Intrum Justitia AB
Company Announcement

Intrum Justitia repurchases own shares

Stockholm, 2014-02-05 07:02 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

On February 4, 2014, the Board of Directors of Intrum Justitia AB (publ)
resolved to initiate a share repurchase program. The purpose of the program is
to reduce Intrum Justitia’s share capital by cancelling the shares that are
repurchased. Through the program, Intrum Justitia will return further funds to
shareholders and it is the assessment of the Board of Directors that this will
give the company a more optimum capital structure. 

Intrum Justitia’s Annual General Meeting of April 24, 2013 authorized the Board
of Directors to make decisions regarding the repurchasing of shares. The Board
of Directors exercising this authorization and intends to conduct share
repurchases between February 6, 2014 and March 21, 2014. 

The program is being carried out in accordance with the European Commission’s
ordinance (EC) No. 2273/2003 of December 22, 2003 (the EC ordinance) and will
be managed by a securities company or credit institution that makes its trading
decisions regarding Intrum Justitia’s shares independently and uninfluenced by
Intrum Justitia. Any additional repurchases through block transactions will not
be made in accordance with the exemption in the EC ordinance and will be
managed by a securities company or credit institution in consultation with
Intrum Justitia. 

The repurchases of the company’s own shares will meet the following terms:

  1. Repurchases of shares are to be made on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Exchange
     and in accordance with NASDAQ OMX Stockholm’s regulations for issuers and
     in accordance with the EC ordinance.
  2. Repurchases of shares on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Exchange are to be made
     at a per-share price within the registered interval for the going rate at
     any given time, which denotes the interval between the highest and lowest
     selling price.
  3. A maximum of 7,974,465 shares may be repurchased, corresponding to 10
     percent of shares in the company. Based on a share price of SEK 180,
     repurchases for a maximum of SEK 1,435 million may be made.
  4. Payment for the shares is to be made in cash.

Intrum Justitia currently holds 1,197,773 treasury shares. The Board of
Directors intends to propose to the 2014 Annual General Meeting that the share
capital in the company be reduced by cancelling the repurchased shares. 

For further information, please contact:

Annika Billberg, IR & Communications Director
Tel: +46 (0)8 546 102 03
Mobile: +46 (0)70 267 97 91
E-mail: a.billberg@intrum.com



Intrum Justitia is Europe’s leading Credit Management Services (CMS) group,     
 offering comprehensive credit management services, including Purchased Debt,   
 designed to measurably improve clients’ cash flows and long-term profitability.
 Founded in 1923, Intrum Justitia has some 3,500 employees in 20 markets.       
 Consolidated revenues amounted to approximately SEK 4.5 billion in 2013. Intrum
 Justitia AB has been listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm exchange since 2002.   
 For further information, please visit www.intrum.com