Report by the Board of Directors

Financial Performance in January-December 2016

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income, MEUR 2016
2015
  12 months  12 months 
     Net sales 64.2 56.8
     Operating profit / loss 2.5 2.3
     Financial income and expenses 0.6 -0.2
     Result before tax 3.1 2.1
Result for the period from continuing operations 3.5 2.3
Result for the period from discontinuing operations   539.0
Result for the period 3.5 541.3
Total comprehensive income for the period 3.5 541.5
     
Result for the period attributable to:    
     Equity holders of the parent 3.5 541.3
Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to:    
     Equity holders of the parent 3.5 541.5
     
Earnings per share from continuing operations, EUR 0.098 0.020
  • Cash flow from operating activities was EUR -1.7 million (EUR 2.1 million, in 1–12 2015, including both continuing and discontinuing operations).
  • Net cash flow was EUR -27.9 million, including the dividend payment in April, the investments made into the company´s new office building in Oulu, Finland, and the acquisition made in November (EUR 79.5 million, in 1–12 2015, including the cash flow resulted from the sale of the Automotive business and the cash flow of the cancelled demerger process and the cash flows of the voluntary public tender offer of own shares). 
  • Equity ratio was 87.0 percent (90.5 percent, December 31, 2015). 
  • Net gearing was -70.3 percent (-88.2 percent, December 31, 2015).

Quarterly Figures

Group's net sales and operating result, MEUR  4Q/16 3Q/16 2Q/16 1Q/16  4Q/15
Net sales 19.0 14.1 16.4 14.7 15.2
Operating profit (loss) 0.9 0.9 0.8 -0.1 0.8
Result before taxes 1.1 1.1 1.0 -0.1 0.9
Result for the period 1.4 1.1 1.0 -0.1 1.1
  
Distribution of net sales by market areas, MEUR and %  4Q/16 3Q/16 2Q/16 1Q/16  4Q/15
Asia 0.2
1.1%
0.0
0.1%
0.4
2.7%
0.0
0.2%
0.0
0.0%

Americas
3.8 
19.9%
2.9
20.7%
3.2
19.8%
2.3
15.3%
2.9
19.2%

Europe
15.0
79.0%
11.2
79.3%
12.7
77.5%
12.5
84.5%
12.3
80.7%