Philips rapports 118 Millions d’Euros EBITA et un profit de 45 Millions d’Euros fin de Q2/09

Philips rapports 118 Millions d’Euros EBITA et un profit de 45 Millions d’Euros fin de Q2/09

Ce matin, Philips a publié ses chiffres d’affaires pour le deuxième trimestre du 2009.

Les chiffres les plus importants de Royal Philips Electronics en bref:

• EBITA: 118 millions d’Euros respectivement 2,3% des chiffres d’affaires (2008: 396 millions d’Euros, 6,1%)
• Profit: 45 millions d’Euros (2008: 735 millions d’Euros) [Q2/2008 a inclu un profit de la vente du reste de la participation à TSMC de 863 millions d’Euros]
• Chiffres d’affaires: 5’230 millions d’Euros. - 19% (2008: 6,46 millions d'Euros)

Les chiffres les plus importants des domaines séparés:

• Healthcare: Chiffres d’affaires 1’872 millions d’Euros, -5%, EBITA: 8,4% des chiffres d’affaires [faiblesse de la croissance principalement en Amérique du nord, ralentissement de la croissance et. al. dans les systèmes de la surveillance et les systèmes d’images]
• Lighting: Chiffres d’affaires 1’550 millions d’Euros, -18%, EBITA: -1,1% des chiffres d’affaires [ralentissement de la croissance s’est affaiblit]
• Consumer Lifestyle: Chiffres d’affaires 1’735 millions d’Euros, - 30%, EBITA: -0,2% des chiffres d’affaires [les chiffres d’affaires absolues sont baissés de 1 milliard d’Euros ; les ventes des téléviseurs ont cédé 20%]

Des plus amples informations vous trouverez aussi sur le site d’internet www.philips.com/newscenter ou dans les pièces jointes en format pdf.

Communiqué de presse (original; en anglais):

Monday, July 13, 2009
Philips reports second-quarter EBITA of EUR 118 million and sales of EUR 5.2 billion

• EBITA margin before restructuring charges improves compared with Q1 in all business sectors
• EUR 148 million restructuring and acquisition-related charges are booked in the quarter
• Sales decline 19% year-on-year, reflecting continuing weakness in consumer and professional markets
• Healthcare sales decline year-on-year but increase compared with Q1, supported by modest growth outside the US
• Strong free cash flow of EUR 251 million reflects ongoing tight asset management

Gerard Kleisterlee, President and CEO of Royal Philips Electronics:

"In line with earlier guidance, we did not see a material improvement in consumer or professional markets in the past three months. However, while the pressure on our top line persisted, we are reporting a positive net income and improved underlying profitability over the quarter.

During the quarter we started to see the positive impact of our strict cost management on our results, while continuing to focus on making Philips more efficient. I’m especially pleased that our rigorous focus on cash is increasingly paying off, highlighted by the fact that cash inflow from operations in the second quarter more than doubled due to lower working capital requirements. At the same time we continued making strategic investments to strengthen our company for the medium and long term.

We remain cautious about the overall economy and the markets we’re operating in and will not shy away from implementing further cost measures where needed. We do, however, expect our comparative performance to be better in the second half of 2009 than in the first half of the year as our cost-saving programs have an increasing impact on our earnings. On the same basis, there could be some early sequential improvement in comparable sales as well.

We will continue to do everything necessary to come out of this recession as a stronger, more agile company and a leader in our field."