Bulletin from Investor AB’s Annual General Meeting

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The Annual General Meeting approved the proposed dividend to shareholders of SEK 4.50 per share. The record date was determined as Friday, March 30, 2007. The dividend is scheduled to be distributed by VPC AB (the Swedish Securities Register Center) on Wednesday, April 4, 2007.

The Meeting discharged the members of the Board and the President from liability for fiscal year 2006.

Current board members Sune Carlsson, Börje Ekholm, Sirkka Hämäläinen, Håkan Mogren, Grace Reksten Skaugen, Anders Scharp, O. Griffith Sexton, Jacob Wallenberg and Peter Wallenberg Jr were re-elected.

Board member Björn Svedberg declined re-election.

Lena Treschow Torell was elected new member of the Board.

Lena Treschow Torell, born 1946 and Swedish citizen, is President of The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and Member of the Board of Directors of Micronic Laser Systems AB, Saab AB and AB Ångpanneföreningen (ÅF). Lena Treschow Torell has also been nominated to the Board of Directors of AB SKF.

The Meeting re-elected Jacob Wallenberg as Chairman of the Board.

The registered auditing company KPMG Bohlins AB was elected as auditors for the period until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2011 with the authorized public accountant Carl Lindgren as auditor in charge until further notice.

The Meeting approved the compensation to the Board for 2007 totaling 6,937,500 Swedish kronor, unchanged from last year, which will be divided as follows: 1,875,000 Swedish kronor to the Chairman, 500,000 Swedish kronor to the other Members of the Board not employed in the Company, and a total of 1,062,500 Swedish kronor for work in the committees of the

Board. The Meeting approved the allocation of fees related to committee work as follows: the Chairman of the Audit Committee 187,500 Swedish kronor and the three remaining members 125,000 Swedish kronor each; the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee 125,000 Swedish kronor and the two remaining members 62,500 Swedish kronor each; and the Chairman of the Finance and Risk Committee 125,000 Swedish kronor and the two remaining members 62,500 Swedish kronor each.

The Meeting approved the Board’s decision regarding guidelines for salary and other remuneration for the President and other members of the management 2007 and the scope and key principles of the long-term variable remuneration program for the management and other employees for 2007 consisting of a Stock Matching Plan and a Performance Share Program.

The Meeting authorized the Board to decide on the purchase and transfer of the Company’s own shares in order to secure costs associated with the long-term incentive program and give the possibility to work with the Company’s capital structure.

The Meeting approved the Board’s proposal concerning the transfer of shares in the subsidiary EQT Partners AB to companies over which employees in EQT Partners AB have a controlling influence.

The Meeting approved the proposal for the Nomination Committee.

Björn Svedberg was thanked by the Chairman of the Board, Jacob Wallenberg, for his many years of service and contributions as a member of the Board.

At the statutory meeting of the Board held in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting, Anders Scharp was elected Vice Chairman. The following Members of the Board were elected to the Remuneration Committee: Jacob Wallenberg (Chairman), Anders Scharp and O. Griffith Sexton. The following Members of the Board were elected to the Audit Committee: Sune Carlsson (Chairman), Håkan Mogren, Jacob Wallenberg and Peter Wallenberg Jr. The following Members of the Board were elected to the Finance and Risk Committee: Sirkka Hämäläinen (Chairman), Grace Reksten Skaugen and Jacob Wallenberg.

At the statutory meeting, the Board also approved to retain the policy, in accordance with the recommendation of the Nomination Committee, that members of the Board use 25 percent of their board fee, net after tax, to acquire shares in Investor AB.

Board of Directors
INVESTOR AB


For further information:
Oscar Stege Unger, Acting Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations Manager:
+46 8 614 20 59, +46 70 624 20 59

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