SOK's purchase of shares in Spar Finland Abp completed

Axfood AB (publ.) today, 12 january 2006, sold its shares in Spar Finland to Centrallaget för Handelslagen i Finland (SOK). The price paid was EUR 46.01 per share, for a total of EUR 36.2 million. For further information, please contact: Lars Nilsson, Chief Financial Officer, Axfood AB, +46-705-69 66 33 Kenneth Wall, Press Manager, Axfood AB, +46-703-124 122