Hemtex’s election committee appointed

At Hemtex AB’s General Shareholder Meeting on August 18, 2005, the Chairman of the Board was assigned by the Meeting to appoint a representative for each of the company’s three principal shareholders so that these persons, plus the Chairman of the Board, would constitute the election committee prior to the immediately following election of Members of the Board.

Chairman of the Board Leif Larsson has appointed the following persons as members of the election committee: Magnus Hardmeier, Skandia Investment KB and Skandia Investment I AB, representing 5,374,264 shares. P O Elmgren, representing a consortium of shareholders that own a total of 1,990,021 shares. Jan-Ove Tangen, representing the Tangen family that own a total of 1,715,790 shares. Accordingly, the election committee represents a total of slightly more than 32% of the company’s shares. The Annual General Meeting will be held in Borås on September 5, 2006. For further information, contact: Leif Larsson, COB Hemtex: +46 (0) 31-96 16 20, +46 (0)708-87 77 34 Visit the Hemtex website at www.hemtex.se