E.ON maakt jaarcijfers bekend

E.ON confirms full-year outlook and reduces debt
E.ON continues to expect its full-year 2015 EBITDA to be between €7 and €7.6 billion and its underlying net income to be between €1.4 and €1.8 billion. In line with the company’s expectations, at the half-year mark both earnings metrics were below the respective prior-year figures. E.ON posted half-year EBITDA of €4.3 billion (prior year: €4.9 billion, -13 percent) and underlying net income of €1.2 billion (€1.5 billion, -21 percent). Since the beginning of the year, E.ON has reduced its economic net debt by €4.1 billion. Its first-half sales of €57.3 billion were about 5 percent above the prior-year figure. Cool temperatures at the start of the year were the primary reason E.ON was able to increase its gas sales volume by 62 percent. E.ON affirmed its plan to pay out a fixed dividend €0.50 of per share for the 2015 financial year as well. …