Gro wth and mar g in competence . W e view fre protection in particular to be a gro wth area, where w e can achie v e cos t - efectiv eness b y tr ainin g the securit y ofcer s to carr y out inspections and fre protection as part of their assignment . R emote V ideo Solutions In 2012 w e es t ablished, that in or der to impro v e proft abilit y , increase internal cooper ation and abo v e all increase the tempo and intensit y of the introduction of more technology , w e needed to mo v e from divisions in Europe to countr y -based or ganizations. A res tructurin g project and a cos t - sa vin g s progr am w ere s t arted in October in all divi- sions that as a whole will impro v e our oper atin g income b y M SEK 370 in 2013, while at the same time makin g in v es tments in technology . F or e xam- ple , in 2012 w e in v es ted in a g lobal competence center in M almo , S w eden within the R emote V ideo Solutions area with the aim of de v elopin g solutions and supportin g the countr y or ganizations. R emote V ideo Solutions has an alarm that is activ ated based on adv anced video analysis and the guar d ser vice is carried out from a monitorin g center that is equipped with the lates t technology . R es trictiv e in acquisitions W e will continue to be res trictiv e re gar din g acquisi- tions, with the e x ception of technolog ical oper a- tions that create syner g ies and competence alon g our s tr ate g ic path or acquisitions that s tren g then our position in gro wth mark ets. An increase in the share of sales that cont ains technolog ical ins t allations will require lar g er in v es t - ments in our o wn balance sheet , but will be com- pensated b y a lo w er acquisition pace . The free cash fo w in 2012 w as s tron g and amounted to M SEK 2 086, which means that w e met our fnan- cial t ar g et for free cash fo w in relation to net debt of 0.20. Specializ ed guar din g Fire and safet y K no wled g e sharin g T echnical solutions M onitorin g ser vices Corpor ate risk mana g ement M obile patrol and response R emote guar din g ser vices 5 Securit as Annual R eport 2012 CEO s t atement