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Castellum Interim / Quarterly Report 2008

Apr 16, 2008

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During 2008 extensive reconstruction work has been completed on an offi ce property in Nordstan in central Gothenburg. The property has in connection with the reconstruction been extended on the ground fl oor with new premises for offi ces and retail shops.

Interim Report January-March 2008

Interim Report January-March 2008

Castellum is one of the major listed real estate companies in Sweden. The fair value of the real estate portfolio amounts to approx. SEK 28 billions, and comprises commercial properties. The real estate portfolio is owned and managed by six wholly owned subsidiaries with strong local roots in fi ve growth regions: Greater Gothenburg (incl. Borås, Kungsbacka and Halmstad), the Öresund Region (Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg), Greater Stockholm, Mälardalen (Örebro, Västerås and Uppsala) and Eastern Götaland (Jönköping, Linköping, Värnamo and Växjö). Castellum is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm.

Rental income for the period January-March 2008 amounted to SEKm 605 (SEKm 542 corresponding period previous year).

Net income after tax for the period amounted to SEKm 9 (190), equivalent to SEK 0.05 (1.16) per share.

Income from property management improved by 9% to SEKm 225 (206), equivalent to SEK 1.37 (1.26) per share.

SEK 2008
Jan-March
2007
Jan-March
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Income property
management
Change
1.37 1.26
+9%
5.63 5.38
+5%
+8% 5.00
+11%
4.52 +11% 4.07 +8% 3.77 +14% 3.30
Net income after tax 0.05 1.16 9.07 10.21 7.89 5.59 2.68 4.00 5.68
Change -96% -11% +29% +41% +108% -33% -30%
Dividend 3.00 2.85 2.62 2.38 2.13 1.88 1.63
Change +5% +9% +11% +12% +13% +15%

Data per share

Business Concept

Castellum's business concept is to develop and add value to its real estate portfolio, focusing on the best possible earnings and asset growth, by offering customised commercial properties, through a strong and clear presence in fi ve Swedish growth regions.

Objective

Castellum's operations are focused on cash flow growth, which along with a stable capital structure provide the preconditions for good growth in the company, while at the same time offering shareholders a competitive dividend.

The objective is an annual growth in cash flow, i.e. income from property managament per share, of at least 10%. In order to achieve this objective, investments of at least SEKm 1,000 per year will be made. All investments will contribute to the objective of growth in income from property management within 1-2 years and have a potential asset growth of at least 10%. Sales of properties will take place when justified from a business standpoint and when an alternative investment with a higher yield can be found.

Strategy for funding

Capital structure

Castellum will have a stable capital structure, meaning a borrowing ratio not permanently exceeding 55% and an interest coverage ratio of at least 200%.

Repurchase of own shares shall be available as a method to use for adjusting the company's capital structure. Sales of own shares held by the company will only take place, if needed, in order to restore the capital structure to the set level.

Dividend

At least 60% of income from property management after full tax deduction will be distributed, however investment plans, consolidation needs, liquidity and financial position in general will be taken into account.

The stock and credit markets

Castellum will work for a competitive total return in the company's share in relation to the risk and for a high liquidity.

However, all actions will be made from a long term perspective and the company will have a frequent, open and fair reporting to shareholders, the capital and credit markets as well as media, yet without disclosing any individual business relation.

In the long term Castellum will be one of the largest listed real estate companies in Sweden.

Income, Costs and Results

Comparisons, shown in brackets, are made with the corresponding period previous year except in parts describing assets and fi nancing, where comparison are made with the end of previous year. For defi nitions see Castellum's website, www.castellum.se

Income from property management for the period, i.e. net income excluding changes in value and tax, amounted to SEKm 225 (206), equivalent to SEK 1.37 (1.26) per share. The improvement is 9%. The improvement in income is due to higher rental income and the effect of investments made but has also been limited by increased interest rate costs.

