Loomis AB acquires own shares of series B

Loomis AB acquires own shares of series B

Following authorization by the Annual General Meeting 2010, the Board of
Directors of Loomis AB (publ) has decided to acquire the company's own
shares of series B on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.

The authorization is part of the incentive scheme adopted by the Annual
General Meeting held on 29 April 2010 (“Incentive Scheme 2010”) and
includes the number of the company's own shares of series B that could
be transferred to participants in the Incentive Scheme 2010.

The acquisitions of the company's own shares of series B will take place
prior to the Annual General Meeting to be held on 11 May 2011 and
includes a maximum of 150,000 shares. The acquisition will take place
within the so-called spread, that is, the interval between the highest
purchase price and the lowest sales price. The acquisition is to take
place in accordance with the Commission regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003 of
22 December 2003, implementing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for buy-back
programmes and stabilisation of financial instruments. The acquisitions
will be administered by an investment firm or a credit institution which
makes its trading decisions in relation to Loomis AB's shares
independently of, and without influence from, Loomis AB.

The total number of shares in Loomis AB amounts to 73,011,780 and the
company holds, at the time of this press release, no own shares.

For information concerning the execution of acquisitions of own shares
of series B, refer to the information provided on an ongoing basis at
www.nasdaqomxnordic.com. The company has no intention to provide
separate press releases for the executed purchases, unless a flagging
obligation is in effect.

18 April 2011

Lars Blecko

President and CEO

Mobile telephone number: +46 (0) 70 641 49 10