Proact IT Group — Interim / Quarterly Report 2017

Apr 21, 2017

Interim Report, January - March 2017

The first quarter in brief

• Revenues increased by 21% to SEK 877 (723) million, the organic growth equals 7%.
• EBITDA increased by 37% and amounted to SEK 53.6 (39.0) million.
• Profit before tax increased by 60% to SEK 34.0 (21.2) million. Adjusted for items affecting comparability for the first quarter 2016 (SEK 5.8 million) the increase was 25%.
• Profit after tax increased by 69% to SEK 25.0 (14.8) million.
• Profit per share amounted to SEK 2.65 (1.55).
• Return on equity over the last 12 months amounted to 31.7% (26.2%).

Report by the CEO of Proact

Continued positive development for revenues and profits

I am delighted to report positive development in both revenues and earnings. This means that we are reporting the best revenues and profits, for a first quarter, in the history of the company, and for a fifth consecutive quarter. We have also continued to improve the company's margin throughout the quarter, compared with the same period last year, which clearly is also very pleasing to see.

Profit before tax for the quarter amounted to SEK 34.0 million, representing an increase of 60% compared with the corresponding period last year. Service revenues have continued to develop positively during the period and amounted to SEK 274 million, representing an increase of 8%. Service revenues relating to cloud services amounted to SEK 100 million, representing an increase of 17%. System revenues also developed positively and amounted to SEK 602 million, representing an increase of 29%.

As already reported, Proact acquired all of the shares of the German company Teamix GmbH in early January 2017. Teamix is a well-established company in the German market and has outstanding expertise in various IT technology and service fields. During the first quarter strategic work has begun to ensure that the acquired business is integrated with the Proact group, in the most efficient and effective way, to ensure the business maximizes the potential in a core Proact market.

We are constantly working to our established strategy and defined focus areas, to ensure that Proact is in the best possible position to deal with the demands in the market. The strategy is also set to meet the company's objectives and financial targets. Among other things, this involves ensuring good cost control, regular improvement and streamlining in respect of the services operation, taking the necessary measures in countries failing to meet set financial targets, and increasing the emphasis on sales and marketing within the company. This work will allow the company to implement a cost-effective, consistent organisation, a market-leading offering independent of suppliers, and an increased proportion of contracted revenues. The company will be continuing to focus on developing our offering in respect of datacentres (a combination of storage, servers and network) with associated services, as well as increasing our focus on cloud services. Areas such as security, automation and applications are also of increasing strategic importance for Proact.

This excellent trend shows that our specialist expertise and market-leading offering with regard to datacentres and cloud services are very much appreciated by both new and existing customers. We have successfully implemented a number of customer projects in the above fields during the quarter. Examples of projects implemented can be found in the section entitled "Events during the quarter".

Proact's objective is to act as a partner to our customers and offer high-quality services and marketleading technologies. We supply flexible services and solutions which quickly add sustainable, longterm value. Overall, it is clear to me that the initiatives implemented in various fields are continuing to pay off, making us even more competitive. Our ability to help our customers to minimise risks and reduce costs, places us in a strong position on the European market, giving us good opportunities for continued positive development in terms of both revenues and profits.

Kista, 21 April 2017

Jason Clark CEO

About Proact

Proact is Europe's leading independent datacentre and cloud services provider. Proact supplies business benefits by helping companies and authorities to reduce risk and costs, and above all to supply them with flexible, accessible and secure IT services. Proact's cloud service operations manage 70 petabytes of information. Proact has completed more than 3,500 successful projects all over the world to date.

The Proact Group has more than 800 employees and operates in 15 countries in Europe and in the USA. Proact was founded in 1994, and its parent company Proact IT Group AB (publ) has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under the symbol PACT since 1999.

For further information about Proact's activities please visit us at www.proact.eu

Market review

Most of our customers are large and mediumsized companies and organisations within a range of different industries on the majority of markets in Europe. The rapid rate of digitisation taking place within the majority of industries means that IT is taking on more and more strategic importance, as an IT function that works well is frequently a prerequisite for efficient running of the core business. In turn, this means that the underlying growth in digital businesscritical information is still high. The combination of rapid digitisation and the increasing volume of business-critical information means that IT infrastructure is becoming increasingly complex and new demands are being made. As a result, more and more companies and organisations are evaluating options for using various services and new fields of technology in order to simplify their IT operations and ensure that their supply of IT services meets the requirements defined by business operations and their customers.

