Broström acquires further parts of vessels

Broström has entered into agreements about acquisition of parts of the three part-owned vessels BRO TRANSPORTER, BRO TRAVELLER and NAVIGO. The current acquisitions will be settled with both 196,241 new issued B-shares in Broström by utilisation of a part of the authorisation of totally 6.3 million shares that the Extraordinary General Meeting gave to the Board of Directors in December 2004 to decide on for a consideration of capital contributed in kind and also for cash with SEK 6.0 million. Acquired parts and Broström’s owning after the current acquisitions are shown in the enclosed specification. After the acquisitions made by Broström to the date, 3,107,104 new B-shares have been issued since the decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting in December 2004. The total number of shares now amounts to 32,347,092. Göteborg, 31 January 2005 BROSTRÖM AB (publ) For further information: Lennart Simonsson, CEO Broström, Tel +46 31 61 61 00 More information about Broström can be found on www.brostrom.se