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.

A presentation in Swedish will be held by CEO Arne Karlsson at Operaterrassen in Stockholm at 08.00 am (CET). For further information, please turn to www.financialhearings.com.

Comments and questions about the report can be submitted at the telephone conference, telephone number +44 20 8240 8240 to be held at 2.30 pm (CET). 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, please contact

Anna-Karin Celsing, Head of Corporate Communications,

+46 8 700 17 49, +46 70 399 62 39

 

Financial calendar from Ratos:

Year-end report 2002: 21 February 2003

Annual General Meeting 2003: 9 April 2003

Interim Report January-March 2003: 12 May 2003

Interim Report January-June 2003: 27 August 2003

Interim Report January-September 2003: 12 November 2003

The press release can also be downloaded from the following link.