Reconciliation of Result from Business Operations (EBITDA). |
€m |
|
|
9 months |
9 months |
Profit for the period |
93 |
76 |
+ Income taxes |
40 |
43 |
+ Financial result |
9 |
8 |
+ Amortization of product know-how (exceptional item) |
10 |
11 |
EBITA before amortization of product know-how |
152 |
138 |
+ Amortization/Depreciation of property rights, licenses and property, plant and equipment |
33 |
30 |
+ Write-down of reworkable service parts |
4 |
3 |
EBITDA before amortization of product know-how |
189 |
171 |
In the first nine months of fiscal 2007/2008 earnings before interest, taxes and amortization of product know-how (EBITA) grew by 10%, reaching €152 million in total (previous year: €138 million). The EBITA margin improved by 0.1 percentage points to 8.7% (previous year: 8.6%).
Profit for the first three quarters rose to €93 million, which was €17 million or 22% up on last year’s figure of €76 million. Profit for the period before carve-out charges grew by 20% to €100 million (previous year: €83 million).
