Ratos: Annual General Meeting

Ratos's Annual General Meeting was held 9 April 2008 in
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm.

Board of Directors and Auditor
The AGM re-elected Board members Olof Stenhammar, Lars Berg, Staffan
Bohman, Arne Karlsson (CEO), Annette Sadolin, Jan Söderberg and
Per-Olof Söderberg. Olof Stenhammar was also elected as Chairman of
the Board. Göran Grosskopf had declined re-election.

Of the Board members, all except Olof Stenhammar, who has been on the
Board of the company for more than 12 years, and the company's CEO
Arne Karlsson are independent of Ratos and its management. Two Board
members, Jan Söderberg and Per-Olof Söderberg, are non-independent of
major shareholders.

The AGM re-elected as audit firm KPMG Bohlins AB with Thomas Thiel as
Senior Auditor for the period until 2012.

Dividend
The AGM decided on an ordinary dividend of SEK 9.00 per share (2007
5.50 ordinary + 5.50 extra) of class A and B. The record date for the
right to receive dividends is 14 April and dividends are expected to
be paid on 17 April.

Share buy backs
The AGM gave the Board a mandate to decide, during the period until
the next ordinary AGM, repurchase of a maximum number of shares so
that the company's holding of shares does not exceed 7% of all the
shares in the company.

At a subsequent statutory meeting, the Board decided to give the CEO,
in consultation with the Chairman, a mandate to carry out purchases
of shares in accordance with the mandate given to the Board by the
AGM.

Incentive programmes
The AGM decided to issue a maximum of 750,000 call options on
repurchased Ratos-shares to be sold at a market price to key peoplewithin Ratos. It was further decided on a transfer of a maximum of
750,000 shares in the company if the above-mentioned options are
exercised.

In addition, the AGM decided on a cash-settled option programme
related to Ratos's investments in  holdings. The programme, which is
essentially identical to the 2007 option programme, will be carried
out through issuance of synthetic options which key people within
Ratos will be entitled to acquire.

For further information, please contact:
Olof Stenhammar, Chairman of the Board, +46 8 700 17 45

Financial calendar from Ratos:

Interim Report January - March 2008           8 May 2008
Interim Report January - June 2008            22 August 2008
Interim Report January - September 2008       7 November 2008


Ratos is a listed private equity company. The business concept is to
maximise shareholder value over time by investing in, developing and
divesting primarily unlisted companies. Ratos offers investors a
unique investment opportunity. The equity of Ratos's investments is
approximately SEK 12 billion and a market capitalisation of
approximately SEK 31 billion. Ratos's holdings include AH Industries,
Anticimex, Arcus Gruppen, Bisnode, Camfil, Contex, DIAB, EuroMaint,
GS-Hydro, Haendig, Haglöfs, HL Display, HÅG/RH/RBM, Hägglunds Drives,
Inwido, Jøtul, Lindab, MCC, Medifiq Healthcare, Superfos and Other
holdings.