Utilization of authorization within Hexagon to repurchase own shares

Utilization of authorization within Hexagon to repurchase own shares

The Annual General Meeting 5 May 2008 in Hexagon AB authorized the Board of
Directors to purchase the company's own shares for the purpose of among other
things giving the Board the possibility to adapt the company's capital structure
and of enabling the financing of acquisitions. The authorization to repurchase
totals a maximum of ten per cent of all outstanding shares in the company.

The company's Board has today decided to utilize this authorization. The shares
will be purchased on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm at the stock exchange price applicable
at the time of the acquisition. Purchases can be made until the Annual General
Meeting on 6 May 2009. However, no acquisitions are intended to be made during a
30-day period prior to the announcement of the interim report, the day of
announcement included.

Currently, Hexagon does not own any own shares. The total number of outstanding
shares in Hexagon is currently 265 519 770, whereby 11 812 500 are series
A-shares and 253 707 270 series B-shares, and the maximum number of shares which
can be repurchased is consequently 26 551 977.


For further information please contact Sara Kraft, Investor Relations, at +46 8
601 26 27, ir@hexagon.se

Hexagon AB is a global measurement technologies company with strong market
positions. Hexagon's mission is to develop and market leading technologies and
services to measure in one, two or three dimensions, to position and update
objects and to time processes. The group has about 8 000 employees in 35
countries and net sales of about 13 000 MSEK. Read more at www.hexagon.se.