Increased profit for Hufvudstaden

• Profit for the period after tax amounted to SEK 664.0 million (595.9). • The gross profit from property management increased by 4.9 per cent to SEK 422.7 million (403.0). The holdings are unchanged. • Net sales for the Group for the period amounted to SEK 666.1 million (667.6). • The rental vacancy level at the period-end was 8.5 per cent (7.1 at the turn of the year). The increase can be attributed to a major vacation of premises after the turn of the year. • Profit per share was SEK 3.22 (2.89). Stockholm, August 24, 2006 HUFVUDSTADEN AB (publ) Ivo Stopner President Appendix: Interim report January - June 2006 For further information, please contact Ivo Stopner, CEO, or Magnus Jacobson, CFO, telephone +46 8-762 90 00.