Nomination of Board members of AB SKF for the Annual General Meeting 2005

In accordance with a resolution taken at the Annual General Meeting of AB SKF on April 20, 2004, this is to announce the representatives of the four largest shareholders, by number of votes, who, together with the Chairman of the Board, will work out a proposal for a Board of Directors, to be submitted to the Annual General Meeting for decision. Representatives: Jacob Wallenberg Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse Tomas Nicolin Alecta Caroline af Ugglas Skandia Liv Marianne Nilsson Robur The Annual General Meeting of AB SKF will be held on Tuesday April 19, 2005. Shareholders, who wish to submit proposals for members of the AB SKF Board, can send an e-mail to the Chairman of the Board of AB SKF at this address: chairman@skf.com or to one of the shareholder representatives at the following e-mail addresses: jacob.wallenberg@wcap.se tomas.nicolin@alecta.se caroline.af.ugglas@skandia.se