Interim report January – March 2009

14 May 2009 08:00

STRONG FIRST QUARTER – EBIT INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT

• Revenues increased by 19 per cent to SEK 744 M (626).

• EBIT increased by 20 per cent to SEK 57 M (48) and the EBIT margin amounted to 8 per cent (8).

• Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 54 M (53).

• Profit after tax amounted to SEK 39 M (39).

• Earnings per share before and after dilution amounted to SEK 1.20 (1.20).

• Mekonomen Direkt +46 (0)771-72 00 00 was launched at the beginning of January.

• Mekonomen and Svenska Bil signed a letter of intent on 7 May to convert no less than six Svenska Bil facilities into Mekonomen Service Centres with accompanying Mekonomen stores. The idea is that these facilities will be included in the new Mekonomen Mega and Mekonomen Medium concepts.


For further information, please contact:
Håkan Lundstedt, President and CEO Mekonomen AB, Tel: +46 (0)8-464 00 00
Gunilla Spongh, CFO Mekonomen AB, Tel: +46 (0)8-464 00 00