Securing business-critical information is of the utmost importance, and security threats are real and must be taken into account, no matter what they involve: following various regulations or legal requirements, or ensuring protection against mistakes, sabotage or malicious program code. Hence information security is a very important part of any business and affects the business decisions made.

Automation is another important field, business processes are supported by automating the various underlying elements in a data centre. This creates opportunities to facilitate administration and thereby reduce complexity and risks. Increased automation allows IT services to be supplied in faster, more flexible ways, supporting business requirements and needs more effectively.

Traditional applications such as ERP, databases, CRM and email will also continue to be business-critical, which means that the accessibility and performance of application information are of vital significance. New applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Analytics and Big Data are also being implemented, making new demands of business, organisation and IT infrastructure as information of this kind is unstructured. If this unstructured information is handled correctly, there are plenty of opportunities to improve insight into factors such as customer behaviours and purchasing patterns, which in turn means that well-founded decisions can be made with regard to how customer requirements can be met more effectively in future.

The need for ongoing streamlining, as well as a growing demand for solutions and services in Proact's specialist fields, is indicating major potential for growth for the company. Proact has established methods, processes and services to offer so as to meet demand on the market and provide the most effective support to its customers.

Major events during the quarter

A number of major contracts have been concluded in the past quarter, with enterprises such as A. Schulman in Belgium, Bianco Footwear and Brüel & Kjær in Denmark, Elisa Eesti and Tallinns Harbor in Estonia, Elenia and Karl-Fazer in Finland, Rietumo Banka in Latvia, Rijnstate and Springer in the Netherlands, SEB in Lithuania, Norsk Tipping and Sparbank 1 in Norway, Cortefiel and Navantia in Spain, Institute of Physics in the United Kingdom, Försäkringskassan and Lantmäteriet in Sweden, Continental and Institute for Geological surveys in the Czech Republic.

Events during the quarter

Proact concludes framework agreement with Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency

National Procurement Services at the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet) has concluded a framework agreement with Proact's earning data centre products and services and supplementary consultancy services. With this agreement, Proact has reinforced its position in the public sector in Sweden.

This new agreement relates to operations within central government, municipalities and county councils. Proact is one of six suppliers concluding agreements which came into force in March 2017 and have a term of two years, with the option of extending by a further two years. The value of the agreement has been estimated by the National Procurement Services to amount to SEK 1 billion per year. The agreement covers three regional locations (northern, southern and eastern Sweden) and nationwide. Proact has had many customers and extensive experience in public sector for a long time.

The new agreement provides the opportunity to offer different services and solutions with greater breadth compared with previous agreements as the new agreement replaces two previously separate agreements relating solely to servers and storage respectively. The new agreement also includes provision of private cloud services such as "Infrastructure as a Service". This will make it easier for public organisations to choose between their own operations and hybrid solutions; an important component in the implementation of any modern data centre.

Proact's public sector customers include the Swedish Government Offices, the Västra Götaland region, Lantmäteriet (the Swedish National Land Survey) and the Swedish Public Employment Service.

Glencore chooses Proact as its partner

The Dutch company Glencore is a global leader in the handling, processing and sale of agricultural products. The company is active in more than 35 countries and is part of a strategic network encompassing a total of 274 storage facilities, 36 processing facilities and 23 ports in strategic locations all over the world. In combination with good relations throughout the supply chain, this enables Glencore to effectively meet the needs of its customers all over the world.

Glencore has stringent demands in terms of scalability, uptime and performance, and it requires its IT infrastructure to be cost-effective. In order to meet the company's increasing demands, a procurement procedure took place in which Proact was entrusted with the task of supplying a new IT infrastructure with associated consultancy and support services thanks to its specialist expertise and experience.

The new infrastructure is based on the data centre concept, which is a reference architecture in which components such as storage, servers and networks are all integrated with one another. Thanks to this new IT infrastructure, Glencore now has improved support for its activities and users, and internal administration of systems is also considerably simpler and more cost-effective.

