News release from Alfa Laval's Nomination Committee

News release from Alfa Laval's Nomination Committee Alfa Laval's Nomination Committee recommends Gunilla Berg to be elected as new Director of the Alfa Laval Board in connection with the Annual General Meeting on April 27, 2004. Gunilla Berg, b. 1960, M.Sc. from Stockholm School of Economics, is CFO of the SAS Group and former VP and CFO of the KF Group. Gunilla Berg is Board member of the S:t Eriks Ögonsjukhus AB in Stockholm, Sweden. Sigge Haraldsson, CEO and President of Alfa Laval, has decided to retire towards the end of 2004 and is recommended not be re-elected. Otherwise the Committee recommends the other Directors to be re-elected to the Alfa Laval Board. If the Annual General Meeting votes in accordance with the Nomination Committee's recommendations, Alfa Laval's Board will be composed as follows: Anders Narvinger, Björn Savén, Gunilla Berg, Lena Olving, Finn Rausing, Jörn Rausing, Christian Salamon, Waldemar Schmidt and four employee representatives. They are currently Per-Olov Jacobsson, Susanna Norrby, Arne Kastö and Jan Nilsson. The Nomination Committee recommends that Anders Narvinger remains as Chairman of the Board and that Björn Savén remains as Deputy Chairman. The Nomination Committee consists of five large shareholders representing close to 50% of the shares in Alfa Laval: Industri Kapital, Tetra Laval, Robur, Tredje AP-fonden and Fjärde AP-fonden. For further information: Anders Narvinger Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Nomination Committee Phone: +46 8 782 08 41 Mikael Sjöblom Investor Relations Manager Alfa Laval Group Phone: +46 46 36 74 82 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/01/29/20040129BIT20380/wkr0006.pdf News release from Alfa Laval's Nomination Committee