News release from Beijer Ref Beijer Ref announces distribution agreement with Carrier for new direct expansion product ranges in Europe Beijer Ref AB, one of the world’s leading refrigeration & air-conditioning wholesalers, today announced a distribution agreement with Carrier, the world’s leader in high-technology heating, ventilating and airconditioning solutions, and a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. According to the terms of the agreement, Beijer Ref has the exclusive rights to distribute Carrier’s updated direct expansion product ranges in the European Union, other than countries where Carrier already has a distributor for these products. Beijer Ref intends to promote these ranges via its extensive European branch network. “With this exclusive distribution agreement and the relaunch of Carrier’s products, Beijer Ref strengthens its position as a leading refrigeration & air conditioning wholesaler in Europe. It enables us to offer our customers an even stronger product supply. This collaboration agreement is yet another example of the benefit of Carrier’s relationship with the Beijer Ref Group,” says Per Bertland, CEO of Beijer Ref. Malmö, 3 February 2015 Beijer Ref AB (publ) For further information, please contact: Per Bertland, CEO Telephone +46 40-35 89 00 Mobile +46 705-98 13 73 or Jonas Lindqvist, CFO Telephone +46 40-35 89 00 Mobile +46 705-90 89 04 BEIJER REF AB is a technology-oriented trading Group which, through added-value products, offers its customers competitive solutions within refrigeration and climate control. Beijer Ref is one of the largest refrigeration wholesalers in the world, and is represented in Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Holland, Norway, Romania, Switzerland, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and Thailand. www.beijerref.com