Preliminary Accounts Report - Atle

Preliminary Accounts Report 1998 Consolidated earnings Consolidated earnings after financial items rose by 22 per cent to SEK 953M (783) Earnings of the Business Sectors from current operations, after minority, increased by 62 per cent to SEK 422M (260), of which SEK 163M (77) was generated during the fourth quarter Exits and acquisitions Exits with a sales value of SEK 913M (724) were carried out. Acquisitions for SEK 1,878M (645) were carried out Shares Earnings per share amounted to SEK 12.10 (10.60) It is proposed that the dividend be increased by 11 per cent to SEK 5.00 per share (4.50) Stockmarket listings KMT April 1998 Digital Vision planned for April/May 1999 Hörnell International planned for May/June 1999 Organisation Atle Företagskapital wholly owned and streamlined Atle Livsmedelsprodukter phased out ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/02/26/19990226BIT00160/bit0001.doc Full report http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/02/26/19990226BIT00160/bit0002.pdf Full report