Highlights
- HY15 Revenue grew by 16.9% or 15.5% at constant exchange rates (2Q15: 15.3%) to €1,611 million (2Q15: €827 million)
- Comparable growth of 5.2% (2Q15: 4.8%)
- Adjusted EBITDA (i.e. EBITDA before non-recurring items) increased by 17.2% or 15.7% at constant exchange rates (2Q15: 16.0%) to €259 million (2Q15: €136 million)
- The adjusted EBITDA margin improved by 4 bps to 16.1% (2Q15: +15bps to 16.5%)
- Net result attributable to equity holders rose by 22.4% to €109 million
- Earnings per share grew by 23.2% to €0.43
- Total number of stores grew to 5,871 (5,814 at year-end 2014)
- GrandVision's Supervisory Board has approved an interim dividend of 0.14 EUR per share. The shares will trade ex-coupon as of 3 September 2015
- The Half Year 2015 Financial Report is available at www.grandvision.com
- GrandVision will host an analyst call on 20 August at 9am CET. Dial in details are available at www.grandvision.com and at the bottom of this press release
