Financial information

Highlights of the first quarter of 2012. Net sales amounted to SEK 25,875m (23,436) and income for the period was SEK 559m (457), or SEK 1.96 (1.61) per share. Net sales improved by 10.4%,...

Net borrowings as March 31, 2012 amounted to SEK 7,105m (390). The net debt/equity ratio was 0.38 (0.02). The equity/assets ratio was 27.7% (31.1).

Most of the shares owned by foreign investors are registered through foreign banks or trustees, which are not registered in the share register kept by VPC.

Earnings estimates are collected and calculated by the Swedish news agency, SME Direkt, based on projections from Swedish and international analysts who cover Electrolux.

The average number of employees in 2009 was 50,633 (55,177), of whom 2,445 (2,865) were in Sweden. At year-end, the total number of employees was 51,750 (52,034).

The share capital of Electrolux consists of A-shares and B-shares. An A-share entitles the holder to one vote and a B-share to one-tenth of a vote.

Electrolux publishes financial data quarterly and yearly. You can view the data for a number of years, as well as download it in Excel format.

Electrolux presents its results and business to the market regularly during the year.

Electrolux results for the first quarter will be published on April 25, 2012.

Electrolux Annual General Meeting 2008 decided that shareholders in Electrolux who hold A-shares from time to time shall be entitled to request conversion of their A-shares into B-shares.