In the year under review, Wincor Nixdorf’s profit for the period (Glossary) fell 10% to €114 million (2007/2008: €127 million).
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Reconciliation of Result from Business Operations (EBITDA). |
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2008/2009 |
2007/2008 |
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Profit for the period |
114 |
127 | |
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+ |
Income taxes |
49 |
54 |
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+ |
Financial result |
11 |
13 |
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+ |
Amortization (Glossary) of product know-how (exceptional item) |
5 |
12 |
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EBITA before amortization of product know-how |
179 |
206 | |
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+ |
Amortization/depreciation of tangible fixed assets and licenses |
50 |
46 |
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+ |
Write-down of reworkable service parts |
6 |
8 |
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EBITDA before amortization of product know-how |
235 |
260 | |
Group sales ended fiscal 2008/2009 down 3% at €2,250 million (2007/2008: €2,319 million). While the Banking segment almost reached the level achieved in the preceding year, the Retail segment suffered a marked downturn.
The gross margin on net sales before exceptional items resulting from the amortization of product know-how fell to 25.9% (2007/2008: 27.4%) on account of severe pressure on our profit margin.
Despite considerable pressure exerted on costs, we again invested in Research and Development activities, which we regard as vital to our future. Total expenses in this area were €103 million (2007/2008: €105 million). The R&D ratio rose slightly to 4.6% (2007/2008: 4.5%).
Thanks predominantly to strict cost management as part of our “ProImprove” profitability program, the ratio of selling, general and administration expenses to net sales fell by 0.7 percentage points to 13.3% (2007/2008: 14.0%). Selling, general and administration expenses, including other operating income and expenses, were down €25 million to €300 million (2007/2008: €325 million), equivalent to a saving of 8%.
Despite this positive development in selling, general and administration expenses, EBITA (Glossary) ended the fiscal year down €27 million, or 13%, at €179 million (2007/2008: €206 million). Accordingly, the EBITA margin fell 0.9 percentage points to 8.0% (2007/2008: 8.9%).
EBITDA (Glossary) was also hit by the downturn and ended the reporting year €25 million, or 10%, lower at €235 million (2007/2008: €260 million). The EBITDA margin was down 0.8 percentage points at 10.4% (2007/2008: 11.2%).
