Annual Report 2007 Key Figures Daimler Group 2007 2006 2005 07/06 Amounts in millions of € Change in % Revenue 99,399 99,222 95,209 +0 1 Western Europe 49,289 46,999 44,620 +5 thereof Germany 22,582 21,652 20,726 +4 NAFTA 23,499 27,857 26,756 -16 thereof United States 20,270 24,943 23,930 -19 Other markets 26,611 24,366 23,833 +9 Employees (Dec. 31) 272,382 274,024 293,839 -1 Investment in property, plant and equipment 2,927 3,005 3,445 -3 Research and development expenditure 4,148 3,733 3,928 +11 thereof capitalized 990 715 591 +38 Cash provided by operating activities (including discontinued operations) 13,088 14,337 11,032 -9 EBIT 8,710 4,992 2,873 +74 Value added (including discontinued operations) 1,380 631 1,452 +119 Net profit 3,985 3,783 4,215 +5 Net profit from continuing operations 4,855 3,166 2,253 +53 Earnings per share (in €) 3.83 3.66 4.09 +5 Earnings per share, continuing operations (in €) 4.67 3.06 2.16 +53 Total dividend 2,028 1,542 1,527 +32 Dividend per share (in €) 2.00 1.50 1.50 +33 1 Adjusted for the effects of currency translation, increase in revenue of 3%. Daimler Divisions > Divisions 2007 2006 2005 07/06 Amounts in millions of € % change Mercedes-Benz Cars EBIT 4,753 1,783 (787) +167 Revenue 52,430 51,410 47,831 +2 Return on sales 9.1% 3.5% -1.6% . Investment in property, plant and equipment 1,910 1,698 1,633 +12 Research and development expenditure 2,733 2,274 2,469 +20 thereof capitalized 705 496 391 +42 Unit sales 1,293,184 1,251,797 1,216,838 +3 Employees (Dec. 31) 97,526 99,343 104,345 -2 Daimler Trucks EBIT 2,121 1,851 1,564 +15 Revenue 28,466 31,789 29,922 -10 Return on sales 7.5% 5.8% 5.2% . 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