Income Statement

Süd-Chemie Group

EUR million	2009	2008¹⁾
Revenues	1,071.6	1,190.8
Cost of sales	-755.2	-873.4
Gross profit	316.4	317.4
Distribution costs	-100.9	-93.2
Costs of research and development	-54.9	-43.3
Administrative expenses	-78.2	-84.1
Other operating income	49.4	52.8
Other operating expenses	-28.3	-32.7
EBIT²⁾	103.5	116.9
Income/(Loss) from associated companies	0.0	0.0
Other investment income	0.0	0.0
Investment income	0.0	0.0
Interest income	1.0	5.9
Interest expense	-32.3	-29.1
Net interest expense	-31.3	-23.2
Financial result	-31.3	-23.2
EBT³⁾	72.2	93.7
Income tax expenses	-22.9	-33.2
Profit from continuing operations	49.3	60.5
Profit from discontinued operations	-3.9	-2.7
Profit for the period	45.4	57.8
- Attributable to equity holders of Süd-Chemie AG	37.1	50.2
- Attributable to minority interests	8.3	7.6

Earnings per share (EUR)
Total basic/diluted earnings per share (EUR)	3.83	4.88
Total basic/diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (EUR)	4.16	5.11
Total basic/diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations (EUR)	-0.33	-0.23

1) After adjustments according to IFRS 5/IAS 1.41
2) Earnings before interest and taxes (profit from operations)
3) Earnings before taxes (result of ordinary operations)