Year-end report 2019

Improved earnings and continued favourable growth in the fourth quarter

• Net sales for Ratos’s business areas increased by 15%, of which 16% comprised organic growth, and amounted to SEK 6,221m (5,428)
• EBITA for Ratos’s business areas, excluding IFRS 16, totalled SEK 57m (-69)
• Operating profit for the Group according to IFRS amounted to SEK 122m (-689)
• Net cash in the parent company totalled SEK 1,607m
• Basic and diluted earnings per share for full year 2019 amounted to SEK 2.11 (-1.40)
• Proposed dividend for full year 2019 of SEK 0.65 per share (0.50)

At 11.00 CET a telephone conference will be held, participant connection: UK: +44 33 3300 9271, SE: +46 8 566 426 93, US: +1 833 526 8396. The telephone conference will be webcasted live at www.ratos.se where presentation material also is available. The telephone conference will be recorded and available at www.ratos.se.

Stockholm 6 February 2020
Jonas Wiström
CEO

For further information, please contact:
Jonas Wiström, CEO, +46 8 700 17 00
Peter Wallin, CFO, +46 8 700 17 00
Helene Gustafsson, Head of IR & Press, +46 8 700 17 98

About Ratos:
Ratos is a corporate group consisting of 12 companies divided into three business areas: Consumer & Technology, Construction & Services and Industry. In total, the companies have SEK 38 billion in sales and EBITA of SEK 1.8 billion. Our business concept is to develop medium-sized companies with headquarters in the Nordic region that are or have the potential to become market-leading. We make it possible for independent medium-sized companies to excel by being part of something larger. A focus on people and leadership, culture and values are key components of Ratos. Everything we do is based on our core values: Simplicity, Speed in Execution and It’s All About People.

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