The acceptance in the Intrum Justitia share redemption offer amounted to 99.25 percent

The application period for participation in the Intrum Justitia redemption offer expired on 31 May 2005. A total of 7,029,353 shares have been tendered for redemption during the application period which corresponds to an acceptance level in the redemption offer of 99.25 percent. Provided that the Extraordinary General Meeting on 16 June 2005 passes the requisite resolutions for the implementation of the redemption offer and that these resolutions are registered by the Swedish Companies Registration Office (Bolagsverket), approximately SEK 590 million will be distributed to the shareholders. The resolutions to be adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting are the following: (a) Resolution on reduction of Intrum Justitia’s share capital by SEK 140,587.06 through redemption of 7,029,353 ordinary shares. (b) Resolution on reduction of the share premium reserve by SEK 590,325,064.94. (c) Resolution on an increase in Intrum Justitia’s share capital by SEK 140,587.06 through a new issue of 7,029,353 redeemable C-shares at a price of SEK 84 per share, of which SEK 0.02 corresponds to the par value and SEK 83.98 to a share premium. (d) Resolution on reduction of Intrum Justitia’s share capital by SEK 140,587.06 through redemption of 7,029,353 C-shares. (e) Resolution on reduction of the share premium reserve of SEK 590,325,064.94. The resolutions under items (c) – (e) above enable a payment of the redemption amount without the delay of obtaining court approval. The Board of Directors’ complete proposal for resolutions under items (a) – (e) is available at the Company, Intrum Justitia AB, Marcusplatsen 1A, Nacka, Sweden and can be sent to shareholders on request. The proposal is also available at Intrum Justitia’s web site, www.intrum.com. Following the implementation of the redemption offer, the number of shares in Intrum Justitia will amount to 77,956,251 shares. Trading in redemption shares and payment of redemption amount Trading in redemption shares begins 10 June 2005 and ends 21 June 2005. Redemption shares will be redeemed against cash payment of SEK 84 per redemption share following the registration of requisite resolutions passed by the Extraordinary General Meeting on 16 June 2005. The redemption amount is scheduled to be paid to shareholders around 30 June 2005. Commission-free sale The average price for redemption rights sold free of commission was SEK 2.64 per redemption right. The proceeds of the redemption rights sold free of commission were paid to shareholders around 2 June 2005. For further information, please contact: Anders Antonsson, Director of Communications Tel: +46 8 546 10 206 Mobile: +46 703 36 78 18 E-mail: a.antonsson@se.intrum.com