Ten-year review 

(x € million)7)

 

 

 

 

 

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Result

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

2,420.2

2,286.3

2,258.0

2,167.6

2,065.7

1,661.2

1,545.5

1,443.9

1,355.9

1,299.0

Operating profit

105.0

90.9

98.2

98.6

95.8

90.4

74.1

88.2

73.3

65.5

Profit for the year

78.2

70.2

74.3

71.3

74.2

62.1

50.9

58.6

44.8

37.0

Net cash flow from operating activities

123.9

106.9

123.3

102.8

83.1

78.5

48.3

67.8

62.7

74.2

Proposed dividend

37.4

30.9

44.3

28.4

28.0

24.4

21.0

20.6

18.1

14.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial position

 

 

 

 

 

Group equity1)

540.6

500.1

482.3

426.0

374.8

312.8

265.5

223.3

172.7

132.2

Net capital employed2)

691.6

688.5

645.2

643.8

644.6

571.4

414.3

377.7

286.3

275.4

Total assets

931.1

937.3

852.2

875.2

858.0

719.3

534.5

534.2

401.7

387.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees

 

 

 

 

 

Year average (full-time equivalents)

5,880

5,513

5,552

5,600

5,083

3,662

3,521

2,984

2,746

2,561

Staff costs3)

217.1

203.3

197.1

191.4

170.6

127.2

114.0

101.6

90.7

84.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditure

 

 

 

 

 

Net capital expenditure4)

53.7

40.7

46.6

36.4

81.5

32.3

40.7

26.1

31.7

27.1

Depreciation

44.1

46.7

42.4

40.2

33.8

25.7

24.3

20.3

20.2

18.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in revenue (%)

5.9

1.3

4.2

4.9

24.4

7.5

7.0

6.5

4.4

10.8

Increase in profit (%)

11.4

(5.5)

4.2

(3.9)

19.5

22.0

(13.2)

30.8

21.0

46.5

Gross margin as % of revenue

23.2

23.1

23.3

23.8

22.9

21.6

20.2

19.7

18.6

17.8

Operating profit as % of revenue

4.3

4.0

4.3

4.5

4.6

5.4

4.8

6.1

5.4

5.0

Profit after tax as % of revenue

3.2

3.1

3.3

3.3

3.6

3.7

3.3

4.1

3.3

2.8

Return on average Group equity5)

15.0

14.3

16.4

17.8

21.6

21.5

20.8

29.4

29.4

32.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit as %

 

 

 

 

 

net capital employed

15.2

14.8

16.3

16.3

15.8

18.6

17.9

23.3

26.1

25.2

Group equity as % of balance sheet total

58.1

53.3

56.6

48.7

43.7

43.5

49.7

41.8

43.0

34.0

Revenue per employee (x €1.000)

412

415

407

387

406

454

439

484

494

507

Staff costs per employee (x €1.000)

36.9

36.9

35.5

34.2

33.6

34.7

32.4

34.1

33.0

32.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figures per €0.06 share6) (in euros)

 

 

 

 

 

Shares in issue (millions)

44.0

44.1

44.3

43.7

43.1

42.4

42.0

41.2

40.2

39.0

Group equity

12.30

11.34

10.90

9.75

8.69

7.37

6.32

5.41

4.29

3.39

Net earnings

1.78

1.59

1.68

1.63

1.72

1.46

1.21

1.41

1.11

0.96

Cash flow

3.01

2.83

2.82

2.74

2.63

2.14

1.84

1.96

1.73

1.53

Proposed dividend8)

1.05

0.70

1.00

0.65

0.65

0.57

0.50

0.50

0.45

0.37

 

1) Before profit appropriation. 2) Total assets less cash and cash equivalents and swaps, less short-term liabilities excluding interest-bearing portion. 3) Salaries, social security charges and net benefit expense. 4) See note 3. 5) Calculated on profit for the year. 6) Prior-year figures restated for share splits in 2007 and 2003. 7) Prior-year figures have not been restated for changes in accounting policies. 8) 2011: including € 0.20 variable dividend per share, 2009: Anniversary dividend.

From 2004: IFRS