Hakon Invest AB : Per Strömberg to be new CEO of ICA

Per Strömberg has been appointed new CEO of the ICA Group. He will assume his
duties on April 16, 2012, at the latest, and succeeds Kenneth Bengtsson, who
will leave the company after eleven years as CEO.

The Board of Directors of ICA AB initiated the recruitment process for Kenneth
Bengtsson's successor last spring when his departure was announced.

"Per Strömberg has a solid track record in managing successful food businesses
and is an accomplished leader, which is shown not least by his achievements at
Lantmännen," comments Claes-Göran Sylvén, Chairman of the Board of ICA AB. "Like
ICA, Lantmännen operates a number of different businesses and is present in a
number of countries in Scandinavia, with a culture that is similar to ICA's in
many ways. We are happy to have Per Strömberg on board."

Per Strömberg (47) will join ICA from Lantmännen, where he has served as CEO for
the past four years and has successfully led the Group's strategy and earnings
improvement program. He also has many years of experience from various
international positions with Kraft Foods, among others as CEO of the Swedish
operations, CEO of Kraft Denmark, head of Strategy and Business Development in
the United Kingdom and as CEO of Sardus before it was sold to Atria.



ICA AB is a joint venture in the Hakon Invest group. The information is such
that Hakon Invest must disclose pursuant to the Swedish Securities Market Act
and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was
submitted for publication at 08.00 CET on October 19, 2011.



For more information, contact:

CEO Hakon Invest
Claes-Göran Sylvén
tel. +46-8-55 33 99 64

Head of IR Hakon
Pernilla Grennfelt
tel. +46-8-55 33 99 55




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