INTERIM REPORT JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 2002



·Operating income totalled MSEK 413 (564)
·Extra inventory write-down MSEK - 20 (0)
·Profit after net financial items MSEK - 34.1 (39.3)
·Earnings per share amounted to SEK - 5.32 (6.55)

Sales and profit
Consolidated net sales during the period amounted to MSEK 413 (564). EG
Components Denmark was consolidated into the group as from 1 July. The
net sales of the company during the third quarter amounted to MSEK
11.7.
The result of the continuing weak telecom market was that the stock
which was purchased at the end of 2000 was written down by MSEK 20. The
main part of this stock is in the Philippines. The exchange rate
difference of MSEK -5.1 which arose mainly during the second quarter
remains unchanged. The profit during the third quarter excluding
exchange rate differences and the inventory write-down was MSEK -4. The
drop in the sales...