The contract includes implementation and configuration of the new IT infrastructure, as well as Proact Premium Support, which over time will have a positive effect on Proact's contracted revenues.

Proact supplies cloud service to Municipality of Herning

The municipality of Herning in Denmark supplies IT services to more than 20,000 users for administration and schools in the municipality. The municipality is something of a pioneer as regards IT, using virtualisation technology at its data centre for more than a decade, for example. The job of the IT department includes increasing the use of digital services.

Proact has been entrusted with supplying a cloud solution for ensuring the implementation of new virtual servers and applications in a secure, automated way. The cloud service supplied by Proact increases efficiency as manual processes and time-consuming work – for example – can be reduced considerably. The selfservice portal now implemented can be used by authorised users to configure and order virtual servers and applications, and any services ordered are available within around 15 minutes. This reduces lead times and IT staff workload, and users do not have to work on the basis of IT administration opening hours.

The municipality has also implemented a new, virtualised network solution that reinforces security, which means that the network will automatically react and shut down any affected service in the event of a security breach.

Financial overview

Revenues

For the first quarter 2017, total revenues amounted to SEK 877 (723) million, an increase of 21%. The organic growth equals to 7%.

Industry segments

Proact has good revenue distribution in respect of its various industry segments. The four biggest industry segments are Trade & Services (25%), Public Sector (20%), Telecoms (14%) and Manufacturing Industry (11%).

Business Units

In Nordics total revenues increased during the quarter, both system- and services revenues have developed positively.

In UK total revenues decreased during the quarter, the decline was attributable to the absence of major systems sales businesses. In comparison with the same period last year, service revenues have continued to develop positively.

In West total revenues have increased during the quarter, the organic growth was 65%. The positive development is mainly attributable to the development of the systems sales business. Service revenues were unchanged compared with the same period last year.

In East total revenues declined during the quarter. The decrease is attributable to lower system sales due to a cautious market. However the overall service revenues have evolved in a positive way compared with the same period last year.

Future contracted cash flows from Proact Finance amount to SEK 111 (149) million, representing a decrease of 26%.

Operating segment

System revenues increased by 29% to SEK 602 (467) million in the first quarter. The organic growth equals to 10%. Service revenues increased by 8% to SEK 274 (255) million during the same period. The organic growth equals to 2%. Service revenues amount to 31% of total revenues for the quarter.

New contracts relating to cloud services worth SEK 32 million, with terms of three to five years, have been concluded during the quarter. Total revenues from cloud services amounted to SEK 100 (86) million during the quarter, representing an increase of 17% compared with the corresponding period in the previous year. Revenues from cloud services amount to SEK 375 million over a period of 12 consecutive months.

Revenue per Business	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	12 mths	Full Year
Unit	2017	2016	Apr-Mar	2016
Nordics	446	407	1,684	1,645
UK	148	172	611	635
West	264	97	676	509
East	25	49	125	149
Proact Finance	10	17	66	73
Group-wide	-16	-19	-86	-89
Total revenue	877	723	3,076	2,922

Revenue per	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	12 mths	Full Year
operating segment	2017	2016	Apr-Mar	2016
System sales	602	467	2,031	1,896
Services operations	274	255	1,043	1,023
Other revenue	1	1	2	2
Total revenue	877	723	3,076	2,922

Comprehensive income

EBITDA increased during the quarter by 37%, compared with the same period last year, and amounted to SEK 53.6 (39.0) million.

Profit before tax increased by 60% to SEK 34.0 (21.2) million. Adjusted for items affecting comparability for the first quarter 2016 (SEK 5.8 million) the in-crease was 25%.

Business Units

In Nordics the earnings continued to develop positively during the quarter. Primarily by a good development of the system sales business in combination with higher profitability in the services business and good cost control.

In UK the result is largely unchanged compared with the same period last year. Good cost control has compensated for the lack of results from the system sales business.

In West the earnings have improved. This has been achieved mainly by organic growth with good profitability, compared with the same period last year. During the quarter the integration of Teamix began, which for the period negatively affected the profitability.

In East the profitability has developed negatively compared to the same period last year. This is mainly due to lower system sales which have negatively affected the overall profitability.

