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Group Financial Highlights

Business Development and Earnings

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Order intake € m	2,265.3	2,303.5	2,453.8	2,143.4	2,411.7
Sales revenue € m	2,205.0	2,245.9	2,383.2	2,207.9	2,343.,6
Orders on hand € m	1,260.8	1,353.9	1,409.3	1,288.5	1,366.2
Earnings before finance income / expense, income tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) € m	186.9	179.2	195.5	170.1	222.1
Earnings before finance income / expense and income tax (EBIT) € m	116.4^*	74.7	113.6	70.2	141.2
Earnings before income tax (EBT) € m	104.2	65.6	103.4	61.6	139.9
Earnings after income tax € m	52.1	23.9	58.5	4.4	110.3
Free cash flow (cash flows from operating activities + cash flows from investing activities) € m	112.5	-29.1	70.9	111.6	87.5

Balance sheet

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Balance sheet total € m	2,253.4	2,242.2	2,327.0	2,140.0	2,314.4
Capital expenditure € m	101.9	79.6	107.0	97.6	103.6
Depreciation and amortisation € m	70.6	104.5	81.9	99.9	80.9
Net financial position € m	288.0	255.0	246.3^**	304.8	356.6
Equity (incl. non-controlling interests) € m	885.4	856.8	862.6	703.8	869.1
Equity ratio (incl. non-controlling interests)%	39.3	38.2	37.1	32.9	37.6

Profitability

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
EBT margin (sales revenue in relation to EBT) %	4.7	2.9	4.3	2.8	6.0
EBIT margin (sales revenue in relation to EBIT) %	5.3	3.3	4.8	3.2	6.0

Employees

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of employees at 31 Dec.	15,455	15,482^#	15,645	15,076	15,412

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Market capitalisation at 31 Dec. € m	884.4	491.3	536.1	441.9	727.8
Earnings per ordinary share (EPS) €	21.10	6.26	24.47	–5.63	53.34
Earnings per preference share (EPS) €	21.36	6.64	24.73	-5,37	53.60
Dividend per ordinary no-par-value share €	7.50	3.00	8.50	4.00	12.00^•
Dividend per preference no-par-value share €	7.76	3.38	8.76	4.26	12.26^•
^* ^{Restated retrospectively due to new definition of EBIT as earnings before finance income / expense and income tax (previously earnings before interest and income tax)} ^** ^{2019 amount includes lease liabilities of € 47.1 million from the first-time adoption of IFRS 16.} ^# ^{New definition of employee counting method in 2019 (2018 figures restated retrospectively; previous years are presented without adjustments)} ^• ^{Of which € 3.00 anniversary dividend} ^{Further information is provided in the Notes to the consolidated financial statements.}