Key Figures

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US$ million 2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
Gross Freight Revenues 209.4
189.0
203.9
155.5
133.4
126.4
EBITDA 24.4
25.8
33.9
24.4
14.9
9.9
EBIT 9.7
13.8
17.5
7.9
1.0
(9.0)
Pre-tax result 20.3
4.8
10.4
1.5
(6.2)
(16.7)
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total Assets 224.9
193.6
185.5
177.2
185.5
203.7
Liquid assets 39.2
32.4
35.6
14.7
21.6
28.6
Equity at book value 72.0
71.3
66.5
74.0
77.4
85.9
Net debt 91.1
64.0
55.8
63.8
69.6
68.5
Net interest bearing debt 92.2
68.5
60.0
71.3
71.2
73.0
Dividend 16.7
5.5
4.6
1.3
-
-
Buy-back of treasury shares 0
0.7
2.8
2.1
2.2
-
   
 
 
 
 
 
Current ratio 1) 287%
273%
271%
229%
251%
303%
Equity ratio 2) 32.0%
36.8%
35.8%
41.8%
41.7%
42.1%
Interest coverage ratio 3) 3.3
5.42
6.57
3.62
2.11
1.23
EBITDA ratio 4) 11.6%
13.5%
16.4%
15.3%
11.0%
7.6%
   
 
 
 
 
 
Key Figures per share:  
 
 
 
 
 
Market value end of period NOK 142
75.00
73.50
65.00
54.00
24.00
Pre-tax earnings 5)            US$ 3.7
0.87
1.85
0.26
(0.98)
(2.53)
Cash-flow from operation    US$ 2.6
2.91
4.15
1.62
0.9
0.77
Price/earnings ratio 6)        5.7
12.35
4.41
28.2
(6.88)
(1.25)
Dividend                           NOK 20.00 7.00 7.50 2.00 - -
EBITDA                              US$ 4.43
4.66
6.04
4.08
2.35
1.48
EBIT                                  US$ 1.8
2.49
3.10
1.33
0.16
(1.36)
Equity at book value           US$ 12.5
13
12
12.5
12.2
13
             
No. of shares (excl. treasury shares) end of period 5 493 980
5 476 797
5 550 097
5 912 297
6 198 354
6 630 505
Average number of shares 5 498 543
5 545 074
5 609 197
5 959 464
6 348 731
6 630 505

Definitions
1 Current assets divided by current liabilities
2 Book equity divided by total assets
3 EBITDA divided by net interest expenses
4 EBITDA in percent of gross freight (incl. partly-owned companies)
5 Pre-tax earnings divided by average number of outstanding shares
6 Market value per share divided by pre-tax earnings

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