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What is the Roto Smeets Group? Roto Smeets Group NV (former RSDB NV) is a graphic business and forms part of the information and communication industry. Roto Smeets Group NV is quoted on the NYSE Euronext, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Roto Smeets Group comprises 23 limited companies. Apart from the Hungarian rotogravure printers Antok, all working companies are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Roto Smeets Group BV or Roto Smeets Group NV. The branches are headed by a (statutory) director. Roto Smeets Group is one of the top five independent graphics businesses in Europe that use paper as the most important information carrier and thus produce and supply printed matter. Both at home and abroad, Roto Smeets Group supplies a wide range of multimedia services and products. Roto Smeets Group's activities are grouped into two business lines: Print Productions and Marketing Communications: PRINT PRODUCTIONS: The efficient production of gravure, web offset and sheetfed print using specialised, full-service companies as consultant, producer or director, managing the total value chain from prepress to distribution. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS: Marketing Communications combines various services, from content creation to content management. The focus areas of the services offered are: concept & creation and automation.
What is Roto Smeets Group's objective over the coming years? It is Roto Smeets Group’s ambition to provide efficient and high added-value services to its clients. Roto Smeets Group aims to realise this in a client focussed, open and reliable culture. A culture that is characterised by an urge for perfection, respect and mutual trust. Adaptability, scale, modern means of production and speed of action must thereby contribute to a healthy development of earnings per share. Roto Smeets Group considers its environmental policy - like its concern for health, safety and welfare - to be an integral part of company policy. It also has a social engagement and responsibility with respect to its employees, customers and community. The company objective is to achieve an EBITDA /Valueadded
value ratio of at least 20 %, with a return on capital
employed of 8 %. This with a minimum solvency ratio of
30%, a debt / EBITDA ratio of no more than 3 and EBITDA /
consolidation.
How is the total turnover spread across the business lines? In percentage terms, 96% of the turnover is achieved by Print Productions and 4% by Marketing Communications. What is the geographical distribution of the turnover?
What is the breakdown by production process? The turnover of 2008 can be broken down by production process as follows: Gravure 46% Web-offset 42% Prepublishing / DM 6% Sheet-fed 6% What is the breakdown by market segment? The turnover can be broken down by market segment as follows: Magazines 39% Promotional Print 42% Catalogues 10% RTV magazines 8% Directories 0% Other 1% The strategy of Roto Smeets Group remains unchanged, and will remain Consolidation also means creating
a healthy geographical distribution of services over
Europe. That requires different approaches with regard to gravure and web off set printing. Based on its geographic competitive strength, gravure is much more a European
activity than web off set, and will therefore require
different solutions, whereby the technical specifications
are identical. In order to be commercially able to follow
the development of the market, Roto Smeets Group believes it must
value propositions for our customers, capital discipline on investments and strict working capital management
and control. management through
the use of information technology. measures will be taken to structurally reduce costs, structurally improve productivity and improve the result and returns. Where are Roto Smeets Group shares listed? Roto Smeets Group NV is a Dutch company with registered offices in Deventer which acts as the holding company for the national and international businesses of Roto Smeets Group companies. The law requires Roto Smeets Group to be a full dual-board company. Roto Smeets Group is listed on NYSE Euronext with Amsterdam as its market entry place. How many shares have been issued? The company's authorised share capital is euro 75 million, and is divided into 7,500,000 ordinary shares and 7,500,000 preference shares, each with a value of euro 5. At 31 december 2008, 3,290,275 ordinary shares had been issued. Who are the major shareholders?
These percentages represent the numbers as at 31-12-2008. What is the dividend per share? RSDB´s dividend policy is based on a cash payout of 40% of the net result per ordinary share as long as the solvency meets the required minimum of 30%. For the years 2006 and 2007 RSDB chose, in view of the healthy balance sheet, to pay the same dividend as for 2005, being 75% of the 2006 net profi t and 107% of the 2007 net profit.
What are important dates in 2009? The half-year figures will be published on August 20, 2009 followed on November 12 with the business update on the 3rd quarter. Who should I contact with IR-related queries? For IR-related queries only, please contact Mr L. van Gelder. For other Corporate questions, please contact Emily Knegtel |
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