Salzgitter Group in Figures

		1st Half 2007	1st Half 2006
Sales (consolidated)	€ million	4,723	4,034	17 %
Steel Division	€ million	1,464	1,199	22 %
Tubes Division	€ million	884	828	7 %
Trading Division	€ million	2,046	1,758	16 %
Services Division	€ million	263	206	27 %
Other/Consolidation	€ million	66	43	51 %
of which flat rolled products	€ million	1,862	1,869	0 %
of which sections	€ million	693	491	41 %
of which tubes	€ million	1,297	1,129	15 %
of which export share	%	49	55	-11 %
EBT from operations (before special items)	€ million	664	438	52 %
Earnings before tax (EBT)	€ million	664	199	234 %
Net income	€ million	399	130	207 %
Balance sheet total	€ million	7,472	5,912	26 %
Fixed assets	€ million	1,712	1,957	-13 %
Current assets	€ million	5,760	3,955	46 %
Inventories	€ million	1,788	1,453	23 %
Equity	€ million	3,752	2,070	81 %
Liabilities	€ million	3,720	3,842	-3 %
Non-current liabilities	€ million	2,173	2,059	6 %
Current liabilities	€ million	1,546	1,783	-13 %
of which due to banks	€ million	95	214	-56 %
Capital expenditure1)	€ million	143	87	65 %
Depreciation and amortization1)	€ million	103	99	4 %
Employees
Personnel expenses	€ million	514	479	7 %
Period-average core workforce		17,062	16,970	1 %
Period-average total workforce		18,392	18,281	1 %
Crude steel production2)	Tt	3,580	3,687	-3 %
Key figures
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT)3)	€ million	686	212	224 %
EBIT before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)	€ million	789	311	154 %
Earnings per share (undiluted)	€	6,94	2,27	206 %
Return on capital emplyed (ROCE)4) 5)	%	31,4	16,6
Operating cash flow	€ million	69	-8

Disclosure of financial data in compliance with IFRS
1) Excluding financial assets
2) In regard of the participations in Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (and Vallourec in 2006)
3) EBT plus interest paid (excluding interest element in allocations to pension provisions)
4) EBIT in relation to the total of shareholders' equity (without calculat ion 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