Copenhagen, 29 June 2006 – Today, ISS released the financial figures for Q1 2006 for ISS A/S.

Performance highlights are shown below:

• Revenue increased 16%
  
• Organic growth doubled to more than 4%
  
• Operating margin increased by 0.1%-point to 4.6%
  
• Operating profit before other items was up 18%
  
• Compared to last year net profit was impacted by:
  • Higher interest expenses primarily due to an increase in net debt
  • The income in 2005 from the sale of Health Care, which positively impacted Q1 last year with DKK 123m
    
• In Q1 2006, ISS made 39 acquisitions including Pegasus in the UK and the remaining 51% of the shares in Tempo Services, Australia.

Forward-looking statements

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