Lars Johansson new Investment Director at Ratos

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Lars Johansson has been recruited to the role of Investment Director starting in
the autumn when he will head one of Ratos's investment teams. Lars has
considerable experience of corporate development and change programmes and has
held leading positions in companies that include TV4 and Orc Software.

Lars Johansson, MSc Econ, is 54 and has many years' experience from leading
positions as CFO, COO and deputy CEO. Most recently Lars was at Swedavia where
he has been CFO since 2013 and prior to that his roles included CFO/COO of TV4
and deputy CEO/COO and CFO of Orc Software. He has also held positions in
financial management at AssiDomän, SpectraPhysics and AGA. Lars is also a member
of the board of Proffice.

"We are very pleased that we have succeeded in attracting Lars to Ratos. His
broad and long experience of business development and corporate transactions
make him a welcome addition to both the investment organisation at Ratos and to
our holdings in their company development," says Ratos CEO Susanna Campbell.


For further information, please contact:
Susanna Campbell, CEO, +46 8 700 17 00
Emma Rheborg, Head of Corporate Communications & IR, +46 8 700 17 20



 Financial calendar from Ratos:

 Interim Report January-June 2014      14 August 2014

 Interim Report January-September 2014 7 November 2014

 Year-end report 2014                  19 February 2015



Ratos is a private equity conglomerate. The company's mission is to maximise
shareholder value over time through the professional, active and responsible
exercise of its ownership role in primarily medium to large unlisted Nordic
companies. Ratos's holdings include AH Industries, Aibel, Arcus-Gruppen, Biolin
Scientific, Bisnode, DIAB, Euromaint, GS-Hydro, Hafa Bathroom Group, HENT, HL
Display, Inwido, Jøtul, KVD, Mobile Climate Control, Nebula, Nordic Cinema Group
and SB Seating. Ratos is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm and market
capitalisation amounts to approximately SEK 22 billion.