Interim report January - June 2007

Interim report January - June 2007

•	Total revenues for the second quarter increased by 0.4 per cent compared with
the year-earlier period and amounted to SEK 665.8 M (663.0). Revenues for the
period increased by 4.9 per cent to SEK 1,271.7 M (1,212.8). 

•	 EBIT for the second quarter increased by 103.5 per cent compared with the
year-earlier period and amounted to SEK 75.9 M (37.4). EBIT for the period
amounted to SEK 129.2 M (75.4).  

•	Income after financial items increased by 129.8 per cent for the second
quarter and amounted to SEK 73.3 M (31.9). Income after financial items for the
period amounted to SEK 134.5 M (67.7). Financial items include positive currency
effect totalling SEK 0.9 M (neg: 3.9) for the second quarter and SEK 11.2 M
(neg: 3.4) for the period. 

•	 EBIT margin for the second quarter increased to 11.4 per cent (5.6) and for
the period to 10.2 per cent (6.2). 

•	 Profit after tax for the second quarter increased by 125 per cent and
amounted to SEK 52.2 M (23.2). Profit after tax for the period amounted to SEK
95.9 M (47.8). 

•	 Earnings per share before dilution for the second quarter increased by 153
per cent and amounted to SEK 1.62 M (0.64) and for the period to SEK 2.96 M
(1.41).

For further information, please contact:
Håkan Lundstedt, President and CEO Mekonomen 
AB, Tel. +46(0)8-464 00 10 or
Gunilla Spongh, CFO Mekonomen AB, Tel. +46(0)8-464 00 80

Mekonomen is a spare parts chain with its own wholesale operation and a
nationwide retail network of wholly owned and cooperating stores in Sweden,
Norway and Denmark. Group revenues mainly consist of sales to service centres
and motorists via wholly owned stores, and wholesale operations aimed at
cooperating stores. 
www.mekonomen.se