ÅF AB Interim Report January - September 2012

President and CEO, Jonas Wiström, +46 70 608 12 20
CFO, Stefan Johansson, +46 70 224 24 01
Director, Corporate Information, Viktor Svensson, +46 70 657 20 26

Third quarter 2012

  * Net sales totalled SEK 1,183 million (1,130)
  * Operating profit totalled SEK 75 million (67)
  * Operating margin was 6.3 percent (5.9)
  * Earnings per share, before dilution: SEK 1.49 (1.38)

January-September 2012

  * Net sales totalled SEK 3,949 million (3,667)
  * Operating profit totalled SEK 324 million (278)
  * Operating margin was 8.2 percent (7.6)
  * Earnings per share, before dilution: SEK 6.87 (5.95)


A few words from the President, Jonas Wiström:

The market for most of ÅF's operations remained strong throughout the third
quarter. Conditions in the Scandinavian countries continued to be favourable,
while elsewhere in Europe there was a general slackening in demand. On the
whole, market prospects are predominantly positive, even though the current
state of the global economy is continuing to cause increasing uncertainty.

ÅF's operating profit rose to SEK 75 million (67) with an operating margin of
6.3 percent (5.9).

After adjustment for currency effects, this translates into growth of just over
7 percent, most of which is organic. For Scandinavia the corresponding figure
was slightly more than 10 percent. The third quarter also saw ÅF pass the
milestone of 5,000 highly qualified co-workers in approximately 20 countries,
and our appeal as an employer remains strong. On 11 October ÅF was ranked in the
top five of Sweden's most popular employers in Universum's "Career Barometer
2012-13", a survey conducted among a total of some 3,000 engineering
professionals.

The improvement in ÅF's earnings owes most to a small rise in capacity
utilisation and a continued increase in profits for the Infrastructure Division.
Infrastructure more than doubled its profits while also further consolidating
its position in the market following the acquisition of the leading Norwegian
project management company, Advansia. The Industry Division also continued to
report strong earnings with an operating margin in excess of 10 percent. For the
Technology Division profitability in the third quarter slipped slightly as signs
of a slowdown began to show in the market for telecommunications.

The International South Division reported an improvement in profitability thanks
to a higher level of capacity utilisation, particularly in the nuclear power
industry, while the fall in profits for International North was due chiefly to
relatively large write-down costs in one of its projects. From the start of the
fourth quarter in 2012 these two divisions will be amalgamated into a single
International Division with Roberto Gerosa as Division President (see separate
press release). Initially, the main focus for the new division will be on
raising profitability to a level that is on a par with that for the ÅF Group as
a whole.

Our fundamental objectives remain unchanged: to continue to generate levels of
profitability that place us among the very best performers in our industry, and
to grow our business by approximately 15 percent a year. The ambition is to
expand through organic and acquired growth in more or less equal measure.



Group Head Office:
ÅF AB (publ), SE-169 99 Stockholm, Sweden
Visitors' address:  Frösundaleden 2, 169 70 Solna, Sweden
Tel. +46 10 505 00 00   Fax +46 10 505 00 10
www.afconsult.com / info@afconsult.com
Corporate ID number 556120-6474



The information in this interim report fulfils ÅF AB's disclosure requirements
under the provisions of the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial
Instruments Trading Act. The information was released for publication at 13:30
CET on 15 October 2012.

All assumptions about the future that are made in this report are based on the
best information available to the company at the time the report was written. As
is the case with all assessments of the future, such assumptions are subject to
risks and uncertainties, which may mean that the actual outcome differs from the
anticipated result.

This is a translation of the Swedish original. The Swedish text is the binding
version and shall prevail in the event of any discrepancies.



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