Stable profit trend for Hufvudstaden

• Profit for the period after tax amounted to SEK 122.8 million (118.6). • Gross profit from property management fell by 3.1 per cent to SEK 203.8 million (210.4) for comparable holdings. • Net sales for the Group for the period amounted to SEK 333.8 million (346.1). The decrease can be attributed mainly to the sale of properties. • The rental vacancy level at the period-end was 8.6 per cent (8.2 at the year-end). • Profit per share was SEK 0.60 (0.57). Stockholm, May 2, 2005 HUFVUDSTADEN AB (publ) Ivo Stopner President Appendix: Interim Report January – March 2005 For further information, please contact Ivo Stopner, CEO, or Magnus Jacobson, CFO, telephone +46 8-762 90 00.