Clas Ohlson has signed a contract regarding a new store in Södertälje, Sweden. The store will be located in the shopping centre, Lunagallerian in Södertälje, Sweden. The retail space will amount to a total of 1.215 square metres. The store’s primary catchment area comprises approximately 88.000 residents and the store is scheduled to open in April 2010. Future store establishments that have been contracted to date are: Watford, UK, in December 2009; Hageby (Norrköping), Sweden, in December 2009; Burlöv Center, Malmö, Sweden in March 2010; Södertälje, Sweden in April 2010; Kongsberg, Norway in June 2010-September 2010; Lambertseter (Oslo), Norway in autumn 2010; Lillehammer, Norway, in November 2010; Norrtälje, Sweden, in spring 2011; Uppsala (Gränby),Sweden, in March 2011; Bodø and Elverum, Norway in November 2011 and Malmö (Emporia), Sweden, during the 2011/2012 financial year. Clas Ohlson plans to open 15-20 new stores during the 2009/2010 financial year, of which between four and eight in the UK. With currently 114 stores and 12 contracted stores, Clas Ohlson will have a total of 126 stores, of which 59 in Sweden, 46 in Norway, 16 in Finland and five in the UK. For further information, please contact: Bo Heyman, Director of Establishment, Mobile +46 (0)70-597 44 90 John Womack, Director of Information and Investor Relations; Mobile +46 70 678 24 99