COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO
Strong organic sales growth Organic sales growth remained exceptionally strong also in the first quarter of the year. We estimate that we are growing faster than the security markets in the US and Europe as well as in many of the Ibero-American countries, mainly supported by our strategy of providing security solutions and electronic security. The growth was further supported by continued higher levels of security needs in Europe.
Earnings per share and operating margin improved Earnings per share improved by 14 percent in the first quarter, adjusted for changes in exchange rates. The operating margin improved to 4.8 percent (4.7).
Continued strong growth of security solutions and electronic security sales Sales of security solutions and electronic security were strong in the first quarter and in line with our expectations. We believe that we can continue to increase our sales of security solutions and electronic security at a high pace in the coming years and to make this a substantial part of the Group’s total sales. The completed acquisition of Diebold’s North American Electronic Security business on February 1, 2016 also makes a substantial contribution in accelerating our transformation of the security industry.
Alf Göransson President and Chief Executive Officer
PRESENTATION OF THE INTERIM REPORT
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