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.

Comments and questions about the report can be submitted at the telephone conference, telephone number +46 (0)8 505 20 114 to be held at 10 a.m. CET on 12 November. Slides for use as material for the conference can be accessed at www.ratos.se as soon as the report is released.

  

For further information:

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

Financial calendar from Ratos:

Interim report January-September 2004    12 November 2004

Year-end report 2004         23 February 2005

Interim report January-March 2005  12 May 2005

Interim report January-June 2005   23 August 2005

Interim report January-September 2005    11 November 2005