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Contents
2 The world of Electrolux
4 Highlights of the year
6 Report by the Chairman of the Board
7 Report by the President and CEO
12 Household Appliances
16 Professional Appliances
18 Outdoor Products
20 Report by the Board of Directors for 1997
30 Consolidated income statement
31 Consolidated balance sheet
32 Parent company income statement
33 Parent company balance sheet
34 Statements of changes in financial position,
Group and parent company
35 Notes to the financial statements
47 Proposed distribution of earnings
48 Auditors’ report
49 Statement of added value
50 Eleven-year review
50 Definitions of financial concepts and key ratios
52 Net sales and average number of employees,
by country
54 Board of Directors
56 Group organization
58 Electrolux shares
61 Human resources
62 The Group’s environmental activities
64 Annual General Meeting
Investor Relations
and Financial Information
Åsa Mattsson Stenqvist
Group staff Treasury
Tel. +46 8 738 64 94, Fax +46 8 656 60 90
Financial reports in 1998
Preliminary year-end results January 26
Consolidated results March 10
Annual report Mid-April
Form 20-F April
Quarterly report, 1st quarter April 29
Half-yearly report August 11
Quarterly report, 3rd quarter October 29
The above reports are available on request from AB Electrolux, Investor Relations and Financial Information,
SE-105 45 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel. +46 8 738 60 03 or 738 6141.
Financial information from Electrolux is also available on the Internet at www.electrolux.com