ANNUAL REPORT 2004 - ELMOS Semiconductor AG
ANNUAL REPORT 2004 - ELMOS Semiconductor AG
ANNUAL REPORT 2004 - ELMOS Semiconductor AG
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MAN<strong>AG</strong>EMENT BOARD <strong>ELMOS</strong> – THE COMPANY THE <strong>ELMOS</strong> SHARE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE<br />
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Sales increased<br />
by 18 percent<br />
ÿ Profit, financial and assets situation<br />
SALES DEVELOPMENT<br />
<strong>ELMOS</strong> Group key figures according to US-GAAP<br />
In the year <strong>2004</strong> <strong>ELMOS</strong> returned to the growth rates of the past. Sales increased<br />
in <strong>2004</strong> by 21.9 million Euro, or 18.1 percent, to 143.3 million Euro in comparison with<br />
the previous year. This is the highest growth rate of sales since 2000 and the conse-<br />
quence of the new projects won in the last years.<br />
2003 <strong>2004</strong> Change<br />
Sales 121.4 m Euro 143.3 m Euro 18.1%<br />
Book-to-bill 1.12 0.97<br />
Gross profit 61.4 m Euro 73.6 m Euro 19.8%<br />
in percent 50.6% 51.3%<br />
Expenditure for research and development 20.4 m Euro 24.4 m Euro 19.9%<br />
in percent 16.8% 17.0%<br />
Operating income 21.6 m Euro 29.6 m Euro 36.9%<br />
in percent 17.8% 20.6%<br />
EBIT 21.1 m Euro 28.7 m Euro 36.2%<br />
in percent 17.4% 20.0%<br />
Income before taxes* 17.3 m Euro 25.3 m Euro 46.3%<br />
in percent 14.2% 17.6%<br />
Group net income 10.0 m Euro 16.3 m Euro 62.8%<br />
in percent 8.3% 11.4%<br />
Earnings per share (basic) 0.52 Euro 0.85 Euro 62.8%<br />
Dividend per share 0.13 Euro 0.21 Euro**<br />
* Income before income taxes, equity in loss of unconsolidated subsidiaries and minority interest<br />
** Proposal to the General Meeting in April 2005