Telephone conference in connection with Year-end report

This information is disclosed in accordance with the Securities Markets Act, the
    Financial Instruments Trading Act or demands made in the exchange rules.

The Year-end report 2010 will be released on Thursday, 17 February around 8:30
a.m. (CET).

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

At 10:00 a.m. CEO Arne Karlsson is commenting the report at a telephone
conference, telephone number +46 8 505 201 10. Presentation material is
available at www.ratos.se as soon as the report is released.

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


For further information:
Emma Rheborg, Head of Corporate Communications and IR, +46 8 700 17 20

Financial calendar from Ratos:
Year-end report 2010                    17 February 2011

Annual General Meeting 2011             5 April 2011

Interim Report January - March 2011     5 May 2011

Interim Report January - June 2011      19 August 2011

Interim Report January - September 2011 9 November 2011


Ratos is a private equity conglomerate. The company's mission is to maximise
shareholder value over time through the professional, active and responsible
exercise of its ownership role in primarily medium to large unlisted Nordic
companies. Ratos's holdings include AH Industries, Anticimex, Arcus-Gruppen,
Biolin Scientific, Bisnode, Contex, DIAB, EuroMaint, GS-Hydro, Hafa Bathroom
Group, HL Display, Inwido, Jøtul, KVD Kvarndammen, Lindab, Medisize, Mobile
Climate Control, SB Seating, Stofa, Superfos and Other holdings. Ratos is listed
on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and market capitalisation amounts to approximately SEK39
billion.