Utilization of transfer authorization in Investor

The Annual General Meeting 2013 decided to authorize the Company’s Board to decide on the transfer of the Company’s own shares in order to secure commitments and costs for Investor’s long-term variable remuneration program and for the issue of synthetic shares as part of the Board remuneration. Investor hereby announces that the Company’s Board has decided to utilize the authorization for these purposes. The transfer of own shares may take place on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm during the period from October 24, 2013, up to and including May 6, 2014 at a price within the from time to time registered price interval. Transfers will not be made during the thirty-day periods prior to ordinary quarterly reports, the day of the announcement included. Investor currently owns 6,458,994 of its own B-shares and the maximum number of shares that may be transferred amounts to 1,500,000 B-shares. For further information: Stefan Stern, Head of Corporate Relations and Communications, Phone 46 8 614 2058, 46 70 636 7417 Magnus Dalhammar, Head of Investor Relations, Phone 46 8 614 2130, 46 73 524 2130 Our press releases can be accessed at www.investorab.com Investor is the leading owner of high quality Nordic-based international companies, founded by the Wallenberg family a hundred years ago. Through board participation, our industrial experience, network and financial strength, we strive to make our companies best-in-class. Our holdings include Atlas Copco, SEB, ABB, Ericsson and Mölnlycke Health Care.