INCREASE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES AND VOTES IN KAPPAHL

In accordance with press releases on 10 October and 6 December 2011 an issue in kind has been made in KappAhl AB (publ) (“KappAhl”). On 7 December 2011 148,371,727 new shares were registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office and on 16 December 2011 1,708,273 new shares were registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office. Therefore, the total number of shares and votes in KappAhl has increased to:

225,120,000 shares, representing 225,120,000 votes.

For further information, please contact:
Johan Åberg, President and CEO, phone +46 704 71 55 22
Håkan Westin, Chief financial officer, phone +46 704 71 56 64

For pictures and other information:
Annette Björklund, Head of public relations, phone +46 704 71 55 42, e-mail annette.bjorklund@kappahl.com

KappAhl is a leading Nordic fashion chain with more than 380 stores and close to 4 900 co-workers in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland and the Czech Republic. KappAhl designs, markets and sells value-for-money fashion and focus in particular on women 30-50 years of age. During the financial year 2010/2011, KappAhl had sales of close to SEK 5 billion, with an operating profit of SEK 222 million. KappAhl shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. In 1999, KappAhl was the first fashion chain to receive environmental management standard certification. Further information is available at www.kappahl.com.

KappAhl AB (publ) discloses the information provided here pursuant to the Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on 30 December at 09.00 CET.

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