Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in Ratos

2010-09-06

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

Ratos will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting at 17.00 CET on 6 October 2010
  in Norra Latin, Drottninggatan 71B in Stockholm. The complete notice of the
   meeting is available atwww.ratos.se where attendance can also be notified.
Complete general meeting documentation will be available at Ratos's head office
                     and on www.ratos.se from 7 September.
                                   Background
Ratos makes active efforts to ensure that financial incentives are in place for
  the boards and senior executives of the companies it owns. According to the
  Swedish Act (1987:464) on Certain Directed Issues in Stock Market Companies,
 etc., decisions on share-based incentive programmes in subsidiaries of a stock
   market company may only be made if the decision is approved by a qualified
           majority at a general meeting in the stock market company.
                             The Board's proposals
The Board proposes that the general meeting resolves to approve the transfer of
 shares in the subsidiary HL Förvaltning i Stockholm AB to employees and others
  in the HL Display Group. The proposal comprises a maximum of 3,000 ordinary
 shares corresponding to a maximum of 2% of the number of shares and number of
                    votes in HL Förvaltning i Stockholm AB.
  The Board further proposes that the general meeting resolves to approve the
transfer of a maximum of 2,825,000 shares, corresponding to a maximum of 1.6%,
in the subsidiary Stofa Holding ApS to employees and others in the Stofa Holding
                                     Group.
                    For further information, please contact
                   Olof Stenhammar, Chairman, +46 8 700 17 45
                      Arne Karlsson, CEO, +46 8 700 17 00
     Emma Rheborg, Head of Corporate Communications and IR, +46 8 700 17 20
                         Financial calendar from Ratos:
          Interim Report January - September 2010      4 November 2010
           Year-end report 2010                     17 February 2011
             Annual General Meeting 2011               5 April 2011
 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.
 Ratos's equity is approximately SEK 14 billion and has a market capitalisation
    of approximately SEK 33 billion. Ratos's holdings include AH Industries,
 Anticimex, Arcus Gruppen, Bisnode, Camfil, Contex, DIAB, EuroMaint, GS-Hydro,
   Hafa Bathroom Group, HL Display, Inwido, Jøtul, Lindab, MCC, Medisize, SB
                  Seating, Stofa, Superfos and Other holdings.