Catella AB – Interim Report January-March 2016

Assets under management totalled SEK 135.7 Bn at the end of the quarter. This corresponds to a year-on-year increase of 3%. Transaction activity was in line with last year. Catella’s income increased by 10% in the first quarter year-on-year, to SEK 462 M. Consolidated operating profit was SEK 62 M, SEK 13 M up on the previous year.

First quarter

The Group

• Total income SEK 462 M (419)
• Net sales SEK 450 M (413)
• Operating profit/loss SEK 62 M (49)
• Profit/loss before tax SEK 75 M (52)
• Profit after tax SEK 55 M (43), of which attributable to parent company owners SEK 17 M (35)
• Earnings per share SEK 0.21 (0.43)
• Equity SEK 1,486 M (1,248)
• Equity per share SEK 16.28 (14.08)

Corporate Finance

• Total income SEK 80 M (87)
• Net sales SEK 73 M (86)
• Operating profit/loss SEK -12 M (-15)
• Property transaction volumes of SEK 6.2 Bn (6.7):
  - Sweden SEK 3.2 Bn (2.4)
  - France SEK 1.5 Bn (2.8)
  - Germany SEK 0.4 Bn (0.6)

Asset Management and Banking

• Total income SEK 386 M (334)
• Net sales SEK 379 M (329)
• Operating profit/loss* SEK 83 M (72)
• Assets under management SEK 135.7 Bn (131.2)
  - decrease of SEK 2.6 Bn (+8.8)
  - of which net outflows SEK 1.2 Bn (+4.3)

“Assets under management totalled SEK 135.7 Bn at the end of the quarter. This corresponds to a year-on-year increase of 3%. Transaction activity was in line with last year. Catella’s income increased by 10% in the first quarter year-on-year, to SEK 462 M. Consolidated operating profit was SEK 62 M, SEK 13 M up on the previous year”, says Knut Pedersen, Catella’s CEO and President.

The information in this Report is mandatory for Catella AB (publ) to publish in accordance with the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act and/or the Swedish Securities Markets Act. This information was submitted to the market for publication on 10 May 2016 at 7:00 a.m. (CET).

For more information, please contact: 
Knut Pedersen
CEO and President
+46 8 463 33 10
knut.pedersen@catella.se  

Press contact:
Ann Charlotte Svensson
Head of Group Communications
+46 8 463 32 55, +46 72 510 11 61
anncharlotte.svensson@catella.se  

About Catella: Catella is a financial advisor and asset manager with in-depth knowledge of property, fixed income and equities. Catella is a leader in the property sector, with a strong local presence in Europe, and employs more than 500 professionals in 12 countries. Catella is listed on First North Premier on Nasdaq Stockholm. Read more at catella.se.

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