As decided on the 2011 Annual General Meeting the Nomination Committee shall consist of representatives for the three largest shareholders. In addition, the chairman of the Board of Directors shall be appointed to the Nomination Committee. The names of the members of the Nomination Committee shall be announced no later than six months before the 2012 Annual General Meeting. As of August 31, 2011 the three largest shareholders were Nicolas Hassbjer / Staffan Dahlström, Investment AB Latour and Swedbank Robur funds. The HMS CEO Staffan Dahlström has decided to waive his post as a member of the Nomination Committee and is represented by Nicolas Hassbjer. HMS's Nomination Committee is comprised of the following members: Nicolas Hassbjer representing Hassbjer Investment AB and Staffan Dahlström (28.8%) Jan Svensson, representing Investment AB Latour (21.2%) Evert Carlsson, representing Swedbank Robur Funds (10%) Urban Jansson, Chairman of the Board The three largest owners represent approx. 60% of the capital and votes in HMS Networks AB. For the 2012 Annual General Meeting the Nomination Committee will present proposals regarding chairman for the General Meeting, The Chairman of the Board of Directors and board members remuneration, and if relevant adjustments to the instructions for the Nomination Committee. The Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday April 19, 2012 at the company's Head Office in Halmstad. Shareholders who wish to present proposals to HMS's Nomination Committee may do so by e-mail to [email protected] or in writing to: HMS Networks AB, Investors Relations, Att: Nomination Committee, Box 4126, SE 300 04 Halmstad, Sweden no later than February 8, 2012. For more information please contact: Urban Jansson, Chairman of the Board. Telephone +46 705 90 80 91 Nicolas Hassbjer, CEO HMS:[email protected], telephone: +46 35 17 29 02 HMS Networks is a world-leading supplier of communication technology for industrial automation. Sales for the last twelve months totaled SEK 367 million. Over 90% of these sales were to customers located outside Sweden. All product development and parts of the manufacturing are performed at the head office in Halmstad. Sales offices are located in Tokyo, Beijing, Karlsruhe, Chicago, Milan, Mulhouse, Pune, Coventry and Copenhagen. HMS has 210 employees and produces network interface cards and products to interconnect different networks under the trademark Anybus®. The network interface cards are embedded in automation equipment such as robots, control systems, motors and sensors. This allows subcomponents in machines to communicate with one another and with different networks in order to build more efficient and flexible manufacturing systems. HMS is listed on NASDAQ-OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm in the category Small Cap, Information Technology. [HUG#1555682]