INCOME FROM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PER SHARE Income from property management per share

During the period, changes in value on properties and derivatives amounted to, respectively, SEKm –171 (33) and SEKm –44 (22). Net income for the period was SEKm 9 (190), equivalent to SEK 0.05 (1.16) per share.

Rental income

Group rental income amounted to SEKm 605 (542). The improvement is chiefl y an effect of investments made but also higher rental levels and lower vacancies.

For offi ce and retail properties, the average contracted rental level, including cost for heating and property tax, amounted to SEK 1,150 per sq.m., whereas it for warehouse and industrial properties amounted to SEK 664 per sq.m. Rental levels have increased by approx. 3% compared to previous year.

Castellum has a good risk diversifi cation in the commercial lease portfolio consisting of approx. 4,200 contracts, spreading over many sectors and durations. The single largest contract makes up for 1% of Castellum's total rental income.

The economic occupancy rate was 89.3% (87.0%), which is 2.3%-units higher than previous year. The total rental value for vacant premises amounts to approx. SEKm 312 on an annual basis.

The gross leasing (i.e. the annual value of total leasing) during the period was SEKm 78 (96) and terminations were SEKm 53 (55) which gives a net leasing of SEKm 25 (41).

Net leasing

The demand for commercial premises continued to be strong during the fi rst quarter 2008, even if a certain weakning can be seen. The rental level on Castellum's local markets are assessed to be stable or slightly increasing.

Property costs

Property costs amounted to SEKm 227 (207) corresponding to SEK 301 per sq.m. (294). The increase in costs is chiefl y an effect of higher real estate tax due to increased tax assessment values. Energy consumption for heating during the period has been calculated to 82% (83%) of a normal year according to degree day statistics.

Central administrative expenses

Central administrative expenses were SEKm 16 (16). This also includes costs for a profi t and share price related incentive plan for senior management of SEKm 1 (2).

Net financial items

Net fi nancial items were SEKm –137 (–113). The increase of SEKm 24 is partly due to a larger real estate portfolio and partly due to that the average interest rate level during the period has increased 0.3%-units to 4.4% (4.1%), giving higher costs in net fi nancial items of approx. SEKm 10.

Changes in value

On the real estate market the trend is that the number of completed transactions has decreased. The previous unbalance on the market with a great demand and limited supply has been stabilized, chiefl y assessed as an effect of the uncertainy on the credit market.

Changes in value on properties on a market with few transactions are diffi cult to assess. There are arguments for that the market yields, compared to those used in the internal valuation at the year-end, have been stable, but there are also arguments for slightly increasing yields. Even if possible changes in value easily fall within the uncertainty range of +/- 5% used in property valuations the required yield used in the valuation has been increased with approx. 0.1%-unit to show the uncertainty that has been seen on the market.

An external valuation of about 20 properties valued at SEK 5 billion, indicates a decrease in value of approx. 1%. Together with changes in value based on cash fl ows, investments made and gains from new construction, extensions and refurbishment projects, the total change in value amounted to SEKm – 171.

Castellum uses fi nancial instruments such as interest rate swaps in order to achieve the desired interest rate maturity structure. If the agreed interest rate deviates from the market interest rate there is a theoretical surplus or subvalue on the fi nancial instruments, where changes in value are reported in the income statement. As an effect of changes in market interest rate situation the value has changed with SEKm – 44 (22) during the period and the value was SEKm –0 (44) at the end of the period.

Tax

The nominal corporate tax rate in Sweden is 28%. Due to the possibility to make depreciations for tax purposes, investments deductible for tax purposes, and to use tax loss carry forwards there is in principle no paid tax costs. Payed tax occur because a few subsidiaries don't meet the conditions for group contributions.

Remaining tax loss carry forwards can be calculated to SEKm 570, while the properties' fair value exceed their fi scal value by SEKm 12,472. As deferred tax liability a full nominal 28% tax of the net difference is reported, SEKm 3,332.

