	volvo group company proposes two for five issue ab catena in which ab volvo volv st has a pct stake said it was proposing a two for five stock issue that will raise the company s equity capital to mln crowns from mln catena reported profits after financial income and costs up to only mln crowns from mln in despite an increase in sales to billion crowns from billion in the company said that its performance was best reflected by ings after writeoffs which rose to mln from mln in catena s increase in sales was mainly due to the takeover of safveans ab in february which changed the business profile of catena it had principally operated as a volvo dealer with the safveans acquisition it is now mainly a trading and industrial company in december catena sold its share in the stockbroking firm jacobson och ponsbach fondkommission ab this yielded a profit of mln crowns and was reflected in catena s pre tax ings which rose to mln crowns from mln in reuter 
