Year-end report from ProfilGruppen AB (publ), January – December 2009

Positive operating profit also in the fourth quarter Fourth Quarter * Turnover MSEK 192.2 (220.6), down 13 percent from previous year. * Operating profit/loss MSEK 2.1 (-23.4, including negative one-off items of MSEK 14,2). * Cash flow from current operations MSEK 18.5 (-0.3). * Earnings per share SEK -0.08 (-3.15) Full year * Turnover MSEK 764.3 (1,086.1), down 30 percent from previous year. * Operating profit/loss MSEK -10.5 (16.5), including negative impact from one-off items of MSEK -3.5 (-16.0). * Net income MSEK -13.7 (9.3). * Cash flow from current operations MSEK 28.4 (-4.6). * Earnings per share SEK -2.77 (1.88) Nils Arthur, President and CEO of ProfilGruppen says: “We report a positive operating result also for the fourth quarter, after having adapted the number of personnel to the prevailing market conditions. The capacity of our operations is well prepared for increased production when the market strengthens. The market development is still difficult to assess but the demand has, during the beginning of 2010, been stronger than in 2009.”