Koninklijke Philips N.V.
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Publicatie datum
18 jul 2011 - 07:01
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Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Titel
Philips delivers 4% growth in second quarter; management team takes next steps to improve growth and performance trajectory
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• Comparable sales up 4%, led by strong growth at Healthcare, moderate growth at Lighting
• Growth markets now represent one third of Group sales
• EBITA of EUR 370 million, 7.1% of sales
• Goodwill impairment leads to net loss of EUR 1.3 billion
• Free cash outflow of EUR 210 million
• Share buy-back program of EUR 2 billion launched
• Cost reduction program of EUR 500 million initiated
• Mid-term performance targets: 4-6% sales growth (assuming real GDP growth of 3-4% per annum) 10-12% EBITA and 12-14% ROIC by 2013
Frans van Houten, President and CEO of Royal Philips Electronics
“Our second-quarter results were impacted by near-term operational challenges, weaker markets and a significant impairment charge. We are taking necessary steps to improve performance and we are confident in the prospects of our portfolio.
Healthcare performed strongly, improving earnings and growing comparable sales by 8% over last year. In Consumer Lifestyle, we are encouraged by growth in all businesses, excluding Lifestyle Entertainment, though investments in growth affected earnings in the quarter. Lighting sales grew 4% comparably, with our LED portfolio up a strong 21%. However, Lighting results in the quarter were disappointing.
We are addressing our operational issues, while investing for growth and instilling a new culture of entrepreneurship and accountability. We have strengthened our executive leadership and rolled out a comprehensive performance improvement and change program, Accelerate! In addition to growth initiatives, this includes a cost reduction program of EUR 500 million to improve our operating model and pave the way for profitable growth.
Given our confidence to grow organically, complemented with bolt-on acquisitions, we are launching a EUR 2 billion share buy-back program. This will also address the efficiency of our balance sheet.
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