Year-end report, 1 September 2009 - 31 August 2010

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Fourth quarter, 1 June 2010 - 31 August 2010
Net sales SEK 213 million (212)
  of which, Cloetta products SEK 185 million (181)
Operating profit/loss SEK -6 million (-22)
Operating profit/loss excluding items affecting comparability 1) SEK -6 million (-19)
Operating margin neg (neg)
Operating margin excluding items affecting comparability 1) neg (neg)
Profit/loss before tax SEK -7 million (-25)
Profit/loss after tax SEK -5 million (-19)
Earnings per share, basic and diluted SEK -0.24 (-0.80)

1) Mainly attributable to the demerger of Cloetta Fazer in the previous year.

Full year, 1 September 2009 - 31 August 2010
Net sales SEK 1,061 million (1,184) 2)
  of which, Cloetta products SEK 914 million (850)
Operating profit SEK 35 million (0)
Operating profit excluding items affecting comparability 1) SEK 35 million (8)
Operating margin 3.3% (0)
Operating margin excluding items affecting comparability 1) 3.3% (0.7)
Profit/loss before tax SEK 31 million (-1)
Profit after tax SEK 22 million (6)
Earnings per share, basic and diluted SEK 0.90 (0.23)
Proposed dividend per share SEK 0.75 (-)

1) Mainly attributable to the demerger of Cloetta Fazer in the previous year.
2) Including sales of Fazer’s products during September-December 2008.

For further information contact Curt Petri, Managing Director and CEO, mobile +46 70-593 21 69 or Kent Sandin, CFO, mobile +46 70-582 77 95.

About Cloetta
Founded in 1862, Cloetta is the oldest and only major Swedish confectionery company in the Nordic region. The company’s best known brands are Kexchoklad, Center, Plopp, Polly, Tarragona, Guldnougat, Bridge, Juleskum, Sportlunch, Extra Starka and Cloetta’s Good chocolate bar series. Cloetta has two production units in Sweden, one in Ljungsbro and one in Alingsås. The company’s class B shares are traded on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. www.cloetta.com