Hexagon Interim Report Q1 2003

5/6/2003 8:01 AM EST

Interim Report
January 1st - March 31st, 2003


First Quarter 2003

· Earnings before taxes increased by 23 per cent to 70 MSEK.

· Earnings after taxes increased by 36 per cent to 45 MSEK.

· Earnings per share increased by 18 per cent to 2.43 SEK.

· Order intake increased by 18 per cent to 1 907 MSEK.

· Cash flow per share increased from -2.56 SEK to 3.19 SEK.


First Quarter
(MSEK) 2003 2002 Change
Order intake 1 907 1 621 18 %
Net sales 1 847 1 689 9 %
EBITA 115 110 5 %
Margin % 6.2 6.5 -0.3
EBIT 1 95 88 8 %
Earnings before taxes 70 57 23 %
Earnings per share (EPS), SEK 2.43 2.06 18 %
EPS adjusted for goodwill, SEK 3.52 3.44 2 %
Cash flow per share, SEK 3.19 -2.56 N/A



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Håkan Halén, CFO, Hexagon AB, tel. no +46 (0) 8 - 601 26 20

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