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) 850 520 114 to be held at 09:30 a.m. CET on 24 August. 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, IR, +46 8 700 17 63 

Financial calendar from Ratos:

Interim report January-June 2005                      24 August 2005

Interim report January-September 2005             11 November 2005

Year-end report 2005                                       25 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

The press release can be downloaded from the following link: