Ramirent - Changes board/management/auditors

ERIK ALTERYD IS APPOINTED SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, RAMIRENT SWEDEN

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT 8 JANUARY 2013

Vantaa, Finland, 2013-01-08 08:30 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 



Erik Alteryd, M.Sc. Eng. (born 1963), is appointed Senior Vice president,
Ramirent Sweden and Managing Director of Ramirent AB. He will also be member of
the Ramirent Group management Team. He will assume his new role latest in July
2013. 

Ramirent AB is the second largest machinery rental company in Sweden with
annual net sales of EUR 183 million in 2011 operating now 84 customer centres
throughout the country. 

 “I am very pleased to welcome Erik into the Ramirent Group management team. He
brings deep construction industry knowledge to his new role, gained from years
on the other side of the procurement table, which will be instantly applied
toward even better catering for the needs of our customers,” says Magnus Rosén,
president and CEO, Ramirent Group. 

Erik Alteryd has a long experience from working in the construction industry.
He joins Ramirent from Veidekke where he most recently served as Managing
Director for Veidekke Entreprenad and before this as Regional Manager
Construction Stockholm between 2004-2009. Prior to joining Veidekke, he held
various management positions at Skanska Group between 1989-2003. 

Erik Alteryd succeeds Peter Dahlsten who has left the company on 9 October 2012
to pursue other interests. In connection with Erik Alteryd's appointment
Ramirent Sweden's headquarters will move from Gothenburg to Stockholm where he
will be based. 


For further information

Magnus Rosén, President and CEO, Ramirent Group, Tel. +358 20 750 2845,
e-mail: magnus.rosen(a)ramirent.com

Ramirent is a leading equipment rental group delivering Dynamic Rental
Solutions™ that simplify business. We serve a broad range of customers,
including construction and process industries, shipyards, the public sector and
households. In 2011, the Group's net sales totalled EUR 650 million. The Group
has 3,100 employees at 375 rental outlets in 13 countries in the Nordic
countries and in Central and Eastern Europe. Ramirent is listed on the NASDAQ
OMX Helsinki Ltd. 


DISTRIBUTION: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, the main media, www.ramirent.com