Financial Report April - June 2010


Financial Report April - June 2010

Sales:                           $1,802 million
Operating margin:        12.7%
Operating cash flow:    $251 million 
EPS:                             $1.60 

(Stockholm, July 23, 2010) - - - For the three-month period ended June
30, 2010, Autoliv Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIV) - the worldwide leader
in automotive safety systems - reported a record quarterly operating
income and margin of $229 million and 12.7%, respectively. Net sales
increased by 51% to $1,802 million compared to the same quarter in 2009.

Excluding currency effects and acquisitions, sales grew organically by
40% compared to the increase in global light vehicle production of 29%.
 

Income before taxes improved to $206 million, net income to $146 million
and earnings per share assuming dilution to $1.60. The pre-tax income
has been negatively affected by approximately $12 million for
extinguishment of debt.

Operations generated a positive cash flow of $251 million, and $195
million before financing. Net debt fell to $417 million despite
acquisitions, restructuring payments and debt extinguishment payments
totaling $181 million since the beginning of the year.

For the third quarter of 2010, the Company expects consolidated net
sales to rise close to 25% compared to the same quarter in 2009 with
organic sales growing by at least 20% and anticipates an operating
margin of at least 10%. Based on the current IHS (CSM) light vehicle
production forecast, the Company indicates a net sales increase of close
to 35% for the full year with organic sales growing by approximately 28%
and indicates an operating margin of more than 11%.  

An earnings conference call will be held at 2:00 p.m. (CET) today July
23. To follow the webcast or to obtain your personal pin code and phone
number, please access www.autoliv.com.


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