Broström's major owners in a new structure

Shipinvest Intressenter sells Broström shares to its shareholders. Shipinvest Intressenter AB has as its only assignment to own and administer shares in Broström AB. The company’s holding represents 10.8 per cent of the capital and 28.1 per cent of the votes. The shareholders in Shipinvest Intressenter also have considerable direct holdings in Broström. An agreement has been reached that all Broström shares owned by Shipinvest Intressenter up to now will be transferred to the shareholders in Shipinvest Intressenter in proportion to their shareholding in this company. The acquisitions cover in total 1,158,461 A shares and 2,013,768 B shares in Broström. The ownership structure in Broström after this change is as follows: Shareholders as per 22 December 2004 (preliminary) capital-% votes-% Arvid Svensson sphere 13.9% 27.1% Dreijer family, incl companies 7.4% 17.7% Odin fonder, Oslo 8.8% 5.5% Björnram family 1.8% 4.2% Lennart Simonsson 1.0% 2.3% Kenneth Nilsson 1.1% 2.2% Catella Fonder 2.7% 1.7% Andra AP-fonden 1.2% 0.8% Other * 62.1% 38.5% TOTAL 100,0% 100,0% * Including non-Swedish nominee shareholders where individual shareholders are not officially registered. Göteborg, 23 December 2004 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