Interim Report January - June 2009

Interim Report January - June 2009

• Net sales MSEK 1,233 (1,404) 
• Operating profit MSEK 59.2 (138.8)
• Profit after taxes MSEK 40.5 (94.5)
• Earnings per share SEK 3.21 (7.51)
• Order intake MSEK 1,356 (1,450)


Comments from the Group CEO Johan Hjertonsson
• Continued weak business cycle during the first half of 2009.
• Order intake, adjusted for comparable operations is only 2 % lower than in the
previous year.
• Several break-through orders in the United Arab Emirates. 
• The acquisition of the Belgian lighting company, Waco, was completed after the
end of the reporting period.
• A review of the Group's cost structure is in progress

Disclosures may be submitted by

Johan Hjertonsson 			
CEO 
tel: +46 36 10 87 06 
mobile: +46 70 655 45 44 
e-mail: johan.hjertonsson@fagerhult.se

Ulf Karlsson 
CFO
tel: +46 36 10 85 63 
mobile: +46 70 537 04 54 
e-mail: ulf.karlsson@fagerhult.se

The Fagerhult Group with 2,000 employees is the largest lighting group in the
Nordic region and a leading force in Europe. We develop, manufacture and market
professional lighting systems for public environments. The group has sales
companies in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, the
Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Estonia, Poland, Russia,
Dubai, Australia and China. Production facilities are located in Habo,
Falkenberg, Borås and Åhus in Sweden, Manchester in England, Melbourne in
Australia and in Suzhou, China. The group, which includes Fagerhults Belysning,
Ateljé Lyktan,Fagerhult Retail, Elenco, Eagle Lighting, Project Lighting and
Whitecroft Lighting, has a turnover of SEK 2,800 million. AB Fagerhult is quoted
on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm, Mid Cap.