Proact Finance continues to show a stable development regarding earnings and profitability.

Profit before tax per	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	12 mths	Full Year
Business Unit	2017	2016	Apr-Mar	2016
Nordics	25.0	23.0	104.6	102.6
UK	5.2	5.8	21.0	21.6
West	2.4	-1.3	13.8	10.2
East	1.8	3.9	8.0	10.1
Proact Finance	0.6	0.9	7.3	7.6
Group-wide	-1.0	-5.3	-8.2	-12.6
Profit before tax and
items affecting
comparability	34.0	27.1	146.5	139.5
Items affecting
comparability	-	-5.8	-	-5.8
Profit before tax	34.0	21.2	146.5	133.7

Balance sheet and cash flow

Cash and equivalents amounted to SEK 221 million as at 31 March 2017, compared with SEK 102 million previous year. Of total bank overdraft facilities of SEK 170 million, SEK 17 million has been utilised. Bank loans amounted to SEK 168 million, of which SEK 46 million are due within 12 months. Contract borrowing is being used to finance Proact's finance company. Investments in IT equipment for cloud operations are being financed by means of operational leasing agreements, which means that these investments have no direct impact on the balance sheet.

Cash flow amounted to SEK 8 (-60) million for the quarter, of which SEK 42 (-50) million from operating activities. Rolling 12 month cash flow amounted to SEK 110 million.

During the quarter SEK 16 (16) million has been invested in fixed assets. During the quarter SEK 45 (40) million has been paid out in cash. At the same time shares in our own custody, amounting to SEK 27 million, has been utilised for the acquired shares in subsidiaries. Change in bank loans and use of overdraft facilities together contributed to cash flow with SEK 22 million. No buy back of own shares have been made during the quarter.

The Group's equity ratio at the end of the period was 22% (19%). As per year end 2016 the equity ratio was 18%.

Financial position	Mar 31	Dec 31	Mar 31	Dec 31
	2017	2016	2016	2015
Cash and cash equivalents	221	214	102	159
Bank overdraft facilities	-17	-29	-21	-2
Liabilities to credit institutions	-176	-143	-160	-140
Contract borrowing	-21	-30	-24	-22
Net debt	7	13	-104	-6
Unutilized bank overdraft facility	153	151	150	171
Total bank overdraft facility	170	180	171	173

Buy-back of own shares

At the Annual General Meeting held on 2 May 2016, the Board of Directors was authorised to acquire up to 10% of the company's shares by the next Annual General Meeting. As at 31 March 2017, 160,625 shares have been acquired under this authorisation.

During the year, 200,000 shares in the company´s own custody have been used for company acquisition. See also note 10.

The company holds 769 shares in its own custody as at 31 March 2017, which is equivalent to 0.0% of the total number of shares.

Employees

The company employed 804 (726) people as at 31 March 2017, of which 85 employees was added when acquiring the German company Teamix.

Parent Company in brief

Parent Company's total revenues for the period amounted to SEK 26.2 (19.2) million. Profit before tax amounted to SEK -0.4 (-9.0) million.

Parent Company's liabilities in a joint group currency account amounted as at 31 March 2017 to SEK 340 (297) million.

At the end of the period, the number of people employed by the parent company totalled 13 (15).

Parent Company's operations have remained unchanged over the period. There have been no significant transactions with related parties.

Events after the balance sheet date

No events of significance to the Group have occurred since the end of the report period.

Risks and uncertainty factors within the enterprise

The company has in the current situation difficulties to assess consequences' of United Kingdom's possible exit from EU. Short term, currency rate effects will affect the group's financial statements. Otherwise no risks or uncertainty factors have altered, by comparison with those commented upon in the last Annual Report issued. For a more detailed description of significant risks and uncertainty factors, please see Proact's annual report for 2016, page 21.

Alternative Performance Measures

The company presents performance measures in the interim report that are not defined under IFRS. The company believes that these performance measures provide useful supplemental information to investors and the company's management. Definitions of performance measures are available in Proact's Annual Report 2016, page 60.

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting will take place at 6 pm on 9 May 2017 at Scandic Victoria Tower, Kista. The work of the Nominations Committee prior to the Annual General Meeting has not yet been completed. For further information, please see the company's website at www.proact.se.

