Financial Summary

%

Change

2015

€’000

2014

€’000

Turnover

−2.2%

417,383

426,798

EBITDA

7.9%

98,085

90,865

Operating profit

4.3%

52,425

50,255

Profit before tax

−6.7%

37,244

39,914

Net profit after tax

−9.2%

30,422

33,510

Shareholders’ funds

4.4%

222,213

212,903

Net debt

83.6%

(132,608)

(72,207)

Ratios

2015

2014

EBITDA/turnover

23.5%

21.3%

Gross return on net capital employed

14.2%

17.8%

Debt/Equity

59.7%

33.9%

EBITDA/interest cover (times)

7.3

7.1

Current ratio (times)

1.4

1.3

2015

2014

Payroll costs €’000 (gross of employer’s pension costs)

109,604

114,705

Payroll costs €’000 (net of employer’s pension costs)

107,058

110,356

Numbers employed at peak

2,336

2,401

Average employment numbers

1,999

2,061

Turnover by Business

2015

€’million

2014

€’million

Powergen

98.8

77.3

Feedstock

80.7

78.2

Resource Recovery

81.9

80.3

Consumer & Professional

143.7

177.3

Anua Environmental and other

12.2

13.8