NCC Group: Interim Report, January-June 2003

8/21/2003 6:33 AM EST

NCC GROUP
Interim Report, January-June 2003

·Orders received rose to SEK 21.8 billion (19.9).
·Excluding items affecting comparability, a loss of SEK 254 M (profit
429) was reported after financial items.
·Second-quarter results exceeded the year-earlier figure, excluding NCC
Property Development.

April-June Jan-June
2003 2002 2003 2002
Orders received, SEK M 11,715 10,309 21,759 19,922
Net sales, SEK M 10,860 12,331 19,491 21,006
Operating profit/loss, SEK 323 883 -68 979
M 323 883 -68 678
excl. items
affecting comparability1)
Profit/loss after 205 730 -254 730
financial items, SEK M 205 730 -254 429
excl. items affecting
comparability1)
Earnings per share, SEK 0.80 4.55 -2.35 4.85
excl. items 0.80 4.55 -2.35 2.75
affecting comparability)

1) Items affecting comparability for 2002 pertain to a capital gain of SEK
301 M from the sale of NVS.


If you have any questions, please contact: Ann-Sofie Danielsson, Chief Financial
Officer
(Tel: +46-8-585 517 17) or Annica Gerentz, Investor Relations Manager (Tel: +46-
8-585 522 04, or +46-70-398 42 09).