Intrum Justitia Announces Share Capital Increase as a Result of Employee Stock Option Exercise

Intrum Justitia‘s Employee Stock Option Program 2003/2009, which was approved by the Annual General Meeting in 2003 and provides 20 Group employees in senior positions with an opportunity to acquire new shares at a strike price of SEK 54.60 per share during the period July 1, 2007–May 30, 2009 is, as earlier informed, currently in its exercise phase.

As a consequence of the exercise of allocated employee stock options, the share capital of Intrum Justitia has during March 2009 increased from SEK 1,591,843.42 to SEK 1,595,733.02 ($193,662), corresponding to 194,480 new shares, with the same number of votes. The share capital increase with a total of SEK 3,889.60, which corresponds to the share subscription, has been registered by Bolagsverket (the Swedish Companies Registration Office) on March 19, 2009. The total number of shares and voting rights in the company amounts herewith to 79,786,651.

Information on the Employee Stock Option Program 2003/2009 is available in Intrum Justitia’s Annual Report 2008 (which will be available on www.intrum.com no later than April 2) on page 69, note 32, and in the Year-end report 2008.

Intrum Justitia is Europe’s leading Credit Management Services (CMS) group and offers services designed to measurably improve clients’ cash flows and long-term profitability. Intrum Justitia was founded in 1923, has 3,300 employees in 24 markets and revenues of approximately SEK 3.7 billion. Intrum Justitia AB is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm since 2002. For further information, please visit www.intrum.com