Klippan Interim Report January -- March


KLIPPAN, Sweden, May 06, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Klippan:

- Group net turnover amounted to MSEK 385.1 (502.9).

- Result after tax was MSEK -6.9 (3.2).

- Operating result was MSEK -4.4 (9.8). The result fell compared to the first quarter last year as a consequence of lower prices and lower volume.

- Result per share amounted to SEK -0.83 (0.39) . A radical reform programme has been carried out since the end of 2003.

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