Reduction of personnel at Ovako Steel

The discussions between the management of Ovako Steel and the unions
regarding the restructuring of the company have now been finalized. The
number of employees will be reduced with 165, which represents some
eight percent of the registered number of employees. The production
capacity of Ovako Steel will not be affected by this change.

The cost of this restructuring is included in the provisions for the
fourth quarter, announced in the nine-month report in October last year.

Goteborg, January 12, 2004

Aktiebolaget SKF
(publ.)

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