Nominating Committee

In accordance with the guidelines adopted by Axfood’s 2013 Annual General
Meeting, based on ownership statistics from Euroclear Sweden AB as per 30 August
2013, the shareholder with the largest number of shares – after consulting with
the three next largest shareholders – has appointed a nominating committee. The
Nominating Committee is tasked with – ahead of the Annual General Meeting
scheduled for 12 March 2014 – making recommendations for a chairman to preside
over the Annual General Meeting, the number of directors and deputy directors,
directors’ and auditors’ fees along with any special fees for committee work,
election of the Chairman of the Board and other board members, and guidelines
for composition of the Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee has the following composition:
Hans Dalborg, appointed by Axel Johnson AB, committee chair
Kristin S. Genton, Reitangruppen AS
Tomas Hedberg, Swedbank Robur funds
Johan Strandberg, SEB funds
Jonas Hillhammar, Axfood’s Shareholder Association
The Chairman of the Board of Axfood, Fredrik Persson, is a co-opted member of
the Nominating Committee.

Shareholders who wish to submit nominations to the Nominating Committee ahead of
Axfood’s 2014 Annual General Meeting may do so by e-mail at the following
address: valberedning@axfood.se. Due to the planned date of publication of the
AGM notice, nominations must be sent so that they are received by the Nominating
Committee not later than 31 December 2013.

For further information, please contact:
Karin Hygrell-Jonsson, CFO, Axfood AB, 0706-62 69 70
Axfood AB conducts food retail and wholesale business in Sweden. Retail business
is conducted through the wholly owned store chains Willys, Hemköp and PrisXtra,
comprising 254 stores in all. In addition, Axfood collaborates with a number of
proprietor-run stores that are tied to Axfood through agreements. These include
stores within the Hemköp and Willys chains as well as stores run under the
Handlar’n and Tempo profiles. In all, Axfood collaborates with approximately 820
proprietor-run stores. Wholesaling is conducted through Dagab and Axfood
Närlivs. Axfood is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm AB's Large Cap list. Axel
Johnson AB is the principal owner, with 50,1% of the shares.