|
(Amounts x €1,000) |
|
|
|
2011 |
2010 |
|
Result |
|
|
|
Net sales |
2,420,216 |
2,286,261 |
|
Operating profit before depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) |
158,971 |
145,519 |
|
Operating profit (EBIT) |
104,970 |
90,928 |
|
Profit for the year |
78,207 |
70,196 |
|
Net cash flow from operating activities |
123,799 |
106,858 |
|
Proposed dividend |
46,157 |
30,874 |
|
|
|
|
|
Equity and liabilities |
|
|
|
Shareholders’ equity |
540,566 |
500,073 |
|
Net interest-bearing debt |
112,897 |
156,106 |
|
Total equity and liabilities |
931,116 |
937,310 |
|
|
|
|
|
Employees |
|
|
|
Year average (full-time equivalents) |
5,880 |
5,513 |
|
Salaries, social security charges and pension expenses |
217,121 |
203,280 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios |
|
|
|
Increase in sales on previous year (%) |
5.9 |
1.3 |
|
Increase in net profit on previous year (%) |
11.4 |
(5.5) |
|
|
|
|
|
As a percentage of sales |
|
|
|
Gross margin |
23.2 |
23.1 |
|
Gross operating profit |
6.6 |
6.4 |
|
Operating profit |
4.3 |
4.0 |
|
Profit for the year |
3.2 |
3.1 |
|
Return as % of average shareholders’ equity |
15.0 |
14.3 |
|
Operating profit as % of average net capital employed |
16.2 |
14.8 |
|
Shareholders’ equity as % of total equity and liabilities |
58.1 |
53.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Figures per €0.06 share |
|
|
|
Number of shares in issue (year-end x 1,000) |
43,959 |
44,106 |
|
|
|
|
|
(Amounts x €1) |
|
|
|
Shareholders’ equity |
12.30 |
11.34 |
|
Profit after tax |
1.78 |
1.59 |
|
Cash flow |
3.01 |
2.83 |
|
Proposed dividend |
1.05 |
0.70 |
|
Year-end share price |
20.75 |
23.20 | |
|