Key Figures

                                           
Amounts in millions of euros unless otherwise stated
Revenue 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Gross revenue 1,786 1,740 1,510 1,233 1,001
Net revenue 1,218 1,162 1,004 837 703
Operating results
EBITA 121.6 131.8 107.2 78.8 60.4
EBITA recurring 123.8 131.8 105.9 78.8 57.3
EBITA margin, recurring (in %) 10.2 11.3 10.5 9.4 8.2
Operating income 114.4 119.6 95.0 70.5 54.4
Associates - (0.1) (0.8) (0.5) 1.4
Net income from operations1 74.3 70.0 62.3 50.0 33.4
Net income 72.8 57.3 54.9 44.9 33.4
Return on average invested capital (in %) 15.4 18.1 20.1 20.3 20.6
Capital employed
Balance sheet total 1,315.2 1,058.4 921.7 736.5 650.1
Average invested capital 538.4 478.2 349.4 269.6 190.5
Total equity 368.5 219.9 199.2 200.7 188.1
Total equity as % of balance sheet total 28 21 22 27 29
Interest coverage ratio 10 7 14 17 17
Net debt to EBITDA ratio2 1.0 1.2 1.1 0.4 0.6
Net cash provided by operating activities 152.5 80.5 78.9 86.4 66.8
Total shares outstanding at December 31 (in thousands) 66,493 60,101 60,502 60,915 60,810
Data per share (in euros)
Net income from operations 1.18 1.16 1.02 0.82 0.55
Net income 1.15 0.95 0.90 0.74 0.55
Dividend proposal 0.45 0.45 0.41 0.33 0.22
Shareholders' equity 5.20 3.35 3.03 3.05 2.84
Personnel3
Average number of contract employees 13,519 13,180 11,304 9,685 9,208
Average number of employees total4 14,417 13,977 12,408 10,728 10,043
Total number of employees at December 314 15,195 14,101 13,391 11,533 10,101
Carbon footprint per FTE (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents)
Auto transport 1.03 2.37 - - -
Air transport 1.42 2.86 - - -
Office energy use 1.31 1.47 - - -
Total 3.76 6.70 - - -

(1) Net income excluding amortization and non-operational items

(2) In 2008 and 2009 calculated according to bank covenants

(3) The headcount includes the total number of employees of proportionally consolidated companies

(4) Including temporary staff

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