PION Group — M&A Activity 2018

Oct 10, 2018

PERMISSION TO IMPLEMENT THE MERGER PLAN BETWEEN POOLIA AB (PUBL) AND UNIFLEX AB (PUBL) GRANTED BY THE SWEDISH COMPANIES REGISTRATION OFFICE

The Swedish Companies RegistrationOffice hastoday granted Poolia AB(publ)("Poolia") andUniflex AB(publ)("Uniflex") permission to implement the merger plan between the two companies. The Swedish Companies RegistrationOffice is expected to registerthe merger on 31 October 2018. In connectionwith the registration of the merger, Uniflex will be dissolved and all its assets and liabilitieswill be transferred to Poolia.

As a consequence of the Swedish Companies RegistrationOffice's permission and the future registration of the merger, Uniflex will be delisted fromNasdaq Stockholm. The last day of trading inUniflex'shares ofclass BonNasdaq Stockholmis expected to be 26October 2018with final delisting occurring on 1 November 2018.

In connectionwith the registration of the merger by the Swedish Companies RegistrationOffice, which is expected to take place on 31 October 2018, the shareholdersthat, at the time of the registration of the merger, are registered in the share register of Uniflex, maintained by Euroclear SwedenAB, willreceive mergerconsideration. Each share ofclass A inUniflex will be exchanged for1.7 newshares ofclass A in Poolia and each share ofclass BinUniflex will be exchanged for1.7 newshares ofclass Bin Poolia. The newshares are estimated to be available on the shareholders' accounts on 1 November 2018, which is also the first day when trading in the newshares ofclass Bin Pooliawhich constitute mergerconsiderationwill be possible. Trading in currently outstanding shares ofclass Bin Poolia takes place as usual andwill not be affected by the merger process.

For further information, please contact:

Jan Bengtsson, CEOUniflex	tel: +46 (0) 7 36 00 68 10
Morten Werner, CEOPoolia	tel: +46 (0) 706 36 25 25

Thisisinformation that Poolia AB(publ) and Uniflex AB(publ) are obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information wassubmitted for publication, through the agency ofthe contact personsset out above, at 14.00 (CEST) on 10 October 2018.

Poolia's businessconcept isto provide companies and organisations with the skillsthat, either temporarily or permanently, meet their needs for qualified professionals. Poolia specialise in temporary staf ing and permanent placement of professional staf in our focus areas of Finance & Accounting, Financial Services, Of ice Support, IT, Life Science & Engineering, Sales and Marketing, Human Resources, Legal, and Executive Search. Poolia has businessin Sweden, Finland and Germany. Poolia islisted on the NASDAQOMXStockholm Small Cap.