Hexagon Interim Report January 1 - September 30, 2002


NACKA STRAND, Sweden, Oct. 30, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Hexagon (Stockholm:HEXAtrb):

Third quarter 2002

- Strong earnings and good order intake during Hexagon's seasonally weakest quarter

- For the first time since Q1, 2001, the order intake exceeded the invoicing

- During the quarter, Metrology has acquired Xygent, Mirai as well as started a factory in China . Engineering has consolidated GFD with Gislaved and further increased it's margins


                Third quarter         First nine months
(MSEK)          2002    2001   Change  2002    2001   Change
Order intake    1,675   1,594     5 %     5,074   4,349    17 %
Net sales       1,589   1,582     0 %     5,065   4,335    17 %
EBITA              88      49    80 %       341     199    71 %
 Margin %          5.5     3.1   +2.4%       6.7     4.6   +2.1 %
EBIT 1             66      32   106 %       275     162    70 %
Earnings before    45      15   200 %       194     142    37 %
tax
Earnings per        1.14    0.56   104 %    6.51    5.75   13 %
share (EPS)
EPS adjust. for     2.33    1.63   43 %    10.39    8.06   29 %
goodwill
Cash flow per      5.35    3.19    68 %    15.61   13.25   18 %
share

For further information, please call:
Hexagon AB
Ola Rollen, CEO 
tel. no +46 (0) 8 - 601 26 20

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

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