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Thule Group (publ) interim report for the second quarter, April – June, 2015

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The quarter in Summary

  • Net sales for the quarter amounted to SEK 1,700m (1,416) corresponding to an increase of 20.0 percent. Adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations, sales rose 6.4 percent.

  • Underlying EBIT amounted to SEK 352m (300), corresponding to an increase of 17.2 percent, with an operating margin of 20.7 percent (21.2). Adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations, underlying EBIT rose 8.7 percent and the operating margin improved 0.5 percentage points.

  • Net income for the period was SEK 254m (142).

  • Cash flow from operating activities[1] was SEK 248m (170).

  • Earnings per share before dilution amounted to SEK 2.54 (1.68).

The full report is available at www.thulegroup.com

Conference call
A combined press- and analyst call with Magnus Welander, CEO and President,
and Lennart Mauritzson, CFO, is scheduled for today, July 22, at 11:00 a.m. (CET).

For participation please dial:
United Kingdom                     +44 203 428 14 36
USA                                       +1 855 831 59 44
Sweden                                 +46 8 566 427 01

Web presentation
The link to the live broadcast will be published on
http://cloud.magneetto.com/wonderland/2015_0722_Thule_Q2_Report/view

A replay of the call we be available at www.thulegroup.com/en/reports later during the day.

This information is disclosed in accordance with the Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on 22 July, 2015 at 08.00 a.m. CET.

[1]The comparative figures are based on the total operations, meaning both continuing operations and operations discontinued in 2014.

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Enquiries, please contact:
Fredrik Erlandsson
SVP Communications and Investor Relations
Tel: +46 70 309 00 21
E-mail: fredrik.erlandsson@thule.com

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About Thule Group
Thule Group is a world leader in products that make it easy to bring the things you care for – easily, securely and in style, when living an active life. Under the motto Active Life, Simplified, we offer products within two segments: Outdoor&Bags (e.g. equipment for cycling, water and winter sports, roof boxes, bike trailers, baby joggers, laptop and camera bags, backpacks and cases for mobile handheld devices) and Specialty (snow chains and pick-up truck tool boxes).
Our products are sold in 136 markets globally. There are more than 2,200 of us working for Thule Group at 10 production facilities and more than 35 sales locations all over the world.
Net sales for 2014 amounted to 4.7 billion SEK. Thule Group is a public company listed at Nasdaq Stockholm.
For more information, please visit www.thulegroup.com

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