Interim Management Statement January-March 2016


Highlights during the first quarter

  · Net asset value amounted to SEK 262,282 m. (SEK 344 per share) on March 31,
2016, a decrease of SEK 9,519 m. (SEK 13 per share) during the quarter,
corresponding to a change of -4 percent. Over the past 20 years, annual average
net asset value growth, with dividend added back, has been 9 percent.
  · Within Listed Core Investments, shares in Atlas Copco were acquired for SEK
125 m.
  · Net cash flow from EQT amounted to SEK 1.2 bn. The value change of
Investor’s investments in EQT was flat in constant currency.
  · The wholly-owned subsidiaries within Patricia Industries reported strong
organic growth.

Financial information

  · Consolidated profit/loss for the period, which includes unrealized change in
value, was SEK -9,688 m. (SEK -12.71 basic earnings per share), compared to SEK
34,013 m. (SEK 44.66 basic earnings per share) for the same period 2015.
  · Listed Core Investments contributed SEK -8,549 m. to net asset value
(30,715).
  · EQT contributed SEK 67 m. to net asset value (1,025).
  · Patricia Industries contributed SEK -620 m. to net asset value (2,447).
  · Leverage (net debt/total assets) was 4.0 percent as of March 31, 2016 (5.5).
  · Consolidated net sales for the period was SEK 7,295 m. (5,728).
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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others, Atlas Copco, SEB, ABB, Ericsson and Mölnlycke Health Care.

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