Other information

This interim report has not been audited.

Forthcoming reports

12 Jul 2017	Interim Report Q2 2017
20 Oct 2017	Interim Report Q3 2017
8 Feb 2018	Year-end report 2017

For further information, please contact:

	Tel.	Email
Jason Clark, CEO	+44 1246 266 300	jason.clark@proact.eu
Peter Javestad, IR	+46 733 56 67 22	peter.javestad@proact.eu
Jonas Persson, CFO	+46 733 56 66 90	jonas.persson@proact.eu

The information in this interim report is such information as Proact IT Group (publ) shall publish in accordance with lagen om värdepappersmarknad, the Securities Market Act, and/or lagen om handel med finansiella instrument, the Act on Trading in Financial Instruments. This information was submitted for publication at 08:00 (CET) on 21 April 2017.

Kista, 21 April 2017

Proact IT Group AB (publ)

Jason Clark CEO

Financial reports (SEK million)

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	12 mths	Full Year
	2017	2016	Apr-Mar	2016
System income	602.1	467.4	2,031.0	1,896.3
Service income	274.2	254.6	1,042.6	1,023.0
Other operating income	0.5	0.7	2.2	2.4
Total income	876.9	722.7	3,075.9	2,921.7
Cost of goods and services sold	-684.3	-549.5	-2,349.0	-2,214.2
Gross profit	192.6	173.1	726.9	707.5
Sales and marketing expenses	-96.9	-94.5	-365.2	-362.8
Administration expenses	-58.2	-47.7	-212.1	-201.6
Items affecting comparability	-	-5.8	-0.0	-5.8
Operating profit/loss, EBIT	37.5	25.1	149.6	137.2
Net financial items	-3.5	-3.8	-3.2	-3.5
Profit before tax	34.0	21.2	146.5	133.7
Income tax	-9.0	-6.4	-39.6	-37.0
Comprehensive income for the period	25.0	14.8	106.9	96.7
Other comprehensive income
Items which may be reveresed later in the income statement
Change of hedging reserve
(net investment in foreign operations)	0.2	-0.7	-0.0	-0.9
Tax effect of change of reserve
(net investment in foreign operations)	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
Translation differences	-1.4	0.7	7.6	9.7
Total items which may be reversed later in the income statement	-1.3	0.2	7.5	9.0
Total comprehensive income for the period	23.7	15.0	114.4	105.7
Profit attributable to:
Shareholders of the Parent company	24.7	14.4	105.7	95.4
Holdings without a controlling influence	0.3	0.5	1.2	1.3
Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to:
Shareholders of the Parent company	23.5	15.0	113.2	104.7
Holdings without a controlling influence	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.0

Data per share*

	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	12 mths	Full Year
	2017	2016	Apr-Mar	2016
Earnings per share for the period attributable to the shareholders of the parent
company, SEK	2.65	1.55	11.46	10.32
Equity per share attributable to the shareholders of the parent
company, SEK	40.52	30.79	40.52	35.84
Cash flow from operations per share, SEK	4.95	-5.38	27.14	16.69
Number of outstanding shares at end of period	9,333,117	9,293,742	9,333,117	9,133,117
Weigthed average number of outstanding shares	9,326,450	9,293,742	9,230,233	9,247,583

* Proact does not have any outstanding warrants, convertible debentures or other instrument that could give rise to dilution.

Consolidated Balance Sheet in Brief

	Mar 31	Mar 31	Dec 31
	2017	2016	2016
ASSETS
Fixed assets
Goodwill	367.7	317.9	322.2
Other intangible fixed assets	132.4	129.5	108.8
Tangible fixed assets	67.6	52.5	55.2
Other long-term receivables	48.5	50.1	53.1
Deferred tax receivables	15.2	18.4	15.2
Current assets
Inventories	21.3	30.2	43.6
Trade and other receivables	892.9	845.8	994.2
Cash and cash equivalents	220.6	101.6	214.4
Total assets	1,766.3	1,546.0	1,806.8
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Equity attributable to the shareholers of the parent company	378.2	286.1	327.4
Equity attributable to holdings without a controlling influence	5.5	5.3	5.2
Total equity	383.7	291.4	332.6
Long-term liabilties
Long-term liabilties, interest-bearing	144.6	141.0	133.4
Long-term liabilties, non-interest-bearing	29.1	1.4	2.0
Deferred tax liabilities	27.8	25.5	21.9
Short-term liabilities
Short-term liabilities, interest-bearing	82.9	79.8	82.2
Short-term liabilities, non-interest-bearing	1,098.2	1,006.9	1,234.7
Total equity and liabilities	1,766.3	1,546.0	1,806.8

