| (Amounts x € 1,000) |
2009 |
2008 |
| Result |
|
|
| Net sales |
2,258,021 |
2,167,585 |
| Operating profit before depreciation and amortisation of goodwill (EBITDA) |
148,763 |
146,832 |
| Operating profit (EBIT) |
98,141 |
98,553 |
| Profit for the year |
74,310 |
71,348 |
| Net cash generated from operations |
123,324 |
102,824 |
| Proposed dividend |
44,255 |
28,400 |
| |
|
|
| Equity and liabilities |
|
|
| Shareholders´ equity |
482,323 |
426,015 |
| Net interest-bearing debt 1) |
131,449 |
183,674 |
| Total equity and liabilities |
852,196 |
875,153 |
| |
|
|
| Employees |
|
|
| Average for year (FTEs) |
5,552 |
5,600 |
| Salaries and social security charges |
197,072 |
191,447 |
| |
|
|
| Ratios |
|
|
| Increase in sales on previous year (%) |
4.2 |
4.9 |
| Increase in net profit on previous year (%) |
4.2 |
(3.8) |
| As a percentage of sales: |
|
|
| Gross margin |
23.2 |
23.8 |
| Gross operating profit |
6.6 |
6.8 |
| Operating profit |
4.3 |
4.5 |
| Profit for the year |
3.3 |
3.3 |
| Return as % of average shareholders´ equity |
16.4 |
17.8 |
| Operating profit as % of average net capital employed |
16.3 |
16.3 |
| Shareholders´ equity as % of total equity and liabilities |
56.6 |
48.7 |
| |
|
|
| Figures per € 0.06 share |
|
|
| Number of shares in issue (year-end x 1,000) |
44,255 |
43,692 |
| 1) Less cash and fair value of derivatives |
|
|
| (Amounts x € 1) |
|
|
| Shareholders´ equity |
10.90 |
9.75 |
| Profit after tax |
1.68 |
1.63 |
| Cash flow |
2.82 |
2.74 |
| Proposed dividend |
1.00 |
0.65 |
| Year-end share price |
24.02 |
14.90 |
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|
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