Stable Trend for Hufvudstaden

Interim Report, January-September 2003


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 24, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Hufvudstaden:


 --   Profit after tax amounted to SEK 294.5 million (274.2).
 --   Concluded tax audit gives positive tax effect of SEK 60 million.
 --   Excluding costs for special projects, gross profit from property
      management increased by 3.8 per cent to SEK 566.8 million (546.3).
 --   Net sales for the Group amounted to SEK 1,006.2 million (1,005.9).
 --   The rental vacancy level, excluding the property project
      Norrmalmstorg 1, was 6.3 per cent (6.7 at the turn of the year).
      Vacancies are expected to increase during the remainder of the year.
 --   Profit per share was SEK 1.41 (1.30).

Stockholm, October 24, 2003

HUFVUDSTADEN AB (publ)


 Ivo Stopner
 President

Enclosure: Interim report January-September 2003

For further information, please contact Ivo Stopner, President, or Magnus Jacobson, CFO, telephone +46 (0)8-762 90 00.

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