Balder has been informed that Swedbank’s offering of preference shares in Balder to the public in Sweden and to institutional investors in Sweden and abroad was received with great interest and the offering was over-subscribed several times. Approximately 3,400 individuals and institutional investors have been allotted preference shares in Balder through the offering.

For further information, please contact:
CEO Erik Selin, tel. +46 706 074 790 or
Head of Finance Marcus Hansson, tel. +46 768 369 848

Balder discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was released for publication on 3 February 2012 at 14.00.