Clas Ohlson nominates Ros-Marie Gruen for election to its Board of Directors

– SWEDEN, Insjon – Clas Ohlson AB (STO:CLASB)’s Nomination Committee today announces its proposal for the Board of Directors’ composition at  Annual General Meeting on Saturday 10 September 2016.

The Board of Directors shall consist of eight members. The Nomination Committee proposes re-election of the Board members Klas Balkow, Kenneth Bengtsson, Mathias Haid, Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae, Cecilia Marlow, Göran Näsholm and Göran Sundström. The Nomination Committee proposes that Ros-Marie Grusén be elected as a new Board member. The Nomination Committee proposes that Kenneth Bengtsson be re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Katarina Sjögren-Petrini has announced that after three years as a Member of the Board, she will not be standing for re-election.

Ros-Marie Grusén, born 1971, is the CEO for Norsk Medisinaldepot AS/VitusApotek/Ditt Apotek since June 2015. Ros-Marie Grusén has previously been the CEO for Admenta Sweden AB/LloydsApotek, CEO for Plantagen Sverige AB and had a number of positions within IKEA. She is a Member of the Board in Besqab AB and in Granngården AB.

Clas Ohlson was founded in 1918 as a mail order business based in Insjön, Sweden. Today, the company offers products and services for the small everyday practical problems, in six countries via its over 200 stores and online. Clas Ohlson offers a wide range of affordable products in five product areas: Hardware, Electrical, Home, Multimedia and Leisure. The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, has sales of over 7.5 billion SEK and more than 4,700 employees.

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