Linde financial highlights

in € million

 

 

January to
December
2008

 

2007

 

Change
(in percent)

1

Adjusted for the effects of the purchase price allocation and non-recurring items.

2

EBITDA (Glossary) before non-recurring items including share of income from associates and joint ventures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closing price

 

59.85

 

90.45

 

–33.8

Year high

 

97.90

 

91.75

 

6.7

Year low

 

46.51

 

75.26

 

–38.2

Market capitalisation (at year-end closing price)

 

 

10,084

 

15,046

 

–33.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted earnings per share1

 

5.46

 

5.02

 

8.8

Earnings per share

 

4.27

 

5.87

 

–27.2

Number of shares outstanding (in 000s)

 

 

168,492

 

166,347

 

1.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

12,663

 

12,306

 

2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit2

 

 

2,555

 

2,424

 

5.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBIT before amortisation of fair value adjustments and non-recurring items

 

 

1,703

 

1,591

 

7.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings after taxes on income

 

 

776

 

1,013

 

–23.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of employees

 

 

51,908

 

50,485

 

2.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gases Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

9,515

 

9,209

 

3.3

Operating profit

 

 

2,417

 

2,314

 

4.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engineering Division

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

3,016

 

2,750

 

9.7

Operating profit

 

 

267

 

240

 

11.3



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