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	Full Year
	2017	2016	2016
At beginning of period	332.6	316.8	316.8
Total comprehensive income for the period	23.7	15.0	105.7
Dividend	-	-	-25.1
Dividend to holdings without a controlling influence	-	-	-0.8
Acquisition from holdings wihout a controlling influence	-	-40.3	-42.4
Share savings and share option programs	27.4	-	-
Buy-back of own shares	-	-	-21.5
At end of period	383.7	291.4	332.6

Holdings without a controlling influence: Proact Latvia Ltd 7.5%, Proact Lietuva UAB 26.14% and Proact Estonia AS 15%.

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement in Brief

	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	12 mths	Full Year
	2017	2016	Apr-Mar	2016
Cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital	36.8	30.2	179.5	172.9
Cash flow from changes in working capital	9.4	-80.2	71.0	-18.6
Cash flow from operating activities	46.2	-50.0	250.5	154.3
Cash flow from investing activities	-96.1	-16.2	-141.6	-61.7
Cash flow from finanncing activities	57.6	5.8	1.3	-50.5
Total cash flow for the period	7.7	-60.3	110.1	42.1
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period	214.4	158.8	101.6	158.8
Currency translation difference in cash and cash equivalents	-1.6	3.1	8.9	13.5
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period	220.6	101.6	220.6	214.4

Key Figures

	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	12 mths	Full Year
	2017	2016	Apr-Mar	2016
Total revenue, SEK millions	877	723	3,076	2,922
EBITDA, SEK millions	53.6	39.0	206.0	191.4
EBITDA margin, %	6.1	5.4	6.7	6.6
EBITA, SEK millions	45.8	32.5	177.2	163.9
EBITA margin, %	5.2	4.5	5.8	5.6
EBIT, SEK millions	37.5	25.1	149.6	137.2
EBIT marginal, %	4.3	3.5	4.9	4.7
Profit before tax, SEK millions	34.0	21.2	146.5	133.7
Net margin, %	3.9	2.9	4.8	4.6
Profit after tax, SEK millions	25.0	14.8	106.9	96.7
Profit margin, %	2.9	2.1	3.5	3.3
Equity ratio, %	21.7	18.9	21.7	18.4
Capital turnover rate, times	0.5	0.5	1.9	1.7
Return on equity, %	7.0	4.9	31.7	29.8
Return on capital employed, %	6.6	5.2	27.4	27.2
Investments in fixed assets, SEK millions	90.5	21.3	129.7	60.5
Financial costs included in net financial items, SEK millions	4.4	5.0	7.7	8.3
Profit before tax per employee, SEK thousands	43	29	198	185
Average number of employees	783	731	739	723

For a five-year summary, see Note 8. Definitions of key ratios and figures are set out in the Annual Report 2016.

Amortizations and depreciations included in Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income are specified in Note 4.

Key figures Proact reports and monitors the business by are common key figures used by the industry and by companies' listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Parent Company´s Income Statement and Balance Sheet, in brief

	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	Full Year		Mar 31	Mar 31	Dec 31
	2017	2016	2016		2017	2016	2016
Net sales	26.2	19.2	79.1	ASSETS
Cost of goods and services sold	-	-	-	Fixed assets	680.5	677.6	642.3
Gross profit	26.2	19.2	79.1	Current assets	153.9	85.8	132.8
Administration expenses	-24.8	-25.5	-94.2	Total assets	834.4	763.4	775.1
Operating profit	1.5	-6.4	-15.1
Net financial items	-1.9	-2.6	6.7	EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Profit efter financial items	-0.4	-9.0	-8.4	Equity	249.5	254.6	222.5
Provisions	-	-	15.9	Long-term liabilities	130.8	132.7	112.4
Profit before tax	-0.4	-9.0	7.5	Short-term liabilities	454.1	376.1	440.3
Income tax	0.1	2.0	0.0	Total equity and liabilities	834.4	763.4	775.1
Comprehensive income for the period	-0.3	-7.0	7.5

Explanatory information

Note 1. General information

Proact IT Group AB (publ) (co. reg. no. 556494-3446) has its registered office in the municipality of Stockholm. Since July 1999, the Company has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and the Small Cap list under the PACT symbol.

