Status Report

Kuehne + Nagel Group Key Data

CHF million 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Turnover 24,825 22,220 19,985 20,283 21,291 20,929 20,753
Net turnover 20,774 18,594 16,525 16,731 17,501 17,178 17,120
Gross Profit 7,709 7,023 6,550 6,251 6,288 6,257 6,094
In per cent of net turnover 37.1 37.8 39.6 37.4 35.9 36.4 35.6
EBITDA
1,209 1,150 1,110 1,041 1,005 962 855
In per cent of net turnover 5.8 6.2 6.7 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.0
EBIT 987 937 918 850 819 761 633
In per cent of net turnover 4.8 5.0 5.6 5.1 4.7 4.4 3.7
In per cent of gross profit (conversion rate) 12.8 13.3 14.0 13.6 13.0 12.2 10.4
EBT 994 955 935 878 824 767 644
In per cent of net turnover 4.8 5.1 5.7 5.2 4.7 4.5 3.8
Earnings for the year 772 740 720 679 644 607 492
In per cent of net turnover 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.9
Earnings for the year (Kuehne + Nagel share) 770 737 718 676 633 597 484
In per cent of net turnover 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.6 3.5 2.8
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment of intangible assets and goodwill 222 213 192 191 186 201 222
In per cent of net turnover 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3
Operational cash flow 1,156 1,148 1,062 1,045 1,000 966 849
In per cent of net turnover 5.6 6.2 6.4 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.0
Capital expenditures for fixed assets 315 225 239 241 186 181 163
In per cent of operational cash flow 27.2 19.6 22.5 23.1 18.6 18.7 19.2
Total assets 7,878 7,457 6,331 6,099 6,603 6,374 6,279
Non-current assets 2,793 2,445 2,209 2,231 2,175 2,133 2,203
Equity 2,324 2,327 2,165 2,126 2,453 2,558 2,425
In per cent of total assets 29.5 31.2 34.2 34.9 37.1 40.1 38.6
Total employees at year end 81,900 75,876 70,038 67,236 63,448 62,744 63,248
FTEs of employees at year end 77,416 71,263 65,718 63,343 59,484 58,575 59,273
FTEs at year end including temporary staff 99,072 92,372 85,887 80,056 74,497 72,036 72,399
Personnel expenses 4,736 4,243 3,957 3,741 3,764 3,735 3,606
In per cent of net turnover 22.8 22.8 23.9 22.4 21.5 21.7 21.1
Gross profit in CHF 1,000 per FTE 78 76 76 78 84 87 84
Personnel expenses in CHF 1,000 per FTE 48 46 46 47 51 52 50

Basic earnings per share (nominal CHF 1) in CHF		            
Consolidated earnings for the year (Kuehne + Nagel share) 16.43 6.16 5.99 5.64 5.28 4.98 4.05
Distribution in the following year 6.00 5.75 5.50 5.00 4.00 2 3.85 2 3.50
In per cent of the consolidated net income for the year 93.3 93.4 91.8 88.6 75.8 77.4 86.6

Development of share price		            
SIX Swiss Exchange (high/low in CHF) 181/123 181/133 144/124 148/118 136/115 122/99 125/95
Average trading volume per day 217,865 206,266 190,820 204,420 149,896 164,482 160,403

1 Excluding treasury shares.
2 Excluding extraordinary dividend.

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