HEXPOL's annual report for 2009 published

HEXPOL's annual report for 2009 published

HEXPOL's annual report for 2009 has today been published on our website
www.hexpol.com and is under distribution to the Group's shareholders. 

Georg Brunstam, HEXPOL's CEO and President, comments the year in the annual
report:

- 2009 was one of the most turbulent years we will ever experience. Despite
volume declines of up to 35-45% noted by our primary markets and customers, we
succeeded in achieving earnings per share, excluding items affecting
comparability, of 6.48 SEK (6.89) - nearly on par with the preceding year.

- Operating cash flow was very strong at 462 MSEK (411) as a result of positive
operative income and excellent management of inventories, accounts receivable
and accounts payable, as well as lower investments. Our equity/assets ratio was
strengthened to 44% and we reduced our net debt forcefully by 433 MSEK to 760
MSEK (1,193).

- Our employees' expertise and motivation have been of great value in this
extreme market situation. Since our strategy is based on in-depth and broad
based polymer and application expertise, we have been very careful to maintain
our development and process expertise. Consequently, we have been able to
successfully continue development of new applications and products and thereby
strengthen our market share.


The annual report can be downloaded from the website, www.hexpol.com. The
website also provides information on giving notice of intention to attend
HEXPOL's AGM on May 7. Printed copies of the annual report can be ordered via
HEXPOL's  Communication department at info@hexpol.com.


For further information please contact;

Urban Ottosson
CFO and Investor Relations
+46(0)767-85 51 44


This is the type of information that HEXPOL AB is obligated to disclose in
accordance with the Swedish Securities Market Act and/or the Financial
Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted to the media for
publication at 4:00 p.m. on April 16, 2010.

HEXPOL is a world-leading polymers group with strong global positions in
advanced rubber compounds (Compounding), gaskets for plate heat exchangers
(Gaskets) and wheels made of plastic and rubber materials for truck and castor
wheel applications (Wheels). Customers are primarily OEM manufacturers of plate
heat exchangers and trucks, as well as global systems suppliers to the
automotive industry. The Group is organized in two business areas, HEXPOL
Compounding and HEXPOL Engineered Products, and had about 1,800 employees in
nine countries at year-end. In 2009, HEXPOL had sales of about 2,600 MSEK. Read
more at www.hexpol.com.