OM Interim Report January - June 2003

• Revenue totaled SEK 1 207 m (1 416)
• Loss after financial items amounted to SEK 521 m (+58)
• Operating loss amounted to SEK 513 m (+65)
• Loss after tax was SEK 457 m (+45)
• Earnings per share at SEK -5.44 (+ 0.54)
• Merger with HEX; completion expected in early September
• Focus and streamlining program; restructuring costs of SEK 624 m
• EDX London starts trading; SEK 100 m in captial gains

Please click here for the interim report January-June 2003.

Welcome to the press and analyst briefing today at 11.00 CET OM's head office at Norrlandsgatan 31, Stockholm.

For those unable to attend the briefing at Norrlandsgatan, it will be possible to listen in via conference call at the following number:

• UK dial in number +44 (0)20 7162 0180
• US dial in number +1 334 323 6203
• Sweden dial in number +46 8 505 201 14

OM's acting President and CEO, Magnus Böcker, will present the report in English together with OM's CFO, Per Nordberg.