Clas Ohlson increase sales in December

Sales increased by 5 per cent in December to 1,114 MSEK (1,066). In local
currencies, sales increased by 7 per cent.
Compared with the same month previous year, the net store portfolio was expanded
by 9 stores. At the end of the period, the total number of stores was 205.

Sales were distributed as follows:

+------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------+-----------------
-+
|Countries, MSEK         |December|December|Percentage change|Percentage
change,|
|                        |2015/16 |2014/15 |                 |local currency
|
+------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------+-----------------
-+
|Sweden                  |495     |468     |+6               |+6
|
+------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------+-----------------
-+
|Norway                  |431     |423     |+2               |+9
|
+------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------+-----------------
-+
|Finland                 |133     |119     |+12              |+13
|
+------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------+-----------------
-+
|Outside Nordic countries|56      |55      |+2               |-5
|
+------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------+-----------------
-+
|                        |1,114   |1,066   |+5               |+7
|
+------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------+-----------------
-+

Total sales during the first eight months of the fiscal year (May to December
2015) increased by 5 per cent to 5,540 MSEK (5,269). In local currencies, sales
increased by 7 per cent.

The third quarter interim report 2015/16 will be published at 07:00 CET on
Wednesday
16 March 2016. The report will be presented on the same day at 08:30 CET in Clas
Ohlson’s store at Drottninggatan 53 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The information in this press release comprises information that Clas Ohlson AB
(publ) is required to disclose pursuant to the Swedish Securities Market Act
and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was
released for publication at 07:00 CET on Friday 15 January 2016.
For more information please contact:

Sara Kraft Westrell, Director of Information and Investor Relations, phone
46 247 649 13
Clas Ohlson was founded in 1918 as a mail order business based in Insjön,
Sweden. Today, the company offers products and services for the small everyday
practical problems, in five countries via its over 200 stores and web shops.
Clas Ohlson offers a wide range of affordable products in five product areas:
Hardware, Electrical, Home, Multimedia and Leisure. The company is listed on the
Nasdaq Stockholm, has sales of 7.5 billion SEK and over 4,700 employees. Visit
Clas Ohlson at www.clasohlson.com.