Report from the Annual General Meeting of Alfa Laval AB

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The Annual General Meeting of Alfa Laval AB was held at Färs & Frosta Sparbank Arena in Lund on Monday, April 26. More than 500 shareholders attended the meeting under the chairmanship of Anders Narvinger.

This is an unofficial translation of the Swedish notice. In case of any discrepancies between the Swedish notice and this English translation, the Swedish notice shall prevail. During the meeting, the company’s President and CEO Lars Renström talked about last year’s development and concluded that the early implementation of savings measures together with a substantial order backlog, helped support sales and earnings, despite challenging conditions. Revenues totalled 26 billion kronor and the operating income amounted to 4.6 billion kronor. Order intake dropped to 21.5 billion kronor, impacted by the negative investment climate that arose in the wake of the global economic crisis. Lars Renström’s entire speech can be found on www.alfalaval.com/investors. The income statements and balance sheets of both the parent company and the Group were adopted, together with the Board’s proposal for distribution of surplus. The proposed dividend of SEK 2:50 per share was approved. Furthermore, the board’s proposal for authorization to, at one or more occasions prior to the next Annual General Meeting, buy back up to five percent of the outstanding shares in the Company, was adopted. As Board members Gunilla Berg, Björn Hägglund, Ulla Litzén, Anders Narvinger, Finn Rausing, Jörn Rausing and Lars Renström were re-elected. Waldemar Schmidt declined re-election and was replaced by Arne Frank. Arne Frank is 52 years old and holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from The Institute of Technology at Linköping University in Sweden. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Carl Zeiss Vision and will, during the spring 2010, take up the position as Managing Director and CEO of AarhusKarlshamn AB. Anders Narvinger was appointed Chairman of the Board. The AGM decided the remuneration to the Board of Directors for 2010 according to the proposal from the Nomination Committee. Remuneration should be SEK 3,060,000, unchanged from 2009. Additional remuneration will be paid for work performed in the committees of the board. The Annual General Meeting also approved discharge from liability for members of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director. Complete proposals can be found on www.alfalaval.com/investors. Lund, April 26, 2010 Alfa Laval AB (publ.) For more information please contact: Peter Torstensson Vice President, Communications Alfa Laval Tel: + 46 46 36 72 31 Mobile: +46 709 33 72 31 Gabriella Grotte Investor Relations Manager Alfa Laval Tel: +46 46 36 74 82 Mobile: +46 709 78 74 82 Alfa Laval 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 18.00 on April 26, 2010.

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