Key figures
| Key figures/Gamma Holding, a five-year summary | |||||
| € x 1,000,000 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 |
| Net turnover | 938.4 | 866.6 | 799.3 | 763.8 | 615.9 |
| Depreciation of tangible fixed assets | 41.8 | 38.8 | 28.9 | 28.7 | 24.7 |
| Operating result | 104.7 | 100.0 | 70.4 | 64.4 | 44.0 |
| Group result from normal business operations after taxation | 48.1 | 44.5 | 39.1 | 36.6 | 24.6 |
| Result from normal business operations after taxation | 47.6 | 43.3 | 37.3 | 34.2 | 24.1 |
| Result after taxation | 17.6 | 43.3 | 37.3 | 34.2 | 24.1 |
| Cash flow1,7 | 89.4 | 82.1 | 66.2 | 62.9 | 48.8 |
| Dividend | 19.2 | 17.4 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 12.2 |
| Investments in tangible fixed assets | 61.4 | 57.0 | 45.9 | 28.8 | 22.8 |
| Shareholders’ funds at year-end | 164.9 | 174.6 | 230.9 | 206.7 | 200.6 |
| Average shareholders’ funds | 175.7 | 158.6 | 221.0 | 201.0 | 202.8 |
| Group equity at year-end | 168.8 | 178.6 | 242.9 | 219.3 | 207.6 |
| Guarantee capital at year-end | 198.1 | 216.9 | 242.9 | 219.3 | 207.6 |
| Capital employed2 at year-end | 460.1 | 437.4 | 362.0 | 286.1 | 249.9 |
| Average capital employed2 | 470.1 | 429.8 | 312.1 | 296.2 | 253.2 |
| Balance sheet total at year-end | 743.7 | 709.4 | 555.6 | 495.6 | 434.5 |
| Personnel costs | 250.0 | 228.8 | 208.2 | 202.4 | 180.0 |
| Number of employees at year-end | 8,793 | 8,202 | 8,370 | 8,882 | 7,011 |
| Average number of issued ordinary shares | 7,455,784 | 7,251,407 | 6,738,943 | 6,680,935 | 6,680,935 |
| Amounts in € per ordinary share of ƒ 5.00 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 |
| Cashflow1,3,7 | 11.99 | 11.31 | 9.81 | 9.40 | 7.29 |
| Result from normal business operations after taxation3 | 6.38 | 5.95 | 5.52 | 5.10 | 3.60 |
| Result after taxation3 | 2.35 | 5.95 | 5.52 | 5.10 | 3.60 |
| Dividend | 2.54 | 2.36 | 2.18 | 2.04 | 1.82 |
| Shareholders’ funds4 at year-end | 21.81 | 23.61 | 33.94 | 30.81 | 29.89 |
| Price of ordinary share at year-end | 40.00 | 38.20 | 39.48 | 46.74 | 37.85 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Operating result as a % of net turnover | 11.2 | 11.5 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 7.1 |
| Group result after taxation7 as a % of net turnover | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| Return on average capital employed (as a %)5,7 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 22.6 | 22.0 | 17.6 |
| Result after taxation7 as a % of average shareholders’ funds | 27.1 | 27.3 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 11.9 |
| Interest coverage ratio6 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 10.5 | 9.0 | 8.5 |
| Shareholders’ funds as a % of the balance sheet total | 22.2 | 24.6 | 41.5 | 41.7 | 46.2 |
| Group equity as a % of the balance sheet total | 22.7 | 25.2 | 43.7 | 44.3 | 47.8 |
| Guarantee capital as % of the balance sheet total | 26.6 | 30.6 | 43.7 | 44.3 | 47.8 |
| Current assets/current liabilities | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Share price/cash flow3,7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Share price/result after taxation3,7 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 10.5 |
| 1 | Result after taxation plus depreciation of tangible fixed assets |
| 2 | Group equity plus interest-bearing liabilities less interest-bearing debtors and cash and banks |
| 3 | Excluding dividend on preference shares |
| 4 | Excluding preference share capital |
| 5 | Result before interest and taxation from normal business operations |
| 6 | Result before interest and taxation from normal business operations divided by interest |
| 7 | Excluding extraordinary result |
