Annual General Meeting of AarhusKarlshamn AB

Annual General Meeting of AarhusKarlshamn AB

At the Annual General Meeting of AarhusKarlshamn AB (publ) on 17 May
2011 the following was resolved:

Board of Directors and directors' and auditors' fee
The number of directors will be nine. The Meeting re-elected Melker
Schörling, Carl Bek-Nielsen, Martin Bek-Nielsen, John Goodwin, Mikael
Ekdahl, Märit Beckeman, Ulrik Svensson, Arne Frank and Harald Sauthoff
as directors. Melker Schörling was re-elected Chairman of the Board and
Carl Bek-Nielsen was re-elected Deputy Chairman of the Board. The fees
to the Board of Directors shall amount to a total of SEK 3,025,000
(including fees for committee work). The Meeting resolved that the
auditor shall be remunerated according to agreement.

At the subsequent statutory board meeting it was resolved to re-elect
Mikael Ekdahl and John Goodwin members of the Remuneration Committee,
Mikael Ekdahl being chairman of the committee. Ulrik Svensson, Mikael
Ekdahl, Martin Bek-Nielsen and Harald Sauthoff were elected members of
the Audit Committee, Ulrik Svensson being chairman of the committee.

Dividend
In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, the Meeting
resolved to declare a dividend of SEK 4.50 per share. Friday 20 May 2011
was determined as record day for the payment of dividend. Payment from
Euroclear Sweden AB is expected to commence on Wednesday 25 May 2011.

Nomination Committee
Mikael Ekdahl (BNS Holding), Carl Bek-Nielsen (BNS Holding), Henrik
Didner (Didner & Gerge fonder), Claus Wiinblad (ATP) were re-elected and
Åsa Nisell (Swedbank Robur fonder) newly elected as members of the
Nomination Committee for the period up to the Annual General Meeting
2012, and Mikael Ekdahl was appointed Chairman of the Nomination
Committee.

Guidelines for remuneration to senior executives
The Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal, principally
entailing that salaries and other terms of remuneration for the
management shall be competitive and in accordance with market terms. In
addition to fixed basic salary, the management may also receive variable
remuneration with a pre-determined cap. The Board of Directors shall be
entitled to deviate from the guidelines if, in an individual case, there
are particular grounds for such deviation.

Transfer of subscription warrants to employees
The Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal, principally
entailing that transfer of the issued subscription warrants shall be
permitted from AarhusKarlshamn Invest AB to other employees within the
group, not included in the earlier resolution by the General Meeting.
Transfer to employees within the AarhusKarlshamn group shall be a
maximum of 700 subscription warrants per participant and on the terms
and conditions resolved by the Extraordinary General Meeting on 8
November 2010 under the Subscription Warrant Program 2010/2015.

Comments from the CEO:
CEO and President Arne Frank reported on the company's operations during
the year 2010 and commented on the continuing work within the Group. The
presentation can be found in its entirety on the company's web site
www.aak.com (http://www.aak.com/)

For further information, kindly contact

Arne Frank
President and CEO
Phone: +46 (0)40 627 83 00
E-mail: arne.frank@aak.com (arne.frank@aak.com)

Anders Byström
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Phone: +46 (0)40 627 83 00
E-mail: anders.bystrom@aak.com (anders.bystrom@aak.com)

Fredrik Nilsson                  
Head of Investor Relations
Phone: + 46 (0)40 627 83 34 or
Mobile: + 46 (0)708 952 221
E-mail: fredrik.nilsson@aak.com (fredrik.nilsson@aak.com)

AarhusKarlshamn AB (publ) discloses the information provided herein
pursuant to the Securities Markets Act (Sw. lagen om
värdepappersmarknaden) and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act (Sw.
lagen om handel med finansiella instrument). The information was
submitted for publication at 5 pm on 17 May 2011.

AarhusKarlshamn is the world's leading producer of high value-added
speciality vegetable fats. These fats are characterized by a high
technological content and are used as substitute for butter-fat and
cocoa butter, transfree solutions for fillings in chocolate and
confectionery products, and in the cosmetics industry. AarhusKarlshamn
has production facilities in Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden,
Great Britain, Uruguay and the US. The company is organised in three
Business Areas; Chocolate and Confectionery Fats, Food Ingredients and
Technical Products & Feed. Further information on AarhusKarlshamn can be
found on the company's website www.aak.com (http://www.aak.com/).