Consolidated income statement

In CHF ’000	Note	2017/18	2016/17
Net sales of goods and services	14	221,521	195,707

Cost of sales		– 158,593	– 140,119
Gross profit		62,928	55,588

Marketing and selling expense		– 19,509	– 17,099
Research and development expense		– 16,897	– 16,686
General and administrative expense		– 11,848	– 10,326
Other operating income	9	4,172
Other operating expenses	9	– 1,688
Operating profit (EBIT)		17,158	11,476

Finance income	12	841	2,660
Finance expense	12	– 2,947	– 3,221
Profit before tax (EBT)		15,052	10,915

Income tax	13	– 5,660	– 2,168
Net profit for the period		9,392	8,747

Earnings per share in CHF	16
Basic		14.81	13.77
Diluted		14.80	13.76

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