TAX CALCULATION 30-09-2007 Tax calculation 31-03-2008

Basis Basis
SEKm current tax deferred tax
Income from property management 225
Deductions for tax purposes
depreciations – 128 128
investments – 66 66
Other tax allowances – 8 4
Taxable income from property management 23 198
Non taxable changes in value on properties – 171
Non taxable changes in value on derivatives – 44
Taxable income for the period 23 – 17
Tax loss carry forwards, opening balance – 539 539
Deductions for tax purposes investments 2007 – 42 42
Tax loss carry forwards, closing balance 570 – 570
Taxable income 12 – 6
Of which 28% current/deferred tax 3 – 2

Real estate portfolio

The real estate portfolio, which consists entirely of commercial properties in Sweden, is found in Greater Gothenburg, the Öresund Region, Greater Stockholm, Mälardalen and Eastern Götaland. The main focus of the portfolio is in the three major urban regions.

The commercial portfolio consists of offi ce and retail properties as well as warehouse and industrial properties concentrated to well-situated working-areas with good means of communication and services.

CHANG Changes in the real estate portfolio

Fair value, SEKm Number
Real estate portfolio on 1 January, 2008 27 717 549
+ Acquisitions 113 8
+ New construction, extensions and
refurbishment
302
– Sales
+ Unrealized changes in value – 171
Real estate portfolio on 31 March, 2008 27 961 557

During the period investments totalling SEKm 415 (894) were made, of which SEKm 113 (667) were acquisitions and SEKm 302 (227) new construction, extensions and refurbishment. Of the total investments, SEKm 115 related to Greater Gothenburg, SEKm 110 to Mälardalen, SEKm 99 to the Öresund Region, SEKm 46 to Eastern Götaland and SEKm 45 to Greater Stockholm.

Castellum has ongoing projects, of which the outstanding investment volume amounts to approx. SEK 1 billion.

Investments

CASTELLUM'S REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO Castellum's real estate portfolio

31-03-2008 January-March 2008
Area Fair Fair Rental Rental Economic Rental Property Property Net opera
No. of thous. value value value value occupancy income costs costs ting income
properties sq.m. SEKm SEK/sq.m. SEKm SEK/sq.m. rate SEKm SEKm SEK/sq.m. SEKm
Offi ce/retail
Greater Gothenburg 75 391 5 101 13 040 117 1 194 94.4% 110 31 320 79
Öresund Region 49 306 4 778 15 636 101 1 327 92.0% 93 26 339 67
Greater Stockholm 45 304 3 620 11 905 99 1 305 81.9% 81 27 359 54
Mälardalen 57 267 2 391 8 962 63 944 89.7% 57 19 276 38
Eastern Götaland 45 272 2 252 8 273 63 919 94.0% 59 26 387 33
Total offi ce/retail 271 1 540 18 142 11 782 443 1 150 90.3% 400 129 336 271
Warehouse/industrial
Greater Gothenburg 94 589 4 014 6 814 99 674 88.6% 88 22 149 66
Öresund Region 42 294 1 746 5 950 48 649 81.2% 39 11 150 28
Greater Stockholm 36 193 1 404 7 271 40 836 84.6% 34 12 251 22
Mälardalen 39 157 824 5 250 25 650 98.2% 25 7 188 18
Eastern Götaland 30 161 600 3 708 19 462 86.3% 16 6 136 10
Total warehouse/industrial 241 1 394 8 588 6 159 231 664 87.2% 202 58 166 144
Total 512 2 934 26 730 9 110 674 919 89.3% 602 187 255 415
Leasing and property administration 34 46 – 34
Total after leasing and property administration 221 301 381
Development projects 15 86 811 10 4 3 1
Undeveloped land 30 420
Total 557 3 020 27 961 684 606 224 382

The table above relates to the properties owned by Castellum at the end of the period and refl ects the income and costs of the properties as if they had been owned during the whole period. The discrepancy between the net operating income of SEKm 382 accounted for above and the net operating income of SEKm 378 in the income statement is explained by the adjustment of the net operating income of SEKm 4 on properties acquired/completed during the period, which are recalculated as if they had been owned or completed during the whole period.

