A recorded interview with CEO Arne Karlsson's comments on the report will be available on Ratos's website www.ratos.se following its release.

At 10:00 a.m. CEO Arne Karlsson is commenting the report by a telephone conference, telephone number +46 8 505 201 10. Slides for use as material for the conference can be accessed at www.ratos.se as soon as the report is released.

The telephone conference will be recorded and is available at www.ratos.se

For further information

Clara Bolinder-Lundberg, IR, +46 8 700 17 63

Financial calendar from Ratos:

Interim report January-March 2006                   11 May 2006

Interim report January-June 2006                      24 August 2006

Interim report January-September 2006             10 November 2006