Year-end report January - December 2009

The fourth quarter 2009 • Sales decreased by 22.1 percent compared with the previous year • The negative quarterly trend during the year was reversed during the fourth quarter • Price pressure and continued weak demand from customers in sectors that are particularly sensitive to market conditions • Several framework agreements were signed with large customers both on a Nordic level and on eWork’s four national Nordic markets • Earnings per share totalled SEK 0.27 (0.31) The full-year, January – December 2009 • Sales decreased slightly compared with the previous year • Price pressure and weak demand from customers in sectors that are particularly sensitive to market conditions, of which a small number of large customers accounted for a considerable portion of the fall in eWork’s volumes. • Good sales to new customers. Several framework agreements were signed with large customers both on a Nordic level and on eWork’s four national Nordic markets • Two cost-cutting plans were carried out which affected the profit for the year by SEK 6.2 M. The costcutting plans will reduce costs during 2010 by just over SEK 20 M in total, compared with 2009 • Earnings per share totalled SEK 0.71 (1.79) • The board of directors has resolved to propose a dividend of SEK 0.75 (1.10) to the annual general meeting. Trading in the eWork share on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm began on 18 February 2010. For further information please contact: Claes Ruthberg, President and CEO, +46 8 50 60 55 00 Sofie König, Marketing director, eWork Scandinavia AB, +46 8 50 60 55 00, +46 7 515 49 83 Ulf Henning, CFO, eWork Scandinavia AB, +46 8 50 60 55 00