Cision AB (publ) Interim report January-March 2008, April 24, 2008

Cision AB (publ) Interim report January-March 2008, April 24, 2008

Weak quarter in the UK.
Continued solid performance in North America.

• The Group's operating revenue amounted to SEK 443 million (488). Organic
growth in local currency was
-4 percent (3). Exchange rate effects negatively affected revenue by SEK 18
million.
• Operating profit amounted to SEK 31 million (41) and profit before tax was SEK
17 million (27). Profit after
tax amounted to SEK 7 million (15), while earnings per share amounted to SEK
0.10 (0.20).
• Excluding restructuring expenses, operating profit amounted to SEK 37 million
(61) and the operating
margin was 8.4 percent (12.5). Exchange rate effects, mainly from a weaker U.S.
dollar, negatively affected
profit by SEK 3 million.
• Operating cash flow amounted to SEK 18 million (90). Free cash flow amounted
to SEK -18 million (30).
Cash flow during the same period of the previous year included non-recurring
revenue of SEK 29 million
from property sales.
• According to the press release distributed April 4, production disruptions in
connection with the consolidation
of two facilities in the UK resulted in significantly lower revenue in this
market than the previous year.
The estimated effect on revenue during the quarter was about SEK 15 million.
• In the U.S., CisionPoint has continued to be well received by clients and
generated good orders.

For further information, please contact:
Niklas Flyborg, President and CEO, phone +46 (0)8 507 410 10
e-mail: niklas.flyborg@cision.com
Erik Forsberg, CFO, telephone +46 (0)8 507 410 91
e-mail: erik.forsberg@cision.com

Cision improves clients' performance through integrated services and software
solutions for reputation and campaign management, media monitoring and research
of media contacts.
Cision AB is quoted on the Nordic Exchange and has approx. 17 000 shareholders.
The company has around 2,600 employees and a turnover of SEK 1.9 billion in
2007. Cision operates in the US, UK, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Norway, Finland,
Denmark, Portugal, Lithuania, the Netherlands and China and has partners in
another 125 countries.