ASSA ABLOY

Major Shareholding Notification • Jan 20, 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 Sell
Date	18/01/2010
Limit for number of shares	5 %
After the transaction
Quantity
Shares	16,963,890
Directly held voting rights	0
Indirectly held voting rights	16,963,890
Percentage
Directly held shares	4.46 %
Directly held voting rights	3.15 %
Indirectly held voting rights	0 %

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
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	Voting rights % Voting rights Company
191,663	0.04	BlackRock Asset Management Australia Limited
1,311,833 0.24		BlackRock Asset Management Japan Limited
3,938,498 0.73		BlackRock Advisors UK Ltd.
7,184,976 1.33		BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A
1,589,796 0.3		BlackRock Fund Advisors
141,713	0.03	BlackRockAsset Management Canada Limited
263,885	0.05	BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
1,575,707 0.29		BlackRock Investment Management (LUX)
363,484	0.07	BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd
119,794	0.02	BlackRock Pensions Limited
134,670	0.03	BlackRock International Ltd.
147,871	0.03	BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd
Group total holdings

Voting rights 16,963,890

Percentage of voting rights 3.15

Published

20/01/2010 17:34

Contact

Phone +44 0 207 743 1000 Email stuart.watchorne@blackrock.com

*Source of information has chosen not to submit the data

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