Mercedes 2015 Annual Report Download - page 36

Stuttgart, February 2016
2015 was an extremely successful year for your company. We achieved a lot.
In Formula 1, for example, we won both the drivers’ championship and the
constructors’ title. Some people might think, “Great, but you already did that
the year before.” That’s right. And that’s exactly what it’s about. Getting
to the top is hard – staying at the top is even harder. But that is our ambition –
in motorsport and in our core business: We want to be in the lead on a
sustained basis.
Our numbers show that we have the potential to do that: 2.9 million customers
decided in favor of a vehicle from the Daimler Group last year – an absolute
record. And at 149.5 billion euros, our revenue was higher than ever before
as well. EBIT from the ongoing business increased by 36 percent to
13.8 billion euros. The bottom line is a net profit of 8.7 billion euros. At the
Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, the Board of Management and the
Supervisory Board will therefore propose the distribution of the highest
dividend in our company’s history.
How did the individual divisions contribute to these outstanding results?
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