The Salzgitter Group in figures

		9M 2022	9M 2021	+/–
Crude steel production	kt	4,762.0	5,071.2	-309.3
External sales	€ m	9,765.3	7,001.7	2,763.6
Steel Production Business Unit	€ m	3,368.2	2,284.3	1,083.8
Steel Processing Business Unit	€ m	1,557.4	1,069.0	488.4
Trading Business Unit	€ m	3,656.1	2,546.8	1,109.3
Technology Business Unit	€ m	1,052.5	979.5	73.0
Industrial Participations / Consolidation	€ m	131.1	122.1	8.9
EBIT before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)	€ m	1,396.8	866.8	530.1
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)	€ m	1,188.6	646.5	542.1
Earnings before taxes (EBT)	€ m	1,145.3	604.5	540.8
Steel Production Business Unit	€ m	666.7	277.3	389.4
Steel Processing Business Unit	€ m	51.6	-67.0	118.6
Trading Business Unit	€ m	272.5	282.4	-9.9
Technology Business Unit	€ m	30.6	40.9	-10.4
Industrial Participations / Consolidation¹	€ m	124.0	70.9	53.0
Consolidated result	€ m	945.8	467.7	478.1
Earnings per share – basic	€	17.40	8.56	8.85
Return on capital employed (ROCE)²	%	22.9	20.0	2.9
Cash flow from operating activities	€ m	129.7	123.0	6.6
Investments³	€ m	298.2	258.5	39.7
Depreciation / amortization^{3 4}	€ m	-208.3	-220.3	12.0
Total assets	€ m	11,275.5	9,542.2	1,733.3
Non-current assets	€ m	4,170.6	4,280.0	-109.4
Current assets	€ m	7,104.9	5,262.2	1,842.7
of which inventories	€ m	3,593.4	2,696.8	896.6
of which cash and cash equivalents	€ m	793.5	360.2	433.3
Equity	€ m	5,093.9	3,293.8	1,800.1
Liabilities	€ m	6,181.6	6,248.4	-66.8
Non-current liabilities	€ m	2,253.8	3,258.8	-1,005.0
Current liabilities	€ m	3,927.8	2,989.6	938.2
of which due to banks⁵	€ m	763.8	850.5	-86.6
Net financial position on the reporting date⁶	€ m	-802.4	-614.6	-187.8
Employees
Personnel expenses	€ m	-1,374.8	-1,311.3	-63.6
Core workforce on the reporting date⁷	Empl.	22,645	22,411	234
Total workforce on the reporting date⁸	Empl.	24,636	24,338	298

Disclosure of financial data in compliance with IFRS
¹ Retroactive adjustment of the previous year's figure due to the new Group structure
² Annualized
³ Excluding financial assets
⁴ Scheduled and unscheduled write-downs
⁵ Current and non-current bank liabilities
⁶ Including investments, e.g. securities and structured investments
⁷ Excl. trainee contracts and excl. non-active age-related part-time work
⁸ Incl. trainee contracts and incl. non-active age-related part-time work