Interim Report January-June 2007

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Important events during the second quarter
NASDAQ announced a public offer to combine NASDAQ and OMX. Investor supports the combination.
Investor increased its stake in Husqvarna through net purchases of shares for SEK 201 m.
An agreement was signed to sell Gambro Healthcare. The divestment had a positive effect of SEK 879 m. on the value of Operating Investments.
3 Scandinavia had a net subscriber uptake of 75,000. The company had 806,000 subscribers on June 30, 2007.
The Private Equity business area had an impact of SEK 2,961 m. on income.
Both EQT and Investor Growth Capital contributed positively.

Financial information for the first half of 2007
The net asset value amounted to SEK 182,570 m. (SEK 238 per share) on June 30, compared with SEK 159,320 m. (SEK 208 per share) at year-end 2006, corresponding to growth, adjusted for dividends paid, of 17 percent in the first half of 2007 (7).
Consolidated net income totaled SEK 26,690 m. (SEK 34.84 per share) in the first half of the year, as against SEK 8,989 m. in the corresponding period of 2006
(SEK 11.70 per share).
Core Investments had an impact of SEK 20,148 m. on income in the first half of the year (10,247). ABB, Scania and Atlas Copco had the greatest impact with SEK
5,712 m., SEK 5,458 m. and SEK 4,167 m., respectively.
Operating Investments had an effect of SEK 101 m. on income for the period (-686).
Private Equity Investments had an effect of SEK 6,552 m. on income in the first six months (-211).
The total return on Investor shares was 9 percent in the first half of 2007 (-3).
The total return has been 39 percent over the past 12-month period.

INVESTOR AB

For further information:

Fredrik Lindgren, Head of Corporate Communications, +46 8 614 2031, +46 73 524 2031

This comprises Investor AB’s six-months interim report for 2007, which is obligatory information that has to be made public in accordance with the Stock Exchange and Clearing Operation Act (1992:543).

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