Year-end Report
ASG Group Year-end Report January 1 - December 31, 1998 ASG in brief 1998 1997 Net sales, excl. Frigoscandia, SEK M 11 965 11 770 Net sales, SEK M 11 965 14 760 Operating profit/loss, excl. Frigoscandia and noncomparable items, SEK M 123 -63 Operating profit, SEK M 123 1 125 Profit after financial items, SEK M 176 1 030 Profit per share, SEK 8.06 60.37 Return on shareholders´ equity, %¹ 5.6 44.3 Net debt/equity ratio, times -0.1 -0.6 Excluding noncomparable items, return on hareholders' equity amounted to 4.9 % (1.5). All definitions are presented on page 7. Sharp earnings improvement for