IFRS-adjusted 2004 figures for ASSA ABLOY
From 2005 onwards ASSA ABLOY will report its Group accounting in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The Interim Report for the first quarter of 2005 will be published on 27 April 2005 and will be the first financial report from ASSA ABLOY prepared in accordance with IFRS. In recent years Swedish accounting practice ("SW GAAP"), through the standards of the Swedish Financial Accounting Standards Council, has moved steadily towards IFRS. However, there remain a number of significant differences that affect ASSA ABLOY's Group accounting at and after the