Change of number of shares and votes in Getinge

PRESS RELEASE
Getinge, 30 April 2008

Change of number of shares and votes in Getinge

With reference to Chapter 4, section 9 of the Swedish Financial
Instruments Trading Act (SFS 1991:980), it is hereby announced that the
number of shares and votes in Getinge has increased during April 2008 by
virtue of the new share issue carried out by the company and as further
set out in the table below.

            Class A shares Class B shares   Total shares           Votes
Before new      13,502,160    188,371,760    201,873,920     323,393,360
share issue
Increase           843,885     11,773,235     12,617,120      20,212,085
After new       14,346,045    200,144,995    214,491,040     343,605,445
share issue
Getinge, 30 April 2008
Getinge AB
For further information, please contact:
Ulf Grunander, Chief Financial Officer

The information in this press release is such that Getinge AB must
disclose in accordance with the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading
Act. This information was submitted for publication on 30 April 2008, at
9:00 a.m.