The year at a glance

GRAPHS: Group net sals, (in millions of SEK); Group operating profit and operating margin; Dividend per share

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The year at a glance

• Net sales totalled SEK 3,862 million (2006: SEK 3,114 million)

• Operating profit excl. other operating income totalled SEK 331 million (SEK 148 million)

• Profit after tax amounted to SEK 220 million (SEK 108 million)

• Earnings per share before dilution: SEK 13.15 (SEK 7.38)

• Objectives for 2008:

– to continue to show improvements in earnings and margins and to grow more quickly than the market as a whole

(Swedish Association of Architects and Consulting Engineers STD index)

– expansion will take place primarily in the Nordic countries, Eastern Europe and Russia.