In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hexagon has initiated measures to accelerate operational efficiencies to support its long-term financial objectives. In the short-term, Hexagon has implemented various actions that include shorter work weeks, furloughs and reductions in discretionary spending. As a long-term measure, a company-wide cost savings programme has been initiated which includes structural changes – from reallocating resources to new business opportunities to optimising office locations worldwide – and work force reductions that reflect more enduring changes in market

First quarter 2020 - Net sales decreased by -3 per cent to 889.9 MEUR (916.5). Using fixed exchange rates and a comparable group structure (organic growth), net sales decreased by -7 per cent - Operating earnings (EBIT1) decreased by -13 per cent to 192.4 MEUR (220.5) - Earnings before taxes, excluding non-recurring items, amounted to 186.6 MEUR (212.9) - Net earnings, excluding non-recurring items, amounted to 153.0 MEUR (174.6) - Earnings per share, excluding non-recurring items, amounted to 0.41 EUR (0.48) - Operating cash flow increased to 136.9 MEUR (96.3) For

Results impacted by Covid-19 First quarter · Net sales increased by 3% to SEK 22,173 M (21,505), with organic growth of –3% (5) and acquired net growth of 3% (3) · Growth in Americas, stable sales levels in Global Technologies and Entrance Systems, but lower sales in Asia Pacific and EMEA · Two acquisitions signed with expected combined annual sales of SEK 200 M · Conditional clearance has been received from the EU Commission to acquire the 54% shareholding in agta record. Closing of the Acquisition is expected in the second half of 2020 · Operating income (

The Board of Directors of Securitas AB has decided to withdraw its dividend proposal for the AGM 2020 due to the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 situation and may consider later to resolve on a new dividend proposal. Furthermore, the Securitas AB Nomination Committee has decided to withdraw its proposal for increased board fees and has instead proposed that the AGM resolves that the current board fees remain unchanged this year. The Board has also decided that shareholders who choose to not physically attend the meeting may exercise their voting rights at the meeting by voting in advance

At today’s Annual General Meeting of HEXPOL AB (publ), the following was resolved. Board of Directors, auditor and fees The number of directors will be seven. The meeting re-elected Georg Brunstam, Alf Göransson, Jan- Anders Månson, Malin Persson, Kerstin Lindell, Märta Schörling Andreen and Gun Nilsson. Georg Brunstam was elected Chairman of the Board. The fees to the Board of Directors shall amount to a total of SEK 3,890,000 (including fees for committee work). Re-election of the accounting firm Ernst & Young AB, for a period of mandate of one year, consequently up to and

HIGHLIGHTS JANUARY-MARCH 2020: Increased sales and strong cash flow · Sales increased 10 percent to 4,168 MSEK (3,805). · Operating profit, excl. non-recurring items, increased to 587 MSEK (586). · Operating margin, excl. non-recurring items, amounted to 14.1 percent (15.4). · Profit after tax amounted to 405 MSEK (438). · Earnings per share, excl. non-recurring items, increased 2 percent to 1.29 SEK (1.27). Earnings per share including these items amounted to 1.18 SEK (1.27). · Operating cash flow increased to 527 MSEK (354). · Non-recurring items, before tax,

AAK Group · Total volumes for the quarter decreased by 1 percent (positive 4), amounting to 569,000 MT (572,000). · Operating profit, excluding acquisition costs of SEK 4 million (9), reached SEK 546 million (509), a year-over-year improvement by 7 percent. Including acquisition costs, operating profit increased by 8 percent. The currency translation impact was positive SEK 17 million. · Profit for the period amounted to SEK 383 million (352), an improvement by 9 percent. · Earnings per share increased by 11 percent, to SEK 1.50 (1.35). · Cash flow from operating

HEXPOL has decided that the shareholders may exercise their voting rights at the general meeting by voting in advance by postal voting, in accordance with section 3 of the Act (2020:198) on temporary exceptions to facilitate the execution of general meetings in companies and other associations. HEXPOL AB encourages the shareholders to use this opportunity in order to minimize the number of participants attending the general meeting in person and thus reduce the spread of the infection that cause Covid-19. A shareholder who wish to vote in advance shall, in addition to be included in the

In connection with the release of AAK’s Interim report for the first quarter 2020, we invite you to a press and analyst conference to be held on Friday, April 24, at 1:00 p.m. CET. The conference will be chaired by Johan Westman, President and CEO, and Fredrik Nilsson, CFO. The presentation will be held in English. The presentation can be followed by phone or via a webcast. Please note that questions may be asked by phone only. To follow the conference by phone, please use one of the following numbers: SE: +46 8 566 426 92 DK: +45 7872 3250 UK: +44 3333 009 261 US: +1 833 823 0586