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Five-year consolidated data

 

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

CHF 1’000

 

 

 

 

 

Statement of profit or loss

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

388,292

399,518

440,295

506,227

548,399

EBITDA

65,059

67,542

83,401

89,031

105,310

Operating profit (EBIT)

54,800

57,203

66,949

68,137

80,481

Financial result

 693 

(8,059)

(942)

(2,709)

(804)

Income taxes

(9,822)

(8,928)

(8,860)

(10,886)

(13,130)

Profit for the period

45,671

40,216

57,147

54,542

66,547

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development, gross

(45,323)

(39,451)

(39,857)

(47,090)

(51,069)

Personnel expenses

(141,565)

(148,130)

(149,813)

(174,217)

(187,451)

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

(6,454)

(6,271)

(6,213)

(6,750)

(6,969)

Amortization of intangible assets

(3,805)

(4,068)

(10,239)

(14,144)

(16,723)

Impairment losses

(1,137)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance sheet

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 387,571 

 423,833 

 492,353 

534,290

601,091

Non-current assets

 79,078 

 128,429 

 149,129 

201,871

201,767

Total assets

 466,649 

 552,262 

 641,482 

736,161

802,858

Current liabilities

 105,312 

 124,581 

 137,843 

141,956

151,793

Non-current liabilities

 25,135 

 66,483 

 62,966 

107,120

100,724

Total liabilities

 130,447 

 191,064 

 200,809 

249,076

252,517

Shareholders‘ equity

 336,202 

 361,198 

 440,673 

487,085

550,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statement of cash flows

 

 

 

 

 

Cash inflows from operating activities

 27,909 

 48,191 

 99,128 

118,801 

99,428

Capital expenditure in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

 (19,777) 

 (22,629) 

 (14,723) 

(14,322) 

(19,641)

Acquisition of Pulsssar Technologies S.A.S.1

(2,895)

Acquisition of SPEware Group1

(40,390)

Acquisition of Sias-Xiril Group1

 (18,899)

Acquisition of IBL International Group1

 (31,835) 

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Change in treasury shares (net)

 10,756 

 3,387 

 32,437 

 –

Dividends paid

 (16,488) 

 (16,651) 

 (16,857) 

(20,122) 

(20,315)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other information

 

 

 

 

 

Number of employees (end of period)

 1,184 

 1,261 

 1,368 

1,447

1,482

Number of employees (average)

 1,190 

 1,265 

 1,368 

1,368

1,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development in % of sales

11.7 %

9.9 %

9.1 %

9.3%

9.3%

Sales per employee

 326 

 316 

 322 

370

373

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information per share

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

 4.16 

 3.63 

 5.05 

4.74 

5.73

Gross dividend (CHF)2

1.50

1.50

1.75

1.75

2.00

3

Payout from statutory capital contribution reserve (CHF)2

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

3

Total payout (CHF)2

1.50

1.50

1.75

1.75

2.00

3

Total payout ratio

36.1 %

41.3 %

34.7 %

36.9%

34.9%

1Net of cash acquired

2Payment is made in following year

3Proposal to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 17, 2018

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