THREE-MONTH REPORT 1 December 2007 – 29 February 2008
• Sales excluding VAT for the H&M Group for the first three months of the financial year amounted to SEK 19,742 m (16,772), an increase of 18 percent. In local currencies, the increase was 16 percent and in comparable units 3 percent.
• Profit after financial items for the first quarter was SEK 4,057 m (3,411), an increase of 19 percent. Group profit after tax was SEK 2,941 m (2,302), corresponding to SEK 3.55 (2.78) per share, an increase of 28 percent.
• Gross profit amounted to SEK 11,770 m (9,876), corresponding to a gross margin of 59.6 percent (58.9).
• Operating profit amounted to SEK 3,799 m (3,223). The operating margin was 19.2 percent (19.2).
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Nils Vinge, IR +46-8-796 5250
Leif Persson, CFO +46-8-796 1300
Rolf Eriksen, CEO +46-8-796 5233
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