Profit or loss for the period and earnings per share
Profit or loss for the period in the short financial year 2013 was €–71 million, €57 million below the previous year’s figure. Net of non-controlling interests, profit or loss for the period attributable to the shareholders of METRO AG amounted to €–71 million (9M 2012: €–19 million).
Profit or loss for the period includes special items totalling €87 million (9M 2012: €179 million). As a result, profit or loss for the period adjusted for these special items stood at €16 million (9M 2012: €165 million).
In the short financial year 2013, METRO GROUP generated earnings per share of €–0.22 (9M 2012: €–0.06). As in the previous year, the calculation for the reporting period was based on a weighted number of 326,787,529 shares. Profit or loss for the period attributable to the shareholders of METRO AG of €–71 million was distributed to METRO AG shareholders according to this number of shares. There was no dilution from so-called potential shares in the short financial year 2013 or in the previous year.
Earnings per share before special items totalled €0.03 (9M 2012: €0.49).
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Profit or loss for the period1 |
€ million |
115 |
–14 |
–71 |
–57 |
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Profit or loss for the period attributable to non-controlling interests |
€ million |
98 |
5 |
0 |
–5 |
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Profit or loss for the period attributable to shareholders of METRO AG1 |
€ million |
17 |
–19 |
–71 |
–52 |
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Earnings per share (basic = diluted)1, 2 |
€ |
0.05 |
–0.06 |
–0.22 |
–0.16 |
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Earnings per share before special items1, 2 |
€ |
1.93 |
0.49 |
0.03 |
–0.46 |
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