Nomination Committee’s proposal to the AGM 2009 of Intrum Justitia AB (publ)

Press Release -- Intrum Justitia is required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish Securities and Clearing Operations Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was provided for public release on Tuesday, January 27 at 4:00 p.m. (CET).

The Nomination Committee prior to Intrum Justitia’s Annual General Meeting 2009 is comprised of Christer Gardell, Cevian Capital; Hannes J Hafstein, NBI hf; KG Lindvall, Swedbank Robur fonder; Anders Oscarsson, SEB Funds; and Carl Rosén, Second Swedish National Pension Fund. The Chairman of the Board, Lars Lundquist, has been co-opted to the Nomination Committee.

The Nomination Committee has informed Intrum Justitia that it will propose to the Annual General Meeting on April 16, 2009 that the number of Board members remain at seven and that five current members – Matts Ekman, Helen Fasth-Gillstedt, Lars Förberg, Bo Ingemarson and Lars Lundquist – be re-elected. Arsaell Hafsteinsson and Lars Wollung have declined re-election.

The new Board members proposed by the Nomination Committee are Charlotte Strömberg and Fredrik Trägårdh.

Charlotte Strömberg is CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle Holding AB with Sweden and the other Nordic countries as her geographical responsibility. She is a Director of Gant Company AB and of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4). Previously, Ms. Strömberg has held positions as Head of Investment Banking Sweden and Head of Equity Capital Markets at Carnegie Investment Bank AB (1997-2005) and as Senior Project and Account Manager in Corporate Finance at Alfred Berg, ABN Amro (1986-1997). Ms. Strömberg holds a M.Sc. from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Fredrik Trägårdh is the Chief Executive Officer of Net Insight AB. He was formerly the company’s Chief Financial Officer. 1996-2002, Mr Trägårdh was Senior Vice President and Head of Group Finance at DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems GmbH, Berlin, Germany. 1985-1996, Mr Trägårdh held several management positions within ABB Financial Services in Sweden and Switzerland. Mr Trägårdh holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration and International Economics from Gothenburg School of Economics.

Moreover, the Nomination Committee proposes the re-election of Lars Lundquist as Chairman of the Board and Bo Ingemarson as Deputy Chairman.

Detailed information on other board commitments and duties of the candidates as well as the Nomination Committee’s proposed criteria for convening the next Nomination Committee will be presented in the notice of the Annual General Meeting and published on the company’s website. The Nomination Committee’s motivation for its proposal for the Board of Directors will also be published on the website in connection to the notice to the AGM.

Furthermore, the Nomination Committee proposes that the Board fees remain unchanged: SEK 750,000 will be paid to the Chairman of the Board and SEK 300,000 to each of the other Board members. Consequently, the total remuneration will amount to SEK 2,550,000. In addition, it proposes that unchanged remuneration totaling SEK 540,000 be paid for committee work, with the Chairman of the Audit Committee receiving SEK 150,000, the two other members of the Audit Committee receiving SEK 75,000 each and the remaining SEK 240,000 divided equally between the six members of the Remuneration and Investment Committees (all amounts are unchanged from the previous year). It is proposed that the auditors’ fees shall be paid in accordance with approved invoices.

The Nomination Committee also proposes that Chairman of the Board Lars Lundquist be elected Chairman at the Annual General Meeting.

Shareholders representing approximately 35 per cent of the share capital and votes in the company support the above proposals.