Key figures over the last 5 years

                                                                                  1991     1992(1)   1992(2)    1993     1994       1995


Income Statement (in million BEF)
 

Turnover                                                                        96 294   103 421   103 421   110 938   117 030   127 139
Added value                                                                     87 115    90 774    60 183    93 667    98 074   104 948
Operating profit before pension charges                                         33 800    36 531    29 680    37 248    34 713    39 668
Operating profit                                                                24 747    26 525    19 674    19 612    16 045    20 542
Net financial result                                                            -9 942    -8 844    -9 131    -7 414    -5 968    -4 487
Profit from ordinary activities before taxes                                    14 805    17 681    10 543    12 199    10 078    16 055
Extraordinary result                                                            -1 799    -2 138   -27 884       -29     3 476    -1 496
Profit/Loss of the year                                                          8 820     8 962   -17 935     9 666     9 877    10 678
Profit/Loss of the year (part of the group)                                      8 820     8 962   -17 935     9 666     9 742    10 708


Balance sheet (in million BEF)
 

Total balance sheet                                                            203 426   219 785   190 811   214 544   239 975   217 869
Fixed assets                                                                   160 776   161 823   130 068   150 442   155 361   168 916
Permanent funds (3)                                                            146 723   139 725   112 939   132 816   170 964   149 549
Shareholders' equity and third party interests                                  55 542    62 193    35 407    44 465    54 406    64 353
Long term financial debts                                                       83 268    65 052    65 052    62 758    75 358    74 665
Short term financial debts                                                      27 974    40 592    40 592    41 145    22 970    16 385
Net financial debt (4)                                                         105 221    92 193    92 193    82 523    59 562    89 246


Other significant figures (in million BEF)
 
 
Operating cash flow (5)                                                         51 395    53 816    48 978    45 403    45 352    51 829
Net cash flow (6)                                                               36 948    37 987    39 431    36 140    41 349    42 351
Investments of the year                                                         28 357    25 155    25 155    45 610    32 914    44 046

Average work force                                                              27 355    27 260    27 260    26 724    26 885    26 869
 

Ratios 

Profitability
Operational cash-flow / turnover                                                 53,4%     52,0%     47,4%     40,9%     38,8%     40,8%
Operating profit / turnover                                                      25,7%     25,7%     19,0%     17,7%     13,7%     16,2%
Profit from ordinary activities before taxes / turnover                          15,4%     17,1%     10,2%     11,0%      8,6%     12,6%
Profit of the year (part of the group) / turnover                                 9,2%      8,7%    -17,3%      8,7%      8,3%      8,4%
Profit from ordinary activities before taxes / average shareholders' equity (7)  28,4%     30,0%     23,2%     30,6%     20,4%     27,0%
Profit of the year (part of the group) / average shareholders' equity            16,9%     15,2%    -39,4%     24,2%     19,7%     18,0%
Reimbursementcapacity (8)                                                        37,3%     42,6%     37,7%     36,6%     40,1%     52,0%
Charges of debts / operating profit                                              45,6%     37,1%     51,4%     44,0%     46,4%     31,8%
 
Solvency
Shareholders' equity and third party interests / total balance sheet             27,3%     28,3%     18,6%     20,7%     22,7%     29,5%
Shareholders' equity and third party interests / permanent funds                 37,9%     44,5%     31,4%     33,5%     31,8%     43,0%
Shareholders' equity and third party interests / financial debts                 49,9%     58,9%     33,5%     42,8%     55,3%     70,7%

Auto-financing
Investments / operating cash-flow                                                55,2%     46,7%     51,4%    100,5%     72,6%     85,0%

Results per share (BEF)
Net cash flow                                                                      924       950       986       904     1 034     1 059
Profit on ordinary activities before taxes                                         370       442       264       305       252       401
Net profit                                                                         221       224      -448       242       244       268

(1) and (2) It is impossible to adapt the historical figures of the last 5 years to the valuation rules as they are now applied since the "openingbalance" of 1992.
    For the year 1992 two sets of figures are given : (1) according to the old valuation rules to make the comparison possible with previous years and (2) according
    to the new valuation rules.
(3) Shareholders' equity + third party interests + provisions + long term financial debts.
(4) Total financial debt - current investments - cash at bank and in hand.
(5) Operating profit + non cash charges (depreciations, write down and provisions except from provisions for pensions).
(6) Net Profit ( part of the group )+ non cash charges.
(7) Average shareholders' equity =  the average of the shareholders' equity at 12.31 of the year and this at 12.31 of the previous year.
(8) (Operational cash-flow + financial result) / financial debts after more than one year and  financial debts within one year.