{"id":16380,"date":"2016-02-04T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.note-ems.com\/mfn_news\/notes-year-end-report-2015\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:28:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:28:23","slug":"notes-year-end-report-2015","status":"publish","type":"mfn_news","link":"https:\/\/www.note-ems.com\/fi\/pressmeddelande\/notes-year-end-report-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"NOTE\u2019s Year-end Report 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span>Financial performance October\u2013December <br \/><\/span><\/strong><span><span>\u2022 Sales were SEK 305.2 (248.1) million. <br \/><\/span><\/span><span>\u2022 Operating profit was SEK 10.5 (8.1) million. Operating profit includes expenses relating to the change of CEO, of SEK 3.8 million.<br \/><\/span>\u2022 Operating margin was 3.4% (3.3%). The underlying operating margin, excluding expenses for the change of CEO, was 4.7% (3.3%).<br \/><span>\u2022 Profit after financial items was SEK 9.2 (8.1) million.<br \/><\/span><span>\u2022 Cash flow after investments was SEK 25.4 (10.9) million, or SEK 0.88 (0.38) per share.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span><strong>Financial performance January\u2013December <br \/><\/strong><\/span><span><span>\u2022 Sales were SEK 1,121.5 (964.0) million. <br \/><\/span><\/span><span>\u2022 Operating profit was SEK 45.2 (31.8) million.<br \/><\/span>\u2022 Operating margin was 4.0% (3.3%).<br \/><span>\u2022 Profit after financial items was SEK 39.8 (28.8) million.<br \/><\/span><span>\u2022 Profit after tax was SEK 34.6 (24.6) million, corresponding to SEK 1.20 (0.85) per share.<br \/><\/span><span>\u2022 Cash flow after investments was SEK 5.2 (2.5) million, or SEK 0.18 (0.09) per share.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><strong><span>Osinko<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span>The Board of Directors is proposing a dividend to shareholders of SEK 0.70 (0.50) per share, or SEK 20.2 (14.4) million.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><strong><span>Toimitusjohtajan kommentti<br \/><\/span><\/strong><em><span>&#34;We\u2019ve put a strong year behind us with lifted sales, increased profitability, and further rationalizations of our working capital.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>In 2015 we saw several of our customers making positive progress. We secured deeper partnerships, won new business and product generations in what was already a strong customer base, in Sweden and internationally. Additionally, some time back, we secured several new business accounts and created new partnerships, progressively resulting in serial production and increased volumes. In 2015, NOTE\u2019s sales increased 16%\u2013in Q4 our growth was 23%.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span><em>Our order book continues to corroborate a positive sales performance\u2013our ambition is to keep increasing market shares and accelerate our profitable growth&#34;<\/em>, says Henrik Nygren, CFO and acting CEO and President.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span><span>NOTE\u2019s Year-end Report for 2015 is now available in PDF format on the corporate web site, www.note.eu, and attached to this message. The Annual Report for 2015 will be published in week commencing Monday, 15\u00a0February.The Interim Report for January<\/span><\/span><em><span><span>\u2013<\/span><\/span><\/em><span><span>March will be published on 19 April. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mfn-footer\">\n<p><span>Lis\u00e4tietoja saat ottamalla yhteytt\u00e4:<br \/><\/span><span>Henrik Nygren, CFO, and acting CEO and President, tel. +46 (0)8 568 99003, +46 (0)70 977 0686<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mfn-footer mfn-about\">\n<p><span><em><span><br \/>Tietoja NOTEsta <br \/><\/span><\/em><\/span><span><em>NOTE is one of the leading Northern European manufacturing and logistics partners for production of electronics-based products. NOTE produces PCBAs, subassemblies and box build products. NOTE&#39;s offering covers the whole product lifecycle, from design to after-sales. NOTE has a presence in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, Estonia and China. In 2015, net sales were SEK 1,122 million; the group has approximately 940 employees. NOTE is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information, please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.note.eu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.note.eu<\/a><\/em>.<\/span><em><span><\/p>\n<p>NOTE AB (publ) discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication on 4 February 2016 at 8:30 a.m.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mfn-footer mfn-attachment mfn-attachment-general\">\n<p><strong class=\"mfn-heading-1\">Liitteet<\/strong><br \/><a class=\"mfn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/mb.cision.com\/Main\/165\/9907530\/472495.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Year-end Report 2015<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mb.cision.com\/Public\/165\/9907530\/8dcc3df3b73e498c.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lehdist\u00f6tiedote<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script>\n                Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(\".mfn-footer.mfn-attachment\")).forEach(function (el) { el.remove() });\n            <\/script>\n        <div class=\"mfn-attachments-container\"><div class=\"mfn-attachment\"><a class=\"mfn-attachment-link\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.mfn.se\/proxy\/year-end-report-2015.pdf?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmb.cision.com%2FMain%2F165%2F9907530%2F472495.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"mfn-attachment-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.mfn.se\/proxy\/year-end-report-2015.pdf?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmb.cision.com%2FMain%2F165%2F9907530%2F472495.pdf&type=jpg\"><\/span>Year-end Report 2015<\/a><\/div><div class=\"mfn-attachment\"><a class=\"mfn-attachment-link\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.mfn.se\/proxy\/press-release.pdf?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmb.cision.com%2FPublic%2F165%2F9907530%2F8dcc3df3b73e498c.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"mfn-attachment-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.mfn.se\/proxy\/press-release.pdf?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmb.cision.com%2FPublic%2F165%2F9907530%2F8dcc3df3b73e498c.pdf&type=jpg\"><\/span>Lehdist\u00f6tiedote<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Financial performance October\u2013December \u2022 Sales were SEK 305.2 (248.1) million. \u2022 Operating profit was SEK 10.5 (8.1) million. 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