Thule Group (publ) interim report for the first quarter, January – March 2015


Q1, 2015 in Summary

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Net sales for the quarter amounted to SEK 1,366m (1,075) corresponding to an
increase of 27.1 percent. Adjusted for exchange-rate fluctuations, sales rose
11.5 percent.

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Underlying EBIT amounted to SEK 210m (156), corresponding to an underlying EBIT
margin of 15.4 percent (14.5), up 34.8 percent. Adjusted for exchange rate
fluctuations, underlying EBIT rose 35.4 percent.

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Net income for the period was SEK 142m (77).

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Cash flow from operating activities (see 1 below) was a negative SEK 151m (neg:
125).

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Earnings per share before dilution amounted to SEK 1.42 (0.92).

The full report is available at www.thulegroup.com

Conference call
A combined press- and analyst call with Magnus Welander, CEO and President,
and Lennart Mauritzson, CFO, is scheduled for today, April 29, at 1:30 p.m.
(CET).
For participation please dial:
Sweden                   +46 8 566 426 91
UK                           +44 20 34281400
USA                        +1 855 7532236
A replay of the call we be available at
www.thulegroup.com/en/reports (http://www.thulegroup.com/en/reports) later
during the day.

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[1] (http://connect.ne.cision.com#_ftnref1)The comparative figures are based on
the total operations, meaning both continuing operations and operations
discontinued in 2014.
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Enquiries, please contact:
Fredrik Erlandsson
SVP Communications and Investor Relations
Tel: +46 70 309 00 21
E-mail: fredrik.erlandsson@thule.com
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About Thule Group
Thule Group is a world leader in products that make it easy to bring the things
you care for – easily, securely and in style, when living an active life. Under
the motto Active Life, Simplified, we offer products within two segments:
Outdoor&Bags (e.g. equipment for cycling, water and winter sports, roof boxes,
bike trailers, baby joggers, laptop and camera bags, backpacks and cases for
mobile handheld devices) and Specialty (snow chains and pick-up truck tool
boxes).
Our products are sold in 136 markets globally. There are more than 2,200 of us
working for Thule Group at 10 production facilities and more than 35 sales
locations all over the world.
Net sales for 2014 amounted to 4.7 billion SEK. Thule Group is a public company
listed at Nasdaq Stockholm.
For more information, please visit www.thulegroup.com

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