Henrik Blomé appointed Deputy CEO at Ratos

2015-02-19

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

Henrik Blomé has been appointed as Deputy CEO at Ratos. Henrik will also
continue to work with Ratos's holdings as an Investment Director and to head
part of the investment organisation.
Henrik Blomé has worked at Ratos with investments and with responsibility for
holdings since 2010. Henrik is currently responsible for Ratos's holdings
Bisnode, DIAB and HENT and previously worked with the holdings GS-Hydro,
Hägglunds Drives and MCC among many others. Henrik has an MSc Econ degree and
previously worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company.
"Henrik has during his 14 years at Ratos, with his commitment and broad
expertise within company development, made a strong contribution to the
favourable development of many of our holdings. He is also an appreciated leader
and in this new role he will continue to play a key part in the further
development of Ratos," says Ratos's CEO Susanna Campbell.
Henrik Blomé will also continue to work as an Investment Director and be a
member of Group management. In addition to Henrik Blomé, Bo Jungner is also a
Deputy CEO with responsibility for finance, administration and compliance.

For further information, please contact:
Susanna Campbell, CEO, +46 8 700 17 00
Elin Ljung, Head of Corporate Communications, +46 8 700 17 20
 Financial calendar from Ratos:
 Annual General Meeting 2015            16 April 2015
 Interim report January-March 2015      7 May 2015
 Interim report January-June 2015       14 August 2015
 Interim report January-September 2015  6 November 2015

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 unlisted medium sized Nordic
companies. Ratos's holdings include AH Industries, Aibel, Arcus-Gruppen, Biolin
Scientific, Bisnode, DIAB, Euromaint, GS-Hydro, Hafa Bathroom Group, HENT, HL
Display, Inwido, Jøtul, KVD, Ledil, Mobile Climate Control, Nebula and Nordic
Cinema Group. Ratos is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and market capitalisation
amounts to approximately SEK 21 billion.