Interim report January - March 2007

Interim report January - March 2007

•  Total revenues for the first quarter increased by 10.2 per cent compared with
the year-earlier period and amounted to SEK 605.9 M (549.8).  

•   EBIT increased by 40.1 per cent and amounted to SEK 53.3 M (38.0). 

•   EBIT margin increased to 8.8 per cent (6.9). 

•   Income after financial items increased by 70.9 per cent and amounted to SEK
61.2 M (35.8). Financial items include positive currency effects totalling SEK
10.3 M (0.5).

•  Profit after tax increased by 77.6 per cent and amounted to SEK 43.7 M
(24.6).

•  Earnings per share increased by 74.0 per cent and amounted to SEK 1.34
(0.77).

•  Mekonomen has signed a contract for the divestment of the Group's property
portfolio. The purchase price totals SEK 529 M. The preliminary capital gain
after tax amounts to SEK 131 M.




For further information, please contact:
Håkan Lundstedt, President and CEO Mekonomen AB, Tel. +46(0)8-464 00 10 or
Bo Rutberg, Acting CFO Mekonomen AB, Tel. +46(0)8-464 00 16

Mekonomen AB (publ), Corp. reg. no. 556392-1971
Box 6077
SE-141 06 Kungens Kurva 
Telephone: +46 (0)8-464 00 00, Fax: +46 (0)8-464 00 66 


Mekonomen is a car spare parts chain with its own wholesale operation and a
nationwide retail network of wholly owned and cooperating stores in Sweden,
Norway and Denmark. Group revenues mainly consist of sales to service centres
and motorists via wholly owned stores, and wholesale operations aimed at
co-operating stores.
WWW.mekonomen.se