Ratos: Year-end report 2011

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  * Profit before tax SEK 860m (2,868)
  * Earnings per share before dilution SEK 1.63 (7.09)
  * Proposed dividend SEK 5.50 per share (5.25)
  * Weak development in the holdings in 2011, better in the fourth quarter
  * Refinancing of holdings Stofa, SB Seating and Contex Group
  * Total return on Ratos shares -32%

Telephone conference at 10.00 a.m. CET, tel +46 8 505 201 10


Stockholm, 16 February 2012

Arne Karlsson
CEO

For further information, please contact:
Arne Karlsson, CEO, +46 8 700 17 00
Emma Rheborg, Head of Corporate Communications and IR, +46 8 700 17 20

Financial calendar from Ratos:

Annual General Meeting                  18 April 2012

Interim Report January - March 2012     8 May 2012

Interim Report January - June 2012      17 August 2012

Interim Report January - September 2012 9 November 2012



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, Anticimex, Arcus-Gruppen,
Biolin Scientific, Bisnode, Contex, DIAB, Euromaint, Finnkino, GS-Hydro, Hafa
Bathroom Group, HL Display, Inwido, Jøtul, KVD Kvarndammen, Lindab, Mobile
Climate Control, SB Seating and Stofa. Ratos is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm
and market capitalisation amounts to approximately SEK 28 billion.


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