Directors nominated to the board of Axfood AB

Directors nominated to the board of Axfood AB Axfood's Nominating Committee has recommended to the Annual General Meeting of Axfood AB on 4 Mars that the following directors be re-elected to the board of Axfood AB: Göran Ennerfelt, Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Marcus Storch, Gösta Törnroth, Peggy Bruzelius, Annika Åhnberg, Mats Jansson, Maria Curman and Gunnar Söderling For further information, please contact: Göran Ennerfelt, Chairman of the Board, Axfood AB, tel. +46-8-701 61 00. Bodil Eriksson, Executive Vice President, Axfood AB, tel. +46-8-553 998 17, +46-706 29 66 34 Axfood AB is one of the largest listed food wholesale and retail companies in the Nordic market. The company conducts retail trading through the wholly owned store chains Hemköp, Willys and Willys hemma, and wholesale trading through Dagab and Axfood Närlivs. In addition, Axfood cooperates with a large number of independent grocers tied to Axfood through franchise or other agreements. In all the Group comprises approximately 500 stores in Sweden, of which 220 are wholly or partly owned. Consolidated annual sales are approximately SEK 33 billion, with approximately 8,600 full-time employees. Axfood has some 290 stores in Finland, of which 80 are wholly owned and the remainder are operated by independent grocers. The market share is 18% in Sweden and approximately 8% in Finland. Axfood AB is listed on the O-list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange among the Attract 40 shares. Axel Johnson AB is the principal owner, with approximately 45% of the shares. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/02/06/20040206BIT20210/wkr0006.pdf Directors nominated Axfood