Norwegian Competition Authority extends suspension of cooperation with NorgesGruppen

The Norwegian Competition Authority today notified that it is continuing to
review the agreement between ICA Norway and NorgesGruppen on joint sourcing and
distribution. At the same time, the enforced suspension of the cooperation is
being extended until 10 January 2014. ICA Norway and NorgesGruppen can continue
to implement their cooperation on sourcing in accordance with the earlier
decision by the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and
Church Affairs.

ICA Norway and NorgesGruppen will now continue their dialogue with the Norwegian
Competition Authority.

In January 2013 ICA Norway entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with
NorgesGruppen in the areas of sourcing and logistics. The aim was to secure
competitive prices and achieve long-term profitability in the Norwegian
business. This spring the Norwegian Competition Authority began a review of the
cooperation and suspended the cooperation for the duration of the review. In
July 2013 the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church
Affairs allowed the sourcing element of the agreement to commence while the
Competition Authority’s review is in progress.
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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,
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 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 wholly owned portfolio companies Forma and inkClub
and partly owned portfolio companies Cervera, Hemtex and Kjell & Company. For
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