YEAR-END REPORT JANUARY – DECEMBER 2015

2015 A NEW RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR HiQ
JANUARY – DECEMBER 2015

  · Net sales increase to total SEK 1,508.0 (1,378.8) million
  · Operating profit (EBIT) of SEK 182.9 (147.4) million; operating margin of
12.1 per cent
  · Pre-tax profit of SEK 182.7 (147.9) million
  · Profit after tax of SEK 142.2 (115.0) million
  · Earnings per share of SEK 2.66 (2.18)
  · Cash flow from operations of SEK 157.1 (104.0) million
  · Liquid assets of SEK 212.4 (180.1) million
  · The Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of SEK 2.90
per share is distributed to the shareholders, totalling SEK 156.4 million

OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2015

  · Net sales total SEK 409.0 (389.2) million
  · Operating profit (EBIT) of SEK 54.6 (48.4) million; operating margin of 13.3
per cent
  · Pre-tax profit of SEK 54.7 (48.6) million
  · Profit after tax of SEK 42.7 (38.2) million
  · Earnings per share of SEK 0.79 (0.72)

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING 2015

  · HiQ signs a framework agreement with Kammarkollegiet (The Legal, Financial
and Administrative Services Agency in Sweden) regarding systems development
  · HiQ signs framework agreement with Hansel, the government’s central
purchasing body in Finland
  · HiQ wins the assignment as strategic web and mobile partner to Mölnlycke
Health Care
  · HiQ signs a partnership agreement with a world-leading supplier within
active safety
  · HiQ is behind the technology as “Vården i siffror” (Healthcare in numbers”)
reaches the public
  · HiQ is selected as partner to Cactus within systems development for the rail
industry
  · HiQ works with concept development and implementation of technology in Volvo
Cars’ new innovative concepts for the cars of tomorrow
  · HiQ simplifies the business processes for Finnish infrastructure and
construction company Destia
  · HiQ is selected as partner to a global telecom operator within IoT and
digital transformation
  · HiQ creates new communication platforms for, among others, the city of
Västerås, the municipality of Kungälv, public transport in Västmanland county,
Nordic Green Energy and Backyard Babies
  · HiQ helps Suomen Lähikauppa, a nationwide grocery store operator in Finland,
to simplify and improve its services to loyalty customers
  · HiQ provides technical know-how to the Ngulia project, aiming to save black
rhinos from extinction
  · HiQ wins the assignment to develop digital services for the users at the
University of Turku
  · S-mobile, a banking service developed by HiQ, wins the “Contactless & Mobile
Award”
  · HiQ’s Annual Report/Magazine wins both the Swedish Design Award and
Publishing Award
  · HiQ is acknowledged as one of Sweden’s Career Companies
  · HiQ celebrates 20 years by continuing to simplify people’s lives and
contributing to a better world

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Lars Stugemo, President and CEO of HiQ, tel. +46 (0)8-588 90 000
Jenny Normark Sperens, Head of Corporate Communications, HiQ, tel. +46 (0)734
-431 007


This information is such as HiQ is required to make public according to the
Swedish Securities Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act.
This report was released for publication at 07:30 CET on 27 January 2016.

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