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Full Year Results 2023 and budget 2024

2023 outcome

We have now closed the financial year 2023 and can summarise a year with challenging market conditions. The year was characterised by high inflation and high interest rates which has affected the general demand negatively.

The US flooring market has held up better than the European, which has been positive for our license revenues but the weak European market has led to decreased volumes of Woodura.

We have geared up our activities, especially related to Woodura sales but also in our licensing business, but it has not translated into stronger revenues due to the difficult market conditions.

The Floor locking business is performing satisfactory mainly driven by a decent market for resilient flooring. In the Furniture locking business we have signed quite a number of new licensees, but the license revenues are still below our objectives.

Budget 2024

We expect the general market and flooring market to improve compared to 2023. We also expect to see positive results from the investments we have done in both organisation and equipment during the last two years. The Woodura production line #1 in Ogulin, Croatia, will be completed during the first half of 2024.

Our key focus areas include;

We have budgeted sales to increase 11% vs 2023 and reach SEK 2,3 billions.
The increase builds on a significant increase in Woodura sales, +38%, and that our license revenues grow slightly more than the general market.
Challenging objectives but we should have high ambitions based on our strong product/technology offering in combination with the investments we have done the last years.

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