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RNS Number:1743F
Perstorp AB
13 June 2001

Perstorp AB publishes information prior to Annual General Meeting, and outlook
for 2001

Ahead of today's Annual General Meeting, Perstorp AB is releasing two inquiry
reports regarding the way Perstorp's Board of Directors and Executive Management
handled the takeover offer that Industri Kapital directed to Perstorp
shareholders last year and the withdrawal of that offer. The inquiry reports
will be distributed to Perstorp shareholders at the Annual General Meeting and
made available to other shareholders. They have also been made available on
Perstorp's website www.perstorp.com (in Swedish).

No criticism of Perstorp's information activities

One of the inquiries was conducted jointly by Lars Bredin, former head of the
Stockholm Exchange, and Authorized Public Accountant Bo Magnusson. They found no
reason to criticize the manner and scope in which Perstorp provided information
to Industri Kapital in connection with the offer process. Nor did they find any
reason to criticize the Perstorp Board for its actions in connection with
Industri Kapital's withdrawal of its offer.

Following a request from the Swedish Shareholders' Association that the action
of the Board of Directors be illuminated from the perspective of the grounds for
claims for damages, Perstorp commissioned Supreme Court Justice Johan Munck to
conduct an inquiry, in which he was assisted by Ragnar Boman, Master of Business
Administration, and Consulting Professor Rolf Skog.

In his inquiry report, Johan Munck stated that the Company, meaning Perstorp AB,
would not be able to successfully pursue a court process regarding a claim for
damages from the Board of Directors or the President. He also stated that the
Board and the President had not contravened the Swedish Companies Act in
connection with either its provision of information to Industri Kapital or
Industri Kapital's withdrawal of its offer. Accordingly, there are no grounds
for shareholders to direct a claim for damages against the Board of Directors or
the President.

It should be noted that the Swedish Securities Council presented a statement
from the Stockholm Exchange (Stockholmsborsen) in October 2000 in which it was
concluded that there was no reason to criticize Perstorp for its provision of
information to Industri Kapital in connection with the offer process.

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