Annual Report 2008

Highlights 2008

• Net sales increased by 7 per cent to 13 060 MSEK (11 857).
• Operating earnings (EBIT1) increased by 14 per cent to 2 405 MSEK (2 111).
• Earnings before taxes increased by 12 per cent to 2 004 MSEK (1 789).
• Earnings per share increased by 10 per cent to 6.63 SEK (6.05).
• The polymers business was distributed to Hexagon shareholders and listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm as Hexpol AB.
• Ten companies, with annual sales of about 450 MSEK, were acquired.
• The Hexagon Board of Directors proposes a dividend to shareholders of 0.50 SEK (2.08) per share.