AB Traction: Interim Report January-September 2018

Period July - September

• Profit after taxes amounted to MSEK 141 (7), distributed as follows:
  • Active holdings, listed MSEK 105 (­-18).
  • Active holdings, unlisted MSEK 8 (0).
  • Financial investments MSEK 28 (27).
• Earnings per share amounted to SEK 9.52 (0.50).
• The return on active listed holdings was 9 percent.
• The return on other listed shares was 6 percent.
• Ownership in WYG grew to just short of 13 percent.

Period January - September

• Profit after taxes amounted to MSEK 286 (450), distributed as follows:
  • Active holdings, listed MSEK 198 (393).
  • Active holdings, unlisted MSEK -8 (-14).
  • Financial investments MSEK 102 (77).
• The return on active listed holdings was 19 percent.
• The return on other listed shares was 27 percent
• Net asset value per share amounted to SEK 203 (186).
• The new asset value per share increased by 11 (18) percent, adjusted for dividend paid.

Events after the end of the period under review

• The change in value of the listed shareholdings since 30 September amounts to MSEK -93 as of 16 October.
• Ownership in WYG grew to just short of 15 percent

For additional information, please contact:

Petter Stillström, CEO, Tel: +46 (0)8-506 289 00

This information is information that AB Traction (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 1.00 p.m., CET on October 17, 2018.

Traction Q3 2018.

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