Hedging of long-term share-based remuneration program for 2007 through repurchase of own shares in Investor AB

Hedging of long-term share-based remuneration program for 2007 through
repurchase of own shares in Investor AB

Investor AB (”Investor”) hereby reports that the company has purchased 700,000
B-shares in Investor today, April 18, 2007, within a price range of SEK 175.50
to SEK 177.00 per share in order to hedge the long-term share-based remuneration
program approved by the Annual General Meeting for 2007. 

In addition to the 700,000 repurchased B-shares, Investor holds 700,000 of its
own shares that were purchased last year to hedge the 2006 long-term share-based
remuneration program. 

With today's repurchased shares, Investor's long-term share-based remuneration
program for 2007 is now completely hedged.

The total number of shares in Investor amount to 767,175,030, of which
311,690,844 are class A shares and 455,484,186 class B shares.

INVESTOR AB

For further information:

Oscar Stege Unger, Acting Head of Corporate Communications and Investor
Relations Manager, +46 8 614 20 59, +46 70 624 20 59 


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Investor is the largest industrial holding company in the Nordic region. For
almost a century, our business concept has been generate attractive long-term
returns by investing in companies with solid potential for value creation and
applying our experience, knowledge and network to make them best-in-class.
Investor is a leading shareholder in a number of multinational companies,
including SEB, Ericsson and Atlas Copco. Investor also conducts private equity
activities in the United States, Northern Europe and Asia.