ASSA ABLOY

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 5, 2010

Issuer ASSA ABLOY AB

Holder

BLACKROCK INC.

Instrument

Instrument	AK B SE0000255648
Before the transaction
Shares	Data not given*
Voting rights	Data not given*
Transaction
Reason for major shareholding notification Buy
Date	04/01/2010
Limit for number of shares	5 %
After the transaction
Quantity
Shares	18,558,328
Directly held voting rights	0
Indirectly held voting rights	18,558,328
Percentage
Directly held shares	5.07 %
Directly held voting rights	0 %
Indirectly held voting rights	3.45 %

Resulting distribution of total holdings

Percentage of voting	Number of underlying
rights:	shares:

Shares

Instruments - FITA Ch. 4, section 2, first paragraph, line 2
Instruments - FITA Ch. 4, section 2, first paragraph, line 3

• Physically settled

• Cash settled

Total

		Chain of controlling companies
--	--	--------------------------------	--	--	--

Voting rights	% Voting rights	Company
1,336,251 0.2481		BlackRock Asset Management Japan Limited
192,151	0.0357	BlackRock Asset Management Australia Limited
3,880,537 0.7206		Blackrock Advisors UK Ltd.
7,484,391 1.3899		BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
1,583,822 0.2941		BlackRock Fund Advisors
143,387	0.0266	BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
5,400	0.001	Allianz Investment Management, LLC
126,048	0.0234	BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
2,857,966 0.5307		BlackRock Investment Management (LUX)
363,484	0.0675	BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd
119,794	0.0222	BlackRock Pensions Limited
134,670	0.025	BlackRock International Ltd.
197,990	0.0368	BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd
53,189	0.0099	The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
45,448	0.0084	Nationwide Mutual Funds/Nationwide Fund Advisors
33,800	0.0063	Nationwide Variable Insurance Trust and Nationwide Fund Advisors

Group total holdings

Voting rights 18,558,328 Percentage of voting rights 3.45

Published

05/01/2010 10:51 Contact Name Stuart Watchorn Phone 442077435741 Email stuart.watchorn@blackrock.com

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