Semcon AB (publ) - increases the number of ordinary shares

Semcon AB (publ) - increases the number of ordinary shares 

On 12 January 2009 Semcon increase the number of ordinary shares in Semcon AB
(publ) by 330,000 by converting the company's class C shares. After the
conversion the total amount of ordinary shares amounts to 18,112,534. 


The reason for the conversion is to ensure the provision of ordinary shares for
employees within in the Group in accordance with the incentive scheme adopted by
the EGM on 7 February 2008. 


For more information, please contact: 
Björn Strömberg, CFO Semcon AB, +46 (0)708 35 44 80
Anders Atterling, IR manager Semcon AB, +46 (0)704 472 819

Semcon discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities
Markets Act and/or the Financial 
Instruments Trading Act. This information was submitted for publication at 09.30
a.m. on 12 January 2009.

Semcon is a global technology development company with business at 40 sites on
three continents. The Group is active in product development and technical
information and is organised into three business areas: Automotive R&D, Design &
Development and Informatic. The Group has around 3,300 employees and annual
sales of around SEK 3.3 billion pro forma in 2007. Semcon's shares are listed on
OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm under the SEMC ticker