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Pandox AB Acquires Hotel Properties in Stockholm 
and Helsingborg, Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - June 7, 2001-- Pandox AB (publ) acquires the hotel properties Mr. Chip in Kista, Stockholm north and Hotell Hogvakten in Helsingborg.
 
The acquisition price, including acquisition costs, for the hotel property Mr. Chip amounts to MSEK 124. Operating net, on a twelve month basis, is estimated to MSEK 11, resulting in a yield of 9.0 percent.

Mr. Chip is part of the northern Stockholm hotel market that presently has an occupancy of about 67 percent. The hotel is strategically located in Kista, one of the most expansive areas 


Mr. Chip
Färögatan 9
Kista, Sweden
of Stockholm and a center for IT and Telecom companies. The hotel was built in 1984 and has 150 rooms, conference center, restaurant and bar. It is operated by a private operator with a revenuebased lease with guarantee.

The hotel property Hotell Hogvakten is acquired for MSEK 18.5, inclusive of acquisition costs. Yield is estimated to 9.0 percent. Hotell Hogvakten is part of the Helsingborg city hotel market that presently has an occupancy of approximately 61 percent. The hotel has 42 rooms and is located in central Helsingborg, adjacent to the Radisson SAS Grand Hotel hotel property, also owned by Pandox.
 

As a result of the acquisitions, Pandox income before tax, on a twelve month basis, will increase by MSEK 2.6, equalling SEK 0.10 per share. Cash flow per share increases by SEK 0.16.
    
Pandox has now acquired two hotel properties and sold three in 2001. The transactions contribute to successively increase the quality of the hotel property 

Anders Nissen
Chief Executive Officer
portfolio regarding locality, revenue and future potential.
    
"Pandox continues to act according to its strategy. The acquisitions immediately improve Pandox income and cash flow per share. Mr. Chip is the tenth hotel property owned by Pandox in Stockholm and improves Pandox revenue structure in one of the strongest hotel markets in Europe. Hotell Hogvakten ensures the presence of Pandox in one of Pandox priority markets, Helsingborg," says Anders Nissen, CEO, Pandox AB.

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Contact:
Pandox AB
Anders Nissen
08-506 205 50

Also See SAS International Hotels Adds 26 Hotels in 2000 / Feb 2001 


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