BONG LJUNGDAHL AB INTERIM REPORT FOR JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 2004

BONG LJUNGDAHL AB INTERIM REPORT FOR JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 2004 · CONTINUED POSITIVE EARNINGS GROWTH. THIRD QUARTER PROFIT BEFORE TAX OF MSEK 3 (-20) · NET SALES FOR JANUARY- SEPTEMBER DECREASED TO MSEK 1,353 (1,448) PARTLY DUE TO THE GROUP'S FOCUS ON PROFITABLE VOLUMES. NET SALES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER REACHED MSEK 418 (445) · PROFIT BEFORE TAX FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY-SEPTEMBER AMOUNTED TO MSEK 45 (-66). PROFIT AFTER TAX WAS MSEK 34 (-78) · EARNINGS PER SHARE OF SEK 2.60 (-5.96) · CASH FLOW AFTER INVESTING ACTIVITIES WAS MSEK 64 (-18) For additional information about the interim report, please contact Anders Davidsson, Managing Director and CEO of Bong Ljungdahl AB. Telephone (switchboard) +46 44 20 70 00, (direct) +46 44 20 70 80, (mobile) +46 (0)70 545 70 80. Bong is one of Europe's leading envelope companies. The Group has an annual turnover of approximately SEK 1.8 billion, some 1,400 employees and an annual manufacturing capacity of around 15 billion envelopes at its factories in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland, Germany, Belgium, the UK and Ireland. Bong has a very strong market position, particularly in Northern Europe, and conducts sales and marketing in eleven European countries through its own sales organisations. The Group sees attractive opportunities for further expansion and development. Bong is a publicly listed company and its shares are quoted on the O list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/11/09/20041109BIT20610/wkr0010.pdf Interim report January - September 2004