Cision AB (publ) Interim report January-June 2007, July 26, 2007


Cision AB (publ) Interim report January-June 2007, July 26, 2007

Improved profit and margins during the quarter.
Restructuring work progressing according to plan.

• The Group's operating revenue amounted to SEK 957 million (974). Organic
growth in local currency was 1 percent (4). Exchange rate effects negatively
affected revenue by SEK 39 million.
• Operating profit amounted to SEK 84 million (-373) and profit before tax was
SEK 57 million (-406). Profit after tax amounted to SEK 28 million (-436), while
earnings per share amounted to SEK 0.37 (-5.87). 
• Excluding restructuring expenses, operating profit amounted to SEK 114 million
(115) and the operating margin was 11.9 percent (11.8). Operating profit for the
quarter, excluding restructuring expenses, amounted to SEK 53 million (50) with
an operating margin of 11.3 percent (10.3). Exchange rate effects, mainly from a
weaker US dollar, negatively affected profit by SEK 8 million, of which SEK 3
million in the second quarter. 
• Operating cash flow amounted to SEK 125 million (102). Free cash flow amounted
to SEK 26 million (51). 
• The ongoing restructuring work is progressing according to plan and has lead
to improved profit and margins during the quarter.

For further information, please contact:
Niklas Flyborg, President and CEO, telephone: +46 8 507 410 10
e-mail: niklas.flyborg@cision.com
Gunilla Rudebjer, CFO, telephone: +46 709 843 836, +46 8 507 417 23
e-mail: gunilla.rudebjer@cision.com

Cision improves clients' performance through integrated services and software
solutions for reputation and campaign management, media monitoring and research
of media contacts. 

Cision AB is quoted on the Nordic Exchange and has approximately 20,000
shareholders. The company has around 2,700 employees and a turnover of SEK 1.9
billion in 2006. Cision operates in the US, UK, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Norway,
Finland, Denmark, Portugal, Lithuania, Hong Kong and the Netherlands and has
partners in another 125 countries.

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