The Annual General Meeting of Ratos AB (publ) will be held at 5.30 p.m. on 4 April 2006 at Berwaldhallen, Stockholm. In accordance with a resolution at Ratos's AGM held on 6 April 2005, it is hereby announced that the company's major owners have between themselves appointed a Nomination Committee with the Chairman of the Board Olof Stenhammar as the convener. The Nomination Committee comprises the following people:

         Jan-Erik Erenius representing AMF Pension

         Pernilla Klein representing AP3

         Olof Stenhammar as Chairman of Ratos's Board

         Jan Söderberg representing his own and related parties' holdings

         Per-Olof Söderberg representing his own and related parties' holdings

         Maria Söderberg representing the Torsten Söderberg Foundation.

In accordance with an AGM resolution, the Nomination Committee shall evaluate the composition and work of the Board of Directors and draft proposals for the AGM regarding:

         election of the Board of Directors

         election of a Chairman of the Board

         fees to Board members and auditors

         election of a Chairman for the AGM.

Shareholders who wish to contact the Nomination Committee are invited to send an e-mail to lena.elfstrom@ratos.se (mail heading: To the Nomination Committee) or a letter to Ratos Nomination Committee, Lena Elfström, Ratos AB, Box 1661, SE-111 96 Stockholm".

For further information, please contact

Olof Stenhammar, telephone +46 8 700 17 45

Financial calendar from Ratos:

Interim report January-September 2005             11 November 2005

Year-end report 2005                                     23 February 2006

Interim report January-March 2006                   11 May 2006

Interim report January-June 2006                      24 August 2006

Interim report January-September 2006             10 November 2006