Definitions
Capital
employed
Total shareholders' equity and net debt.
Capital expenditures
Investments in property, plant and
equipment.
Days inventory outstanding
Outstanding
inventory at average exchange rates relative to average daily sales.
Days receivables outstanding
Outstanding receivables at
average exchange rates relative to average daily sales.
Earnings per share
Net income relative to weighted
average number of shares (net of treasury shares) assuming dilution.
Equity ratio
Shareholders' equity relative to total
assets.
Gross margin
Gross profit relative to sales.
Headcount
Employees plus temporary, hourly workers.
Net debt
Short and long-term debt and debt-related
derivatives (see Note 11) less cash and cash equivalents.
Net
debt to capitalization
Net debt in relation to total shareholders'
equity (including Minority) and net debt.
Number of
employees
Employees with a continuous employment agreement,
recalculated to full time equivalent heads.
Operating
margin
Operating income relative to sales.
Pretax
margin
Income before taxes relative to sales.
Return on
capital employed
Operating income and equity in earnings of
affiliates, relative to average capital employed.
Return on
shareholders' equity
Net income relative to average shareholders'
equity.
Working capital
Current assets excluding cash
and cash equivalents less current liabilities excluding short-term debt.
Any current derivatives reported in current assets and current liabilities
related to net debt are excluded from working capital.