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E.ON Group Financial Highlights
in millions 2009 2008 +/- %
Electricity sales1, 2 (billion kWh) 815.9 597.4 +37
Gas sales2 (billion kWh) 1,217.7 1,208.6 +1
Sales 81,817 86,753 -6
Adjusted EBITDA 13,526 13,385 +1
Adjusted EBIT 9,646 9,878 -2
Net income 8,645 1,621 +433
Net income attributable to shareholders of E.ON AG 8,396 1,283 +554
Adjusted net income 5,328 5,597 -5
Economic investments 11,994 26,236 -54
Cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations 9,054 6,738 +34
Economic net debt (at year-end) -44,665 -44,946 +2813
Debt factor4 3.3 3.4 -0.13
Equity 43,955 38,444 +14
Total assets 152,636 156,824 -3
ROCE (%) 11.7 12.9 -1.25
Pretax cost of capital (%) 9.1 9.1
After-tax cost of capital (%) 6.7 6.7
Value added 2,144 2,902 -26
Employees (at year-end) 88,227 93,538 -6
Earnings per share6, 7 () 4.41 0.69 +539
Equity per share6, 7 () 21.21 18.11 +17
Dividend per share7 () 1.50 1.50
Dividend payout 2,858 2,857
Market capitalization8 ( in billions) 55.7 54.2 +3
1Includes trading volume of 578.8 billion kWh for 2009 (prior year: 347.2 billion kWh).
2In 2009, we deployed a new IT system across our company for gathering energy-related data and also modified our classification methods. We adjusted the prior-year figures
accordingly.
3Change in absolute terms.
4Ratio of economic net debt and adjusted EBITDA.
5Change in percentage points.
6Attributable to shareholders of E.ON AG.
7After, or adjusted for, the stock split in 2008.
8Based on shares outstanding.