Byggmax Group

Legal Proceedings Report • Apr 4, 2012

Press release 2012-04-04

The Swedish customs additional charging of Byggmax is cost neutral

The Swedish customs has decided to make an additional charging of Byggmax of customs and anti-dumping customs for 2008 and 2009. The total sum is 10 255 138 SEK excluding VAT. Byggmax will make an appeal. The additional charging is cost neutral for Byggmax, since Byggmax has agreed with supplier about a compensation with the corresponding amount.

For more information please contact:

Magnus Agervald, CEO Byggmax,Mobile: +46 761-19 00 20,

E-mail: magnus.agervald@byggmax.se

The home improvement discounter chain BYGGmax was launched in 1993 and its business concept is to be the best and most inexpensive alternative for consumers in need of high-quality construction materials. In 2007, the BYGGmax launched its business inNorway, and the first store inFinlandwas opened in 2008. Today BYGGmax has 59 stores in Sweden, 21 in Norway and 8 in Finland. The company's sales amounted to approximately SEK 3 billion in 2011. BYGGmax has been listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm since June 2010. For more information, please visit http://www.byggmax.com