AGA sells its shares in Industrievärden

AGA SELLS ITS SHARES IN INDUSTRIVÄRDEN AGA has sold the whole of its participation in Industrivärden for an amount of approximately 722 million Skr. The capital gain will be approximately 455 million Skr before tax and approximately 328 million SKr after tax. For further information please contact Jan Belfrage, Senior Vice President Finance, phone +46 8 731 1724 or Arvid Liepe, phone +46 70 652 4484. Lidingö March 18, 1999 AGA Aktiebolag (publ) Corporate Communications ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/03/18/19990318BIT00070/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/03/18/19990318BIT00070/bit0002.pdf