SCA Interim Report 1 January-30 June 2003

Interim Report 1 January-30 June 2003 03:2 03:1¹ 0306 0206 Earnings per share, SEK 4.87 6.02 10.89 11.94 Cash flow from current operations per share, SEK 5.56 7.45 13.01 16.19 Net sales, SEK M 21,231 21,890 43,121 43,370 Earnings after financial items, SEK M 1,604 1,974 3,578 3,993 Net earnings, SEK M 1,130 1,395 2,525 2,769 ¹ Including items affecting comparability, SEK 197 M before taxes and SEK 154 M after taxes. Compared with first half of 2002 ·Earnings per share amounted to SEK 10.89 (11.94). ·Operating profit within Hygiene Products declined by 9% but with unchanged operating surplus margin. Packaging declined by 9% and Forest Products by 28%. Compared with first quarter of 2003 ·Earnings per share amounted to SEK 4.87 (SEK 6.02, of which SEK 0.66 derived from positive non-recurring items). ·Earnings per share excluding non-recurring items decreased by 9%, of which currency effects accounted for 4 percentage points. ·Operating profit declined in Hygiene Products and Packaging by 7% and 10%, respectively, while the operating surplus margin remained unchanged. The decline for Forest Products was 19%. For further information, please contact: Jan Åström, President and CEO. Phone: +46 70 586 0701. Peter Nyquist, Senior Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, Phone: +46 70 575 2906. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/07/25/20030725BIT00130/wkr0001.doc The full report http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/07/25/20030725BIT00130/wkr0002.pdf The full report