Key Figures of the Group

	2018	2019¹	2020	2021²	2022³
Business
Sales€ million	3,154	3,408	3,520	3,826	4,618
EBITDA€ million	631	701	742	814	922
EBITDA marginin %	20.0	20.6	21.1	21.3	20.0
EBIT€ million	434	472	488	559	630
EBIT marginin %	13.8	13.8	13.8	14.6	13.6
Net income€ million	275	296	307	375	406
Balance sheet total (as of December 31)€ million	4,920	5,953	5,940	6,673	7,783
Capital ratio (as of December 31)in %	39.5	41.3	39.8	48.7	46.4
Investments (without M & A)€ million	226	182	159	174	270
Net debt (incl. pension provisions and similar obligations (as of December 31)) € million	1,893	2,222	2,029	1,964	2,692
Research and development expenses€ million	200	213	212	221	254
Operating cash flow€ million	442	547	636	522	360
Capital Market
Shares issued as of balance sheet datemillions	129.8	135.4	135.4	139.8	139.8
Share price at end of fiscal year (Xetra^® ® closing price)in €	64.50	93.80	108.40	130.30	101.7
Market capitalization at end of fiscal year€ million	8,373	12,703	14,680	18,212	14,208
Earnings per sharein €	2.12	2.20	2.27	2.74	2.91
Dividend per sharein €	0.90	0.95	0.97	1.02	1.05⁴

1: Figures normalized for transaction and integration costs as well as one-off valuation effects related to business combinations and restated due to finalization of purchase price allocation for ADF/IDF
2: Figures adjusted for the final purchase price allocation for Giraffe Foods
3: Excluding impairment of the associated company Swedencare
4: Proposal

Our five goal dimensions	2020	2021	2022	Goal 2025
Business
Organic sales growthinin %	2.7	9.6	11.4	5–7 (CAGR)⁷
EBITDA margin¹in %	21.1	21.3	20.0	20–23
Footprint (environment)
Eco-efficiency of greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1+2)²in %	13.0	11.3	10.4	6.6 p.a.
Absolute greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3)in %		4.0	6.6	3.0 p.a.
Eco-efficiency of chemical oxygen demand in wastewater²in %	–22.6	34.8	11.2	4.0 p.a.
Eco-efficiency of sensitive waste²in %	19.8	2.2	3.8	4.0 p.a.
Water consumption³in %	–3.1	7.2	–4.3	–3.0 p.a.
Innovation
Sales with new product developments⁴in %	15.4	16.7	15.1	> 15.0
Sourcing
Suppliers rated according to sustainability criteria⁵in %	67	73	87	100
Sustainable sourcing of strategic biological raw materialsin %	72	84	88	100
Care (employees)
Women in the first management levelin %	28	20	16	30
Women in the second management levelin %	42	38	37	45
Accident frequencyMAQ⁶	3.0	3.8	2.8	< 1.5

1: 2022 Excluding impairment of the associated company Swedencare
2: All figures relative to the value added
3: At production sites in regions with water stress (= Egypt, India, Mexico, Spain, Chile)
4: Relative to market launch in the past three years
5: Based on 80 % (until 2021) or 90 % (from 2022) of the procurement volume
6: MAQ = work accidents (> 1 lost day) x 1 million/working hours; industry-leading occupational safety as of 2025
7: CAGR: compound annual growth rate

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