Interim Report, January 1 – September 30, 2019

  • Net asset value on September 30, 2019, was SEK 100.7 billion, or SEK 231 per share, an increase during the first nine months 2019 of SEK 35 per share. Including reinvested dividend, net asset value increased by 21%.
  • The total return for the first nine months 2019 was 24% for the Class A shares as well as for the Class C shares, compared with 23% for the Stockholm Stock Exchange’s total return index (SIXRX).
  • Earnings per share during the first nine months 2019 were SEK 41.34 per share.
  • During the first nine months 2019 shares were acquired in Volvo, Class A for SEK 1.6 billion, in Skanska, Class B for SEK 0.4 billion, in Essity, Class B for SEK 0.3 billion, in Sandvik for SEK 0.3 billion and in SCA, Class B for SEK 0.2 billion. Furthermore shares were divested in, Essity, Class A for SEK 0.3 billion and SCA, Class A for SEK 0.1 billion.
  • On May 15 the exchangeable bond matured preceded by exchangeable holders calling for redemptions in 2019 worth SEK 4.1 billion. During the second quarter of 2019 the remaining shares in ICA Gruppen were sold.
  • The debt-equities ratio as per September 30, 2019, was 3%, a decrease since year-end of 4 percentage points.

This information is such that AB Industrivärden is required to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of Sverker Sivall, Head of Corporate Communication and Sustainability, phone: +46-8-666 64 19, e-mail: [email protected], at 10:00 a.m. CET on October 4, 2019.

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