March 14, 2009 - Bekaert achieves strong result on record sales
– Record sales of € 2 174 million (+8.2%)
– Record EBITDA of € 299 million (+14%)
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8.6% EBIT margin on sales before non-recurring items, compared with 8.1% 8.0% EBIT margin on sales, compared with 7.3%
– Earnings per share: € 7.63 compared with € 6.64 (+15%)
– Gross dividend of € 2.76 per share compared with € 2.50 (+10.4%)
Sales
In 2007, Bekaert achieved consolidated sales of € 2.2 billion and combined sales of € 3.4 billion, an increase of 8.2% and 7.0% respectively.
The consolidated sales’ increase was 8.0% from organic growth and 2.5% from the net movement in acquisitions and divestments. Currency movements had a negative impact of 2.3%.
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