VOLKSWAGEN AG / Quarter Results
23.04.2008
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Interim Report January-March 2008:
- Volkswagen Group operating profit in the first quarter of 2008 up
significantly year-on-year at EUR 1.3 billion
- At EUR 1.4 billion, profit before tax exceeds previous year's figure by
EUR 0.3 billion
- Group sales revenue increases by 1.4 percent year-on-year to
EUR 27.0 billion
- At 3.9 percent (3.2 percent), ratio of investments in property,
plant and equipment (capex) to sales revenue below the long-term
average
- At EUR 14.2 billion, net liquidity in the Automotive Division recorded
a further improvement compared with the end of 2007
- Share of voting rights in Scania AB increased to 68.60 percent, subject
to antitrust approvals
- Group models successful:
- Deliveries to customers worldwide up 7.0 percent year-on-year to
1.6 million vehicles; Group market share at record level in Germany
- All-time record sales in the first quarter for the majority of brands
- Growth remains strong in China, South America and Central and Eastern
Europe; strong growth rates for sales in Russia and India
- Market debut for Passat CC and Routan
- World premiere of the new Volkswagen Scirocco and the new
Audi A4 Avant at the Geneva International Motor Show; SEAT unveils
impressive Bocanegra design study
- Sharan BlueMotion expands BlueMotion model range; new Skoda Superb
also launched as GreenLine version
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January-March 2008 2007 +/- (%)
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Volkswagen Group:
Deliveries to customers 000 units 1,572 1,470 + 7.0
Vehicle sales 000 units 1,604 1,501 + 6.9
Production 000 units 1,649 1,558 + 5.9
Employees March 31/Dec. 31 332,063 329,305 + 0.8
Sales revenue EUR million 27,013 26,640 + 1.4
Operating profit EUR million 1,311 1,085 + 20.9
Profit before tax EUR million 1,366 1,069 + 27.8
Profit after tax EUR million 929 740 + 25.6
Automotive Division (including allocation of consolidation adjustments
between the Automotive and Financial Services divisions):
Cash flows from operating activities EUR million 2,195 3,553 - 38.2
Cash flows from investing
activities*) EUR million 1,328 1,669 - 20.5
Net liquidity at March 31 EUR million 14,218 9,418 + 51.0
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*) Excluding acquisition and disposal of equity investments:
EUR 1,269 million (EUR 913 million)
The brand diversity of the Volkswagen Group is a critical competitive
advantage. Almost all Group brands will launch attractive new models in
2008. We are thus selectively expanding our product portfolio and moving
into additional market segments. For this reason, we are assuming that
deliveries to Volkswagen Group customers in 2008 will exceed the record
levels achieved in the previous year. We expect demand for Group vehicles
to increase substantially, especially in the Asia-Pacific, Central and
Eastern Europe, and South America regions.
We are constantly improving our processes and systematically implementing
our disciplined approach to cost management. Together with the higher
sales revenue resulting from the expected increase in unit sales, this
will help lift our operating profit for 2008 above the previous years
figure.
Wolfsburg, April 23, 2008
Volkswagen AG The Board of Management
(The full interim report is available at 'www.volkswagenag.com/ir' from
April 30, 2008 on)
This report contains forward-looking statements on the business
development of the Volkswagen Group. These statements are based on
assumptions relating to the development of the economic and legal
environment in individual countries and economic regions, and in
particular for the automotive industry, which we have made on the basis
of the information available to us and which we consider to be realistic
at the time of going to press. The estimates given entail a degree of
risk, and the actual developments may differ from those forecast.
Consequently, any unexpected fall in demand or economic stagnation in our
key sales markets, such as Western Europe (and especially Germany) or in
the USA, Brazil, China, or Russia will have a corresponding impact on the
development of our business. The same applies in the event of a
significant shift in current exchange rates relative to the US dollar,
sterling, yen, Brazilian real, Chinese renminbi and Czech koruna. In
addition, expected business development may vary if the assessments of
value-enhancing factors and risks presented in the 2007 Annual Report
develop in a way other than we are currently expecting.
DGAP 23.04.2008
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Language: English
Issuer: VOLKSWAGEN AG
Brieffach 1849
38436 Wolfsburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)5361 9 - 49840
Fax: +49 (0)5361 9 - 30411
E-mail: christine.ritz@volkswagen.de
Internet: www.volkswagenag.com/ir
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WKN: 766400, 766403
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SWX
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