🕔11/6/2008 4:03:01 PM
Barry Callebaut AG (VTX:BARN) * Sales volumes rose 10.1% to 1,166,007 tonnes * Sales revenue increased strongly by 17.3% to CHF 4,815.4 million, as a result of higher volumes and higher raw material prices * Operating profit (EBIT) up 5.3% to CHF 341.1 million, acceleration in second semester compared to the same prior-year period * Net profit for the year, incl. discontinued operations, up 65.6% to CHF 205.5 million, net profit from continuing operations rose 1.0% to CHF 209.1 million * Four-year financial targets[1] 2007/08 through 2010/11 confirmed * Board of Directors proposes capital repayment of CHF 11.50 per share * James 'Jim' L. Donald, former President and CEO of Starbucks Corporation, proposed for election to the Board
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