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1 A BB Press Release 99/38 (12 pages) For your Business Editor ABB Group Results - First Nine Months 1999 ABB Earnings Growth Continues in First Nine Months Operating earnings at $ 1,747 million, up 33 percent Revenues up 9 percent Orders up 3 percent, 6 percent in local currencies Zu rich, Sw itzerla nd , October 19, 1999 - ABB, the g loba lized technolog y a nd eng ineering g rou p, toda y reported dou ble-dig it ea rning s g row th for the first nine m onths, w ith opera ting ea rning s a fter deprecia tion u p 33 percent from the yea r before to $ 1,747 m illion (1998: $ 1,312 m illion).Orders received show ed sig nifica nt g row th inthe third qu a rter com pa red to the yea rbefore, led by Au tom a tion, Pow erD istribu tiona nd Oil, G a s a nd Petrochem ica ls. US$ inm illions u nless oth erw ise sta ted Ja n.– Sep. Ja n.– Sep. Percenta g e 1999 1998 cha ng e *) Ord ers Received 18,936 18,411 + 3% Revenu es 17,779 16,30 4 + 9% Opera ting Ea rning s a fter D eprecia tion 1,747 1,312 + 33% Net Incom e 1,10 8 849 + 31% Net Incom e per Sh a re (US$) 3.69 2.83 + 31% *) In loca lcu rrencies, orders, revenu es a nd ea rning s a re a pproxim a tely 3 percent hig her. “Third qu a rter orders a re u p 11 percent com pa red to the third qu a rter la st yea r in a m ixed m a rk et,” sa id ABB President a nd CEO, G öra n Linda hl. “As the m a rk et