At a glance.

  2009
IFRS
2008
IFRS
2007
IFRS
2006
IFRS
2005
IFRS
Sales (in million €)          
 External sales including value added tax* 1,113.4 1,057.6 984.4 913.4 843
 Percentage change + 5.3 + 7.4 + 7.8 + 8.4 + 10.4
 Corporate sales without value added tax 952.5 902.7 839.2 792.9 733.1
 Percentage change + 5.5 + 7.6 + 5.8 + 8.2 + 9.7
 
Quantity sold
(thousands of glasses)
6,430 6,100 6,030 5,810 5,660
 Percentage change + 5.4 + 1.2 + 3.8 + 2.7 + 10.8
 
Pre-tax earnings (in million €) 162.5 161.8 136.3 106.9 87.0
 Percentage change + 0.4 + 18.7 + 27.5 + 22.9 + 14.5
 
Net income (in million €) 114.3 113.9 82.0 71.8 57.8
 Percentage change + 0.4 + 38.9 + 14.3 + 24.2 + 19.3
 
Cash flow (in million €) 151.3 148.9 112.0 114.1 89.4
 Percentage change + 1.6 + 32.9 - 1.8 + 27.6 + 3.3
 
Share of equity capital in the
corporation (%)
62.4 59.0 60.8 62.6 63.1
 
Investments (in million €) 41.1 37.7 42.3 47.6 61.2
 Percentage change + 9.0 – 10.9 - 11.1 - 22.2 + 35.2
 
Number of branches 644 620 599 571 538
 
Employees (as at 31 December) 13,235 12,608 11,858 11,160 10,470
 Trainees included in this figure 2,497 2,212 1,941 1,715 1,502
 
Key figures per
individual share certificate **
         
 Result (in €) 2.64 2.63 1.88 1.64 1.31
 Cash flow (in €) 3.60 3.55 2.67 2.72 2.13
 Dividend per common share (in €) 2.00 1.95 1.40 1.20 0.95
 

Sales including VAT/work in progress
**  Changed, because of share split