Property realted key ratios Segment information

2008
Jan-Mar
2007
Jan-Mar
2007
Jan-Dec
Rental value, SEK/sq.m. 919 891 896
Economic occupancy rate 89.3% 87.0% 87.9%
Property costs, SEK/sq.m. 301 294 262
Net operating income, SEK/sq.m. 519 481 527
Fair value, SEK/sq.m. 9 110 8 564 9 098
Number of properties 557 528 549
Lettable area, thousand sq.m. 3 020 2 875 3 003
Net operating income incl.
Rental income changes in value on properties
2008 2007 2008 2007
SEKm Jan-Mar Jan-Mar Jan-Mar Jan-Mar
Greater Gothenburg 198 179 58 131
Öresund Region 132 123 – 47 78
Greater Stockholm 115 107 171 63
Mälardalen 84 69 19 40
Eastern Götaland 76 64 6 56
Total 605 542 207 368

Financing

Financing 31-03-2008

Shareholders' equity and Net Asset Value

Shareholders' equity was SEKm 10,721 (11,204). The dividend of SEK 3.00 per share, totalling SEKm 492, is accounted for as a non interest bearing liabilitiy since it has been decided but will not be paid until 4 April 2008. In order to regulate the company's capital structure the company can repurchase 9.2 million own shares in addition to the eight million shares which were repurchased earlier.

The net asset value can based on the balance sheet, without considering the uncertainty range of +/– 5-10% normally used in property valuations and with an assessed discounted real tax liability of 5%, be calculated to SEKm 13,458 corresponding to SEK 82 per share.

Interest-bearing liabilities

Castellum has not been affected by the international credit squeeze and have continued good access to long term funding. During the period Castellum has renegotiated and extended credit agreements totalling SEKm 1,000.

As of 31 March, 2008 Castellum had long term credit agreements totalling SEKm 13,300 (13,300), long term bonds totalling SEKm 650 (650), short term credit agreements totalling SEKm 776 (776) and a commercial paper program of SEKm 4,000 (4,000). After deduction of liquid assets of SEKm 9 (7), net interest-bearing liabilities were SEKm 12,761 (12,575) of which SEKm 2,685 are outstanding commercial papers which are fully covered by unutilized long term credit agreements. The average duration of Castellum's long term credit agreements as of 31 March, 2008 was 5.2 years (5.2). The borrowing ratio was 46% (45%).

Loan Maturity 31-03 2008

Credit
Long term, SEKm agreements Utilized
1 - 2 years 950 900
2 - 3 years 300 300
3 - 4 years 3 700 3 100
4 - 5 years 1 000 100
> 5 years 8 000 5 600
Total long term credit agreements 13 950 10 000
Total short term agreements (0-1 year) 4 776 2 761
Total credit agreements 18 726 12 761
Unutilized funding in long term credit agreements 1 189

The average effective interest rate as of 31 March, 2008 was 4.6% (4.4%), while the market interest rate for an equal portfolio amounts to 5.0% (5.0). The average fi xed interest term on the same date was 2.2 years (2.2) and has been achieved through the extension of loans with short term fi xed interest terms by interest swap agreements. The share of loans with interest rate maturity during the next 6 months was 47% (45%).

Interest rate maturity structure 31-03-2008

Total 12 761 4.6%
5-10 years 2 100 4.5%
4-5 years 1 500 4.3%
3-4 years 100 4.0%
2-3 years 750 4.0%
1-2 years 1 900 4.0%
0-1 year 6 411 5.0%
SEKm Amount Average interest rate

The Parent Company

The parent company Castellum AB is responsible for matters concerning the stock market such as consolidated reports and stock market information and the credit market such as funding and fi nancial risk management.

The parent company takes part in property related operations through involvement in the Board of the subsidiaries.

