Proact: 18% adj. EBITA beat in Q3 - ABG

* -5% organic growth (cons -7%) and adj. EBITA +18% vs cons * Cloud orders up 142% y-o-y, Nordics & Baltics and the UK strongest * Estimates up 4-6%, share likely to outperform post recent weakness Q3 details Sales SEK 1,084m (4% vs ABG 1,037m, no cons). Adj. EBITA 76m (18% vs ABG 65m), Adj. EBITA margin 7.0% (ABG 6.2%). Organic growth -5% (vs ABG -7%), of which system sales -8% (ABG -10%) and services 0% (ABG -3%). Adj. EBITA -4% y-o-y (ABG -19%) on a tough comp and a weaker market, off-set by cost reductions. Better than expected on both revenues streams, and 6% lower opex. OCF at SEK -28m (83m in Q3’24) is a bit soft. Nordics & Baltics and the UK strongest in the group Nordics & Baltics leading the way, UK develops positively while West (Netherlands) and Central (Germany) remained challenging. Cautiously optimistic outlook highlighting the local partner presence for US vendors as a positive in the geopolitical landscape, as well as continuously looking for cost improvements. Cloud order intake of SEK 248m in Q3 is up 142% y-o-y and considered very strong. Estimates up 4-6%, share to outperform We expect consensus to raise adj. EBITA by 4-6% and share likely to outperform the market today similarly (+5-10%) post recent weakness (share -19% last 6 months). Conf call at CET 9.30.