Stockholm, October 20, 2017
PRESS RELEASE - NAXS AB (publ)
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Interim Report January-September 2017
Nine months 2017
- Net profit/loss for the period amounted to MSEK 43.4 (55.1).
- Earnings per share amounted to SEK 3.07 (3.70).
- Net asset value amounted to MSEK 824 (SEK 60.41 per share) at September 30, 2017, compared to MSEK 842 (SEK 56.69 per share) at year-end 2016.
- Net cash amounted to MSEK 455 (SEK 33.35 per share) at September 30, 2017, compared to MSEK 384 (SEK 25.85 per share) at year-end 2016.
- T he 2017 Annual General Meeting resolved that no dividend would paid for FY 2016 in view of the fact that SEK 38m (SEK 2.57/share) had been distributed through shares buybacks during Q1 2017.
Third quarter 2017
- Net profit/loss for the quarter amounted to MSEK -16.4 (9.9).
- Earnings per share amounted to SEK -1.19 (0.66).
Comments by the CEO
NAXS’s NAV/share contracted by 1.9% during the third quarter, due to a slightly negative development of the valuation of private equity fund investments and exchange rates. Over the first nine months of 2017, the NAV /share increased by 6.6%, and by 11.5% over 12 months.
NAXS continued to repurchase its own shares during the third quarter, acquiring 419,282 shares. These repurchases, made at an average discount of 16% to the June 30 th net asset value, were deemed capital-efficient for the Company and value-accretive for our shareholders. As of the end of the third quarter, NAXS held a total of 422,812 shares, representing 3% of the total number of shares.
Lennart Svantesson
Financial summary
| 2017 1/1–9/30 | 2016 1/1–9/30 | 2017 7/1–9/30 | 2016 7/1–9/30 | |
| Net profit/loss for the period, KSEK | 43 403 | 55 074 | -16 426 | 9 867 |
| 2017 09/30 | 2016 12/31 | |
| Private equity fund investments, KSEK | 370 038 | 458 701 |
| Private equity fund investments in % of equity | 45 | 55 |
| Remaining commitments, KSEK | 99 427 | 58 444 |
| Total exposure to private equity fund investments, KSEK | 469 465 | 517 145 |
| Net cash, KSEK | 454 999 | 383 807 |
| Private equity fund investments per share, SEK | 27.12 | 30.89 |
| Net cash per share, SEK | 33.35 | 25.85 |
| Net asset value per share, SEK | 60.41 | 56.69 |
| Share price, SEK | 50.00 | 49.40 |
Contact information Lennart Svantesson, CEO Telephone: +46 73 311 00 11 Gösta Lundgren, CFO Telephone: +46 70 710 47 88
This information is information that Naxs AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 8.30 CET on October 20, 2017.
This press release and further information is available on the Company’s website: www.naxs.se
NAXS AB (publ) Corp. Reg. No. 556712-2972 Grev Turegatan 10 114 46 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46 8 611 33 25, E-mail: info@naxs.se
NAXS is an investment company listed on NASDAQ Stockholm. NAXS primarily invests in private equity funds with a Nordic focus, but may also make direct investments or co-investments alongside private equity or other alternative assets funds. In addition, NAXS may, to a limited extent, make other types of investments.
