At a glance.

  2010
IFRS
2009
IFRS
***
2008
IFRS
2007
IFRS
2006
IFRS
Sales (in million €)          
 External sales including value added tax* 1,158.8 1,113.4 1,057.6 984.4 913.4
 Percentage change + 4.1 + 5.3 + 7.4 + 7.8 + 8.4
 Corporate sales without value added tax 993.7 952.5 902.7 839.2 792.9
 Percentage change + 4.3 + 5.5 + 7.6 + 5.8 + 8.2
 
Quantity sold
(thousands of glasses)
6,460 6,430 6,100 6,030 5,810
 Percentage change + 0.5 + 5.4 + 1.2 + 3.8 + 2.7
 
Pre-tax earnings (in million €) 170.3 163.9 161.8 136.3 106.9
 Percentage change + 3.9 + 1.3 + 18.7 + 27.5 + 22.9
 
Net income (in million €) 120.8 115.3 113.9 82.0 71.8
 Percentage change + 4.8 + 1.2 + 38.9 + 14.3 + 24.2
 
Cash flow (in million €) 156.0 152.3 148.9 112.0 114.1
 Percentage change + 3.1 + 2.3 + 32.9 - 1.8 + 27.6
 
Share of equity capital in the
corporation (%)
61.8 62.4 59.0 60.8 62.6
 
Investments (in million €) 39.0 41.1 37.7 42.3 47.6
 Percentage change - 5.1 + 9.0 – 10.9 - 11.1 - 22.2
 
Number of branches 655 644 620 599 571
 
Employees (as at 31 December) 13,733 13,235 12,608 11,858 11,160
 Trainees included in this figure 2,674 2,497 2,212 1,941 1,715
 
Key figures per
individual share certificate **
         
 Result (in €) 2.80 2.67 2.63 1.88 1.64
 Cash flow (in €) 3.71 3.63 3.55 2.67 2.72
 Dividend per common share (in €) 2.40 2.00 1.95 1.40 1.20
 

Sales including VAT/work in progress
**  Changed, because of share split
***  Adjustment of 2009 financial statements following audit by the German Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel (FREP), see Notes to the Consolidated Accounts, page 85