Half-Yearly Report 2003

HALF-YEARLY REPORT 2003 Stockholm, July 17, 2003 · Higher income for Consumer Durables in Europe, in a difficult environment · Continued good sales growth and higher income in USD for Consumer Durables, North America · Negative currency effect of SEK 600m on operating income · Agreement signed for divestment of compressor operation This report has not been audited. Electrolux has applied in this report the accounting principles disclosed in Note 1 of the Annual Report for 2002. Telephone conference and presentation A telephone conference will be held at 15.00 CET on July 17, 2003. The conference will be chaired by Hans Stråberg, President and CEO of Electrolux. A slide presentation of the Group's Half-yearly 2003 results is available on the Electrolux website: www.electrolux.com/webcast1. Financial reports in 2003 Nine-months report October 21 For more information Financial information from Electrolux is also available at www.electrolux.com/ir. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/07/17/20030717BIT00030/wkr0001.doc The full report http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/07/17/20030717BIT00030/wkr0002.pdf The full report