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 at Ratos, Drottninggatan 2, Stockholm and 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.

Please confirm participation to Helena Jansson, telephone number +46 8 700 17 77 or e-mail hj@ratos.se, not later than 22 February 4:00 p.m.

For further information

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

Financial calendar from Ratos:
AGM	4 April 2006, 5:30 p.m.
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: