Ratos Nomination Committee and 2015 AGM

2014-10-07

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

Ratos's Annual General Meeting will be held on 16 April 2015 at Stockholm
Waterfront Congress Centre Stockholm, Sweden.
In accordance with a resolution at Ratos's AGM held on 27 March 2014, it is
hereby announced that the company's major owners have between themselves
appointed a Nomination Committee with the Chairman of the Board Arne Karlsson as
the convener.
The Nomination Committee comprises the following people:
  * Jan Andersson representing Swedbank Robur funds, Chairman of the Nomination
    Committee
  * Ulf Fahlgren representing Akademiinvest
  * Arne Karlsson as Chairman of Ratos's Board
  * Jan Söderberg representing the Ragnar Söderberg Foundation and his own and
    related parties' holdings
  * Maria Söderberg representing the Torsten Söderberg Foundation
  * Per-Olof Söderberg representing his own and related parties' holdings
In accordance with an AGM resolution, the Nomination Committee shall evaluate
the composition and work of the Board of Directors and draft proposals for the
2015 AGM regarding:
  * election of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board
  * election of Auditor (in corporation with the Audit Committee)
  * remuneration to Board members and auditors
  * election of Chairman to the AGM
  * principles for composition of the next Nomination Committee
Shareholders who wish to contact the Nomination Committee may send an e-mail to
nina.aggeback@ratos.se (mail heading "To the Nomination Committee") or a letter
to Ratos Nomination Committee, Nina Aggebäck, Ratos AB, Box 1661, SE-111 96
Stockholm.
Shareholders who wish to submit a proposal for consideration at the AGM should
send such proposal to the Chairman of the Board (at the above address) in good
time prior to publication of the notice of the meeting, which is scheduled for
the beginning of March 2015.

For further information, please contact:
Jan Andersson, Chairman of the Nomination Committee, +46 76 139 55 00
Arne Karlsson, Chairman of the Board, +46 8 700 17 00

 Financial calendar from Ratos:
 Interim report January September 2014  7 November 2014
 Year-end report 2014                   19 February 2015
 Annual General Meeting 2015            16 April 2015
 Interim report January-March 2015      7 May 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 medium to large unlisted 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, Mobile Climate Control, Nebula, Nordic Cinema Group
and SB Seating. Ratos is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm and market
capitalisation amounts to approximately SEK 18 billion.