Notice of Annual General Meeting

Notice of Annual General Meeting

The shareholders of Axfood AB have been summoned to the Annual General Meeting
to be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 10 March 2009. Location: Cirkus,
Djurgårdsslätten 43-45, Stockholm. Registration will open at 4 p.m.

Axfood AB's nominating committee has proposed the re-election of board members
Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Peggy Bruzelius, Maria Curman, Fredrik Persson, Marcus
Storch and Annika Åhnberg, new election of Odd Reitan, and the election of
Fredrik Persson as Chairman of the Board. 

As reported in the notice of the Annual General Meeting, the Board has proposed
a dividend of SEK 8 per share and 13 March 2009 as the record date. 

The notice can be found in its entirety on Axfood's website, www.axfood.se, and
has been attached to this press release.


För ytterligare information,kontakta:
Anders Strålman, vd och koncernchef Axfood AB, +46 70-293 16 93
Karin Hygrell-Jonsson, finansdirektör Axfood AB, +46 706-62 69 70 
Ingmar Kroon, presschef Axfood AB, +46 702-89 89 83


Axfood AB conducts retail trade through the wholly owned store chains Hemköp,
Willys, Willys hemma and PrisXtra, comprising slightly more than 220 stores, and
wholesale trade through Dagab and Axfood Närlivs. In addition, Axfood
collaborates with a number of proprietor-run stores that are tied to Axfood
through agreements. These include stores within the Hemköp chain as well as
stores run under the Handlar'n and Tempo profiles. In all, Axfood collaborates
with over 500 proprietor-run stores. Axfood is listed on the Nordic Large Cap
list of the OMX Nordic Exchange. Axel Johnson AB is the principal owner, with
approximately 46% of the shares.