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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The company's auditors have not conducted any review of the report for the fourth quarter of 2018. There are lease agreements with related companies. Related companies to CEO have bought merchandise and received payments for consulting services performed. In addition, there are transactions with related parties to immaterial values. All transac- tions are on market terms. The Board of Directors and CEO declare that the interim report gives a true and fair overview of the company's and group's operations, financial position and earnings, and describes the significant risks and uncertainty factors that the company and the companies included in the group face. THE PARENT COMPANY Total income for the period January-December amounted to SEK 145.6 (92.2) million. Result before appropriations and taxes amounted to SEK 151.1 (298.9) million. The lower result is related to lower dividends from subsidiaries. Net debt amounted to SEK 1,725.3 (1,566.5) million. The parent company's net financing to subsidiaries amounted to SEK 1,665.6 (2,040.3) million. Cash flow from investment activities amounted to SEK -86.6 (-63.5) million. The balance sheet total amounted to SEK 4,368.1 (3,813.5) million and shareholders' equity, including 78 % of untaxed reserves, to SEK 1,961.7 (1,863.6) million. GOTHENBURG, FEBRUARY 7, 2019 NEW WAVE GROUP AB (PUBL) OLOF PERSSON CHRISTINA BELLANDER Chairman of the Board Member of the Board ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting will be held on 17 May at 1.00 p.m. CET in Kosta. The annual report is scheduled to be available on 18 April at the company's headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. M JOHAN WIDERBERG MATS ÅRJES Member of the Board Member of the Board DIVIDEND The Group's dividend policy is that 40 % of the Group's net profit will be distributed over a business cycle. The Board has decided to propose a dividend of SEK 2.00 (1.70) per share, amounting to SEK 132.7 (112.8) million. This proposal corresponds to 37 (32) % of the year’s net income. TORSTEN JANSSON CEO NOMINATION COMMITTEE The nomination committee for the board election at the 2019 Annual General Meeting is: FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: „ „ Arne Lööw, representantive for Fjärde AP-fonden „ „ Torsten Jansson, CEO and representative of Torsten Jansson Förvaltnings AB „ „ Ulf Hedlundh, representantive of Svolder CEO Torsten Jansson For more information about the nomination committee and its work, please see www.nwg.se. CFO Lars Jönsson Phone: +46 (0) 31–712 89 01 E-mail: torsten.jansson@nwg.se Phone: +46 (0) 31–712 89 12 E-mail: lars.jonsson@nwg.se CALENDAR   25 APR Interim report for the first quarter   17 MAY Annual General Meeting 2019   20 AUG Interim report for the second quarter   7 NOV Interim report for the third quarter This information is information that New Wave Group AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons detailed above, at 7.00 a.m. CET on 7 February 2019. 12