Interim Report January – September 2005
• Third quarter net sales were 3,461 MSEK (3,419), and nine month sales were 9,811 MSEK (9,797)• Operating income amounted to 953 MSEK (454) for the third quarter and 2,118 MSEK (3,061) for the first nine months• Operating income, excluding major one time items, for the third quarter amounted to 747 MSEK compared with 694 MSEK previous year and 1,912 MSEK (1,779) for the first nine months• Net profit for the third quarter amounted to 562 MSEK (219), and nine month net profit was 1,301 MSEK (1,770)• Third quarter EPS was 1.79 SEK (0.63), and nine month EPS was 4.08 SEK (5.26)_________