Brief: Beter Bed Q3 EBIT rises by 21.9 pct to 7.5 million euros

Beter Bed Holding NV

30/10/2015 07:00

Oct 30 (Reuters) - Beter Bed Holding NV  BETR.AS : 
    * Reports Q3 net revenue increased by 0.8 percent to 96.4 
million euros ($105.9 million), like-for-like growth 2.4 percent 
    * Q3 gross profit rises by 0.6 percent to 56.6 percent 
(underlying margin is increased by 1.5 percent when adjusted for 
costs of free deliveries) 
    * Q3 EBIT rises by 21.9 percent to 7.5 million euros 
compared to 6.1 million euros in Q3 2014  
    * Q3 expenses decreases by 0.7 percent to 47.1 million euros 
    * Will pay an interim dividend of 0.39 euro per share 
compared to 0.28 euro per share in 2014 
    * Says the focus in the third quarter remained on achieving 
higher like-for-like growth and expansion and further raising 
the level of customer satisfaction, expects to see result of 
this reflected in revenue in last quarter of this year 
    * Revenue in Netherlands rises by 3.0 percent in Q3 
    * Revenue in Germany rises by 1.5 percent in Q3 compared to 
Q3 2014 growth of 13.6 percent 
    * Says Q3 growth in revenue in Belgium and Spain was 40.6 
percent and 0.8 percent respectively 
    * Says Q3 revenue performance in Austria and Switzerland was 
negative and amounted to 7.5 percent and 18.4 percent 
respectively 
 
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