Annual General Meeting of AarhusKarlshamn AB

At today's Annual General Meeting of AarhusKarlshamn AB (publ) the following was resolved:

Board of Directors
The number of directors will amount to ten. The Meeting re-elected Melker Schörling, Carl Bek-Nielsen, Martin Bek-Nielsen, John Goodwin, Mikael Ekdahl, Ebbe Simonsen, Märit Beckeman, Jerker Hartwall, Anders Davidsson and Ulrik Svensson as directors. Melker Schörling was re-elected Chairman of the Board and Carl Bek-Nielsen was re-elected Deputy Chairman of the Board.

The fees to the Board of Directors shall amount to SEK 2,650,000 in total (including fees for committee work).

Dividend
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the Meeting resolved to declare a dividend of SEK 4,00 per share. Monday 26 May 2008 was determined as record date for the payment of dividend. Payment from the Central Securities Depository (VPC) is expected to commence on 29 May 2008.

Nomination Committee
Mikael Ekdahl, Carl Bek-Nielsen, Henrik Didner (Didner & Gerge Fonder) and Jan Erenius (AMF Pension) were re-elected as members of the Nomination Committee for the period up to and including the Annual General Meeting 2009, whereby Mikael Ekdahl was appointed Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Comments from the CEO and President
CEO and President Jerker Hartwall reported on the company’s operations during the year 2007 and commented on the continuing work within the Group. The presentation of Jerker Hartwall can be found in its entirety on the company’s web site www.aak.com

For further information, kindly contact

Jerker Hartwall
President and CEO
Phone: +46 (0)40 627 83 00
E-mail: jerker.hartwall@aak.com

Anders Byström
CFO
Phone: +46 (0)40 627 83 00
Mobile: +46 (0)709 885 613
E-mail: anders.bystrom@aak.com

Bo Svensson
CIO
Phone: + 46 (0)454 820 00 or +46 (0)40 627 83 00
Mobile: + 46 (0)708 182 193
E-mail: bo.svensson@aak.com

AarhusKarlshamn AB (publ) discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 10.30 on 21 May 2008.