Poolia Interim Report, January 1 -- June 30, 2004


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 16, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Poolia:

- Sales rose by 50% to SEK 584.8 M (389.6)

- The Group reported an operating profit of SEK 3.4 M (loss: 20.5).

- Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 5.3 M (loss: 13.9).

- After taxes, a profit of SEK 1.7 M (loss: 14.2) was reported.

- Earnings per share amounted to SEK 0.10 (loss: 0.62).

- Cash flow from continuing operations was a positive SEK 14.0 M (neg: 0.7).

Poolia is a leading player in the market for professional staffing and is active in approximately 20 locations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom. Operations include the Temporary Staffing, Recruitment/Search and Outsourcing service areas. Poolia is divided into Poolia Professionals and Uniflex. Poolia Professionals provides professional staffing in the Accounting, Bank & Finance, IT, Office, Human Resources, Payroll, Technical, Sales & Marketing, Legal, Healthcare and Life Science service segments. The subsidiary Uniflex is one of the largest companies in the generalist-staffing segment in Sweden. Uniflex offers services in the receptionist, customer service, switchboard, call-center, industry & warehousing and facility services areas.

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