BE Group - notice of Annual General Meeting

The shareholders in BE Group AB (publ) are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday 25 April 2012, at 4.00 p.m., in the premises of Restaurang Hipp, Kalendegatan 12 in Malmö.

Notice of attendance must be made no later than Thursday 19 April 2012, preferably before 12.00 am.

As evident from the convening notice, the agenda of the Meeting include the following proposals:

• New election of Petter Stillström and re-election of Board members Anders Ullberg, who is also proposed to be re-elected as Chairman, Roger Bergqvist, Cecilia Edström, Marita Jaatinen and Lars Olof Nilsson. Lars Spongberg has declined re-election.
  
  Petter Stillström was born in 1972 and holds a master of science degree in business and economics. He has been working with AB Traction since 1999 and has been its CEO since 2001. His assignments include the following: Chairman of the Board of Softronic and Board member of OEM International, Partnertech and a few other unlisted companies in the interest sphere of AB Traction.

• Re-election of the registered accounting company KPMG AB for a mandate period of one year and that fees to the auditor should be paid according to approved invoices.

• Determination of principles for the appointment of members of the Nomination Committee.

• Determination of guidelines for remuneration to senior executives.

• Resolutions on the authorization of the Board of Directors to decide on transfer of the company’s own shares. Details can be found in the attached notice.

• Resolution on the authorization of the Board of Directors to resolve on new share issues in connection with company acquisitions. Details can be found in the attached notice.

• That a dividend of SEK 0.25 be paid to the shareholders for the financial year 2011.

Additional information about BE Group can be found on the company website www.begroup.com.

For further information, please contact:
Roger Johansson, President and CEO
tel.: +46 (0)733 188 758  e-mail: roger.johansson@begroup.com

Torbjörn Clementz, CFO and Executive Vice President
tel: +46 (0)708 690 788   e-mail: torbjorn.clementz@begroup.com

BE Group, listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm exchange, is a trading and service company in steel and other metals. BE Group provides various forms of service for steel, stainless steel and aluminium applications to customers primarily in the construction and engineering sectors. In 2011, the Group reported sales of SEK 5.9 Bn. BE Group has slightly more than 900 employees in ten countries, with Sweden and Finland as its largest markets. The head office is located in Malmö, Sweden. Read more about BE Group at www.begroup.com

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