Catella acquires outstanding 30 per cent stake in its subsidiary Catella Capital Intressenter AB

Catella acquires outstanding 30 per cent stake in its subsidiary Catella
Capital Intressenter AB

Catella is acquiring the outstanding 30 per cent stake in its subsidiary
Catella Capital Intressenter AB, which is a holding company of Catella
Fondförvaltning AB. Catella is acquiring the shares from its senior
executives, and will thereby become the sole owner of Catella's Swedish
fund management operations.

The transaction is carried out in order to streamline the structure and
facilitate group contributions, where partnership on a local level
within the Swedish fund business is replaced by partnership on parent
company level.

The acquisition of a 30 per cent stake corresponds to a total purchase
price of SEK 44 million, including earnings for 2010. Catella will issue
5.5 million warrants as part payment, subject to the conditions stated
below, and the remainder of the purchase price will be paid in cash.

The issue of the warrants, with Catella's Class B shares as underlying
security, require that a resolution will be passed by the 2011 annual
general meeting of Catella AB. The proposed issue will take place in
three series at market price, with exercise dates in 2014, 2015 and
2016. The subscription price will be an amount corresponding to 140 per
cent of the average transaction price for the company's shares during
the 10 trading days immediately following the date of the annual general
meeting, 25 May 2011.

The acquisition is conditional on approval by the Swedish Financial
Supervisory Authority.

For more information, please contact:
Johan Ericsson
Chief Executive Officer, Catella
46 8 463 33 10

Press contact:
Anne Rådestad
Head of Communications, Catella
46 8 463 34 29, 46 73 654 74 50