Information from Annual General Meeting of RNB RETAIL AND BRANDS AB held January 25, 2005

Dividend The Annual General Meeting decided in accordance with the Board’s proposal that no dividend be paid for the fiscal year September 1, 2003 – August 31, 2004. Election of Board members The Meeting voted to re-elect Board members Mikael Solberg, Andreas Falkenmark, Claes Hansson and Hans Risberg and to newly elect Eva Kempe-Forsberg. At the statutory Board meeting following the Annual General Meeting, Claes Hansson was elected Chairman of the Board.

For further information, contact: Mikael Solberg, President and CEO, RNB RETAIL AND BRANDS +46 (0)8-670 95 95, +46 (0)708-18 44 40, e-mail: mikael.solberg@rnb.se Göran Blomberg, CFO, RNB RETAIL AND BRANDS +46 (0)8-670 95 99, +46 (0)733-97 95 99, e-mail: goran.blomberg@rnb.se