Key financial data

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Overview Million € 2007 2006 Change in % Sales 57,951 52,610 10.2 Income from operations before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) 10,225 9,723 5.2 Income from operations (EBIT) before special items 7,614 7,257 4.9 Income from operations (EBIT) 7,316 6,750 8.4 Income before taxes and minority interests 6,935 6,527 6.3 Net income 4,065 3,215 26.4         Earnings per share (€) 8.32 6.37 30.6 Dividend per share (€) 3.90 3.00 30.0         Cash provided by operating activities 5,807 5,940 (2.2) Additions to long-term assets 1 4,425 10,039 (55.9) Amortization and depreciation 2,909 2,973 (2.2)         Return on assets (%) 16.4 17.5 - Return on equity after tax (%) 22.4 19.2 -         Research and development expenses 1,380 1,277 8.1

1 Including acquisitions

Environment and safety     2007 2006 Change in % Operating costs for environmental protection facilities Million € 640 657 (2.6) Investments in environmental protection Million € 103 116 (11.2) Emissions of greenhouse gases (CO2 equivalent) 2 Million metric tons/year 27.5 25.0 10.0 Emissions to air (air pollutants) 2 Thousand metric tons/year 50.6 49.1 3.1 Emissions to water of:         - Organic substances Thousand metric tons/year 31.2 32.8 (4.9) – Nitrogen Thousand metric tons/year 5.3 6.0 (11.7) - Heavy metals Metric tons/year 34 35 (2.9) Transportation accidents Per 10,000 shipments 0.28 0.45 (37.8) Number of environmental and safety audits   107 90 18.9

Employees and society     2007 2006 Change in % Employees as of December 31   95,175 95,247 (0.1) Trainees as of December 31   2,160 2,280 (5.3) Personnel costs Million € 6,648 6,210 7.1 Donations and sponsoring Million € 75.3 67.2 12.1 Annual bonus % of Group companies 73.7 73.5 0.3 Lost time accidents Per million working hours 2.2 1.7 29.4 Occupational diseases Per million working hours 0.22 0.30 (26.7)