Interim Report January - September 2007

Interim Report January - September 2007

Steady growth and stable development

- Bure's share in EBITA of the portfolio companies improved to SEK 10M (2) for
the traditionally weak third quarter and by 79 per cent to SEK 129M (72) for the
first nine months of the year.
- Net sales in the portfolio companies rose by 24 per cent to SEK 539M (434) for
the third quarter and by 23 per cent to SEK 1,875M (1,521) for the first nine
months.
- The Parent Company's profit after tax was SEK 36M (621) for the third quarter
and SEK 606M (637) for the first nine months.
- Equity per share in the Parent Company was SEK 30.18 (24.14).
- Consolidated operating profit including discontinued operations reached SEK
65M (621) for the third quarter and SEK 868M (768) for the first nine months. In
continuing operations, operating profit was SEK 61M (-4) for the third quarter
and SEK 206M (87) for the first nine months.
- Consolidated profit in continuing operations rose to SEK 61M (1) for the third
quarter and to SEK 227M (70) for the first nine months. Fully diluted earnings
per share were SEK 0.61 (5.36) for the third quarter and SEK 7.45 (6.28) for the
first nine months.
- In September Anew Learning acquired the independent school company Fenestra,
which operates one preschool and two compulsory schools in Göteborg and is
responsible for 700 children and pupils.
- During the period Bure sold its holding in Jeeves parts of its holding in
Grontmij, which together provided an exit gain of SEK 29M and net proceeds of
SEK 76M.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
- The application period for Bure's redemption programme, as resolved on by the
Extraordinary General Meeting on 3 September, expired on 12 October. A total of
99.1 per cent of all redemption rights were exercised, which means that Bure
will pay out a sum of SEK 569M for the redeemed shares at the beginning of
November 2007.
- Bure announced a mandatory offer to acquire AcadeMedia AB. SEK 90.00 in cash
is offered for each share of class A and class B.
- During October Bure has acquired another 53,525 shares of class A and
1,269,333 shares of class B in AcadeMedia and after this Bure's holding
represents 31.5 per cent of the share capital and 45.4 per cent of the votes.

A complete Interim Report can be read at http://www.bure.se

Gothenburg, 26 October, 2007 
Bure Equity AB (publ)




For additional information, please contact: 

Mikael Nachemson, President, Phone +46 31-708 64 20
Anders Mörck, CFO, Phone +46 31-708 64 41, +46 70-646 52 11

TELEPHONE CONFERENCE IN SWEDISH, 29 OCTOBER, 09:00 CET
On Monday 29 October, 09:00 CET, a telephone conference will be held in Swedish
with CEO Mikael Nachemson and CFO Anders Mörck. Journalists and professional
actors at the capital market are welcome to participate. Please dial +46 (0)8
566 363 29, 10 minutes prior to the conference to participate.

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The information in this Interim Report is subject to the disclosure requirements
of Bure Equity AB under the Swedish Securities Exchange and Clearing Operations
Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. This information has
been publicly communicated on 26 October, 2007 at 12.00 CET.
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