As earlier informed, Intrum Justitia‘s Employee Stock Option Program 2003/2009, which was approved by the Annual General Meeting in 2003 and provided 20 group employees in senior positions with an opportunity to acquire new shares at a strike price of SEK 54.60 per share, was in its exercise phase during the period July 1, 2007–May 30, 2009.
As a consequence of the exercise of allocated employee stock options, the share capital of Intrum Justitia has during June 2009 increased from SEK 1,595,733.02 to SEK 1,599,893.02, corresponding to an increase of 208,000 new shares, with the same number of votes. The share capital increase with a total of SEK 4,160, which corresponds to the share subscription, has been registered by Bolagsverket (the Swedish Companies Registration Office) on June 8, 2009. The total number of shares and voting rights in the company amounts herewith to 79,994,651.
Information on the Employee Stock Option Program 2003/2009 is available in Intrum Justitia’s Annual Report 2008 on page 69, note 32, and in the latest Interim Report dated April 28, 2009.
Intrum Justitia is Europe’s leading Credit Management Services (CMS) group and offers services designed to measurably improve clients’ cash flows and long-term profitability. Intrum Justitia was founded in 1923, has around 3,400 employees in 24 markets and revenues of approximately SEK 3.7 billion. Intrum Justitia AB is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm since 2002. For further information, please visit www.intrum.com