VOLKSWAGEN AG / Key word(s): Half Year Results
28.07.2011 10:48
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Half-Yearly Financial Report 2011:
- Volkswagen Group continues successful growth in the first half of 2011
- Operating profit up EUR 3.2 billion on prior-year period at
EUR 6.1 billion
- Profit before tax increases by EUR 5.6 billion year-on-year to
EUR 8.2 billion; positive effects from equity-accounted investments and
from measurement of put/call rights relating to Porsche Zwischenholding
GmbH at the reporting date (EUR 2.1 billion)
- Group sales revenue improves by 25.8 percent to EUR 77.8 billion
- Cash flows from operating activities in the Automotive Division up by
EUR 1.2 billion to EUR 8.4 billion; ratio of investments in property,
plant and equipment (capex) to sales revenue amounts to 3.7 percent
(3.5 percent)
- Volkswagen increases its holdings of MAN SE ordinary shares to
30.47 percent and issues a mandatory public offer; once the required
regulatory approvals have been granted, Volkswagen will hold
55.90 percent of the voting rights of MAN SE
- Automotive Division net liquidity remains at a high level of
EUR 19.4 billion
- Strong demand for Group models worldwide:
- At 4.1 million vehicles, Group deliveries to customers 14.3 percent
higher than in the previous year; global market share increases to
12.4 percent (11.7 percent)
- Group records double-digit growth in almost all regions
- Launch of new Beetle sees Volkswagen Passenger Cars celebrate first
world premiere in three places simultaneously; Passat for the Chinese
market unveiled
- Audi's launch of the Q3 marks its entry into the compact SUV segment;
A3 e-tron concept demonstrates the brand's technical expertise
- Skoda celebrates 20 years as part of Volkswagen Group
- SEAT makes its debut in the Chinese market, showcasing the Ibiza and
Leon models in Shanghai
- Bentley, Lamborghini and Bugatti present their fascinating models in
China
- Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles records high demand for Multivan/
Transporter
- Scania continues to roll out its 'Ecolution by Scania' program
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January-June 2011 2010 +/- (%)
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Volkswagen Group:
Deliveries to customers '000 units 4,129 3,612 + 14.3
Vehicle sales '000 units 4,133 3,566 + 15.9
Production '000 units 4,184 3,586 + 16.7
Employees June 30/Dec. 31 435,279 399,381 + 9.0
Sales revenue EUR million 77,767 61,809 + 25.8
Operating profit EUR million 6,086 2,841 x
Profit before tax EUR million 8,233 2,624 x
Profit after tax EUR million 6,496 1,824 x
Automotive Division (including allocation of consolidation adjustments
between the Automotive and Financial Services divisions):
Cash flows from operating
activities EUR million 8,432 7,264 + 16.1
Cash flows from investing
activities attributable to
operating activities*) EUR million 6,506 4,518 + 44.0
Net liquidity at June 30 EUR million 19,439 17,501 + 11.1
Net liquidity at June 30/Dec. 31 EUR million 19,439 18,639 + 4.3
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*) Excluding acquisition and disposal of equity investments:
EUR 3,175 million (previous year: EUR 2,608 million).
The Volkswagen Group's key competitive advantages are its unique brand
portfolio and its continually growing presence in all key regions of the
world. Thanks to our expertise in technology and design, we have a diverse,
attractive and environmentally friendly range of products that meets all
customer desires and needs. In addition, the modular toolkit system, which
we are continually optimizing, will have an increasingly positive effect on
the Group's cost structure. In the second half of 2011, the Volkswagen
Group's brands will once again launch a large number of fascinating new
models, thus further expanding our strong position in the global markets.
We are therefore expecting our full-year deliveries to customers to
increase as against the previous year.
We expect the Group's sales revenue and operating profit in 2011 to be
significantly higher than the previous year. However, the continuing
volatility in interest and exchange rates and commodities prices will
weaken the positive volume effect. Disciplined cost and investment
management and the continuous optimization of our processes remain core
components of our 'Strategy 2018'.
Wolfsburg, July 28, 2011
Volkswagen AG - The Board of Management
(The full interim report is available at 'www.volkswagenag.com/ir')
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 in particular to the
US dollar, sterling, Czech koruna, Swedish krona, Russian ruble,
Australian dollar, Polish zloty, Swiss franc, Mexican peso and Japanese
yen. In addition, expected business development may vary if the
assessments of value-enhancing factors and risks presented in the 2010
Annual Report develop in a way other than we are currently expecting, or
additional risks or other factors emerge that adversely affect the
development of our business.
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Language: English
Company: VOLKSWAGEN AG
Brieffach 1849
38436 Wolfsburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)5361 9 - 49840
Fax: +49 (0)5361 9 - 30411
E-mail: christine.ritz@volkswagen.de
Internet: www.volkswagenag.com/ir
ISIN: DE0007664039, DE0007664005
WKN: 766403, 766400
Indices: DAX, Euro Stoxx 50
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime
Standard), Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart; Terminbörse
EUREX; London, Luxembourg, SIX
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