Income statement and balance sheet

INCOME STATEMENT 2008 2007 2007
SEKm Jan-March Jan-March Jan-Dec
Income 3 2 11
Operating expenses – 10 – 12 – 52
Net fi nancial items 8 – 1 9
Group contributions/dividends 550
Changes in value, derivatives – 44 22 99
Income before tax – 43 11 617
Tax 12 – 3 – 19
Net income for the period – 31 8 598
BALANCE SHEET 31 March 31 March 31 Dec
SEKm 2008 2007 2007
Participations in Group comp. 4 087 4 087 4 087
Receivables, Group comp. 13 111 11 758 12 960
Other assets 12 6 3
Derivatives 0 44
Cash and bank 0 0 0
Total 17 210 15 851 17 094
Shareholders' equity 3 845 3 814 4 368
Interest bearing liabilities 12 463 11 565 12 276
Interest bearing liabilities
Group companies 294 317 331
Derivatives 32
Other liabilities 608 123 119
Total 17 210 15 851 17 094

Accounting Principles

Castellum follows the by the EU adopted IFRS standards and the interpretations of them (IFRIC). This interim report has been prepared according to IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting. Accounting principles and methods for calculations have remained unchanged compared to the Annual Report previous year.

Opportunities and Risks

Opportunities and Risks in the Cash Flow

Increasing market interest rates is generally an effect of economic growth and increasing infl ation, which is thought to give higher rental income. This is in part due to that the demand for premises is thought to increase, leading to reduced vacancies and hence the potential for increasing market rents and in part due to that the index clause in the commercial contracts is compensating the increasing infl ation. An economic boom therefore means higher interest costs but also higher rental income, while the opposite relationship is true during a recession. The change in rental income and interest costs does not take place at the exact same time, why the effect on income in the short term may occur at different points in time.

Opportunities and Risks in Property Values

Castellum reports its properties at fair value with changes in value in the income statement. This means that the result in particular but also the fi nancial position may be more volatile. The values of the properties are determined by supply and demand, where the prices are mainly depending on the properties' expected net operating income and the buyer's required yield. An increasing demand gives lower required yields and hence an upward adjustment in prices, while a weaker demand has the opposite effect. In the same way, a positive real development in net operating income gives an upward adjustment in prices, while a low real growth has the opposite effect.

In property valuations consideration should be taken to an uncertainty range of +/– 5-10%, in order to refl ect the uncertainty that exist in the assumptions and calculations made.

Financial Risk

Castellum's greatest fi nancial risk is to lack access to funding. A low borrowing ratio limits this risk and also means less exposure to interest rate changes. Existing credit agreements are reviewed and renegotiated on an ongoing basis and new agreements are signed when needed in order to secure Castellum's need for long term funding.

Gothenburg 16 April, 2008 Håkan Hellström Chief Executive Offi cer

This Interim Report has not been examined by the company's auditors.

Income statement
2008 2007 Rolling 12 months 2007
SEKm Jan-March Jan-March April 07-March 08 Jan-Dec
Rental income 605 542 2 322 2 259
Operating expenses – 131 – 124 – 421 – 414
Maintenance – 27 – 24 – 99 – 96
Ground rent – 5 – 5 – 20 – 20
Real estate tax – 30 – 22 – 118 – 110
Leasing and property administration – 34 – 32 – 133 – 131
Net operating income 378 335 1 531 1 488
Central administrative expenses – 16 – 16 – 69 – 69
Net fi nancial items – 137 – 113 – 519 – 495
Income from property management 225 206 943 924
Changes in value
Properties, realized 0 1 1
Properties, unrealized – 171 33 715 919
Derivatives, unrealized – 44 22 33 99
Income before tax 10 261 1 692 1 943
Current tax – 3 – 2 – 23 – 22
Deferred tax 2 – 69 – 363 – 434
Net income for the period/year 9 190 1 306 1 487

Since there are no minority interests the entire net income is attributable to the shareholders of the parent company.

