775 80 27, by telefax +46 8 775 01 95 marked"Securitas Direct Extraordinary General Meeting" or via the
    company's website www.securitas-direct.com no later than
    Wednesday 9 April 2008 at 4.00 p.m. CET.

When giving notice of attendance, the shareholder shall state name,
address, telephone number (daytime), personal ID number or corporate
ID number and number of shares. Shareholders represented by proxy
must submit an original power of attorney together with the notice of
attendance. Representatives of legal entities must in addition
thereto provide a copy of a registration certificate or similar
document of authorisation, indicating the signatories of the legal
entity. A proxy form is available on the company's website and will
be sent to shareholders on request.

Shareholders with nominee-registered shares must, in order to be
entitled to participate in the Meeting, have their shares temporarily
owner-registered with VPC AB by Wednesday 9 April 2008. Such
shareholders must therefore notify their nominees in good time before
the said date.

An entrance card will be sent by mail to shareholders who have given
notice of attendance as set out above. The entrance card shall be
brought and presented at the Meeting.


B.         MATTERS AT THE MEETING

Proposed agenda
1.             Opening of the Meeting.
2.             Election of Chairman of the Meeting.
3.             Preparation and approval of the voting list.
4.             Approval of the agenda.
5.             Election of one or two persons to check the minutes.
6.             Examination of whether the Meeting has been properly
convened.
7.             Determination of the number of Board members.
8.             Determination of fees to the Board members.
9.             Election of Board members.
10.           Resolution on a possible new Nomination Committee.
11.           Closing of the Meeting.

ESML Intressenter AB, representing more than 85% of the votes in the
company, has requested that the Board convenes an Extraordinary
General Meeting for the purpose of electing a new Board and certain
related matters. On account of those shareholders having had
representatives on the Nomination Committee of Securitas Direct
having sold their shares in the company to ESML Intressenter AB, the
said representatives have collectively resigned from the Nomination
Committee. In the light hereof, ESML Intressenter AB has submitted
the following proposals.

Election of Chairman of the Meeting (item 2)
ESML Intressenter AB has proposed that Hans Wibom, member of the
Swedish Bar Association, is elected Chairman of the Extraordinary
General Meeting.

Proposal on election of Board members and resolution on fees (items
7-9)
ESML Intressenter AB has proposed that the number of Board members
shall be six and that Peter Nilsson, Harry Klagsbrun, Gunnar Asp and
Svante Östblom are elected new Board members for the period up to and
including the Annual General Meeting 2008. It is proposed that Peter
Nilsson is elected new Chairman of the Board. The proposal also means
that Ulf Mattsson and Anna Lindström remain members of the Board. It
is the intention that the proposed Board, with Peter Nilsson as
Chairman, shall be re-elected at the Annual General Meeting to be
held on 23 May 2008.

  * Peter Nilsson, born in 1962, has studied at the Stockholm School
    of Economics and is Senior Advisor to EQT Partners AB and inter
    alia also chairman of the board of Duni AB and CBR Fashion
    Holding GmbH.

  * Harry Klagsbrun, born in 1954, MBA and Senior Partner at EQT
    Partners AB and inter alia also a board member of Duni AB.

  * Gunnar Asp, born in 1954, public administration economist and
    President of ComHem AB and inter alia also chairman of the board
    of Kabel Baden-Württemberg GmbH & Co. KG.

  * Svante Östblom, born in 1960, MBA and strategic advisor at, as
    well as executive chairman of the board of, Vadestra Strategy AB.


Proposal from Pennant Capital Management LLC on board representation
(item 9)
Pennant Capital Management LLC, representing 10.1% of the shares and
7.1% of the votes in the company, has proposed that Kaspar "Lui"
Sykes is elected as new member of the Board. Kaspar "Lui" Sykes is a
Principal at Pennant Capital Management LLC.

Resolution on a possible new Nomination Committee (item 10)
Due to, among other things, the fact that ESML Intressenter AB holds
more than 85% of the votes in the company and the company being a
subsidiary of ESML Intressenter AB, it is the opinion of ESML
Intressenter AB that there is no need for a formal Nomination
Committee for the preparation of the election of the Board and
auditors and the matters of fees relating thereto. ESML Intressenter
AB therefore has proposed that no new Nomination Committee shall be
appointed and that proposals on the said matters from single
shareholders can be submitted to the Chairman of the Board, c/o
Securitas Direct AB, P.O. Box 4519, SE-203 20 Malmö, Sweden.


C.         AVAILABLE DOCUMENTATION

ESML Intressenter AB's proposals with respect to item 2 and 7-10 are
available on the company's website, www.securitas-direct.com,
together with additional information on the proposed new Board
members.

The total number of shares in the company amounts to 365,058,897 of
which 17,142,600 are shares of series A and 347,916,297 shares of
series B. The total number of votes in the company amounts to
519,342,297.

                         Malmö in April 2008
                     Securitas Direct AB (publ)
                       The Board of Directors