INTERIM REPORT, FIRST QUARTER 2007

INTERIM REPORT, FIRST QUARTER 2007

• Net sales +6.2 %, SEK 2,971 million. 

• Operating profit +36 %, SEK 162 million.

• Operating profit including non-recurring items and after adjusting for IAS 39 
+30 %, SEK 164 million.

• Profit after tax +33 %, SEK 88 million.

• Earnings per share +36 %, SEK 2.10.


” The Speciality strategy focusing on value added products with higher margins
is progressing well. A new rationalization programme will generate SEK 100
million per annum on a rolling basis late 2009 at a cost of SEK 150 million. I
repeat that 2007 will give a clear improvement in operating profits compared
with 2006, which involved major changes”, says CEO Jerker Hartwall in a comment
to the report.


Jerker Hartwall
President and CEO
For further information, 
telephone +46 40 627 83 00


This report has not been reviewed by the Company's auditors