Swedish Match Interim Report January – September 2007
10/25/2007 2:41 AM EST
Bullet 4 regarding Net profit was in error in previous version.
• Net sales for the third quarter amounted to 3,272 MSEK (3,261) and 9,024 MSEK (9,454) for the first nine months
• Operating profit for the third quarter amounted to 759 MSEK (808) and 1,935 MSEK (2,326*) for the first nine months
• Currency translation differences in the third quarter negatively affected sales and operating profit comparisons by 75 MSEK and 27 MSEK respectively
• Net profit for the third quarter amounted to 491 MSEK (627), and 1,264 MSEK (1,732) for the first nine months
• EPS for the third quarter amounted to 1.89 SEK (2.23) and 4.78 SEK (5.94) for the first nine months
• Cigars International Inc., a US based cigar business with annual sales of 400 MSEK, was acquired in September
* Excluding pension plan curtailment gain of 148 MSEK before tax in 2006
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Swedish Match AB (publ), SE-118 85 Stockholm
Visiting address: Rosenlundsgatan 36, Telephone: +46 8 658 02 00
Corporate Identity Number: 556015-0756
www.swedishmatch.com____________
For information, please contact:
Sven Hindrikes, President and Chief Executive Officer
Office +46 8 658 02 82, Mobile +46 70 567 41 76
Lars Dahlgren, Chief Financial Officer
Office +46 8 658 04 41, Mobile +46 70 958 04 41
Henrik Brehmer, Senior Vice President Corp. Communications
Office +46 8 658 04 52, Mobile +46 76 111 34 14
Emmett Harrison, Vice President, Investor Relations
Office +46 8 658 01 73, Mobile +46 70 938 01 73
Richard Flaherty, COO OTP, North America Division, US Investor Relations contact
Office +1 804 302 1774, Mobile +1 804 400 1774