Data per share
2008 2007 Rolling 12 months 2007
Jan-March Jan-March April 07-March 08 Jan-Dec
Average number of shares, thousand 164 000 164 000 164 000 164 000
Earings after tax, SEK 0.05 1.16 7.96 9.07
Income from property management, SEK 1.37 1.26 5.75 5.63
Outstanding number of shares, thousand 164 000 164 000 164 000 164 000
Fair value of properties, SEK 170 153 170 169
Net asset value (5% deferred tax) 82 75 82 85
Shareholders' equity, SEK 65 60 65 68

Since there is no potential common stock (e.g. convertibles), there is no effect of dilution.

Financial key ratios
2008 2007 Rolling 12 months 2007
Jan-March Jan-March April 07-March 08 Jan-Dec
Net operating income margin 62% 62% 66% 66%
Interest coverage ratio 264% 282% 282% 287%
Return on equity 4.5% 6.4% 13.5% 14.9%
Return on net asset value 4.8% 7.0% 14.6% 16.4%
Return on total capital 4.6% 5.3% 8.3% 9.1%
Investments, SEKm 415 894 2 119 2 598
Equity/assets ratio 38% 39% 38% 40%
Borrowing ratio 46% 47% 46% 45%
Balance sheet
SEKm 31 March 2008 31 March 2007 31 Dec 2007
Assets
Investment properties 27 961 25 164 27 717
Other fi xed assets 13 13 13
Current receivables 87 114 110
Derivatives 0 44
Cash and bank 9 7 7
Total assets 28 070 25 298 27 891
Shareholders' equity and liabilities
Shareholders' equity 10 721 9 907 11 204
Deferred tax liability 3 332 2 823 3 322
Long term interest-bearing liabilities 12 770 11 872 12 582
Derivatives 32
Non interest-bearing liabilities 1 247 664 783
Total shareholders' equity and liabilities 28 070 25 298 27 891
Number of outstanding shares, thousand Share capital Reserves Retained earnings Total equity
164 000 86 20 10 078 10 184
– 467 – 467
190 190
164 000 86 20 9 801 9 907
1 297 1 297
164 000 86 20 11 098 11 204
– 492 – 492
9 9
164 000 86 20 10 615 10 721
Cash flow statement
SEKm Jan-March 2008 Jan-March 2007 Jan-Dec 2007
Net operating income 378 335 1 488
Central administrative expenses – 16 – 16 – 69
Reversed depreciations 1 1 6
Net fi nancial items paid – 129 – 32 – 476
Tax paid on income from property management – 19 – 4 – 12
Cash fl ow from operating activities before change in working capital 215 284 937
Change in current receivables 20 61 68
Change in current liabilities – 18 – 78 101
Cash fl ow from operating activities 217 267 1 106
Investments in existing properties – 302 – 227 – 1 084
Property acquisitions – 101 – 635 – 1 349
Change in liabilities at acquisitions of property – 2 14 6
Property sales 1 39
Change in receivables at sales of property 3 12 9
Other net investments – 1 – 1 – 6
Cash fl ow from investment activities – 403 – 836 – 2 385
Change in long term liabilities 188 1 035 1 745
Dividend paid – 467 – 467
Cash fl ow from investment activities 188 568 1 278
Cash fl ow for the period/year 2 – 1 – 1
Cash and bank, opening balance 7 8 8
Cash and bank closing balance 9 7 7

The Castellum Share

Castellum is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm and had at the end of the period about 7,300 shareholders. Shareholders registered abroad cannot be broken down in terms of directly held and nominee registered shares. The ten single largest Swedish shareholders can be seen in the table below.

