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HEXAGON EMPLOYS INVESTOR RELATIONS & CORPORATE COM-MUNICATIONS MANAGER

Ms Sara Kraft has assumed a newly established position as Investor Relations and Corporate Communication Manager at Hexagon AB. Prior to joining Hexagon Sara worked at Kreab AB where she during the past five years has been an advisor on in-formation and communication issues.


For further information, please contact:
Ola Rollén, CEO and President
Hexagon AB
Tel: +46 (0)8 601 26 20

Sara Kraft, IR &...

Acquisition of outstanding Leica-shares and resolution on new issue

Hexagon has agreed upon the acquisition of a total of 16,400 outstanding shares in Leica Geosystems. The sellers of the shares will for each share in Leica Geosystems receive the same consideration as previous Leica shareholders, i.e. a cash consideration of CHF 440 plus five series B shares in Hexagon. After the acquisition of these shares, Hexagons par-ticipating interest amounts to 99,2 per cent.

In connection...

Interim Report January 1st – September 30th, 2005

Third Quarter 2005
• Net sales amounted to 1 624 MSEK (2 000). Using fixed exchange rates and a comparable group structure (organic growth), net sales increased by 10 per cent.
• Earnings before taxes, including capital gains and non-recurring items, increased to 477 MSEK (137).
• Earnings after taxes, including capital gains and non-recurring item, increased to 472 MSEK (106).
• Earnings per share after taxes...

HEXAGON ABOVE THE 98 % THRESHOLD IN LEICA GEOSYSTEMS

According to preliminary calculations more than 98 per cent of all outstanding shares in Leica Geosystems AG have been tendered to Hexagon during the second offering period that lapsed yesterday.

Hexagon will now start procedures to delist Leica Geosystems and is planning to call for the remaining shares outstanding.

As from and including, October 26, 2005, the Hexagon Series B share will be quoted on the Zurich...

HEXAGON’S BID FOR LEICA GEOSYSTEMS SUCCESSFUL

Preliminary, approx 71.3 per cent of all outstanding shares have tendered to Hexagon’s public offer for Leica Geosystems Holdngs AG. Hexagon’s remaining condition of an acceptance level of at least 50.1 per cent is thereby fulfilled. Consequently Hexagon completes its bid, and an additional acceptance period will commence on September 29th and end on October 12th with the purpose of giving all shareholders the...

Hexagon’s bid for Leica Geosystems

More than 70% of the shares have been tendered to Hexagon’s public offer for Leica Geosystems. The definite number will be published on Monday, September 26, 2005. For further information, please contact: Ola Rollén, President & CEO Hexagon AB Tel: +46 8 601 26 20 Håkan Halén, CFO Hexagon AB Tel: +46 8 601 26 20

Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting in Hexagon AB (publ)

Hexagon has made a public offer to all shareholders in Leica Geosystems Holdings AG, Switzerland (“Leica”) to purchase all shares in Leica. According to the public offer, a cash consideration of CHF 440 as well as five new B-shares in Hexagon is offered for each share in Leica. In view of that the offer partly consists of consideration in the form of new Hexagon shares, the Board had submitted certain proposals for...

EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING OF HEXAGON – INFORMATION BROCHURE

Hexagon AB (publ) has prepared an information brochure in offering to the share-holders of Hexagon supplementary information before the Extraordinary Sharehold-ers’ Meeting concerning the tender offer made by Hexagon to the shareholders of the Swiss publicly listed company Leica Geosystems Holdings AG. The Extraordinary Shareholders’ meeting will be held as previously announced on 15 September 2005 at 5 p.m.CET in...

HEXAGON INCREASES ITS TENDER OFFER FOR LEICA GEOSYSTEMS

• For each share in Leica, Hexagon offers CHF 440 in cash and 5 shares in Hexagon of series B (the “Improved Offer”)

• The Board of Directors in Hexagon proposes that an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on 15 September 2005 (prior to the expiration of the acceptance period under the Improved Offer ) resolve on an issue of new shares of series B nec-essary to complete the Improved Offer

• Press and...

Interim Report January 1st – June 30th, 2005

Second Quarter 2005
• Net sales increased by 18 per cent to 2 507 MSEK (2 126). Using fixed exchange rates and a comparable group structure (organic growth), net sales increased by 13 per cent.
• Earnings before taxes increased by 85 per cent to 203 MSEK (110).
• Earnings per share after taxes increased by 71 per cent to 2.53 SEK (1.48).
• Cash flow per share amounted to 3.82 SEK (4.38)

First half year of 2005
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Hexagon AB is a global measurement technologies company with strong market positions. Hexagon's mission is to develop and market leading technologies and services to measure in one, two or three dimensions, to position a...

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