Nomination committee proposes re-election of Board members in Axfood AB

In preparation for the Axfood Annual general Meeting on March 16 the Axfood AB's nominating committee proposes the re-election of board members Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Peggy Bruzelius, Maria Curman, Fredrik Persson, Odd Reitan, Marcus Storch and Annika Åhnberg.

Fredrik Persson is proposed to be re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Axfood AB.

The Axfood Nomination Committee comprises: Göran Ennerfelt, Axel Johnson AB (chairman), Kristin S. Genton, Reitangruppen AS, Carina Tovi, Swedbank Robur Fonder, Björn Henriksson,  Nordea Investment Funds and Jonas Hillhammar, Axfoods Aktieägarförening.

The Nomination Committee together represents approximately 65 percent of the voting rights for all shares in Axfood AB.

The Annual General Meeting will be held on March 16, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. at Cirkus in Stockholm. 

For further information:
Göran Ennerfelt, Axel Johnson AB, Chairman of the Axfood  Nomination Committee:  + 46 8 701 61 00
Anne Rhenman Eklund, Head of Corporate Communications, Axfood AB: + 46 8 553 998 13

Axfood AB conducts food retail and wholesale business in Sweden. Retail business is conducted through the wholly owned store chains Willys, Hemköp and PrisXtra, comprising 231 stores in all. In addition, Axfood collaborates with a number of proprietor-run stores that are tied to Axfood through agreements. These include stores within the Hemköp and Willys chains as well as stores run under the Handlar’n and Tempo profiles. In all, Axfood collaborates with approximately 840 proprietor-run stores. Wholesaling is conducted through Dagab and Axfood Närlivs. Axfood is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm AB's Large Cap list. Axel Johnson AB is the principal owner, with approximately 46% of the shares.