For further information, please contact: Jonas Ågrup, CFO +46 (0)70-333 04 95 Viktor Svensson, Director, Corporate +46 (0)70-657 20 26 Information At their Annual General Meeting on 5 May 2009, ÅF shareholders gave the Board a mandate to buy back up to 270,000 of the company's class B shares before the 2010 Annual General Meeting. In a decision based on this mandate, the Board of ÅF AB, resolved to acquire a maximum of 270,000 class B shares, during the period of 4th of November 2009 until the 5th of May 2010. The shares will be purchased for cash on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm at a price that falls within the registered share price range at the time of purchase. The purpose of the buy-backs is to safeguard the company's obligations with regard to the Performance-Related Share Programme 2009 that was approved by the 2009 AGM. ÅF owns today 82,000 of the company's class B shares. ÅF AB Corporate Information ÅF is a leader in technical consulting, with expertise founded on more than a century of experience. We offer highly qualified services and solutions for industrial processes, infrastructure projects and the development of products and IT systems. We are also a leading name in testing and inspection. Today ÅF has more than 4,500 employees. Our base is in Europe, but our business and our clients are found all over the world.