EANS-Adhoc: BWT Aktiengesellschaft
BWT - on a growth path in 2010
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annual report
01.04.2011
Sales +15.0% to EUR 460.7 million EBIT +17.4% to EUR 31.5 million Earnings per share 1.32 EUR after 1.32 EUR before Dividend proposal EUR 0.40 per share
In the year 2010, with 2,820 employees in 51 group companies, consolidated Group sales of BWT grew by 15.0% to EUR 460.7 million. EBIT rose by 17.4% to EUR 31.5 million. Earnings per share remained unchanged at EUR 1.32. This confirms the preliminary figures given already at the end of February.
Andreas Weissenbacher, CEO, says: "We will propose our shareholders an unchanged dividend of EUR 0.40 per share - despite the biggest investment programme in the company´s history of EUR 75 million. Due to the investments especially in Austria and Germany as well as for launching the brand BWT we expect net income of the current year to decline to EUR 18 million."
The Annual Financial Report is available on our homepage www.bwt-group.com under section Investor Relations.
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Further inquiry note:
BWT Aktiengesellschaft
Mag. Ralf Burchert
ralf.burchert@bwt-group.com
Tel.: 06232/5011-1113
Branche: Water Supply
ISIN: AT0000737705
WKN: 884042
Index: ATX Prime
Börsen: Wien / official market
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