Nomination of board members of AB SKF for the Annual General Meeting 2004


GOTEBORG, Sweden, Oct. 23, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- In accordance with a resolution taken at the Annual General Meeting of AB SKF on April 15, 2003, this is to announce the representatives of the four largest shareholders, who, together with the Chairman of the Board, will work out a proposal for a board of directors, to be submitted to the Annual General Meeting for decision.

Representatives:

Jacob Wallenberg, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse Caroline af Ugglas, Skandia Ramsay Brufer, Alecta Tomas Nicolin, Tredje AP-fonden

The Annual General Meeting of AB SKF will be held on April 20, 2004.

Shareholders who wish to submit proposals on members of the AB SKF Board, can turn to the Chairman of the Board of AB SKF on e-mail:

chairman@skf.com

or to one of the shareholder representatives at the following e-mail addresses:

caroline.af.ugglas@skandia.se ramsay.brufer@alecta.com tomas.nicolin@ap3.se


Aktiebolaget SKF (publ.)
PRESS: Lars G Malmer
SKF Group Communication
tel. +46 (0)31 337 1541
e-mail: Lars.G.Malmer@skf.com

IR: Marita Bjork, SKF Investor Relations
tel. +46 (0)31 3371994
e-mail: Marita.Bjork@skf.com

Aktiebolaget SKF, SE-415 50 Goteborg, Sweden
 tel. +46 (0)31 337 1000, fax +46 (0)31 337 2832
www.skf.com

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