ICA Gruppen signs a SEK 1 billion bilateral loan

ICA Gruppen AB (publ) has today signed an agreement for a bilateral loan
totalling SEK 1 billion with AB Svensk Exportkredit (SEK). The loan is unsecured
with a seven year term at a fixed coupon rate. The maturity date is 19 December
2020.

The loan is part of the refinancing of the short-term bridge loan that ICA
Gruppen signed in conjunction with the acquisition of the remaining shares in
ICA AB.

“This loan gives us favourable, long-term financing while extending the duration
of the debt portfolio,” says Merlin Poljak, acting CFO of ICA Gruppen.
For further information, please contact
ICA Gruppen press office, telephone: +46 70 253 66 60

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 1:00 pm, CET on Tuesday, 17 December 2013.
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 Publishing
Group and inkClub and partly owned portfolio companies Cervera, Hemtex and Kjell
& Company. For more information see www.icagruppen.se