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- Profit before tax SEK 820m (-16)
- Earnings per share before dilution SEK 2.41 (-0.09)
- Gradual improvement in holdings
- Issue of preference shares
- Acquisition of HENT
- Acquisition of Aibel and Nebula and merger of SF Bio and Finnkino completed in second quarter
- Stofa sold - exit gain SEK 895m
- Total return on Ratos shares -13%
Telephone conference today at 10.00 a.m. CET, tel +46 8 505 201 10. Conference ID "Ratos".
Stockholm 15 August 2013
Ratos AB (publ)
For further information, please contact:
Susanna Campbell, CEO, +46 8 700 17 00
Emma Rheborg, Head of Corporate Communications and IR, +46 8 700 17 20
| Financial calendar from Ratos: | |
| Interim Report January-September 2013 | 8 November 2013 |
| Year-end report 2013 | 20 February 2014 |
| Annual General Meeting 2014 | 27 March 2014 |
| Interim Report January-March 2014 | 8 May 2014 |
| Interim Report January-June 2014 | 15 August 2014 |
| Interim Report January-September 2014 | 7 November 2014 |
Ratos is a private equity conglomerate. The company's mission is to maximise shareholder value over time through the professional, active and responsible exercise of its ownership role in primarily medium to large unlisted Nordic companies. Ratos's holdings include AH Industries, Aibel, Arcus-Gruppen, Biolin Scientific, Bisnode, DIAB, Euromaint, GS-Hydro, Hafa Bathroom Group, HENT, HL Display, Inwido, Jøtul, KVD Kvarndammen, Mobile Climate Control, Nebula, Nordic Cinema Group and SB Seating. Ratos is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm and market capitalisation amounts to approximately SEK 19 billion.
