February 16 (Reuters) – Air Liquide AIRP.PA:
* IN 2022, AIR LIQUIDE IS CONFIDENT IN ITS ABILITY TO INCREASE ITS OPERATING MARGIN AGAIN AND TO ACHIEVE RECURRING NET INCOME GROWTH, AT CONSTANT EXCHANGE
* ANNUAL RECURRING ROCE REACHED 9.3%, CLOSE TO THE 2023-2024 TARGET OF MORE THAN 10%
* AN ALLOCATION OF FREE SHARES WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE 2022
* ANNUAL GROUP TURNOVER AT EUR 23.34 BILLION (AIR LIQUIDE CONSENSUS: EUR 23.13 BILLION)
* ANNUAL NET INCOME GROUP SHARE OF EUR 2.57 BILLION (AIR LIQUIDE CONSENSUS: EUR 2.56 BILLION)
* GROUP ANNUAL CURRENT OPERATING PROFIT AT EUR 4.16 BILLION (AIR LIQUIDE CONSENSUS: EUR 4.09 BILLION)
* ANNUAL NET CASH FLOW GENERATED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES AT EUR 5.57 BILLION (AIR LIQUIDE CONSENSUS: EUR 4.95 BILLION)
* WILL PROPOSE A DIVIDEND OF 2.90 EUROS PER SHARE, +5.5% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR
* NET DEBT AT DECEMBER 31, 2021 REACHED EUR 10.45 BN
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(Gdansk Newsroom)