16 February 2017
DETAILS
- Sales increased by 2 % in local currency
to CHF 5.847 billion - EBITDA margin before exceptional items
expanded to 15.2 % from 14.7 % - Operating cash flow significantly rose by 29 %
to CHF 646 million compared
to CHF 502 million in 2015 - Net income grew 16 % to CHF 263 million
- Proposed dividend increase of 12.5 %
to CHF 0.45 per share - 2017 outlook: continued progression
in profitability and operating cash flow generation
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“Clariant considerably expanded
its operating cash flow in 2016
while reporting sales growth
and profitability improvement,”
“Our good business performance was primarily achieved
by means of a continued shift to high margin specialities,
the impact of the differentiated steering in
Plastics & Coatings as well as
good cost management.
For 2017, we are confident
that we will achieve our targets, i.e.
* growth in local currency,
* progression in operating cash flow,
* absolute EBITDA and EBITDA margin
before exceptional items
in spite of a continued
challenging economic environment.”
CORPORATE MEDIA RELATIONS
JOCHEN DUBIEL
Phone +41 61 469 63 63
jochen.dubiel@clariant.com
THIJS BOUWENS
Phone +41 61 469 63 63
thijs.bouwens@clariant.com
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