Interim report January - June 2012


Reporting period January – June

  · Orders received rose by 15.7% to SEK 12,025 M (10,395), and grew organically
by 4.7%
  · Net sales increased by 12.7% to SEK 10,858 M (9,634), and grew organically
by 1.3%
  · Profit before tax rose by 5.1% to SEK 1,285 M (1,223)
  · Net profit increased by 5.1% to SEK 951 M (905)
  · Earnings per share increased by 5.3% to SEK 3.98 (3.78)
  · EBITA before restructuring rose by 8.2% to SEK 1,873 M (1,731)

Reporting period April – June

  · Orders received rose by 20.9% to SEK 6,230 M (5,153), and grew organically
by 8.2%
  · Profit before tax rose by 9.5% to SEK 716 M (654)
  · EBITA before restructuring rose by 9.7% to SEK 1,019 M (929)
  · Continued favourable earnings outlook for 2012

Second quarter 2012

Expectations of a significant improvement in earnings growth during the second
half of the current year are based on strong orders received during the second
quarter.

Orders received

The Group’s orders received experienced a strong trend during the quarter and
grew organically by a highly favourable 8.2%. Accordingly, the organic increase
in orders received for the first six months of the year totalled 4.7%. Orders
received for Medical Systems were particularly strong and grew organically by
15.7%. Infection Control’s orders received increased organically by slightly
less than 1%, compared with strong orders received during the year-earlier
period.

Extended Care’s organic orders received were slightly higher than in the year
-earlier period.

Orders received remained very strong in the markets outside Western Europe and
North America, which comprise a growing portion of the Group’s sales. During the
first six months of the year, about one-third of orders received were generated
in these markets. The volume trend in the markets in Western Europe continued to
outperform expectations, while the trend for medical-technical capital goods in
North America has been weak to date in 2012.

Teleconference with CEO Johan Malmquist and CFO Ulf Grunander11 July 2012 at
10:00am CETSweden: +46 8 5352 6408 (always use the area
code)        UK: +44 207 784 1036
GETINGE GROUP is a leading global provider of products and systems that
contribute to quality enhancement and cost efficiency within healthcare and life
sciences. We operate under the three brands of ArjoHuntleigh, GETINGE and
MAQUET. ArjoHuntleigh focuses on patient mobility and wound management
solutions. GETINGE provides solutions for infection control within healthcare
and contamination prevention within life sciences. MAQUET specializes in
solutions, therapies and products for surgical interventions, interventional
cardiology and intensive care.
The information is such that Getinge AB must disclose in accordance with the
Swedish Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.

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