Axfood: Notice of Annual General Meeting

Regulatory News:

The shareholders of Axfood AB (STO:AXFO) are hereby invited to the Annual General Meeting to be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 March 2014. Location: Cirkus, Djurgårdsslätten 43-45, Stockholm. Registration will open at 4 p.m.

As stated in the AGM notice, the Board of Directors proposes a dividend of SEK 15.00 per share and 17 March 2014 as the record date for payment of the dividend. The AGM notice is available on Axfood's website, axfood.se, and is appended to this press release.

Axfood AB conducts food retail and wholesale business in Sweden. Retail business is conducted through the wholly owned store chains Willys and Hemköp, comprising 252 stores in all. In addition, Axfood collaborates with a number of proprietor-run stores that are tied to Axfood through agreements. These include stores within the Hemköp and Willys chains as well as stores run under the Handlar’n and Tempo profiles. In all, Axfood collaborates with approximately 820 proprietor-run stores. Wholesaling is conducted through Dagab and Axfood Närlivs. Axfood is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm AB's Large Cap list. Axel Johnson AB is the principal owner, with 50,1% of the shares.

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