Shareholders 31-03-2008

Number of shares,
thousand
Percentage of
voting rights
and capital
László Szombatfalvy 11 000 6.7%
AFA Sjukförsäkrings AB 8 670 5.3%
AMF Pensionsförsäkrings AB 8 100 4.9%
Handelsbanken 5 689 3.5%
Andra AP-fonden 4 633 2.8%
Sec Lend Support 3 620 2.2%
Kåpan Pensioner Försäkringsförening 2 794 1.7%
Swedbank Robur Realinvest 2 154 1.3%
AFA TFA Försäkrings AB 1 957 1.2%
Tredje AP-fonden 1 767 1.1%
Other shareholders registered in Sweden 49 501 30.2%
Shareholders registered abroad 64 115 39.1%
Total outstanding shares 164 000 100.0%
Repurchased shares 8 007
Total registered shares 172 007

There is no potential common stock (e.g. convertibles).

Distribution of shareholders by country 31-03-2008

The Castellum share price as at March 31, 2008 was SEK 72.50 equivalent to a market value of SEK 11.9 billion, calculated on the number of outstanding shares.

Since the beginning of the year, a total of 55 million shares were traded, equivalent to an average of 892,000 shares per day, corresponding on an annual basis to a turnover rate of 137%.

During the last 12-month period the total yield of the Castellum share has been – 25% including dividend of SEK 3.00 per share. The total yield of the Castellum share has been on average 16% per year the last ten years.

Total yield (including dividend)

April 07
- March 08
3 years
average/
year
10 years
average/
year
The Castellum share – 25% + 12% + 16%
OMX Stockholm (SIX Return) – 18% + 13% + 7%
Real Estate Index Sweden (EPRA) – 24% + 13% + 17%
Real Estate Index Europe (EPRA) – 34% + 8% + 9%

The Castellum share´s price trend and turnover since IPO 23 May, 1997 until 11 April 2008

Calendar

Half-year Report January-June 2008 16 July, 2008 Interim Report January-September 2008 16 October, 2008 Year-end Report 2008 21 January, 2008 Annual General Meeting 26 March, 2009

For further information please contact Håkan Hellström, CEO or Ulrika Danielsson, Finance Director telephone +46 31-60 74 00.

www.castellum.se

On Castellum's website it is possible to download as well as subscribe to Castellum's Pressreleases and Interim Reports.

The photos in this Interim Report show the property Nordstaden 2:16 in Gothenburg.

Subsidiaries

Aspholmen Fastigheter AB

Radiatorvägen 17, SE-702 27 Örebro, Sweden Telephone +46 19-27 65 00 Fax +46 19-27 65 19 [email protected] www.aspholmenfastigheter.se

Fastighets AB Briggen

Fredriksbergsgatan 1 Box 3158, SE-200 22 Malmö, Sweden Telephone +46 40-38 37 20 Fax +46 40-38 37 37 [email protected] www.briggen.se

Fastighets AB Brostaden

Bolidenvägen 14 Box 5013, SE-121 05 Johanneshov, Sweden Telephone +46 8-602 33 00 Fax +46 8-602 33 30 [email protected] www.brostaden.se

Fastighets AB Corallen

Lasarettsgatan 3 Box 148, SE-331 21 Värnamo, Sweden Telephone +46 370-69 49 00 Fax +46 370-475 90 [email protected] www.corallen.se

Eklandia Fastighets AB

Ringögatan 12 Box 8725, SE-402 75 Gothenburg, Sweden Telephone +46 31-744 09 00 Fax +46 31-744 09 50 [email protected] www.eklandia.se

Harry Sjögren AB

Kråketorpsgatan 20, SE-431 53 Mölndal, Sweden Telephone +46 31-706 65 00 Fax +46 31-706 65 29 [email protected] www.harrysjogren.se

In the event of confl ict in interpretation or differences between this report and the Swedish version, the latter will have priority.

Castellum AB (publ) • Box 2269, SE-403 14 Gothenburg, Sweden • Visiting address Kaserntorget 5 Telephone +46 31-60 74 00 • Fax +46 31-13 17 55 • E-mail [email protected] • www.castellum.se Registered offi ce: Gothenburg • Corporate identity no. 556475-5550