Profits before taxes and minority rights of the group reached in the nine month period of 2005 8,559 mil. euros compared to 7,916 mil. euros in the equivalent period of 2004 (8,1% increase), and profits before taxes of the parent company amounted to 7,698 mil. euros this year compared to 6,500 mil. euros in the period January-September of 2004, reflecting an increase of 18,4%.

Furthermore, turnover of the group amounted to 57,314 mil. euros against 54,553 mil. euros in the nine month period of 2004, reflecting an increase of 5,1%.

At parent company level, there wasn't any change in turnover, with sales of the nine month period of 2005 reaching 46,780 mil. euros from 46,792 mil. euros in the equivalent period of 2004.

The estimations of Kleemann management for 2005 as a whole, report consolidated sales of 77,00 mil. euros (73,33 mil. euros in 2004) and 10,35 mil. euros net profits before taxes (9,67 mil. euros in 2004).