Ratos owns 99.3% of the capital and 99.7% of the votes in HL Display after the extended acceptance period

2010-08-30

    This information is disclosed in accordance with the Securities Markets Act
 and NASDAQ OMX Stockholm's rules regarding public offers on the stock market.

This press release may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into,
the United States of America, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, South
Africa or Japan. The Offer is not being made to (and acceptances will not be
accepted from) persons in those countries or elsewhere where their participation
requires further offer documents, filings or other measures in addition to those
required by Swedish law.

Ratos owns a total of 3,652,096 class A shares and 27,084,727 class B shares,
corresponding to 99.3% of the capital and 99.7% of the votes in HL Display
following the end of the extended acceptance period in Ratos's offer to the
shareholders in HL Display. Settlement to shareholders that have accepted the
offer during the extended acceptance period is expected to commence on
3 September 2010.
Based on the final review of acceptances received during the extended acceptance
period, which ended on 27 August 2010, an additional 203,542 class B shares,
corresponding to 0.7% of the capital and 0.3% of the votes in HL Display have
been tendered into the offer. This means that the offer has been accepted by
owners of totally 3,243,028 class B shares, corresponding to 10.5% of the
capital and 5.1% of the votes in HL Display.
For those shareholders that have accepted the offer during the extended
acceptance period settlement is expected to commence, as previously
communicated, on 3 September 2010.
The acceptance period will not be extended further.
For further information, please contact:
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 32 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.