Ratos — Board/Management Information 2008

Nov 13, 2008

Ratos AB (publ), Drottninggatan 2 Box 1661 SE-111 96 Stockholm Org nr/Corp. Id. no. SE 556008-3585 Tel +46 8 700 17 00 Fax +46 8 10 25 59 www.ratos.se

P R E S S R E L E A S E 13 November 2008

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Margareth Øvrum proposed as new Board member

Ahead of the 2009 Annual General Meeting, Ratos's Nomination Committee proposed that the Board be expanded by one member. Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President at StatoilHydro in Bergen, Norway, is proposed as the new member of the Board.

Margareth Øvrum, born 1958, has an MSc in Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH), specialising in technical physics. She is currently Executive Vice President for the Technology & New Energy business area within the StatoilHydro Group. Previously she held management positions in the Statoil Group within purchasing, production, projects, health, safety and the environment and was Statoil's first female platform manager. In addition to the proposed assignment for Ratos, Margareth Øvrum is a member of the boards of Atlas Copco, the Norwegian company Elkem and the Norwegian Research Council. Margareth Øvrum is a Norwegian citizen and lives in Norway.

The present members of Ratos's Board of Directors are Olof Stenhammar (Chairman), Lars Berg, Staffan Bohman, Annette Sadolin, Jan Söderberg, Per-Olof Söderberg and Arne Karlsson (CEO).

The Nomination Committee comprises Annika Andersson (Chairman and representing AP4), Peder Hasslev (representing AMF Pension), Olof Stenhammar (Chairman of Ratos's Board), Jan Söderberg (representing own and related parties' shares), Maria Söderberg (representing the Torsten Söderberg Foundation) and Per-Olof Söderberg (representing own and related parties' shares).

Ratos's Annual General Meeting will be held at 17.30 CET on 2 April 2009 in City Conference Center, Barnhusgatan 12-14, Stockholm. The notice of the annual general meeting will be published at the end of February.

For further information, please contact: Annika Andersson, Chairman of Ratos's Nomination Committee, +46 8 787 75 69 Olof Stenhammar, Chairman of the Ratos Board, +46 8 700 17 00

Financial calendar from Ratos: Year-End Report 2008 19 February 2009 Annual General Meeting 2009 2 April 2009 Interim Report January – March 2009 7 May 2009 Interim Report January – June 2009 20 August 2009 Interim Report January – September 2009 5 November 2009

Ratos is a listed private equity company. The business concept is to maximise shareholder value over time by investing in, developing and divesting primarily unlisted companies. Ratos offers investors a unique investment opportunity. The equity of Ratos's investments is approximately SEK 11 billion and a market capitalisation of approximately SEK 21 billion. Ratos's holdings include AH Industries, Anticimex, Arcus Gruppen, Bisnode, Camfil, Contex, DIAB, EuroMaint, GS-Hydro, Haglöfs, HL Display, HÅG/RH/RBM, Hägglunds Drives, Inwido, Jøtul, Lindab, MCC, Medisize, Superfos and Other holdings.