CEO Arne Karlsson will present the report at 10 a.m., Drottninggatan 2, Stockholm  and via a telephone conference tel. no. +46 8 505 20 114 further information is provided at www.ratos.se 

        Pre-tax profit SEK 1,546m (2,117)

        Earnings per share SEK 16.44 (23.97)

        Strong performance in portfolio companies

        Acquisitions of Arcus and BBI Infodata completed

        Co-operation agreement signed in Norway

Stockholm, 11 November 2005

Ratos AB (publ)

Arne Karlsson

CEO

Review Report for

Ratos AB (publ)

Corp. id. no. 556008-3585

We have reviewed this interim report in accordance with the recommendation issued by FAR.

A review is considerably limited in scope compared with an audit.

Nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the interim report does not comply with the requirements of the Exchange and Clearing Operations Act and the Annual Accounts Act.

Stockholm, 11 November 2005

KPMG Bohlins AB

Thomas Thiel

Authorised Public Accountant

 

For additional information, please contact

Arne Karlsson, CEO, +46 8 700 17 00

Clara Bolinder-Lundberg, Investor Relations Manager, +46 8 700 17 63

Financial calendar:
Year-end report 2005	23 February 2006
Annual General Meeting	4 April 2006, 5.30 p.m. in Berwaldhallen, Stockholm
Interim report January-March 2006	11 May 2006
Interim report January-June 2006	24 August 2006
Interim report January-September 2006	10 November 2006

The full report including tables can be downloaded from the following link: