Key ratios

Overview 1997 - 2007
Overview 2002 - 2007 IFRS
2007
IFRS
2006
IFRS
***2005
IFRS
2004
IFRS
2003
IFRS
2002
Consolidated group sales € m  397.5

362.0

463.5

488.1

416.0

431.0

EBIT

€ m 

35.2 32.6 27.0 24.9 13.6 24.4

Earnings before taxes

€ m 

35.3 31.8 25.7 22.9 11.4 20.4

Consolidated earnings

€ m

26.3 22.2 19.0 17.1 7.7 15.2

Cash flow from result

€ m 

32.3 28.8 31.2 30.2 21.2 32.0
Cash flow from operating activities € m 22.5 26.9 26.4 33.9 28.7 31.6
Number of shares *) in 1000's. 17,833.5 17,833.5 17.833.5 17,833.5 17,833.5 17,833.5
Earnings per share 1.48 1.24 1.06 0.96 0.43 0.85
Dividends and bonus per share 0.38** 0.35 0.30 0.27 0.24 0.24
Investment in tangible, intangible assets € m 13.9 10.2 11.2 10.3 6.3 9.6
Shareholders' equity € m  129.6 109.2 93.3 137.7 124.3 123.4
Employees as of 31.12. persons 2,354 2.202 2.007 2.780 2.688 2.466

*) Previous years adjusted, 1:10 stock split in July 2000 **) proposal to the AGM ***) Spin-off of AST-segment as of end October 2005

Overview 1997 - 2001 IFRS
2001
IFRS
2000
HGB
1999
HGB
1998
HGB
1997
Consolidated group sales € m 

419.5

399.0

245.3

229.1

190.5

EBIT

€ m 

26.1 25.2 18.7 20.2 13.9

Earnings before taxes

€ m 

21.4 22.2 14.8 18.6 15.8

Consolidated earnings

€ m

15.2 15.4 9.3 14.4 12.8

Cash flow from result

€ m 

28.8 25.4 17.2 20.9 19.7
Cash flow from operating activities € m 4.3 27.9 2.6 - -
Number of shares *) in 1000's. 17,833.5 16,500 16,500 16,500 16,500
Earnings per share 0.90 0.93 0.56 0.87 0.78
Dividends and bonus per share 0.22 0.22 0.211 0.203 0.203
Investment in tangible, intangible assets € m 14.9 16.7 12.3 11.3 6.3
Shareholders' equity € m  111.2 97.9 85.3 84.7 74.2
Employees as of 31.12. persons 2.511 2.510 1.839 1.654 1.457

 
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