Interim report October-December 2012


Refinement, restructuring, renewal
– financial and operational

  · Refinement – Engine Efficiency business area sold, capital gains of SEK 83.5
million, reported as divested business
  · Directed share issue worth SEK 83.9 million completed
  · Interest-bearing liabilities worth around SEK 160 million settled in Q4 2012
  · Restructuring initiated within bioenergy, focus on continued growth in
Germany and the UK, and on Saxlund’s and SRE’s core business
  · Savings within the Group following sale of Engine Efficiency business area
will successively reduce the cost base by SEK 10-15 million annually, full
effect expected from second half of 2013
  · Sales and earnings remain weak in Q4
  · Earnings for remaining business in Q4 affected by one-off items amounting to
SEK 82.4 million, of which SEK 57.6 million attributable to write-down of
deferred tax

Q4, October–December 2012, remaining business

  · Net sales amounted to SEK 55.1 million (110.6 m)
  · Operating loss (EBIT) was SEK 52.6 million (–13.7 m)
  · Loss after tax of SEK 120.0 million (–12.2 m)
  · Earnings per share SEK –0.25 (–0.07)

Q1-4, January–December 2012

  · Net sales amounted to SEK 316.9 million (367.4 m)
  · Operating loss (EBIT) was SEK 104.1 million (–84.4 m)
  · Loss after tax of SEK 166.2 million (–69.9 m)
  · Earnings per share SEK –0.54 (–1.31)

Important events after the end of the period

  · Directed issue of 12,087,454 shares at SEK 0.59 per share for GEM Global
Yield Fund Ltd.

For further information, please contact:

  · Rolf Hasselström, President and CEO: +46 8 466 45 00, +46 70 594 79 60
  · Göran Falkenström, deputy CEO and CFO: +46 532 611 22, +46 70 330 05 02
  · Niklas Johansson, deputy CEO, Investor Relations: +46 8 466 45 11, +46 70
592 54 53

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