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MANAGEMENT REPORT ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017

Table of consolidated financial results over the last five years

5.14 – TABLE OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS

(in € millions except number of shares, earnings per share and number of employees)

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

End of period share capital Share capital

1,062.4

1,065.4

1,067.7

1,069.3

1,067.2

Number of shares

265,590,517 266,357,615 266,930,602 267,327,374 266,805,751

Earnings Net sales

4,460.4

4,499.1

4,809.9

5,018.9

5,520.8

Profit before tax, depreciation and amortization

935.2

937.2

979.7

1,025.1

1,154.8

Income tax expense

(233.5)

(238.4)

(258.0)

(218.6)

(224.2)

Share of profits (losses) of equity-accounted entities

0.0

0.0

0.0

(1.3)

(1.5)

Profit for the period

533.3

533.3

552.0

630.2

713.2

Dividends paid

265.1

279.3

293.1

307.1

317.1

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Earnings per share (1) Profit before tax, depreciation and amortization

3.530

3.527

3.678

3.848

4.334

Basic earnings per share

2.002

2.001

2.067

2.359

2.669

Dividend per share

1.00

1.05

1.10

1.15

1.19

Personnel End of period number of employees

33,272

33,556

32,667

32,722

34,105

Personnel costs

1,143.5

1,170.8

1,256.3

1,299.1

1,411.3

(1) Earnings per share are computed on the basis of the number of circulating ordinary shares during the period, or 264,932,592 shares in 2013, 265,703,963 shares in 2014, 266,375,725 shares in 2015 and 266,395,359 shares in 2016 and 266,432,980 shares in 2017.

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