Notice of Broström AB's Annual General Meeting

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The shareholders of Broström AB (publ) are hereby notified that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Tuesday, 29 April 2008, at 5 p.m. at Lorensbergsteatern, Göteborg. Registration will start at 4 p.m.

PARTICIPATION
Shareholders are entitled to participate in the AGM provided they are listed on the printout of the shareholder register made on Wednesday 23 April 2008 and have notified the company of their intention to participate by 4 p.m. on Wednesday 23 April 2008. The number of attending assistants (maximum two) must be reported at the same time.

REGISTRATION
Shareholders whose shares are registered in the name of a nominee with a bank or a stockbroker must temporarily re-register their shares in their own names in order to be able to participate in the AGM. Such re-registration must be completed with VPC AB by Wednesday, 23 April 2008 at the latest. In order for this to be done in time, shareholders are advised to request re-registration by their nominee well in advance of this date.

NOTICE OF ATTENDANCE
Shareholders who wish to attend the AGM must notify the company by no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 23 April 2008, at the following address: Broström AB, SE-403 30 Göteborg, Sweden. Notification can also be made by phone, on +46 31 61 61 17, by fax on +46 31 711 80 30, by e-mail at bolagsstamma@brostrom.se, or via Broström's website www.brostrom.com. When giving notice of attendance, shareholders must indicate their name, national identification number/company registered number, address and phone number.

PROXIES, ETC.
Shareholders are entitled to representation by proxy carrying a dated power of attorney. If a power of attorney has been issued by a legal entity, an authorised copy of the certificate of registration for the legal entity must be provided. The certificate of registration may not be older than one year. In order to facilitate registration at the AGM, original powers of attorney, certificates of registration and other documents of authority should be received by the company by Wednesday, 23 April 2008 at the latest. For those who want to be represented by proxy, there is a form for a power of attorney available at www.brostrom.com. A power of attorney is also attached to invitation sent out for the Annual General Meeting to the shareholders.

A shareholder or proxy may be accompanied by a maximum of two assistants at the AGM. A shareholder may be accompanied by an assistant at the AGM only if the shareholder notifies the company of the number of assistants in accordance with the instructions provided above for notifying attendance to the Meeting.

NUMBER OF SHARES AND VOTES
There are in total 65,797,184 shares divided into 4,251,456 Class A-shares and 61,545,728 Class B-shares. The total number of votes is 104,060,288, whereof 42,514,560 represent the Class A-shares and 61,545,728 represent the Class B-shares. Of the total number of shares are at the moment 2,254,000 repurchased treasury shares which cannot be represented at the Annual General Meeting.

AGENDA
1 Opening of the Meeting.

2 Election of a Chairman to preside over the Meeting.

3 Setting up and approval of the list of voters.

4 Approval of the agenda.

5 Election of one or two persons to check the minutes.

6 Consideration whether the AGM has been properly notified.

7 a) Presentation of the Annual Report and Auditors' Report, as well as the Consolidated Accounts and Consolidated Auditors' Report for the 2007 financial year.
b) The Managing Director’s Report.
c) Report from the Chairman of the Board on the Board's work and on the work of the Compensation and the Audit Committees.

8 a) Resolution on the adoption of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet and the Consolidated Income Statement and Consolidated Balance Sheet.
b) Resolution on distribution of profit according to the adopted Balance Sheet and determination of the record date for payment of the dividend.
c) Resolution on whether to discharge to the board members and the CEO from liability.

9 Determination of the number of Directors and Deputy Directors to be appointed by the AGM.

10 Determination of Directors’ and Auditors’ fees.

11 Election of Directors, Deputy Directors and Chairman of the Board.

12 The Board's proposal regarding principles for compensation to the Managing Director and the Deputy Managing Director.

13 The Board's proposal regarding authorisation for the Board to decide on acquisitions and transfers of the company's own shares.

14 Resolution by the AGM to authorise the Board of Directors to make decisions on new issues.

15 Closing of the Meeting.

A cordial welcome is extended to shareholders to the Annual General Meeting.

Göteborg, March 2008

The Board of Directors

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