Observer AB (publ) Year-end Report January-December 2006.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Strengthened Revenue Growth. Further Savings Measures. - Operating profit Operating profit (or loss) Revenue from a firm's regular activities less costs and expenses and before income deductions. operating profit See operating income. amounted to SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. -612 million (175) and profit before tax was SEK -679 million (117). Profit after tax amounted to SEK -743 million (79), while earnings per share amounted to SEK -9.99 (1.12). - Operating profit includes goodwill write-downs of SEK 759 million, of which SEK 290 million during the fourth quarter, as well as restructuring expenses of SEK 57 million, of which SEK 23 million during the fourth quarter. - Excluding goodwill write-downs and restructuring expenses, operating profit rose by 16 percent to SEK 204 million (175) and the operating margin Operating Margin A ratio used to measure a company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency. Calculated by: to 11 percent (10). In the fourth quarter underlying operating profit amounted to SEK 32 million (44), including non-recurring expenses of SEK 21 million in the UK, and the operating margin was 7 percent (9). - The Group's operating revenue operating revenue Revenue from any regular source. Revenue from sales is adjusted for discounts and returns when calculating operating revenue. Compare other revenue. increased by 8 percent to SEK 1,915 million (1,776). Organic growth in local currency was 4 percent (2). In the fourth quarter organic growth reached 4 percent (2). - Cash flow from operating activities amounted to SEK 171 million (164). Cash flow after investments excluding acquisitions amounted to SEK 79 million (72). Observer AB (STO:OBS OBS abbr. organic brain syndrome OBS Organic brain syndrome, see there ) Observer improves clientso performance through integrated services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. and software solutions for reputation and campaign management, media monitoring and research of media contacts. Observer AB is quoted on the Nordic Exchange. The company has around 2,700 employees and a turnover of SEK 1.9 billion in 2006. Observer operates in the US, UK, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Portugal, and Lithuania. This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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