C-Estate

Equity is what the company owns minus what it owes. It consists of the contributions and the reserves and profits built up. Negative equity means debts exceed assets.

FTE stands for full-time equivalents: staff converted into full-time jobs, averaged over the financial year. The figure comes from the social balance sheet of the annual accounts.

The standalone accounts are those of the company alone, without its subsidiaries. For a holding or a group they are often far smaller than the group. The consolidated accounts add up the whole group.

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