Year-end release January - December 2002

2002 compared to 2001
  • Net sales up 16 per cent to SEK 9,594 million (8,283).
  • Operating margin increased to 7.6 per cent (6.5).
  • Income after financial items up 46 per cent to SEK 606 million (414).
  • Earnings per share after full dilution up 46 per cent to SEK 7.53 (5.15).
  • Organic growth and profit improvement in the Nordic and UK operations.
  • Improved operating margin in the Continental European operation despite a fall in sales.
Fourth quarter of 2002 compared to the corresponding period the previous year
  • Operating margin up 8.2 per cent (6.3).
  • Improved operating margin in all of the Group's operations.
Dividend
  • The Board proposes a dividend of SEK 2.25 per share.
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Fredrik Cappelen, President and CEO, Lennart Rappe, Executive Vice President and CFO,
Katarina Sivander, Communications Manager, tel. +46 (0)8 440 16 00
 
Financial information is also available on Nobia's website: www.nobia.se
 
The full report including tables can be downloaded from the following link.
Year-end release January - December 2002 (PDF)