ICA Gruppen’s Nomination Committee appointed

ICA-handlarnas Förbund (the Association of ICA Retailers), Industrivärden and AMF were the three largest shareholders in ICA Gruppen at 30 August 2013 and are thereby entitled to appoint members to ICA Gruppen’s Nomination Committee ahead of the 2014 Annual General Meeting.

ICA-handlarnas Förbund has appointed Claes Ottosson, ICA retailer in Hovås, and Anna-Karin Liljeholm, legal counsel at ICA-handlarnas Förbund as its representatives on the Nomination Committee. Industrivärden has appointed Anders Nyberg, General Counsel at Industrivärden, as its representative on the Nomination Committee. AMF Fonder has appointed Anders Oscarsson as its representative on the Nomination Committee.

Unless the members agree otherwise, the chairman of the Nomination Committee shall be one of the representatives of the largest shareholder based on voting rights, ICA-handlarnas Förbund. The work of the Nomination Committee is conducted in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Annual General Meeting of ICA Gruppen and in compliance with the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance.

Shareholders who wish to submit proposals and views regarding the work of the Nomination Committee are requested to do so as soon as possible, but not later than Wednesday, 19 February 2014.

The 2014 Annual General Meeting of ICA Gruppen will be held on Wednesday, 9 April 2014 at 16.00 CET at Friends Arena in Solna.

Please send proposals and views to

ICA Gruppen Nomination Committee
c/o General Counsel Per Behm
Svetsarvägen 16
SE-171 93 Solna

Tel. +46 8 561 50 561
Fax. +46 8 29 13 67
E-mail: per.behm@ica.se

ICA Gruppen AB (publ) is one of the Nordic region’s leading retail companies, with around 2,400 of its own and retailer-owned stores in Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Group includes the retail companies ICA Sweden, ICA Norway and Rimi Baltic, ICA Real Estate, which owns and manages properties and ICA Bank, which offers financial services to Swedish customers. The Group also includes the wholly owned portfolio companies Forma Publishing Group and inkClub and partly owned portfolio companies Cervera, Hemtex and Kjell & Company. For more information see www.icagruppen.se