SCA Interim Report 1 January-31 March 2003

Interim Report 1 January-31 March 2003 03:11 02:1 02:4 Earnings per share, SEK 6.02 5.89 6.33 Cash flow from current operations per share, 7.45 6.83 9.19 SEK Net sales, SEK M 21,890 21,015 22,429 Earnings after financial items, SEK M 1,974 1,967 2,053 Net earnings, SEK M 1,395 1,365 1,468 1 Including items affecting comparability, SEK 197 M before taxes and SEK 154 M after taxes. Compared with first quarter of 2002 Earnings per share amounted to SEK 6.02 (5.89) · Operating profit for Hygiene Products at same level as the year earlier. Packaging declined 6% and Forest Products 23% Cash flow from current operations rose to SEK 1,730 M (1,585) Compared with fourth quarter of 2002 Earnings per share amounted to SEK 6.02 (6.33) Operating profit for Hygiene Products declined 6%, but with only limited effect on operating margin. The decline for Packaging was 12% and for Forest Products 27%. 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 8 788 52 34 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/04/29/20030429BIT00310/wkr0001.doc The full report http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/04/29/20030429BIT00310/wkr0002.pdf The full report