Salzgitter Group in Figures

		9 Months 2006	9 Months 2005
Sales (consolidated)	€ million	6,207	5,378	15 %
Steel Division	€ million	1,793	1,634	10 %
Tubes Division	€ million	1,161	1,039	12 %
Trading Division	€ million	2,871	2,465	16 %
Services Division	€ million	316	240	32 %
Other/Consolidation	€ million	67	0
of which flat rolled products	€ million	2,887	2,538	14 %
of which sections	€ million	755	586	29 %
of which tubes	€ million	1,701	1,445	18 %
of which export share	%	56	54
EBT from operations (before special items)	€ million	662	620	7 %
Earnings before tax (EBT)	€ million	1,568	595	164 %
Net income	€ million	1,348	556	142 %
Balance sheet total	€ million	6,919	5,034	37 %
Non-current assets	€ million	1,614	1,862	-13 %
Current assets	€ million	5,305	3,172	67 %
Inventories	€ million	1,548	1,348	15 %
Equity	€ million	3,307	1,800	84 %
Liabilities	€ million	3,612	3,233	12 %
Non-current liabilities	€ million	2,095	1,876	12 %
Current liabilities	€ million	1,517	1,357	12 %
of which due to banks	€ million	172	202	-15 %
Capital expenditure1)	€ million	147	173	-15 %
Depreciation and amortization1)	€ million	147	149	-1 %
Employees
Personnel expenses	€ million	736	717	3 %
Workforce (period average)		16,988	17,255	-2 %
Crude steel production2)	kt	5,495	5,152	7 %
Key figures
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)3)	€ million	1,588	612	160 %
EBIT before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)	€ million	1,735	761	128 %
Earnings per share (undiluted)	€	23,66	9,28	155 %
Return on capital emplyed (ROCE)4) 5)	%	54,9	36,0
Cash flow	€ million	340	318	7 %

Disclosure of financial data in compliance with IFRS
1) Excluding financial assets
2) In regard of the participations in Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann and Vallourec
3) EBT plus interest paid (excluding interest element in allocations to pension provisions)
4) EBIT in relation to the total of shareholders' equity (without calculation of accrued and deferred taxes), tax provisions,
interest-bearing liabilities (excluding pension provisions) and liabilities from financial leasing, forfaiting and asset-backed securitization
5) Annualized