Interim Report H1 2008

Q2 Overview

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€ million	Q2 2007	Q2 2008	Change in %	H1 2007	H1 2008	Change in %

Sales	1,727	1,765	2.2	3,438	3,300	(4.0)
EBITDA pre exceptionals	211	223	5.7	430	443	3.0
EBITDA margin pre exceptionals	12.2%	12.6%		12.5%	13.4%
EBITDA	60	180	> 100	272	389	43.0
EBIT pre exceptionals	151	159	5.3	309	318	2.9
EBIT	(44)	116	n.a.	106	261	> 100
EBIT margin	n.a.	6.6%		3.1%	7.9%
Net income (loss)	(59)	53	n.a.	32	156	> 100
Earnings per share (€)	(0.70)	0.64	n.a.	0.38	1.87	> 100
Cash flow from operating activities	112	82	(26.8)	219	132	(39.7)
Depreciation and amortization	104	64	(38.5)	166	128	(22.9)
Capital expenditures	64	66	3.1	111	105	(5.4)
Total assets				4,049¹⁾	4,850	19.8
Equity (including minority interest)				1,525¹⁾	1,626	6.6
Equity ratio				37.7%¹⁾	33.5%	(11.0)
Pension provisions				470¹⁾	477	1.5
Net financial liabilities				460¹⁾	887	92.8
Employees (as of June 30)				14,610¹⁾	15,072	3.2

_{1) as of December 31, 2007}