Hexagon Interim Report Q1 2003

Interim Report January 1st - March 31st, 2003 First Quarter 2003 · Earnings before taxes increased by 23 per cent to 70 MSEK. · Earnings after taxes increased by 36 per cent to 45 MSEK. · Earnings per share increased by 18 per cent to 2.43 SEK. · Order intake increased by 18 per cent to 1 907 MSEK. · Cash flow per share increased from -2.56 SEK to 3.19 SEK. First Quarter (MSEK) 2003 2002 Change Order intake 1 907 1 621 18 % Net sales 1 847 1 689 9 % EBITA 115 110 5 % Margin % 6.2 6.5 -0.3 EBIT 1 95 88 8 % Earnings before taxes 70 57 23 % Earnings per share (EPS), SEK 2.43 2.06 18 % EPS adjusted for goodwill, SEK 3.52 3.44 2 % Cash flow per share, SEK 3.19 -2.56 N/A For further information, please call: Ola Rollén, CEO, Hexagon AB, tel. no +46 (0) 8 - 601 26 20 Håkan Halén, CFO, Hexagon AB, tel. no +46 (0) 8 - 601 26 20 Subscription to Hexagon's financial information is available as e-mail at www.hexagon.se. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/06/20030506BIT00680/wkr0001.doc The full report http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/05/06/20030506BIT00680/wkr0002.pdf The full report