Historical review 2003 - 2010

Income and expenses
(x EUR 1,000)

IFRS 2010

IFRS 2009

IFRS 2008

IFRS 2007

IFRS 2006

IFRS 2005

IFRS 2004

IFRS 2003

Revenue

2,280,391

2,052,988

2,154,474

1,802,730

1,434,319

1,160,615

1,008,008

822,372

Third party costs

765,587

624,413

722,321

604,855

503,096

405,701

364,644

273,372

Net revenue own services (revenue less third party costs)

1,514,804

1,428,575

1,432,153

1,197,875

931,223

754,914

643,364

549,000

Results from operating activities (EBIT)²⁾

351,479

367,422

385,732

324,813

211,567

144,070

104,236

63,272

EBITDA

561,083

551,130

535,178

439,590

295,948

218,833

177,453

124,056

Cash Flow

489,757

456,773

438,902

337,106

226,130

176,093

125,802

80,480

Net result ²⁾

272,219

263,410

283,412

216,213

141,011

99,412

49,317

18,872

  of which non-recurring items

Balance sheet
(x EUR 1,000)

Property, plant and equipment

1,291,314

1,043,227

859,088

599,298

412,232

262,759

232,956

268,801

Investments

446,755

330,244

337,469

299,699

203,944

90,414

71,028

123,983

   of which in acquisitions

2,931

9,882

14,423

8,666

21,041

10,057

2,296

70,888

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

201,493

173,593

140,429

107,684

78,169

69,445

66,139

54,004

Net current assets ¹⁾

253,186

140,301

56,060

171,347

150,773

222,485

(95,348)

114,852

Total assets

3,089,991

2,366,317

2,123,306

1,700,130

1,405,698

1,138,660

983,350

1,056,003

Provisions

5,204

6,240

13,155

16,278

13,888

398

1,075

584

Loans and borrowings

590,862

441,339

395,384

449,957

341,997

300,753

184,268

431,895

Equity attributable to owners of the company ¹⁾

1,508,318

1,187,731

928,329

699,989

562,417

465,460

223,913

211,196

Key ratios (in %) ²⁾

Results from operating activities (EBIT)/revenue

15.4

17.9

17.9

18.0

14.8

12.9

10.3

9.2

Profit/revenue

11.9

12.8

13.2

12.0

9.8

8.6

4.9

2.3

Profit/net revenue own services

18.0

18.4

19.8

18.0

15.1

13.2

7.7

8.3

Profit/capital and reserves ¹⁾

22.3

24.9

34.8

37.1

27.4

28.8

22.7

17.6

Total equity/total assets ¹⁾

49.3

50.7

44.1

41.6

40.2

41.3

23.2

20.2

Interest cover

29.0

47.8

13.9

13.1

10.9

7.2

3.7

2.2

Data per share (x EUR 1,-) ²⁾⁴⁾

Equity attributable to owners of the Company ¹⁾

18.79

15.08

12.12

9.94

8.08

6.76

3.60

3.48

Results from operating activities (EBIT)³⁾

4.49

4.82

5.29

4.67

3.08

2.18

1.76

1.09

Cash flow ³⁾

6.25

5.99

6.01

4.84

3.29

2.67

2.12

1.39

Net result ³⁾

3.47

3.46

3.88

3.11

2.05

1.51

0.83

0.33

Dividend paid in year under review

1.50

1.50

1.25

0.83

0.60

0.48

0.48

0.46

Share price (x EUR 1.-) ⁴⁾

Year-end share price

61.50

40.26

20.485

52.80

36.20

27.13

15.35

10.20

Highest share price

62.06

41.85

59.95

62.00

36.64

27.40

16.41

12.86

Lowest share price

37.095

19.085

19.32

34.91

27.13

15.14

10.05

6.13

Number of employees

At year-end

13,463

13,482

13,627

11,472

9,837

8,534

7,615

8,472

Shares in issue (x 1,000) ⁴⁾

Of nominal EUR 0.05 at year-end

80,270

78,772

76,608

70,421

69,582

68,825

62,192

60,664

1. As of 2002 no accrued dividend has been incorporated.
2. For 2002 and earlier years, before amortisation of goodwill.
3. Unlike preceding years the figures as from the year 1999 have been calculated based upon the weighted average number of outstanding shares.
4. As a result of the share split (4:1) in 2005, the historical figures have been restated.