May 5 (Reuters) - Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S STOGR.CO :
* REPORTS STRONG Q1 RESULTS AND RAISES FULL YEAR GUIDANCE
* QTRLY ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS) WERE DKK 3.4 (DKK
1.6)
* QTRLY NET SALES WERE DKK 1,883 MILLION (DKK 1,756 MILLION)
WITH
12.5% ORGANIC GROWTH
* QTRLY EBITDA BEFORE SPECIAL ITEMS WAS DKK 527 MILLION (DKK
326
MILLION) WITH 49.1% ORGANIC GROWTH
* SCANDINAVIAN TOBACCO GROUP- INTEGRATION OF AGIO CIGARS
RUNNING
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND NOW EXPECTED TO DELIVER ABOUT DKK 100
MILLION IN SYNERGIES FOR YEAR
* INTEGRATION OF AGIO CIGARS NOW EXPECTED TO DELIVER ABOU
DKK 250
MILLION RUN-RATE BY END OF 2022
* SEES 2021 EBITDA: ORGANIC GROWTH IN THE RANGE OF 12%-18%
* SEES 2021 ADJUSTED EARNINGS PER SHARE >25% INCREASE
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