Elanders AB: Quarterly Report January - March 2018

First quarter

• Net sales increased to MSEK 2,422 (2,139), which was an increase of 13 percent. Based on comparable units and constant exchange rates organic growth was 12 percent.  
• EBITA amounted to MSEK 83 (105). 
• The operating result amounted to MSEK 68 (90). 
• The result before tax amounted to MSEK 46 (69). 
• The net result amounted to MSEK 34 (53) or SEK 0.95 (1.49) per share.
• Operating cash flow amounted to MSEK -34 (-161).
• As communicated in a press release earlier in April 2018 some seventy employees in business area Print & Packaging Solutions have been given notice of redundancy in connection with the decision to close down the last of Elanders' offset operations in Sweden. The redundancies are not expected to generate any significant costs.   

Further information can be found on Elanders' website www.elanders.com or requested via e-mail info@elanders.com. 

Questions concerning this report can be addressed to:

Magnus Nilsson
President and CEO 
Phone: +46 31 750 07 50 

Andréas Wikner 
Chief Financial Officer 
Phone: +46 31 750 07 50  

Elanders AB (publ)  
(Company ID 556008-1621) 
P.O. Box 137 
SE-435 23 Mölnlycke, Sweden 
Phone: +46 31 750 00 00 

This information is information that Elanders AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 12:00 CET on 27 April 2018. 

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