Stable profit trend for Hufvudstaden

• Profit for the period after tax amounted to SEK 109.7 million (122.8). • Gross profit from property management fell by 5.2 per cent to SEK 193.2 million (203.8) for comparable holdings. The fall in profit can be attributed to costs incurred in conjunction with the development of a number of properties. • Net sales for the Group for the period amounted to SEK 331.7 million (333.8) • The rental vacancy level at the period-end was 9.2 per cent (7.1 at the turn of the year). The increase can be explained by a major vacation of premises in the beginning of the year. • Profit per share was SEK 0.53 (0.60). Stockholm, May 9, 2006 HUFVUDSTADEN AB (publ) Ivo Stopner President Appendix: Interim report January – March 2006 For further information, please contact Ivo Stopner, CEO, or Magnus Jacobson, CFO, telephone +46 8-762 90 00.