Interim Report January - June 2008

Interim Report January - June 2008

Solid sales and profit growth in the second quarter 2008

•	Order intake increased by 12* per cent to 4 016 MSEK (3 651).
•	Net sales increased by 13* per cent to 3 904 MSEK (3 516).
•	Operating earnings increased by 22 per cent to 734 MSEK (601). Earnings were
adversely affected by exchange rate movements of -56 MSEK.
•	Earnings before taxes increased by 18 per cent to 657 MSEK (555). Earnings
were adversely affected by exchange rate movements of -58 MSEK.
•	Net earnings, excluding non-recurring items, increased by 17 per cent to 566
MSEK (483). Including non-recurring items, net earnings increased by 11 per
cent.
•	Earnings per share, before dilution, increased by 10 per cent to 2.12 SEK
(1.92). 
•	The polymers business was listed as a separate company, Hexpol AB, on OMX
Nordic Exchange Stockholm, and was de-consolidated from Hexagon as of 1 June.


* Adjusted to fixed exchange rates and a comparable group structure (organic
growth). 


For further information please contact Sara Kraft, Investor Relations, at +46 8
601 26 27, ir@hexagon.se

Hexagon AB is a global measurement technologies company with strong market
positions. Hexagon's mission is to develop and market leading technologies and
services to measure in one, two or three dimensions, to position and update
objects and to time processes. The group has about 8 000 employees in 35
countries and net sales of about 13 000 MSEK. Read more at www.hexagon.se.