ICA Gruppen issues bonds worth SEK 5 billion

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ICA Gruppen today carried out a successful issue of bonds worth a total of SEK
5,000 M. The bonds are issued under ICA Gruppen's recently established MTM
programme and are not covered. The issue is split into two terms of five and two
years maturing on 25 June 2018 and 25 June 2015, respectively. The five-year
loan is structured in two tranches - one with fixed interest and the other with
floating interest. The fixed-interest tranche carries an annual coupon of 3.5%,
while the floating rate tranche carries a quarterly coupon based on the 3-month
Stibor rate +168 percentage points. The two-year loan has a floating rate coupon
based on the 3-month Stibor rate +85 percentage points.

"Interest in participating in the offer has been great. The aim of the loans is
to replace parts of the bridge financing that we have had since this past
spring, when the acquisition of the remaining shares in ICA was carried out,"
comments Per Strömberg, President and CEO of ICA Gruppen.

As a result of the successful issue, ICA Gruppen AB's (publ) lenders have
released their pledges, in accordance with the bridge loan and operating loan
agreements. This means that the loans under these agreements are on equal
footing (pari passu) with issued MTNs.

Handelsbanken Capital Markets is acting together with Nordea Markets as Joint
Bookrunner for the issue. The bonds are listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.


For more information
ICA Gruppen, IR Pernilla Grennfelt, + 46 8-561 50 111


ICA Gruppen discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities
Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was
submitted for publication at 17.30 CET on Monday, 17 June 2013.



IMPORTANT NOTICE
The information in this press release is not for release, publication or
distribution, either directly or indirectly, in the United States, Australia,
Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa or New Zealand.
The distribution of this press release may be prohibited in certain other
jurisdictions. The information in this press release shall not constitute an
offer to sell or an invitation to purchase any securities in ICA Gruppen in any
jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute, nor will it form part of,
an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United
States. The securities referred to herein may not be offered or sold in the US
without registration or exemption from registration as provided in the US
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"). ICA Gruppen does not
intend to register any portion of the offering of the securities in the US or to
conduct a public offering of the securities in the US. Copies of this
announcement are not being distributed or sent and may not be distributed or
sent to the US, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Singapore,
South Africa or New Zealand.

This document has not been approved by any regulatory authority. This document
is a press release and not a prospectus, and investors should not subscribe for
or purchase any securities referred to in this document except on the basis of
the information that is provided in the prospectus which has been approved by
the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and is available for download at ICA
Gruppen's website.



EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
ICA Gruppen has not resolved to offer shares or rights to the public in any
Member State of the European Economic Area other than Sweden. Within such Member
States of the European Economic Area, other than Sweden, which have implemented
the Prospectus Directive (a "Relevant Member State"), no action has been
undertaken as of this date to make an offer to the public of shares or rights
requiring publication of a prospectus in any Relevant Member State. In
consequence, the shares or rights may only be offered in a Relevant Member
State: (a) to a qualified investor (as defined in the Prospectus Directive or
applicable law), or (b) in any other circumstances not requiring ICA Gruppen to
publish a prospectus as provided under Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive.

In the application of this, the expression an "offer to the public of shares or
rights" in any Relevant Member State means the communication, in any form, of
sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the shares or rights to be
offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase any securities, as the
same may be varied in such a Relevant Member State due to the implementation of
the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, and the expression "Prospectus
Directive" means Directive 2003/71/EC including any relevant implementing
measures in each Relevant Member State.

Handelsbanken Capital Markets and Nordea Markets are acting for ICA Gruppen and
no one else in connection with the new share issue and will not be responsible
to anyone other than ICA Gruppen for providing the protection afforded to their
clients or for providing advice in relation to the new share issue and/or any
other matter referred to in this announcement.

Handelsbanken Capital Markets and Nordea Markets accept no responsibility
whatsoever and make no representation or warranty, express or implied, for the
contents of this announcement, including its accuracy, completeness or
verification or for any other statement made or purported to be made by
Handelsbanken Capital Markets, Nordea Markets, or on their behalf, in connection
with ICA Gruppen and the new shares and the new share issue, and nothing in this
announcement is or shall be relied upon as a promise or undertaking in this
respect, whether as to the past or future. Handelsbanken Capital Markets and
Nordea Markets accordingly disclaim to the fullest extent permitted by law all
and any liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which
Handelsbanken Capital Markets and Nordea Markets might otherwise have in respect
of this announcement or any such statement.



FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect management's
current views with respect to future events and potential financial performance.
Although ICA Gruppen believes that the expectations reflected in such statements
are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to
be correct. Accordingly, results may differ materially from those set out in the
forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. You are advised to
read this announcement, and the prospectus and the information incorporated by
reference therein once available, in their entirety for a further discussion of
the factors that could affect ICA Gruppen's future performance and the sectors
in which ICA Gruppen operates. In the light of these risks, uncertainties and
assumptions, it is possible that the events described in the forward-looking
statements in this announcement may not occur.


ICA Gruppen AB (publ) is one of the Nordic region's leading retail companies,
with around 2, 400 of its own and retailer-owned stores in Sweden, Norway and
the three Baltic  states. The Group includes the retail companies ICA Sweden,
ICA Norway and Rimi Baltic, ICA Real Estate, which owns and manages properties
and ICA Bank, which offers financial services to Swedish customers. The Group
also includes the fully-owned portfolio companies Forma Publishing Group and
inkClub and partly owned portfolio companies Cervera, Hemtex and Kjell &
Company. For more information see www.icagruppen.se



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