Interim report for the period from 1 June 2006 - 28 February 2007 for Bang & Olufsen a/s


The Group's turnover for the first three quarters of the financial year was DKK
3,287 million against DKK 3,117 million for the same period last year. The
branded business recorded 8 per cent growth while growth for the Group as a
whole to-talled 5 per cent. 

Operating profit for the period totalled DKK 415 million against DKK 367
million for the same period last year, i.e. an advance of DKK 48 million or 13
per cent. 

Bang & Olufsen ICEpower a/s increased its turnover from DKK 64 million to DKK
72 million. Bang & Olufsen Medicom a/s recorded a decline in turnover for the
period of DKK 64 million, from DKK 165 million last year to DKK 101 million
this financial year. 

During the third quarter, the Group launched a new, powerful loudspeaker,
BeoLab 9, and a hard disk recorder, HDR 2. The launch of the global flat-screen
TV, BeoVision 9, also commenced in the third quarter in limited quantities. 

Turnover for the third quarter was slightly below expectations due to a delay
of some months in the launch of two new TV products. Distribution development
and organic growth is satisfactory. The Group expects an increase in turnover
of around 7 per cent for the full year, and increases its expectations for
result before tax to be in the region of DKK 490-520 million.

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