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Annual Report 2014 Report by the Board of Directors Notes Proposed distribution of earnings Auditor’s report 11-year review Quarterly info

Eleven-year review

                        Compound annual growth rate, %
SEKm 20041) 20051) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20122) 2013 2014 5 years 10 years
Net sales and income                          
Net sales 120,651 129,469 103,848 104,732 104,792 109,132 106,326 101,598 109,994 109,151 112,143 0.5 –0.7
Organic growth, % 3.2 4.3 3.3 4.0 –0.9% –4.8% 1.5% 0.2% 5.5 4.5 1.1    
Depreciation and amortization 3,038 3,410 2,758 2,738 3,010 3,442 3,328 3,173 3,251 3,356 3,671    
Items affecting comparability –1,960 –3,020 –542 –362 –355 –1,561 –1,064 –138 –1,032 –2,475 –1,199    
Operating income 4,807 3,942 4,033 4,475 1,188 3,761 5,430 3,017 4,000 1,580 3,581 –1.0 –2.9
Income after financial items 4,452 3,215 3,825 4,035 653 3,484 5,306 2,780 3,154 904 2,997 –3.0 –3.9
Income for the period 3,259 1,763 2,648 2,925 366 2,607 3,997 2,064 2,365 672 2,242 –3.0 –3.7
Cash flow                          
EBITDA3) 9,805 10,372 7,333 7,575 4,553 8,764 9,822 6,328 8,283 7,411 8,451 –0.7 –1.5
Cash flow from operations, excluding changes in operating assets and liabilities 7,140 8,428 5,263 5,498 3,446 6,378 7,741 4,283 5,552 5,130 6,045 –1.1 –1.7
Changes in operating assets and liabilities 1,442 –1,888 –703 –152 1,503 1,919 –61 1,116 1,528 –675 1,777    
Cash flow from operations 8,582 6,540 4,560 5,346 4,949 8,297 7,680 5,399 7,080 4,455 7,822 –1.2 –0.9
Cash flow from investments –5,358 –5,827 –2,386 –4,069 –3,755 –2,967 –4,474 –10,049 –4,702 –4,734 –3,759    
of which capital expenditures –4,515 –4,765 –3,152 –3,430 –3,158 –2,223 –3,221 –3,163 –4,090 –3,535 –3,006 6.2 –4.0
Cash flow from operations and investments 3,224 713 2,174 1,277 1,194 5,330 3,206 –4,650 2,378 –279 4,063    
Operating cash flow4) 3,224 1,083 1,110 1,277 1,228 5,326 3,199 906 2,542 –74 4,132    
Dividend, redemption and repurchase of shares –5,147 –2,038 –4,416 –6,708 –1,187 69 –1,120 –1,850 –1,868 –1,860 –1,861    
Capital expenditure as % of net sales 3.7 3.7 3.0 3.3 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.1 3.7 3.2 2.7    
Margins3)                          
Operating margin, % 5.6 5.4 4.4 4.6 1.5 4.9 6.1 3.1 4.6 3.7 4.3    
Income after financial items as % of net sales 5.3 4.8 4.2 4.2 1.0 4.6 6.0 2.9 3.8 3.1 3.7    
EBITDA margin, % 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.2 4.3 8.0 9.2 6.2 7.5 6.8 7.5    
Financial position                          
Total assets 75,096 82,558 66,049 66,089 73,323 72,696 73,521 76,384 75,194 76,001 85,688 3.3 1.3
Net assets 23,988 28,165 18,140 20,743 20,941 19,506 19,904 27,011 25,890 24,961 26,099 6.0 0.8
Working capital –383 –31 –2,613 –2,129 –5,131 –5,154 –5,902 –5,180 –6,505 –5,800 –8,377    
Trade receivables 20,627 24,269 20,905 20,379 20,734 20,173 19,346 19,226 18,288 19,441 20,663 0.5 0.0
Inventories 15,742 18,606 12,041 12,398 12,680 10,050 11,130 11,957 12,963 12,154 14,324 7.3 –0.9
Accounts payable 16,550 18,798 15,320 14,788 15,681 16,031 17,283 18,490 20,590 20,607 25,705 9.9 4.5
Equity 23,636 25,888 13,194 16,040 16,385 18,841 20,613 20,644 15,726 14,308 16,468 –2.7 –3.5
Interest-bearing liabilities 9,843 8,914 7,495 11,163 13,946 14,022 12,096 14,206 13,088 14,905 14,703 1.0 4.1
Provisions for post-employment benefits, net                 4,479 2,980 4,763    
Net borrowings 1,141 2,974 –304 4,703 4,556 665 –709 6,367 10,164 10,653 9,631 70.7 23.8
Data per share                          
Income for the period, SEK 10.92 6.05 9.17 10.41 1.29 9.18 14.04 7.25 8.26 2.35 7.83 –3.1 –3.3
Equity, SEK 81 88 47 57 58 66 72 73 55 50 58 –2.8 –3.4
Dividend, SEK5) 7.00 7.50 4.00 4.25 4.00 6.50 6.50 6.50 6.50 6.50    
Trading price of B-shares at year-end, SEK 152.00 206.50 137.00 108.50 66.75 167.50 191.00 109.70 170.50 168.50 228.80 6.4 4.2
Key ratios                          
Return on equity, % 13.1 7.0 18.7 20.3 2.4 14.9 20.6 10.4 14.4 4.4 15.7    
Return on net assets, % 17.5 13.0 23.2 21.7 5.8 19.4 27.8 13.7 14.8 5.8 14.2    
Net assets as % of net sales6) 21.2 21.0 16.5 18.6 18.1 17.1 18.2 23.8 22.5 21.8 20.4    
Trade receivables as % of net sales6) 18.2 18.1 19.1 18.3 17.9 17.7 17.7 17.0 15.9 17.0 16.2    
Inventories as % of net sales6) 13.9 13.9 11.0 11.1 11.0 8.8 10.2 10.5 11.3 10.6 11.2    
Net debt/equity ratio 0.05 0.11 –0.02 0.29 0.28 0.04 –0.03 0.31 0.65 0.74 0.58    
Interest coverage ratio 5.75 4.32 6.13 7.49 1.86 7.54 12.64 5.84 2.72 2.11 5.16    
Dividend as % of equity 8.6 8.5 8.5 7.5 6.0 9.0 9.0 11.8 13.0 11.3    
Other data                          
Average number of employees 72,382 69,523 55,471 56,898 55,177 50,633 51,544 52,916 59,478 60,754 60,038 3.5 –1.9
Salaries and remuneration 17,014 17,033 12,849 12,612 12,662 13,162 12,678 13,137 13,785 13,521 14,278 1.6 –1.7
Number of shareholders 63,800 60,900 59,500 52,700 52,600 52,000 57,200 58,800 51,800 51,500 46,500 –2.2 –3.1
Average number of shares after buy-backs, million 298.3 291.4 288.8 281.0 283.1 284.0 284.6 284.7 285.9 286.2 286.3    
Shares at year end after buy-backs, million 291.2 293.1 278.9 281.6 283.6 284.4 284.7 284.7 286.1 286.2 286.3    

1) Including outdoor products, Husqvarna, which was

distributed to the Electrolux shareholders in June 2006.

2) Amounts for 2012 have been restated where applicable as a consequence

of the amended standard for pension accounting, IAS 19 Employee Benefits.

3) Items affecting comparability is excluded.

4) Cash flow from acquisitions and divestments is excluded.

5) 2014: Proposed by the Board.

6) Net sales are annualized.