Marel Food Systems hf. - Notice to convene extr.general meeting

Annual General Meeting March 3rd 2010: Candidates for the Board of Directors

Below are candidates for the Board of Directors of Marel Food Systems hf. at
the Annual General Meeting, to be held at the Company's headquarters at
Austurhraun 9, Gardabaer, Iceland, Wednesday 3rd March 2010, at 15:00: 

Arnar Þór Másson, Reykjavik, Iceland
Árni Oddur Þórðarson, Reykjavik, Iceland
Ásthildur Margrét Otharsdóttir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Friðrik Jóhannsson, Reykjavik, Iceland
Helgi Magnússon, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
Lars Grundtvig, Aarhus, Danmark
Margrét Jónsdóttir, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
Theo Bruinsma, Oss, The Netherlands
Smári Rúnar Þorvaldsson, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland

Further information about these candidates is available at the Information Page
for the Annual General Meeting 2010 on the Company´s website:
http://www.marel.com/agm. 

The deadline for declaring candidature has now passed. According to the current
Articles of Association of the Company, the Board of Directors shall be
comprised of six members. Should the proposal of the Company's Board of
Directors, to increase the number of Directors to 7-9 in the Company's Articles
of Association, be agreed upon at the Annual General Meeting, the Board
proposes that the Company's shareholders elect nine Directors to serve on the
Board of Directors. Thus, should the Annual General Meeting agree to elect nine
Directors, the above candidates would be elected to the Board without ballot at
the meeting.