Note 2. Accounting policies

The consolidated accounts for the interim report, like the annual report for 2016, have been compiled in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as endorsed by the EU, and the Swedish Annual Accounts Act. The Parent Company's accounts have been compiled in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act and the Swedish Financial Reporting Board's recommendation RFR 2 (Accounting for Legal Entities).

The present interim report has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, Interim Reporting, and the Swedish Company Accounts Act. The term "IFRS" in this document includes the application of IAS and IFRS, as well as the interpretations of these standards as published by the IASB's Standards Interpretation Committee (SIC) and Internal Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC). The Group applies the same accounting principles as those described in the annual report for 2016. A project has been initiated to determine the effects of introducing a new standard for revenue recognition, IFRS 15 Revenues from Contracts with Customers. The project is structured in three phases: evaluation, conversion and implementation. Currently the Group is in the evaluation phase which includes a detailed investigation of contracts and identification of revenue effects. The Group has not yet been able to quantify which impact the new standard will have on the consolidated financial statement. The Group will apply the new standard from the financial year 2018.

Financial instruments

Proact's financial instruments consist of derivatives, accounts receivable, cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable, accrued trade creditors and interest-bearing liabilities. Derivatives are valued at fair value at level 2 as defined by IFRS 7, i.e. fair value determined using valuation techniques with observable market data, either directly (as prices) or indirectly (derived to price). All other financial assets have been classified as loans and receivables, which includes accounts receivable and cash and cash equivalents. All other financial liabilities have been classified as other financial liabilities valued at accrued cost, which includes accounts payable, accrued trade creditors and liabilities to credit institutions. Liabilities to credit institutions have variable interest rates, and the reported interest rate is on a par with the current interest rate on liabilities to credit institutions, and other financial assets and liabilities have short terms. On the basis of this, the book values of all financial assets and liabilities are deemed to be a reasonable estimate of their fair values.

Note 3. Revenues per industry

Revenue per industry	Jan-Mar 2017	Jan-Mar 2016	12 mths Apr-Mar	Full Year 2016
Trading & Services	268	128	755	615
Public sector	161	185	622	646
Telecom	105	113	437	444
Manufacturing	71	89	326	345
Oil and Energy	88	86	285	283
Bank and Finance	55	47	181	172
Media	14	15	64	65
Other	115	60	406	352
Total revenue	877	723	3,076	2,922

Note 4. Depreciations and write-downs of fixed assets

	Jan-Mar	Jan-Mar	12 mths	Full Year
	2017	2016	Apr-Mar	2016
Depreciation intangible fixed
assets	8.3	7.4	27.6	26.7
Depreciation tangible fixed
assets	7.8	6.5	28.8	27.5
Total	16.1	13.9	56.4	54.2

Note 5. Income tax

The group's tax expense includes total current tax and deferred tax calculated on the basis of applicable tax rates in the respective countries. The revised tax cost for first quarter 2017 amounts to SEK 9.0 (6.4) million.

Note 6. Transactions with related parties

No transactions between Proact and related parties which have significantly affected the Group's position and profits have taken place during the quarter.

