Year-End Report 2015


Highlights during the fourth quarter

  · Net asset value amounted to SEK 271,801 m. (SEK 357 per share) on December
31, 2015, an increase of SEK 14,281 m. (SEK 19 per share) during the quarter,
corresponding to a change of 6 percent. Over the past 20 years, annual average
net asset value growth, with dividend added back, has been 13 percent.
  · Additional shares were acquired in ABB for a total SEK 2.1 bn. Investor’s
ownership reached 10.0 percent of the capital and votes.
  · Net cash flow from EQT amounted to SEK 0.8 bn. The value of Investor’s EQT
investments increased by 12 percent in constant currency.
  · Mölnlycke Health Care made a EUR 425 m. capital distribution to Patricia
Industries.
  · Patricia Industries’ acquisition of BraunAbility was completed on October
30, 2015.
  · The Board of Directors proposes a dividend per share of SEK 10.00 (9.00).

Financial information 2015

  · Consolidated net profit for the year, which includes unrealized change in
value, was SEK 17,434 m. (SEK 22.89 basic earnings per share), compared to SEK
50,688 m. (SEK 66.55 basic earnings per share) for 2014.
  · Listed Core Investments contributed SEK 8,804 m. to net asset value
(41,209).
  · EQT contributed SEK 3,995 m. to net asset value (4,364).
  · Patricia Industries contributed SEK 4,855 m. to net asset value (6,214).
  · Leverage (net debt/total assets) was 5.5 percent as of December 31, 2015
(7.3).
  · Consolidated net sales for the year was SEK 25,365 m. (21,200).
For further information:

Stefan Stern, Head of Corporate Relations, Sustainability and Communications,
Phone 46 8 614 2058, 46 70 636 7417
Magnus Dalhammar, Head of Investor Relations, Phone 46 8 614 2130, 46 73 524
2130
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participation, our industrial experience, network and financial strength, we
strive to make our companies best-in-class. Our holdings include, among
others, Atlas Copco, SEB, ABB, Ericsson and Mölnlycke Health Care.

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