Results

Vision 2010 targets

  Actual 2010 Target 2010
Organic sales growth  19%1 >5% per year on average 
EBITDA / net sales margin per cluster    
- Nutrition 23.4% >18%
- Pharma 8.8% >19%
- Performance Materials 11.9% >17%
- Polymer Intermediates2 16.4%      >13%
Growth from Innovation € 1.3 billion € 1 billion
Sales in China USD 1.6 billion USD 1.5 billion
CFROI4 9.2% WACC (7.5%) + 100 basis points
Sustainability all achieved  
- Retaining top position in important sustainability rankings
- Achieving leadership in industrial (white) biotechnology
- Continuously improving eco-footprint
- Increasing the diversity of workforce
- Reducing energy usage per unit of product by 8% over the period 2005-2010
Total shareholder return 130% vs. 146% for peer group3 Above peer group average
1 Average over the period 2006-2010: 5%
2 On average over the cycle 2006-2010: 9.2%
3 Total Shareholder Return 2006-2010 DSM: 131%, peer group: 151%. The peer group consists of AkzoNobel. BASF, Clariant, Danisco, DuPont, EMS Chemie Holding, Kerry, LANXESS, Lonza Group, Novozymes, Rhodia and Solvay.
4 Achieved in four out of five years during the Vision 2010 period.
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