CEO comment by Anders Nilsson
"In the first quarter of 2019 we started laying the foundation for future growth. We launched Com Hem mobile as a new growth driver and continued to see early progress on our FMC strategy with 45,000 customers now on FMC-offers. We are on track to reach our full year guidance with flat end-user service revenue and strong growth in underlying EBITDA excluding IFRS 16. This is largely driven by the integration and cost restructuring process which is well under way."

• Revenue of SEK 7.2 billion (5.4), representing organic decline of -1 percent
• End-user service revenue of SEK 5.3 billion, stable on an organic basis
• Organic growth of 8 percent in underlying EBITDA excluding IFRS 16 for the Group
• Organic growth of 5 percent in underlying EBITDA excluding IFRS 16 in Sweden, mainly driven by initial synergies from the Com Hem merger
• Profit after financial items (EBT) was SEK 1.0 billion (0.8)
• Earnings per share after dilution was SEK 1.11 (1.24)
• Cost synergies reached an annualized run rate of SEK 300 million at the end of Q1
• Com Hem mobile was launched during the quarter
• Financial guidance unchanged

Teleconference and webcast
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