Business situation and financial performance of the Financial Services segment

As the central funding partner of the Linde Material Handling and STILL brand segments, the Financial Services segment benefited from increasing demand for lease finance, particularly in western Europe outside Germany. The revenue generated by external customers was up by 19.2 per cent on the first nine months of the previous year (€ 196.0 million) and stood at € 233.5 million. There was also a small year-on-year rise in revenue of 1.1 per cent from the intra-group financing of the short-term rental fleets of the Linde Material Handling and STILL segments. Total revenue amounted to € 384.8 million, significantly ahead of the same period in 2012 (Q1—Q3 2012: € 345.6 million).

The segment’s earnings before tax of € 3.5 million equalled those in the first three quarters of 2012 (€ 3.5 million). Expressed as a proportion of equity as at 30 September, earnings before tax in the segment amounted to 9.0 per cent, which was unchanged on the previous year.

Quarterly information—Financial Services—

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in € million

Q3
2013

Q3
2012

Change

Q1–Q3
2013

Q1–Q3
2012

Change

1

Includes intra-group lease receivables

2

Includes liabilities from financing of the rental fleet reported as other financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Order intake

129.8

124.4

4.4 %

384.8

345.6

11.3 %

Revenue

129.8

124.4

4.4 %

384.8

345.6

11.3 %

Adjusted EBITDA

17.3

15.8

9.9 %

48.5

44.3

9.4 %

Adjusted EBIT

0.0

0.4

–94.0 %

0.2

1.1

–82.3 %

EBT

1.1

1.3

–10.5 %

3.5

3.5

–2.3 %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease receivables1

812.5

720.5

12.8 %

812.5

720.5

12.8 %

Lease liabilities2

804.7

697.2

15.4 %

804.7

697.2

15.4 %

Net financial debt

184.0

158.0

16.4 %

184.0

158.0

16.4 %

Equity

38.6

39.2

–1.4 %

38.6

39.2

–1.4 %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on equity in %

 

 

 

9.0 %

9.0 %

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