Salzgitter Group in Figures

    2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
External Sales € m 9,840 8,305 7,818 12,499 10,192
Steel Division € m 2,740 2,269 1,674 3,002 2,852
Trading Division € m 3,904 2,958 3,039 5,622 4,385
Tubes Division € m 1,687 1,736 2,045 2,172 1,815
Services Division € m 457 413 303 519 504
Technology Division1) € m 967 873 718 1,038 513
Other/Consolidation € m 85 56 41 146 123
             
Earnings before tax (EBT) € m 202 49 -496 1,003 1,314
EBT by Division            
Steel Division € m 26 -101 -374 546 749
Trading Division € m 61 71 -128 151 213
Tubes Division € m 67 60 104 312 303
Services Division € m 20 26 8 24 40
Technology Division1) € m -79 -30 -210 4 4
Other/Consolidation € m 107 22 103 2) –32 2) 5
             
Net income for the financial year € m 236 30 -387 677 905
             
Balance sheet total € m 8,800 8,689 8,052 8,701 8,406
Non-current assets € m 3,675 3,447 3,184 2,918 2,168
Current assets € m 5,125 5,242 4,868 5,783 6,238
Inventories € m 2,106 1,730 1,466 2,551 2,084
Shareholders’ equity € m 4,000 3,846 3,904 4,346 4,246
Liabilities € m 4,800 4,843 4,147 4,355 4,160
Non-current liabilities € m 3,043 3,033 2,553 2,380 2,380
Current liabilities € m 1,757 1,810 1,595 1,975 1,780
of which due to banks € m 103 3) 83 3) 95 3) 132 119
             
Investments4) € m 361 497 677 653 385
Depreciation and amortization4) € m 359 377 543 278 225
             
Employees            
Personnel expenses € m 1,471 1,424 1,397 1,472 1,232
Annual average core workforce5) empl. 23,475 23,190 23,769 23,866 20,072
Annual average total workforce6) empl. 25,478 25,124 25,639 25,628 21,648
Crude steel production7) kt 7,263 6,755 4,918 6,901 7,325
             
Key figures            
EBIT before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)8)9) € m 667 540 157 1,362 1,581
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)8)10) € m 304 160 -411 1,072 1,351
Return on capital employed (ROCE)11) % 5.6 2.2 -10.5 21.9 28.0
Cash flow € m -197 209 1,190 547 781
1) Companies of the Technology Division consolidated as from July 1, 2007; EBT incl. effects from purchase price allocation
2) Incl. goodwill amortization
3) Current and non-current bank liabilities
4) Excl. financial investments
5) Excl. trainee contracts and excl. age-related part-time work
6) Incl. trainee contracts and incl. age-related part-time work
7) Incl. changed shareholding in HKM
8) Definition changed as per 01/01/2010; adjusted retrospectively for 2009
9) EBIT excl. depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) = EBT + interest expenses/– interest income + depreciation and amortization
10) Earnings before interest and tax
(EBIT) = EBT + interest expenses/– interest income
11) Return on capital employed
(ROCE) = EBIT (= EBT + interest expenses excl. interest portion in transfer to pension provisions) divided by the sum of shareholders’ equity (excl. calculation of deferred tax), tax provisions, interest-bearing liabilities (excl. pension provisions) and liabilities from finance leasing, forfaiting