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Key figures
in millions of Euro unless stated otherwise

	2006	2005
Income statement
Sales	7,660	6,851
Gross profit	1,429	1,227
Operating income	294	232
Operating income excluding special items ¹⁾	289	232
Net income ⁴⁾	186	158
Net income excluding special items ¹⁾⁴⁾	181	143
Statistics
Organic increase in sales over previous year	8%	7%
Organic increase in operating income excluding special items ¹⁾over previous year	17%	11%
Gross margin	18.7%	17.9%
Operating margin excluding special items ¹⁾	3.8%	3.4%
Balance sheet
Total equity ⁴⁾	1,159	1,030
Net interest-bearing assets and liabilities	- 558	- 536
Key figures per ordinary share (in € )
Earnings per share ²⁾⁴⁾	1.09	0.93
Earnings per share excluding special items ¹⁾²⁾⁴⁾	1.06	0.84
(Proposed) dividend on ordinary shares ³⁾	0.30	0.25
Other information
Average number of employees (FTEs)	14,366	12,779
Number of offices	2,433	2,276

¹⁾Special items comprise the profit from disposal of investments.
²⁾After preference dividend.
³⁾See paragraph on dividends .
⁴⁾We have changed our policy for accounting for minority interests. Prior year results have been restated accordingly. Please refer to this page for further details.