Due to conversions of shares from series A to series B in accordance with the company's Articles of Association, AB SKF confirms the following. As per 31 August the company's share capital amounts to 1 138 377 670 SEK and the total number of shares amounts to 42 649 282 shares of series A and 412 701 786 shares of series B. The number of votes in the company amounts to 83 919 461. AB SKF does not hold any own shares.

AB SKF is required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 11.00 on August 31.


For further information, please contact:
PRESS: Rebecca Janzon, Director, Press Relations
tel: +46 31-337 2400, mobile: +46 727-173880, e-mail: rebecca.janzon@skf.com

INVESTOR RELATIONS: Marita Björk, Head of Investor Relations
tel: +46 31-337 1994, mobile: +46 705-181994, e-mail: marita.bjork@skf.com


About SKF
SKF is a leading global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services which include technical support, maintenance and reliability services, engineering consulting and training. SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has around 15,000 distributor locations worldwide. Annual sales in 2011 were SEK 66,216 million and the number of employees was 46,039. www.skf.com

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