Note 7. Operating segments

Nordics: UK: East: West: Proact Finance:	Sweden, Norway, Finland, USA and Denmark United Kingdom Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Slovakia Nederländerna, Belgien, Spanien och Tyskland Proact's finance company under its own auspices is reported separately as this company supports all geographical regions.
Jan-Mar 2017	Nordics	UK	West	East	Proact Finance	Group- wide	Eliminations	Group

Total revenue	446	148	264	25	10	35	-51	877
Profit before tax	25.0	5.2	2.4	1.8	0.6	-1.0	-	34.0
Tax Comprehensive income for the period								-9.0 25.0
Jan-Mar 2016	Nordics	UK	West	East	Proact Finance	Group- wide	Eliminations	Group
Total revenue	407	172	97	49	17	31	-50	723
Profit before tax and items
affecting comparability	23.0	5.8	-1.3	3.9	0.9	-5.3	-	27.1
Items affecting comparability	-	-	-0.1	-	-	-5.7	-	-5.8
Profit before tax	23.0	5.8	-1.4	3.9	0.9	-11.0	-	21.2
Tax								-6.4
Comprehensive income for the period								14.8

Note 8. Five-year summary

	Apr-Mar	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec	Jan-Dec
	2016/2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
Total revenue, MSEK	3,076	2,922	2,802	2,325	2,305
EBITDA, MSEK	206.0	191.4	169.2	144.2	128.0
EBITDA margin, %	6.7	6.6	6.0	6.2	5.6
EBITA, MSEK	177.2	163.9	140.4	109.5	82.8
EBITA margin, %	5.8	5.6	5.0	4.7	3.6
EBIT, MSEK	149.6	137.2	113.5	84.9	54.0
EBIT margin, %	4.9	4.7	4.1	3.7	2.3
Profit before tax, MSEK	146.5	133.7	104.1	85.2	43.7
Net margin, %	4.8	4.6	3.7	3.7	1.9
Profit after tax, MSEK	106.9	96.7	78.4	59.9	27.2
Profit margin, %	3.5	3.3	2.8	2.6	1.2
Equity ratio, %	21.7	18.4	19.2	17.5	16.9
Capital turnover rate, times	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.6
Return on equity, %	31.7	29.8	26.8	23.4	11.6
Return on capital employed, %	27.4	27.2	25.6	21.3	13.8
Dividend to shareholders of the Parent company, MSEK 1)	25.1	25.1	15.6	11.2	10.2
Investments in fixed assets, MSEK	129.7	60.5	150.4	69.1	54.8
Financial costs included in net financial items, SEK millions	7.7	8.3	14.2	3.7	13.2
Profit before tax per employee, SEK thousands	198	185	156	132	67
Average number of employees	739	723	669	646	649
Earnings per share for the period, SEK 2)	11.46	10.32	8.20	6.16	2.36

1) Relates to the year in which the dividend was executed. The Board of Directors and Managing Director will propose a dividend of SEK 3.50 per share to the Annual General Meeting for the 2016 business year, totalling SEK 32.7 million.

2) Calculated on the basis of the weighted averag number of outstanding shares. Proact does not have any outstanding warrants, convertible debentures or other instrument that could give rise to dilution.

Note 9. Events after balance sheet date

No events of significance to the Group have occurred since the end of the report period.

Note 10. Acquired companies´ net assets at the time of acquisition

	Jan
Amount in SEK million	2017
Intangible fixed assets	0.8
Tangible fixed assets	12.6
Trade and other receivables	63.8
Cash and cash equivalents	10.8
Cash and cash equivalents	-12.2
Accounts payable and other short-term liabilities	-51.8
Net identifiable assets	24.0
Goodwill	47.6
Fair value adjustment acquired intangbile assets	29.1
Deferred tax related to acquired assets	-8.7
Purchase price incl. etimated additional consideration	92.1
Deduct:
Acquired cash	-10.8
Estimated additional consideration	-18.0
Own shares used in acquisition	-27.4
Net outflow of cash	35.9

The acquisition analysis is preliminary. It is based on a not yet audited balance sheet and the assets in the company have not been analysed definitively.

The above acquisition pertains that 100 percent of the shares of Teamix GmbH has been acquired. The acquisition was completed January 3, 2017.

For this acquisition the purchase price is higher than the recognised assets of the acquired business, as a result the acquisition analysis gives rise to intangible assets.

The acquisition of Teamix GmbH, a profitable, growing and well-managed company, will accelerate Proact's growth in Germany. Teamix is a well-established company in the German market and has outstanding expertise in various IT technology and service fields. The company has an in-depth knowledge of Proact's focus areas such as datacentres and associated services and aligns well with Proact's core values of integrity, commitment and excellence.

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