Interim Report 1 January - 30 June 2017
(WorldNews Switzerland)

3 months ended 30 June 2017 Local currency sales increased by 11% and Euro sales increased by 12% to EUR347.6m (EUR309.6m). Number of registered actives decreased by 2% to 2.8m. EBITDA amounted to EUR47.9m (EUR40.6m). Operating margin was 11.7% (9.9%), favourably impacted by 40 bps from currencies, and operating profit was EUR40.5m (EUR30.8m). Net profit was EUR19.9m (EUR18.1m) and diluted EPS EUR0.35 (EUR0.32), negatively impacted by a one-off translation reserve loss on exchange rate of around EUR3m. The tax rate was further unfavorably impacted by approximately 300 bps from withholding tax on extraordinary large intra...