During the last year, the total injury rate for our Scandinavian operations has gone down. The reduction can mainly be attributed to fewer injuries in our Swedish and Danish operations during the last four quarters. The accumulated injury rate (rolling average for the last four quarters) was 4.5 for the first quarter of 2009, as against 6.9 for the first quarter of 2008.

Our Norwegian operations reported eight lost-time injuries in the first quarter of 2009. This gave an injury rate of 4.6 for the quarter, compared with 2.8 for the first quarter of 2008. The accumulated injury rate was 3.4, as against 4.1 at the same time in 2008.

In our Swedish operations, the injury rate for the first quarter was 2.4, as against 8.3 for the first quarter of 2008. The accumulated injury rate was 6.0, compared with 11.2 at the same time last year.

In our Danish operations, the injury rate for the first quarter was 9.1, as against 7.1 for the first quarter of 2008. The accumulated injury rate was 10.2, compared with 17.4 at the same time last year.

Sickness absence among skilled workers is still showing a decreasing trend in Denmark and Sweden, while remaining stable in Norway.

For our skilled workers in Norway, sickness absence was 6.8 per cent (accumulated), as against
6.4 per cent at the same time last year. The accumulated sickness absence for all employees in Norway was
5.4 per cent, compared with 5.2 per cent the year before.

In Sweden, sickness absence among skilled workers (accumulated) was 3.8 per cent, as against
4.1 per cent the year before. The accumulated sickness absence for all employees was 2.7 per cent, compared with 3.0 per cent in 2008.

In Denmark, sickness absence among skilled workers was 2.9 per cent (accumulated), against 4.4 per cent the year before. The accumulated sickness absence for all employees was 2.2 per cent, as against
3.1 per cent last year.