The store will be located in a new shopping centre, Emporia which will have more than 200 stores. The retail space will amount to a total of 1.200 square metres. The store’s primary catchment area comprises approximately 280.000 residents and the store is scheduled to open during the 2011/2012 financial year. Accordingly, future store openings for which contracts have been concluded to date are as follows: Frölunda in Sweden, Molde and Steinkjer in Norway October 2009, Hageby (Norrköping) in Sweden in October/November 2009, Bryne in Norway in November 2009, Kingston in the UK in November 2009, Lillehammer in Norway between autumn 2009 and spring 2010, Norrtälje in Sweden during the spring of 2010, Lambertseter (Oslo) during the fall of 2010, Malmö (Emporia) during 2011/2012. Clas Ohlson plans to open 15-20 new stores during the 2009/2010 financial year, of which 4-8 are to be in the UK. Including the company’s current 108 stores and the 10 stores under contract, Clas Ohlson will have a total of 118 stores, with 56 of them in Sweden, 43 in Norway, 16 in Finland and 3 in the UK. For further information, please contact: Bo Heyman, Director of establishment; Tel +46 247 444 90, Mobile +46 70 597 44 90 John Womack, Director of Information and Investor Relations; Mobile +46 70 678 24 99