Lagercrantz Group’s Board of Directors decides on repurchase of own shares

The Board of Directors of Lagercrantz Group AB has today decided to exercise the authorisation obtained from the Annual General Meeting held 24 August 2005 to repurchase shares in the Company during the period until the next following regularly scheduled Annual General Meeting. The purpose of repurchases is to enable the Group to adapt its capital structure and to allow for future acquisitions of companies or businesses to be made with payment in own shares. Purchases will be made over Stockholmsbörsen (the Stockholm Stock Exchange) at the market price prevailing at the time of purchase. According to the decision of the Board of Directors, a maximum number of shares may be acquired until the next following regularly scheduled Annual General Meeting so that the Company’s holding of shares held in treasury may at no time exceed 10 percent of the total number of shares outstanding in the Company. Lagercrantz Group AB holds 1,836,423 class B shares in treasury. The regularly scheduled Annual General Meeting held 24 August 2005 resolved to cancel 1,500,000 of these shares. After registration of the cancellation, the number of shares held by Lagercrantz Group AB in treasury is 336,423 and the total number of shares in the Company is 24,414,232. Stockholm, 24 August 2005 Lagercrantz Group AB (publ) For further information, contact: Niklas Enmark, CFO, Lagercrantz Group AB, telephone +46 8 700 66 70.