ISS A/S
ISS completes divestment of Nordic staffing activities

ISS A/S 

03.10.2014 13:07

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Copenhagen, 2014-10-03 13:07 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
                                                                     No. 24/2014

Today, ISS (ISS.CO, ISS DC), a leading global facility services provider, has
completed the sale of its Nordic temporary labour and staffing activities
(Personalhuset) in Norway, Sweden and Finland for an enterprise value of NOK
350 million to the privately owned Adolfsen Group. The sale is effective end of
September and was originally announced in ISS A/S' company announcement no. 17
of 10 July 2014. 

'We are very satisfied with completing this divestment. It is part of our
ongoing strategic transformation to further focus on core activities and
self-delivering facility service performance to facilitate our customers'
purpose', said Troels Bjerg, CEO for ISS Nordic Region. 

'ISS has a very strong position in the Nordics, with a number of important
strategic customers and close to 40,000 employees in the region. We are the
leading provider of facility services and our commitment to this region, which
we consider our homebase, remains unchanged,' he added. 

The net cash proceeds on closing from the transaction will be used to support
the execution of ISS' business strategy. 

The transaction will not impact ISS A/S' expectations for organic growth,
operating margin and cash conversion for 2014. 



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Manuel Vigilius, Global Media Relations Manager, +45 38 17 64 04

For investor enquiries
Martin Kjær Hansen, Investor Relations Manager, +45 38 17 64 31



About ISS                                                                       
The ISS Group was founded in Copenhagen in 1901 and has grown to become one of  
 the world's leading Facility Services companies. ISS offers a wide range of    
 services such as: Cleaning, Catering, Security, Property and Support Services  
 as well as Facility Management. Global revenue amounted to DKK 78.5 billion in 
 2013 and ISS has more than 520,000 employees and local operations in more than 
 50 countries across Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and Pacific,    
 serving thousands of both public and private sector customers. For more        
 information on the ISS Group, visit www.issworld.com.                          



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