ICA Gruppen AB: Swedish ICA stores – December 2015 sales figures

Sales in the Swedish ICA stores rose by 3.6% in December 2015 compared with the corresponding month last year. Sales in like-for-like stores increased by 2.8%.

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	Dec-15			January – December 2015
Store sales, excl. VAT	SEKm	Change all stores	Change like-for-like	SEKm	Change all stores	Change like-for-like
Maxi ICA Stormarknad	3,427	5.60%	3.40%	32,935	5.70%	3.40%
ICA Kvantum	2,547	3.30%	2.80%	26,244	4.40%	3.40%
ICA Supermarket	2,967	2.30%	2.30%	33,024	2.20%	2.50%
ICA Nära	1,394	2.50%	2.60%	16,150	2.40%	2.80%
Total	10,335	3.60%	2.80%	108,353	3.80%	3.10%

In December 2015, sales in the Swedish ICA stores totalled SEK 10,335 million excluding VAT, which is an increase of 3.6% compared with the same month in the previous year. Sales in January-December 2015 amounted to SEK 108,353 million, an increase of 3.8% compared with the previous year.

At 31 December 2015, the number of ICA stores in Sweden was 1,306. Store sales for January will be published on 8 February 2016 at 08.45 CET.

To see all publication dates in 2016, please visit ICA Gruppen’s website http://www.icagruppen.se/en/investors/calendar.

ICA Gruppen discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 08:45 CET on Tuesday 12 January 2016.

ICA Gruppen AB (publ) is a leading retail company with a focus on food and health. The Group includes ICA Sweden and Rimi Baltic which mainly conduct grocery retail, ICA Real Estate which owns and manages properties, ICA Bank which offers financial services and Apotek Hjärtat which conducts pharmacy operations. The Group also includes the companies Hemtex and inkClub. For more information see icagruppen.se

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