Contract signed for a new store in Sweden Clas Ohlson has signed a contract regarding a new store in Flygstaden Shopping Centre, Halmstad, Sweden. The retail space will amount to a total of 1,631 square metres. The store's catchment area comprises approximately 91,000 residents and the store is scheduled to open in June 2011. Future store establishments that have been contracted to date are: Kristansund, Norway in March 2011; Bodø, Norway in June 2011; Sjøsiden Kjøpesenter, Horten, Norway in June 2011; Akseli Shopping Centre, Mikkeli, Finland in June 2011; Flygstaden Shopping Centre, Halmstad, Sweden in June 2011; Gränby, Uppsala, Sweden in autumn 2011; Erikslund, Västerås, Sweden in September 2011; Byporten Kjøpesenter, Mo i Rana, Norway in October 2011; Alta, Norway in October/November 2011; Elverum, Norway in November 2011; Karisma, Lahti, Finland in November/December 2011; Kongssenteret Shopping Centre in Kongsvinger, Norway in winter/spring 2012; Norrtälje, Sweden in spring 2012; Willa Shopping Centre, Hyvinkää, Finland in October 2012; Amfi Ørsta, Ørsta, Norway in autumn 2012; Emporia, Malmö, Sweden during the 2011/2012 financial year and Mobilia Shopping Centre, Malmö, Sweden in autumn 2013. Clas Ohlson plans to 20-22 new stores during the 2010/2011 financial year, of which 4-6 in the UK. With currently 138 stores and 17 contracted stores, Clas Ohlson will have a total of 155 stores, of which 67 in Sweden, 57 in Norway, 20 in Finland and 11 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, +46 (0)247-444 05.
Contract signed for a new store in Sweden
| Source: Clas Ohlson AB