Clas Ohlson has signed a contract regarding a new store in Uppsala, Sweden. The store will be located in Gränby Centrum, Uppsala, which is being rebuilt to create room for a total of 200 stores. Gränby Centrum had over 5.7 million visitors during 2008. The retail space will amount to a total of 1 200 square metres. The store’s primary catchment area comprises approximately 290.000 residents. The store is scheduled to open in March 2011. 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, Kingston and Reading 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, Gränby Centrum (Uppsala) in March 2011, Bodø in Norway in November 2011 and Malmö (Emporia) in 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 13 stores under contract, Clas Ohlson will have a total of 121 stores, with 57 of them in Sweden, 44 in Norway, 16 in Finland and 4 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