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● Interim report 2021 : Q1 January - March Acquisitions strengthen Balco Group's customer offering The first quarter : January - March Net sales amounted to 250 MSEK ( 321 ) Order intake amounted to 263 MSEK ( 341 ) Order backlog amounted to 1,128 MSEK ( 1,561 ) Operating profit amounted to 22 MSEK ( 34 ) Net profit after tax amounted to 16 MSEK ( 25 ) Earnings per share amounted to 0.74 SEK ( 1.16 ) Operating cash flow amounted to -13 MSEK ( 5 ) ● ● ● ● ● ● Events during the first quarter and after end of the quarter On April 8 , Balco acquired RK Teknik AB , with net sales in 2020 of 115 MSEK and an operating profit of 10 MSEK . The acquisition strengthens and complements Balco Group's product range and customer offering and means that City bal conies will now be introduced on the Swedish market , a product segment that has so far only been sold in Denmark . Covid - 19 with a continued high spread of infection has affected order intake , net sales and profit in the first quarter and will continue to affect net sales and profit in the coming quarters . MSEK Net sales Order intake Order backlog Gross profit Gross margin % Operating profit Operating profit margin ( EBIT - margin ) , % Adjusted operating profit ( EBIT ) 1 ) Adjusted operating profit margin ( EBIT - margin ) , % Net profit for the period Operating cash flow Earnings per share , SEK 2 ) 1 ) For information on adjusted operating profit , please see note 5 2 ) Calculated in relation to the number of shares before dilution at the end of the reporting period SE LE BALCONIES FOR GREATER LIVING Jan - Mar 2021 2020 250,4 321,2 263,1 340,6 1 127,6 1 560,9 63,2 80,4 25,2 25,0 21,9 34,2 8,7 21,9 [ [ B BALCO 10,7 34,2 8,7 10,7 16,3 25,2 -12,8 4,8 0,74 1,16 Apr - Mar 2020/21 1 129,3 855,3 1 127,6 272,2 24,1 103,0 9,1 122,5 10,8 68,8 178,9 3,17 Jan - Dec 2020 1 200,0 932,7 1 086,6 289,4 24,1 115,4 9,6 134,8 11,2 77,6 196,5 4,79