Report By the Board of Directors

Net Sales Grew and Operating Profit Improved Clearly from the Previous Year

EB's net sales during January-December 2014 grew by 12.5 per cent year-on-year to EUR 224.1 million (EUR 199.3 million, in 2013). Operating profit was EUR 16.8 million including EUR 1.1 million non-recurring income resulting from the reorganization cases of TerreStar companies, and non-recurring costs of EUR 0.6 million resulting from Wireless Business Segment“s personnel layoffs and from the acquisition costs of SafeMove (EUR 8.1 million, in 2013, including the non-recurring cost of approximately EUR 0.8 million resulting from the cost saving measures in the Wireless Business Segment). The growth in net sales and operating profit was mainly due to the good development of the Automotive Business Segment.

Net sales of the Automotive Business Segment in January-December 2014 grew to EUR 171.4 million (EUR 138.3 million, in 2013), representing 24.0 per cent growth year-on-year. Operating profit improved clearly from the previous year and was EUR 16.0 million (EUR 8.5 million, in 2013). The demand for EB“s software products and R&D services remained good, including the jointly owned company e.solutions GmbH. The improvement of the operating profit was driven mainly by the net sales growth of R&D services and good performance in services projects, the growth of software license sales and the lower R&D investments.

The Wireless Business Segment“s net sales in January-December 2014 decreased by 13.4 per cent year-on-year, to EUR 53.0 million (EUR 61.2 million, in 2013). The share of the product-based net sales was EUR 14.1 million (EUR 6.9 million in 2013), which resulted mainly from the product deliveries of the tactical communication system to the Finnish Defence Forces and from the delivery of special terminal products for the authority use to a customer abroad. The operating profit of the Wireless Business Segment in January-December 2014 was EUR 1.0 million, including EUR 1.1 million non-recurring income resulting from the reorganization cases of TerreStar companies, and non-recurring costs of EUR 0.6 million resulting from Wireless Business Segment“s personnel layoffs and from the acquisition costs of SafeMove (operating loss of EUR -0.5 million, in 2013, including the non-recurring cost of approximately EUR 0.8 million resulting from the cost saving measures in the Wireless Business Segment). The decrease in the net sales year-on-year and lower than expected operating result were due to the decline in the demand for R&D services for mobile telecommunications network equipment and other markets, the increased product-based net sales did not fully compensate this decline.

The 2013 figures presented in comparison in this Report by Board of Directors include the figures of Continuing Operations only.