Nolato’s Year-End Report 2004: Sharp improvement in earnings and strong financial position
Nolato is continuing its strong improvement in earnings and in today’s year-end report for 2004 posted Group full-year income after financial items of SEK 179 M, compared to SEK 6 M for 2003.• Consolidated sales of the Nolato Group totaled SEK 2,401 M (2,671) • The operating margin was 8.1 percent (2.1) • Earnings per share increased to SEK 4.95 (-1.35) • Nolato’s financial position stronger; the equity/assets ratio was 41 percent (31) • Cash flow after investments was SEK 231 M (228) • Dividend policy adopted. Proposed dividend more than doubled: SEK 1.75 per share (0.80) “The strong